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Big Changes In Music Sales This Year So Far Nielsen’s mid-year music sales report is out and a lot has changed in a mere 6 months. Here are some of the highlights. On-demand streaming from services like Spotify is up 92.4% over last year! Over 135 billion songs have been streamed so far this year….

It has happened. MP3 has finally met vinyl. An old fashioned record and a digital MP3 is now the “Universal Record” invented by Jesse England. This Universal Record is a Bluetooth receiver in a disc that can be played from a turntable.  The needle tracks the disc via the vibrations of the music which act like…

Konshens teamed up with Dutch singer Eva Simons on a hot new track titled “Policeman.” The single was certified gold in the Netherlands after selling over 15,000 copies. The track is also sitting at No. 7 on the music chart the Netherlands, 31 in Belgium, and No. 1 in Israel. The track was produced by…

The Today show kicked off with some weekend worthy fun with the man himself Shaggy.   Fans got an early start to secure a spot on the plaza to see the singer take the stage. Of course, he didn’t disappoint them. Even before the show officially got underway, Shaggy hit the stage for a crowd-pleasing…

By Ebony Bowden In a bizarre new interview, reggae singer Shaggy has spoken about his hatred of the Islamic State and his brilliant plan for defeating the organisation: make them listen to his music. Then give them a joint.   The 46-year-old, whose real name is Orville Richard Burrell, is best known for ’90s and…

The Jamaican star on staying humble, helping other artists and wishing he’d started his career earlier By Davina Hamilton YOU WAIT for over an hour to interview Beres Hammond and then get told it’s not going to happen because the reggae star has to leave promptly to catch the Eurostar train. You have two choices:…

By Ian Burrell Watching Chronixx perform for the first time was a physical ordeal. So dense were the crowds inside London’s Scala that scrummaging skills were needed to force a way from the bar area, through fire doors, into the auditorium. And from a teeming balcony, a sight of the stage could only be maintained…

Reggae Sumfest organizers have confirmed that they have booked Empire actor Yazz The Greatest. Yazz, whose real name is Bryshere Gray, rose to fame starring on the hit new series Empire. Last month, Summerfest Productions executive director, Johnny Gourzong, confirmed that they have booked the rapper/actor for his first overseas gig on the biggest reggae…

WITH A fledgling economy, business interests in western Jamaica are looking forward to this year’s staging of Jamaica’s premier national festival, Reggae Sumfest, in hope it will provide a much-needed boost. The event is a major revenue generator for Jamaica and has contributed significantly to the economy since its inception in 1993. Aside from being…

Jamaican dancehall artist was arrested at the Hyatt Hotel  in Trinidad under the Absconding Debtors Act.  It was reported that the promoters, Peppers Entertainment paid the artist a sum of U$37,000 as performance fee for a concert in May 2013.  That concert was later cancelled.  However the artist had agree to perform at a later date….

EVEE Hope is on a mission to eradicate poverty and oppression from Jamaica’s inner-city communities. The gospel singer/musician is originally from Westmoreland but grew up in Flower Hill, Montego Bay. She migrated to the United States 30 years ago. Hope is working on her debut album, Songs of Hope. The first single is expected to…

JAMAICAN REGGAE star Chronixx will be heading to the UK for series of shows of shows across the country this month. The tour kicks of July 9 in Manchester and finishes in Glasgow on July 19. A musician since childhood, Jamar Rolando McNaughton, better known as Chronixx, has evolved into one of Jamaica’s top reggae…