Hirie is the sole female in the Billboard Reggae Top 10
The Billboard Reggae Album
top 10 is dominated by male acts, however, singer Hirie managed to make her
presence felt on this week’s chart. Her third studio effort, Dreamer,
revisits the top 10 at No. 3.
Dreamer was released September 13.
It peaked at No. 2 on the chart dated September 28.
Hirie was born in the
Philippines and moved to Italy at a young age. She later settled in Hawaii
where she became a member of the growing reggae scene.
Her debut self-titled album
peaked at No. 5 in 2015. In 2016, she became one of a few female reggae acts to
top the chart, when she released Wandering Soul.
Other female reggae acts to
have topped the Billboard Reggae Albums chart include Etana, Queen Ifrica,
Patra and Diana King.
Jamaican entertainer Jah Cure is at No. 8 on the chart with Royal Soldier.
This week’s Billboard Reggae Album Top 15
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[naviga:li]World On Fire – Stick Figure[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li]Far From You – One Drop[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li]Dreamer – Hirie[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li]Powerful – Fayuca[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li]Hybrid – Collie Buddz[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li]Local Motion – Pepper[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li]Ways of the World – The Movement[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li]Royal Soldier – Jah Cure[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li]Free Rein – Rebelution[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li] Parts of the Puzzle
– Busy Signal[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li] Rapture (EP) –
Koffee[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li] Mass Manipulation –
Steel Pulse[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li] Reggae Gold 2019 –
Various Artistes[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li] Mood Swings – Drizl[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li] Iration – Iration[/naviga:li]
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