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Sean Paul, Most Streamed Jamaican Artiste on YouTube in 2021

Posted on by Nekisha Cyrus

Men lie, women lie, but numbers don’t! And yes the numbers are in for the most-streamed Dancehall artiste on YouTube in 2021 and according to a report from Reggaeville.com, Jamaican Superstar Sean Paul has successfully claimed that spot.

Sean Paul lands in the No.1 spot with a total of 1.6 billion views and plays globally in 2021 as revealed by the official YouTube Music Charts. When it comes to his most viewed songs, in first place we have his 2017 collaboration alongside English Singer & Songwriter Dua Lipa ‘No Lie, which is almost at 1 billion views with 239 million views coming from 2021 alone.

And it seems like fans are still enjoying Paul’s early 2000’s hardcore Dancehall classics as they continue to make his top (5) list of most viewed songs. The list includes:

  • 2002 ‘I’m Still In Love With You’ featuring Sasha with 153 million views
  • 2005 ‘Temperature’ with 94.1 million additional views
  • 2012 ‘She Doesn’t Mind’  with 71.3 million views and
  • 2002 ‘Get Busy’  with 47.3 million views.
If you would like to get a little more specific with the analytics when it comes to which countries Paul’s music is racking up streams well, you will be surprised to know that his two top cities incidentally are located in Spanish-speaking countries. Yes, Bogota in Colombia takes the lead with 20 million views and Mexico City in second place with 17.2 million. Bangkok, Thailand, with 14.9 million views, Paris with 14.2 million and London with 12.2 million, fall in third, fourth, and fifth place respectively.
So where exactly is Jamaica ranked you asked? Well, shockingly JA comes in at No.54 on Sean Paul’s Top Countries with just 3.54 million views total this year. Globally, his top five countries are the United States with 120 million views, Mexico with 89.4 million, France with 57.7 million, Colombia with 56 million and Brazil with 54.3 million.
Also making the Global list of the ‘Most Streamed Jamaican Artistes on YouTube in 2021’:
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers in second place with 899 million
  • Shaggy in second place with 480 million
  • Vybz Kartel in third place with 417 million
  • Popcaan in fourth place with 289 million
And the ‘Most Streamed Jamaican Artistes on YouTube in 2021’ in Jamaica:
  • Vybz Kartel in first place with 66.1 million
  • Chronic Law in second place with 62.9 million
  • Alkaline in third place with 60.6 million
  • Skillibeng in fourth place with 54.4 million and
  • Intence in fifth place with 50.3 million

In some other Sean Paul related news, the Grammy Award-winning artiste has been nominated for the ‘Best Reggae Album’ of the year at the upcoming 64th Grammy Awards. However, the Recording Academy postponed the 64th annual Grammy Awards which was originally set for Jan. 31st, to March 14th due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles.

Source include: http://jamaica-star.com, https://repeatingislands.com, https://www.dancehallmag.com

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Spice, Shenseea & Sean Paul Amongst Jamaicans Nominated For 2022 Grammy Awards

Posted on by Nekisha Cyrus

Spice, Shenseea, and Sean Paul are amongst the list of Jamaicans nominated at the 2022 Grammy Awards.

Yes, with the recent announcement of the official 64th Annual Grammy Awards nominees, Jamaicans and by extension the Caribbean, have been celebrating as some of Reggae’s and Dancehall’s music top stars have been nominated. And just in case you missed it, Caribbean Entertainment Hub is here to give you the full breakdown of our Jamaican nominees along with their respective categories.

Kicking it off in the ‘Best Reggae Album’ category, this year’s list included the Queen of Dancehall, Spice with her debut album titled ‘TEN’ which was released in August 2021. This is also a history-making moment because it is the first time that a hardcore Female Dancehall artist has been nominated for the Grammy awards.

