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This Town, the new BBC drama from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, takes viewers back to the vibrant 2 Tone and Ska era of the 1980s in Birmingham and the Midlands.
Amid a resurgence in demand for LP records, as reported by Billboard’s sales tracker Luminate Data and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), veteran Dancehall deejay Sister Carol is urging her Jamaican compatriots to return to putting their songs on vinyl.
Jimmy Cliff’s iconic cover of Johnny Nash’s 1972 classic I Can See Clearly Now just surpassed 100 million views on YouTube – the first of the Reggae icon’s songs to do so on the platform.
What’s the most streamed Jamaican song of all time? Take a guess. There are just too many fantastic hits to choose from, right?
When the winner for Best Reggae Album is announced at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards next Sunday, February 5, it will be a tossup between five stellar Jamaican albums, which have all had varying success on the commercial front.
As far as litmus tests go, there are not many metrics more reliable at assessing how an artist is doing commercially than album sales and streams in the United States.
Countless artists spent the first two years of the decade waiting. They waited to return; they waited until their newly recorded music could greet live audiences.
Dancehall megastar Shaggy says he was honored to perform the Reggae hit song Mother and Child Reunion alongside Jamaican icon Jimmy Cliff at the Recording Academy’s special tribute concert, held in honor of 16-time GRAMMY winner Paul Simon, earlier this year.
Grammy Award winner Sean Paul has emerged as the Caribbean’s biggest Spotify earner for 2022, according to CertifiedStreams.com.
The number of albums up for consideration in the Best Reggae Album category at the 2023 Grammy Awards took a drastic dip to a total of 67, down from 125 last year.
With the eligibility period for the 65th Grammy Awards having ended on September 30, 2022, here are DancehallMag‘s predictions on who could emerge among the 2023 nominees for ‘Best Reggae Album,’ which will be announced on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff says he is most content and at his happiest when he is in the Motherland, Africa.
Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff says that the racism he experienced in London as a young star, was exponential and made aspects of his stay there highly unpleasant.
Since 1964, Jamaicans have netted 134 entries on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Of these songs, 56 leaped into the Top 40, and 11 soared to No.
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff is reflecting on The Harder They Come, as the film marks its 50th anniversary, and he has recalled that the director told him he was a better actor than he was a singer.
Zak Starkey’s move to Reggae isn’t exactly shocking, but it is interesting. The now 56-year-old English rock musician is the son of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and has served as the drummer in two legendary rock bands, The Who and Oasis.
Regend legends Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff have re-entered the Billboard Reggae Albums chart for the first time in years, fuelled by vinyl reissues of their classic albums on Record Store Day (RSD).
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has signed with ICM Partners for representation across all areas, in an arrangement that will see the company marketing the St.
Opposition Senator Floyd Morris served notice this morning in the Upper House of the Jamaican Parliament that he would be moving a motion for Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Usain Bolt and Louise Bennett Coverly to be all made National Heroes, no later than Independence Day next year.
International Reggae icon Dr. Jimmy Cliff will be releasing his new album, Bridges through Universal Music Enterprises later this year – a project many people are calling a ‘legacy project”.