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Teejay’s Drift hits three Billboard airplay charts
Teejay (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Entertainment, Music
November 14, 2023

Teejay’s Drift hits three Billboard airplay charts

While Byron Messia’s Talibans has made its exit from at least one Billboard chart, Teejay’s Drift has now entered multiple charts.

Drift re-enters the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart at #41, while debuting at #37 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. On Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay, Drift steps up from #36 to #33.

As for Talibans, the version with Burna Boy and Byron Messia inches up from #8 to #7 on the US Afrobeats Songs chart, while the original version rises from #88 to #76 in its 15th week on the Nigeria Hot 100 chart.

Talibans exits R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, however it backtracks from #9 to #10 on Rap Airplay. Over on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Talibans crashes from #11 to #20, while inching down from #37 to #38 on Rhythmic Airplay.

Byron Messia

Over now to the streaming and sales-driven Billboard Reggae Albums chart, Bob Marley and the Wailers spend another week on top with Legend, which clocks 200 non-consecutive weeks at the top.

Shaggy’s Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection remains unmoved at #2, so too Sean Paul’s Dutty Classics Collection at #3.

Sean Paul appears again at #4 with the Grammy-winning Dutty Rock, while Catch a Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers revisits the chart at #5.

Greatest Hits by UB40 is down to #6, while Wisdom, Set in Stone, and World on Fire by Stick Figure are #7, #8, and #9 respectively.

No Love by Byron Messia is on its way off the chart, sliding down to #10.

On the South Florida Reggae chart, King Banton’s cover of Dennis Brown’s Love Has Found Its Way takes over the #1 spot, while Mind Games by Paul Elliott improves from #4 to #2.

Niceness by Marcia Griffiths rebounds from #12 to #10.

This week’s new entries are She Said by G Cole at #23, I Shall Be Released by Hezron and Big Youth at #24, and Faith Over Fear by Hopeton Lindo at #25.

Bad Boy Johnny by Tony Roy is the new #1 on the New York Reggae chart, while Look a Girl by Stephen and Chino McGregor inches up from #3 to #2.

Cut Me Open by 1Mr Smooth and Yello Stone bullets from #15 to #13, and Boxing Around (#28) and Lonely Soldier by Sleepy Wonder (#29) are the new entries.

Swept Away by Jamaican-born, Canada-based Andre Duhaney takes over the #1 spot on the Rebel Vibes Top Ten Canadian Reggae chart.

Jamaica it Nice by Tasha T rises to #6, while Stir This Thing by JUNO nominee Ammoye featuring Turbulence is #8.

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