Spice

Spice

Also nominated in this category is Reggae artiste Etana with her second Grammy nomination for her album ‘Pamoja’. This is, however, not Etana’s first time being nominated for a Grammy, as she also created some history in 2018 being the first woman to get a nomination in the ‘Best Reggae Album’ category in more than two decades. At that time she was also the fourth woman to ever get nominated for this Grammy award.

Also, landing his first-ever Grammy nomination is Jesse Royal for his album ‘Royal’, which was released in June 2021. And Sean Paul received his sixth Grammy nomination for his album ‘Live N Livin’. Sean Paul is also a previous Grammy Award winner for his album ‘Dutty Rock’ in 2004. And lastly, Gramps Morgan was nominated for his album ‘Positive Vibration’ which was released in July 2021. Gramps, a previous nominee and winner with his group Morgan Heritage who previously won the award in 2015 for their album ‘Strictly Roots’.

Fun Fact: The winner in this category for 2020 was Reggae’s music newcomer and star, Koffee who made history as the first female and youngest artist to win the award for her album ‘Rapture’.

Moving onto the Jamaican artists and producers who have been nominated for the ‘Album of the Year’ category which includes Shenseea, Beam, Masego, Damian Marley, Buju Banton, and more making them the first Jamaican artiste to be nominated in this category.

Shenseea

Shenseea

These nominations have been made possible after the Recording Academy stated clearly that if an album is up for ‘Album Of The Year’, then all credited featured artists, songwriters of new material, producers, recording engineers, mixers, and mastering engineers who worked on that album are automatically nominated. Previously, the Grammy rule stated that all of these music professionals had to be credited with 33 percent or more of playing time (on the album), in order to be nominated.

Edited: By virtue of the new rules, Shenseea is only nominated for ‘Album Of The Year’ for ‘Donda’.  Her (3) other contributions to Grammy-nominated albums in the genre categories would render her a participant, according to the Grammy guidelines (see below).

  1. Kanye West’s- ‘Donda’ for Album Of The Year
  2. She is also credited for her songwriting and vocals on ‘OK OK Pt 2′ and ‘Pure Souls’
  3. Her collaboration alongside with Jamaican-American singer Masego in the Best Progressive R&B Album with his EP titled Studying Abroad: Extended Stay.
  4. And she is also a participant in the Best Dance/Electronic Album category, for Major Lazer Music Is The Weapon (Reloaded) which features her track on ‘Tiny’ alongside Beam.

Other Jamaican artistes and producers making the cut this year include:

  1. Busy Signal on the single ‘Sun Comes Up’ alongside JoeBoy, and two-time Grammy nominee Skip Marley on ‘Can’t Take It From Me’.
  2.  Beam was also featured on two more tracks, namely ‘Bam Bam’ with French Montana, and ‘Rave de Favela’ with MC Lan and Anitta. Beam also contributed to Justin Bieber’s album ‘Justice’, which received nods for Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album.
  3. Buju Banton is also credited on Kanye West’s 27-track set on the love song ‘Believe What I Say’. 
  4. Jamaican producer IzyBeats-the beatmaker on Koffee’s international breakout hit song ‘Toast’ and co-produced ‘Silver Tongue Devil’ alongside Corbett and Chris Madine, He also contributed to a second song on the EP titled ‘Yebo/Sema’.
  5.  Masego and Jamaican producer J.L.L., whose 2014 beat was sampled on Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ (CLB) album, will both share a part of the victory if the Canadian rapper wins in the Best Rap Album category.
  6. In the Best Global Music Album category, Nigerian star WizKid is among five nominees for his album ‘Made In Lagos: Deluxe Edition’.  The project features contributions from Jamaican artists Damian Jr. Gong’ Marley on the song ‘Blessed’, and rising artist Projexx, on the song ‘True Love’ with Tay Iwa.

A celebratory congratulations goes out to all the Jamaican artistes who were nominated at the 64th Annual Grammy awards. The final round of voting for the 64th Annual Grammy awards will begin on December 6th, 2021, and end on January 5th, 2022.

