Spice’s ‘Emancipated’ First Week Album Sales Are In

Queen of Dancehall Spice‘s sophomore album Emancipated may make its debut on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart when it is released tomorrow (September 7).  The chart is delayed by one day, due to the Labour Day holiday in the US.

Emancipated—which was independently released on August 26, 2022, under Stealth Music/Spice Official ENT—has sold 1,500 total units of consumption from sales and streaming in the United States in its first week of release.

The 9-track album’s total first-week consumption includes 700 copies in pure album sales, and 1,100,000 from audio and video streams in the US, according to data provided to DancehallMag from Billboard’s sales tracker Luminate.

Emancipated had a slightly stronger opening week than Spice’s Grammy-nominated debut 10, which had peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard chart last year.  10, released via VP Records, had sold 1,447 total units of consumption from sales and streaming in the US during its first week of release, according to Luminate.

Emancipated is being distributed by United Masters.

The tracks Tape Measure and Clap Clap both received video treatments.

When asked what she wanted to achieve with the album, Spice had told DancehallMag, in an interview, that she hoped for it to take her to places she’s never been.

“When I say that, I’ve been to a lot of places throughout this universe; but I’m trying to see if this can take me to a new market, a new level, new growth,” she said. “It’s all about new, new for me so that’s what I’m hoping for this album…to take me to a place that I’ve never been.”

Unlike 10, the album featured no collaborations.

“I personally feel like I’m celebrating me, so I wanted it to be about me,” Spice explained.

“I’m also the producer for most of the songs. If you notice, it’s Spice Official Ent. Production, so, I just wanted to do a project that celebrates me and that’s really why I wasn’t big on trying to do collabs for this project. Maybe the other project I’ll have collabs, but this time, I just wanted to celebrate me and my freedom.”

Shaggy, Shane Hoosong, Costi, Corte Ellis, Rico Santana and Jermaine ‘JB The Artist’ Baker contributed to four songs on the album as co-producers.