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DANCEHALL IS SCARCE ON BILLBOARD MUSIC CHARTS!

August 29th, 2014 | Add a Comment

Top: Chronixx Bottom: Jah Cure Canadian pop band MAGIC! holds the top positions on Billboard’s Digital Reggae Singles chart, based on latest figures from SoundScan. Their big hit, Rude, is still number one after several weeks. Let Your Hair Down occupies the number two position. Rude has sold over 2.4 million copies, while Let Your Hair Down (which entered the chart eight weeks ago) has sold over 48,000 copies. New York-based singjay Kranium and singer Jah Cure are the only Jamaicans with songs in the Top 50. Most of the songs by Jamaicans in the Top 100 were released over two years ago. Kranium’s Nobody Has to Know was produced by Lamar Reynolds, another New York-based Jamaican. To date, it has sold over 17,835 copies and is number 32 on the chart. It is on Billboard’s … Read entire article »

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BIG SALES-BOOST FOR CHRONIXX AFTER HIS APPEARANCE ON THE TONIGHT SHOW!

July 30th, 2014 | Add a Comment

By Kevin Jackson– KINGSTON, Jamaica — One week after performing on NBC’sTonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, reggae singer Chronixx experienced a sales boost for his EP Dread & Terrible and the song Here Comes Trouble. Dread & Terrible, which was released in April, sold 2,092 copies since last July 22 (when Chronixx appeared on ‘Tonight’) for total sales of 4,790 copies. Two weeks earlier, only 367 copies were sold. That surge has pushed Dread & Terrible into the number one spot on the Billboard Reggae Album chart, a position it held in April. Last week’s number one, Count Me In by California reggae band Rebelution, is at number two with 28,726 copies sold, eight weeks after its release. Here Comes Trouble, the song Chronixx performed on ‘Tonight’, sold over 6,148 copies to jump from number 19 … Read entire article »

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CATCH DI RIDDIM WITH KEVIN JACKSON!

July 18th, 2014 | Add a Comment

Top: Yanique Sasha Bottom: Magic! Yanique Sasha… Queen of Hearts Yanique Sasha tackles emotional and social issues on her forthcoming debut album, Queen of Hearts. Currently in production, the set is scheduled for release late this year. Originally from Kingston, Yanique Sasha (real name Yanique Sasha-Gay Moodie) relocated to Orlando, Florida, over 20 years ago. Now in her early 30s, the singer/songwriter has done backup vocals for top acts including Mavado, Gyptian, Pressure, and Sanchez. “My life experiences have molded me … Read entire article »

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CANADIAN-BASED MAGIC!, GIVES REGGAE ITS FIRST CHART TOPPER ON BILLBOARD TOP 100 CHART IN OVER TEN YEARS!

July 17th, 2014 | Add a Comment

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE A REGGAE SONG OR A CANADIAN ACT HIT NO. 1? By Melinda Newman— It took a little magic to finally topple Iggy Azalea from No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. After seven weeks at the top, Azalea’s “Fancy,” featuring Charli XCX, falls to No. 2 as Magic!’s “Rude” ascends to the pole position. The pop/reggae track is the Canadian quartet’s first charting single. It is the first reggae song to top the Billboard Hot 100 since Sean Paul’s “Get Busy” in 2003, according to Billboard. It has been even longer since and all-Canadian band ruled at No. 1: the last time was Nickleback with “How You Remind Me” in 2001. The next four songs on the chart hold stationary: Ariana Grande’s “Problem,” featuring Azalea, is No. 3; Nico & Vinz’s “Am I … Read entire article »

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