The award ceremony is carded to take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 31, 2022, so stay tuned.

Sources include https://www.jamaicaobserver.com, https://www.dancehallmag.com,

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Dancehall Bonanza In May

Posted on by Nekisha Cyrus

Two of Dancehall & Reggae’s music biggest collaborations for 2021 were recently released on the same day; making May a bonanza for dancehall music.

First up, we have DJ Khaled bringing some of Jamaica’s legends Buju Banton, Bounty Killer, Capleton, and Barrington Levy together on a track for the first time ever, with his brand new release ‘Where You Come From’. Back in April 2021, the Grammy Award-Winning American Record producer and DJ sent fans into a frenzy after he touched down in Jamaica to complete his latest project and 12th studio album ‘Khaled Khaled’. As fans anxiously guessed who the artistes featured on the track would be, let’s just say that fast forward to now, it was well worth the wait.

In less than five days since its official release, the history-making collaboration has already racked up over 3.8 million views on YouTube and counting. ‘Where You Come From’ is an aggressive, in-your-face, and dominating track that commands your attention from beginning to end. And with the calibre of talent compiled on this track, it is more than safe to say that each artiste delivered and did their thang from beginning to end. And if a cast of Jamaica’s top talent wasn’t enough for the audio, yes the visuals were also shot in Jamaica as well. See full video below!

DJ Khaled, Buju Banton, Bounty Killer, Capleton, and Barrington Levy ‘Where You Are From’ Music Video

The We The Best CEO is definitely having the time of his life since the official release of the album which features (14) singles with collabs and features from some of music top stars like Jay Z, Nas, Lil Wayne, Drake, Diddy, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Cardi B, Migos, Megan Thee Stallion, H.E.R, Da Baby and so much more, as well as some of Jamaica’s Finest. We’re just extremely happy to see some of our own getting the recognition that they rightfully deserve.

And the May Music Madness didn’t quite end there, as Jamaican Dancehall Queen Spice, dropped her highly anticipated new release ‘Go Down Deh’ which also features some of Jamaica’s Dancehall music royalty, Shaggy and Sean Paul.

Spice, Sean Paul & Shaggy ‘Go Down Deh’, Official Music Video

With over 2.5 million views and counting since its release a few days ago, the saucy dancehall single has already begun to dominate global reggae charts debuting at #1 on US and Israeli iTunes Reggae, #2 in the UK, Italy and Canada, and Top 10 on Apple Music, iTunes and Deezer in multiple countries including Japan, Jamaica (#1 on Apple Music), Germany and the Netherlands.

Sharing during an interview recently, Spice shared that she decided to collaborate with these two legends because she knew that it would be impactful and she believes that they are a representation of the Dancehall genre and they need to show that unity, strength and that together they are a force to be reckoned with. But can we all admit that we’re not even one bit surprised? We knew this collaboration was going to be nothing short of pure fire when Spice revealed that this collaboration was on its way a few months ago after announcing her highly anticipated debut album, ‘TEN’, which is carded to be released on July 30, 2021.

So between DJ Khaled mega collaboration ‘Where You Are From’  and Spice’s saucy dancehall collaboration ‘Go Down Deh’, we believe that the May month just got a whole lot better. With that said be sure to stay tuned as we continue to bring you all your top trending and favorite new Caribbean music releases.

Up next, our CEH May New Dancehall releases playlist. Can you guess who will be this month’s spotlight artiste?

Sources include: https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com, https://www.revolt.tv, https://www.vulture.com

Hashtags: #DJKhaled #BujuBanton #Capelton #BountyKiller #BarringtonLevy #Newmusic #Newalbum #KhaledKhaled #Spice #Shaggy #SeanPaul #GoDownDeh  #NewDancehall #Jamaica

Jamaica’s Protoje and Konshens Releases Brand New Albums

Posted on by Nekisha Cyrus

From new albums to new releases, Jamaica’s music scene has been buzzing quite a lot lately with some of the top Reggae and Dancehall stars dropping their brand new albums that fans just can’t seem to get enough of.

