Jamaicans invade Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs Top Ten
...first time in 19 years
There is a Jamaican presence inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart for the first time in 19 years.
Shake it to the Max (Fly) remix by Moliy and Jamaicans Silent Addy, Skillibeng, and Shenseea moves up from #13 to land at #10 in its 4th week on the chart.
The last time that a Jamaican made it into the top 10 of the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart was in August 2006, when Sean Paul’s
(When You Gonna) Give it Up to Me featuring Keyshia Cole rose to #5.
Sean Paul has to date clocked six Top Ten entries on the chart, two of which went to #1, Get Busy and Baby Boy with Beyonce.
Shabba Ranks has three Top Ten charted singles, House Call with Maxi Priest (#4 in 1991), Slow and Sexy with Johnny Gill (#4 in 1992) and
Mr Loverman from the soundtrack of the film Deep Cover, which got as high as #2 in the summer of 1992.
Mad Cobra has one entry, Flex topped out at #7 in 1992, Elephant Man is featured on the Get Low (remix) by Lil Jon, Ying Yang Twins, and Busta Rhymes which went to #1 in 2004, and Shaggy has charted only two. The double-sided single Boombastic/In the Summertime was #1 in 1995, while It Wasn’t Me with Rik Rok stalled at #3 in early 2001.
Carl Douglas is the other Jamaican who has scored a top 10 hit on the R&B chart. He has two: Kung Fu Fighting (#1 in 1974) and Dance the Kung Fu (#8 in March 1975).
Still on Shake it to the Max (Fly) remix, the song continues its upward trajectory on multiple Billboard charts this week.
On the Hot 100, it steps up from #55 to #47, while on R&B/Hip Hop Streaming Songs, it skips from #16 to #12. It rises to a new peak of #15 on R&B/Hip Hop Airplay, while spiralling from #14 to #5 on R&B/Hip Hop Digital Song Sales.
Over on Mainstream R&B/Hip Hop Airplay, the song cracks the top ten at #10, while moving up two spots from #14 to #12 on Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay.
Meanwhile, on Global 200, it backtracks from #9 to #11 and on Global Excluding US 200 chart, it tumbles from #8 to #9 after peaking at #5 some two weeks ago.
Vintage albums continue to dominate the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, as Bob Marley and the Wailers log 284 non-consecutive weeks in the top spot with Legend.
Hot Shot by Shaggy moves into the #2 spot, while World on Fire by Stick Figure and Dutty Classics Collection by Sean Paul are #3 and #4.
Greatest Hits by UB40 remains at #5, Wisdom by Stick Figure inches up to #6, Dutty Rock by Sean Paul, and Set in Stone by Stick Figure are #7 and #8.
Bob Marley and the Wailers remain at #9 with Exodus, while Rastaman Vibration re-enters at #10.
