Shaggy’s Boom Body continues its rise on the charts
Boom Body, Shaggy’s latest release, continues to impact charts in the US. It has moved up on the latest Mediabase Rhythmic Airplay chart (which monitors rhythmic radio).
On the Billboard Rhythmic Airplay chart, the song reaches its peak to date, #28.
Boom Body, which also features Akon and Aidonia, debuted on the January 31-dated Billboard chart, and is Shaggy’s 12th entry on this particular chart.
His previous entries include the #1 hits Angel and It Wasn’t Me, Til a Mawnin (featuring Sting – #35 in 2025), Boombastic (#6 in 1995), That Girl (with Maxi Priest – #16 in 1996), Luv Me, Luv Me (with Janet Jackson – #22 in 1998), and I Need Your Love (#36 in 2015).
Sean Paul’s 2006 hit When You Gonna (Give it Up To Me) moves up to #38 on the UK Singles chart, while holding firm at #61 on Billboard’s Global Excluding US chart. On Global 200, the song rises to #102 up from #133.
Jamaican (Bam Bam), a reconstructed dance/house interpretation of Sister Nancy’s iconic hit Bam Bam, produced by HUGEL and SOLTO, inches up to #4 on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart.
On the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, Bob Marley and the Wailers remain unmoved at #1 with
Legend for a 319th non-consecutive week.
Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection by Shaggy remains firm at #2, with Dutty Classics Collection by Sean Paul re-entering at #3, and World on Fire by Stick Figure inching up to #4.
Dutty Rock by Sean Paul dips to #5, Greatest Hits by UB40 holds at #6, Wisdom and Set in Stone by Stick Figure are #7 and #8, with Bob Marley’s Exodus and Damian Marley’s Welcome to Jamrock positioned at #9 and #10.
For a second week How Sweet It Is by Jah Cutta has a hold on the #1 spot on the Reggae North Canadian Top 20 Reggae chart.
Wheel and Come Again by Skystar is #2, while Protect Us by I-Noah inching up a spot to #3.
Set Me Free by Memberz Syndicate rises to #4 and I’ll Be Your King by Akustix moves up to #5.
Montego Bay was originally recorded and released by Bobby Bloom in 1970 and it reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, #3 in the UK and #5 in Canada as well as making the Top 10 in 8 other countries in Europe.
Freddie Notes and the Rudies covered the song that year and their version reached #45 in the UK, while eight years later, in 1978, a version by Sugar Cane visited the #54 spot in the UK. Jon Stevens had a hit in 1980 with his version that topped the chart in New Zealand.
In 1986 British reggae/ska/pop band Amazulu scored a hit with their version, which got as far as #16 in the UK and South Africa, #90 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 in Ireland.
Former Digicel Rising Stars winner Shuga has put her spin on Montego Bay, and her version is the new #1 on the New York Reggae chart.
Elsewhere on the New York Reggae tally, Feel So Nice by Maxi Priest and Sean Paul moves up to #3, while Sweet Loving and Affection by Glen Washington (#27), Ain’t No Time to Cry by Winchester T (#38), and Struggle On by Luciano (#30) are new entries.
Hopeton Lindo and Anthony Malvo spend another week on top of the South Florida Reggae chart with
Mental Health Awareness.
A Chance on Love by Leroy Sibbles inches up to #4, with Richie Stephens’s cover of Trapped surging to #10. Where My Heart Belongs by Gramps Morgan moves up two spots to #15.