NEW UK CERTIFICATIONS FOR JIMMY CLIFF, SEAN PAUL AND WAYNE WONDER!

Billboard-charting hits by Jimmy Cliff, Sean Paul and Wayne Wonder, have earned new certifications from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Last Friday, the BPI issued a silver certification for Cliff’s cover of ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ (200,000 units), gold certification for Sean Paul’s ‘We Be Burnin’ (400,000 units) and platinum certification for Wayne’s ‘No Letting Go’ (600,000 units).

‘I Can See Clearly Now’ was written and originally recorded by American singer Johnny Nash in 1972. The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as charts in Canada and South Africa.

Jimmy Cliff’s version, which is featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 film Cool Runnings, was released on the Chaos label, a subsidiary of Sony Music. It peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Cliff’s highest charting single to date in the United States), #1 in France, Iceland and New Zealand, while also making its presence felt on charts in Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada, Belgium and Australia.

‘I Can See Clearly Now’ was previously certified gold in France (250,000 units) and platinum in New Zealand (10,000 units).

In 2002 the Steven ‘Lenky’ Marsden produced Diwali rhythm scored big with several hits, but in January 2003, the song ‘No Letting Go’ by Wayne Wonder took on a life of its own stateside.

‘No Letting Go’ raced to #3 in the UK, #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

It also decorated charts in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden and Scotland.

‘No Letting Go’ was previously certified gold in America.