First up, we have one of Reggae’s music most popular stars Oje Ken Ollivierre, who goes by the stage name ‘Protoje’. With over 15 years in the game, the ‘Who knows’ singer is considered one of Jamaica’s most influential artistes. Recently, Protoje released the deluxe edition of his 2020 album, ‘In Search of Lost time’ where he also executive produced and co-produced (5) out of the (13) original tracks featured.

The new extended project includes a brand new artwork and (3) additional tracks with two of which are remixes. The new tracks include ‘Still Royal’ which features Popcaan, Pa Salieu and Toddla T; ‘Still Blooming’ which features Lila Iké  and IzyBeats, and lastly a track called ‘Righteous’ which was released with a brand new visualizer directed by Yannick Reid (see below).

Shifting to Dancehall, it seems like Konshens has been keeping himself quite busy as he recently announced that he has an upcoming album on the way called ‘Red Reign’. The album will be released later this year but the lead single ‘Can’t Stay Sober’ is officially out now and touches on the issue of using alcohol or drugs to self-medicate.

Konshens, who over the years has given us some of our favorite dancehall hits such as ‘Gyal a Bubble’, ‘Bad Gyal, ‘Bruk off Yuh Back’ and more says that the single neither advocates for, or condemns, drinking and drug use. However, the track reflects on the toll that the pandemic has taken on society, and the steps he and others are taking to cope after taking stock of his own drinking. He even admitted to himself that he might even have a problem while sharing:

“The current climate of the world is forcing you into a state where it’s almost like you can’t stay sober. I’m not encouraging it, I’m acknowledging the reality. This is a stressful time, and people are searching for an escape.”

Seems like Konshens will be getting real and raw with this new project and we are definitely here for it.
Moving onto more updates on new album releases, it seems like congratulations are in order for Sean Paul, whose new Dancehall album ‘Live N Livin’ debut at No. 9 on the Billboard Reggae Chart. Not only has his new album debut on the Billboard charts, but his album ‘Sean Paul’s ‘Dutty Classics Collection’ also re-entered the chart at the No. 3 positions this week thanks to the promotional marketing for himself and his new album over the last few weeks.

According to Dancehallmag.com, the Temperature singer is also expected to release another album, ‘Scorcher’ in May under the auspices of Island Records. The LP is carded to feature American singer Gwen Stefani, Sia, Shenseea, Jada Kingdom, Stylo G, and more.

In other related Billboard charting news, it seems like Shaggy is going steady at No. 2 on the charts with his album ‘Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection’, while the legend himself Bob Marley, continues his reign at No.1 for 63 weeks consecutively with his album ‘Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers’.

Sources include: https://www.reggaeville.com, https://www.looptt.com, https://www.dancehallmag.com

Hashtags: #Jamaica #NewMusic #Reggae #Dancehall #Newalbum #Protoje #Konshens #SeanPaul #JamaicaEntertainmentNews

Sean Paul Releases 7th Studio Album ‘LIVE N LIVIN’

Posted on by Nekisha Cyrus

Jamaican Grammy Award-winner and International Dancehall Artiste, Sean Paul returns to his Dancehall roots with his 7th official studio album, ‘Live N Livin’.

In what some are labeling a solid dancehall body of work, the ‘Get Busy’ superstar’s latest album features some of Jamaica’s Top Dancehall and Reggae stars such as Damien Marley, Buju Banton, Busy Signal, Mavado, and more. In addition to featuring some of Jamaica’s Dancehall heavy hitters, also making the cut is Ghanaian Dancehall and Afropop artiste, Stonebwoy.

Since returning to Jamaica and being unable to travel and perform like many due to the pandemic, Sean Paul during the past year used this time to record two albums. ‘Live N Livin’, which is officially out now and available on all streaming platforms, and ‘Scorcha’, which is still yet to be announced.

