Jamaican Artists With The Most Songs On The Billboard Hot 100, Ranked
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.
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.
Grammy Award-winning artist Shaggy unleashed a ‘bombastic’ barrage of expletives at stage hands, who attempted to cut his set short during the 2022 edition of Summerjam in Cologne, Germany.
Dancehall artist and songwriter Assailant, a former member of the Bounty Killer-led Alliance Music Group, was shot and killed in Los Angeles over the US independence weekend.
July 1st is a day of both celebration and reflection for Reggae fans worldwide. As streaming giant TIDAL welcomes International Reggae Day with fresh content, its Dancehall and Reggae Editor, Reshma B, talks curation, changes in Jamaican music culture, and the platform’s responsibility to artists.
Sean Paul‘s Scorcha has opened on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart at No. 6, while Shaggy’s Sinatra tribute Come Fly Wid Mi did not make the Top 10—after both albums received some paltry first-week numbers.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Shaggy, with his rumbling baritone-range singing voice, covering 10 tracks from Frank Sinatra, one of the biggest names in the history of American music, was a very ambitious task, and one executed with finesse, for his Come Fly Wid Mi album.
Dancehall megastar Shaggy was not only conferred with his honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Brown University today, but also put on a mini Reggae/Dancehall show to huge cheers from excited students and academic staff, during the institution’s Undergraduate Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony.
Dancehall megastar Shaggy’s decision to post a photograph of himself, Spice, Shane Hoosong and Ranch Entertainment studio engineer Grant Woods Valentine jointly displaying an obscene hand gesture, has not gone down well with some of his fans.
Dancehall megastar Shaggy will be conferred with one of nine honorary doctorates, by one of the United States’ leading Ivy League research universities, come Saturday, May 28.
With summer fast approaching, there’s no shortage of new music to usher in the concerts and parties that are set to follow.
In what could be described as an ironic twist of events Grammy Award-winning Jamaican superstar Shaggy was revealed as the Space Bunny in the most recent episode of The Masked Singer, following his elimination from the show.
According to Sean Paul, a Verzuz battle against Shaggy would be “unfair” because he has had 19 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, while the Bombastic singer has only 3 but with over 15 million copies.
Jahmiel’s recently released sophomore album Legend has failed to debut on the sales and streaming-driven Billboard Reggae Albums chart dated April 30.
American singer and actor Frank Sinatra remains a topic of discussion among other great musicians, two of which happen to be Shaggy, and former The Police frontman, Sting.
Dancehall megastar Shaggy has implied that he is in a “dark” mood, a day after a newspaper report surfaced stating that his foundation was behind in terms of filing mandatory audited financial statements for the last two years.
Following the Grammy Award for their collaborative album, 44/876, rock icon Sting and dancehall/reggae legend Shaggy have joined forces again for Com Fly Wid Mi.
Reggae group SOJA has received a modest bump in sales for their entire catalog after their Beauty In The Silence album recently copped the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.
Music executive Nolan Baynes says the Grammy Awards are not necessarily curated for Reggae and Dancehall music and insists that Jamaican music professionals either band together to support local entertainment award shows or fully participate in the American system by becoming members of the Recording Academy.
Reggae stars Chronixx, Etana, and Gramps Morgan have declared their support and offered their congratulations to Virginia-based Reggae band SOJA on their 2022 Grammy win for the Best Reggae Album.
Veteran Dancehall singer Eek-A-Mouse says he is pleased with the 25 percent share in royalties that will come from Shaggy’s Mi Nuh Know, which interpolated lyrics from his 1981 hit song Wa-Do-Dem.