Four artists of Caribbean heritage are in the Top 10 of the United Kingdom’s pop chart.
According to Officialcharts.com which compiles and publishes the weekly UK Top 100 Singles chart, it is the first time in 20 years that this has happened.
Miami-born pop singer Jason Derulo, whose parents are from Haiti, has the number one song with Want to Want Me. It is his fourth UK chart topper.
The track is the first single from Derulo’s fourth album Everything is 4, which was released on Tuesday. He performed in Jamaica last July at Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay.
Clarendon-born singer OMI, who spent four weeks at number one with the Felix Jaehn remix of Cheerleader, is number two. The song has been certified platinum in the UK for sales of over 600,000 copies.
Hip hop artist Gamal Lewis, better known as LunchMoney Lewis, debuted at number two two weeks ago with Bills. That song holds the number six spot.
Lewis was born in Miami. He is the son of Inner Circle bassist and co-founder Ian Lewis.
Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj peaked at number six last week with Hey Mama which features David Guetta and Afrojack. The song is down to number 10 this week.
A number of Jamaican acts have had success on the UK charts since the 1960s. They include Millie Small, Desmond Dekker, Dave Barker and Ansell Collins, Ken Boothe, Boris Gardiner, Sophia George, Chaka Demus and Pliers, Shaggy, Sean Paul and singer Chrissy D.
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