‘Live N Livin’ features a total of 16-tracks, 15 collaborations, and 1 solo track. The album is produced by Sean Paul’s Dutty Rock Productions team and is distributed by the digital distribution platform, ONErpm.

Sean Paul's 'Live N Livin' playlist

Sean Paul’s ‘Live N Livin’ official playlist

The official 16 track playlist includes:

  1. Buss A Bubble Remix – Sean Paul ft. Sotto Bless, Looga Man, Ras Ajai, Chi Ching Ching
  2. Boom – Sean Paul Ft. Busy Signal
  3. Space Ship – Sean Paul ft Suku Ward
  4. Real Steel – Sean Paul ft. Intence
  5. The Plug – Sean Paul feat Chi Ching Ching
  6. Dem Nuh Ready Yet – Sean Paul feat Left Side
  7. Crazy – Sean Paul Ft Buju Banton
  8. Schedule – Sean Paul ft Jr. Gong, Chi Ching Ching
  9. Money Bags  Sean Paul ft. Govana
  10. Protect Me – Sean Paul ft. Serani
  11. Lion Heart – Sean Paul
  12. Guns of Navarone – Sean Paul ft. Jesse Royal, Mutabaruka & Stonebwoy (Remix)
  13. Danger Zone – Sean Paul ft. Bugle, Scotto Bless
  14. Life We Livin – Sean Paul feat Squash
  15. I’m Sanctify – Sean Paul feat. Mavado & Agent Sasco (Remix)
  16. Everest – Sean Paul ft. Masicka and Skillibeng

Since its release, fans are already anticipating when next they will witness the ‘Temperature’ singer perform. But it seems like they won’t have to wait that long as Sean Paul has already announced that he will be performing live from Jamaica on Saturday 10th April, at 4 pm EST.

According to dreamstage.live, fans will get to teleport to the Caribbean for feel-good music through their superior hi-def visual virtual concert stage that brings dancehall ambassador Sean Paul and surprise musical guests into homes where fans can dance like no one’s watching in unison with others. Against the backdrop of turquoise waters, expect music by his live band and DJ as he jams to a mix of his classics as well as singles off his new album out now.

So be sure to mark your calendars and save the date!

Sources include: https://www.revolt.tv, https://sflcn.com, https://www.looptt.com

Hashtags: #SeanPaul #Jamaica #Newalbum #LiveNLivin #Dancehall #Dancehallmusic #BujuBanton #DamienMarley

Spice, Shaggy & Sean Paul Dancehall Collab In The Making?

Posted on by Nekisha Cyrus

It seems like Jamaican Dancehall Queen, Spice has a major historic collaboration on the way with two of Dancehall’s music heavyweights, Shaggy and Sean Paul.

The Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta Reality TV star, recently appeared on the Power 105.1fm Breakfast Club Radio Personality, Angela Yee’s popular podcast ‘Lip Service’. During the interview, Spice discussed new music and her upcoming first official album ‘TEN’ before announcing that she has a major historic collaboration that will be out in April. Giving the impression that she wanted to keep it a surprise,  Angela however, in excitement revealed that the historic collaboration will feature Shaggy and Sean Paul.

With the cat already out of the bag, Spice then confirmed the news and shared her excitement for the upcoming project and her album which will be executively produced by Shaggy. The album is also set to be released in the summer but no official date has been confirmed.

It seems like Spice hasn’t allowed the pandemic to slow her down one bit. The Dancehall Diva has been releasing new music consistently throughout the years and also just dropped two brand new music videos ‘Watch My Life’ and ‘Frenz’.

So, are you excited about this major historic dancehall collaboration? Let us know in the comments below! 

Hashtags: #Spice #Jamaica #NewDancehall #Newmusic #Newalbum #Shaggy #SeanPaul