Shaggy, Konshens team up with Costi for hit in Romania
In 2014 Shaggy teamed up with Romanian producer and singer Costi for the track Habibi (I Need Your Love). The song, which also featured Lebanese-Australian singer Faydee and Congolese-Swedish singer Mohombi, peaked at #66 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Habibi (I Need Your Love) did well outside of the United States, making the top 10 in Belgium, Netherlands and Poland and peaking at #36 in the UK and #74 in Canada.
The song was certified gold in the United States, Spain and Canada, while earning a silver certification in the United Kingdom.
And now, 10 years later, Shaggy and Costi are hoping to recapture similar success with their latest single Pretty Woman, which also features dancehall artiste Konshens and Boy Spyce.
Pretty Woman debuts at #35 on the KISS FM Top 40 chart in Romania. It is the first single from Costi’s latest album Constantin 1.0.
Released in May, the album was produced by Silviu Dimitriu.
Still on Shaggy, he continues to make his mark on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart with Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection, which has been on the chart for 285 non-consecutive weeks. The set, which peaked at #2, is now down to #3.
Released in August 2008, Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection has been certified gold in the United Kingdom. It peaked at #22 on the UK Albums chart, and rose to #30 in Austria, #50 in Belgium and #81 in Switzerland.
Still on the Billboard Reggae Albums table, Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Legends logs 244 non-consecutive weeks in pole position, while Sean Paul’s Dutty Classics Collection remains at #2.
Standing firm are World on Fire by Stick Figure is #4, Greatest Hits by UB40 is #5, while Set in Stone and Wisdom by Stick Figure are #6 and #7.
Welcome to Jamrock by Damian Marley inches up to #8, while Here Comes the Hotstepper by Ini Kamoze re-enters at #9.
Endless Summer by The Elovaters remains at #10.
In the meantime, Shenseea and Tina, aka Hood Celebrityy, continue to make moves on the Billboard airplay charts.
On Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay, Work Me Out by Shenseea remains at #38; however, the song fares better on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay with a bump up from #37 to #34. Roses by Tina (Hood Celebrityy) steps up from #38 to #33.
Roses blooms on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, debuting at #45.
Santa by Rvssian, featuring Rauw Alejandro and Aya Starr, loses steam on Billboard’s Latin charts.
On Hot Latin Airplay, the song slips from #12 to #13, while over on Latin Airplay it backtracks from #10 to #11. Santa remains at #6 on Latin Rhythm Airplay.
