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“CHEERLEADER” CRACKS BILLBOARD TOP TEN, GOES GOLD FOR OMI!

 By Kevin Jackson—  Omi— SINGER Omi has broken into the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the United States, making him the seventh Jamaican artist to do so. The Felix Jaehn remix of his 2012 single, Cheerleader, jumps from number 11 to number seven this week. The single is in its eighth week on the main Billboard singles list, and its 12th week at the top of Billboard’s Digital Reggae Singles chart. To date, Cheerleader has sold over 641,098 copies in the US and has been certified gold. Omi (real name Omar Passley) joins an elite list of Jamaicans who have made the Billboard 100. The others are: * Millie Small (in 1964 with My Boy Lollipop, which reached number two); * Desmond Dekker and the Aces (in 1969 with Israelites which reached … Read entire article »

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