Billboard expands Reggae Albums chart
The weekly Billboard Reggae Albums chart has been expanded and now spans 15 positions effective the chart dated October 31, 2026.
Initially, when the first chart, dated February 5, 1994, was published it reflected 15 positions. It was reduced to 10 in 2020.
Bob Marley and the Wailers leads the pack for 355 non-consecutive weeks at #1 with Legend, while Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection by Shaggy occupies the #2 position.
Sean Paul’s Dutty Classics Collection re-enters at #3, while his Grammy winning
Dutty Rock stays firm at #4.
World on Fire by Stick Figure, Greatest Hits by UB40, Wisdom and Set in Stone by Stick Figure are #5, #6, #7 and #8.
Sister Nancy’s One, Two.. inches up to #9 and Exodus by Bob Marley and the Wailers slips to #10.
Tomorrow by Sean Kingston, which peaked at #9 a few weeks ago, moves up to #11, while Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley’s Welcome to Jamrock, which spent five weeks at #1 in 2005, slips to #12.
Endless Summer by The Elovaters, which peaked at #3, dips to #13, while
The Best of Big Mountain by reggae band Big Mountain, which debuted at #13 last week, slides down to #14.
Time Bomb by Iration holds down the #15 position.
Karol G’s BbY WOW featuring Judeline and rusowsky loses its grip at the top of the Billboard Global charts. The song, which samples the iconic Coolie Dance rhythm, backtracks to #3 on Global 200, while stepping down to #2 on Global 200 Excluding US.
The song spends a 10th week at #1 on Hot Latin Songs and Hot Latin Rhythm Songs, while falling to #2 on Latin Airplay and Latin Rhythm Airplay.
It continues to trek upward on Rhythmic Airplay, stepping up from #17 to #11.
Still on the Rhythmic Airplay chart, For You by Kemar McGregor, Beenie Man and Snoop Dogg featuring Elephant Man, Dyani, Shaneil Muir, Tifa, Vanessa Bling, Stefflon Don, Kraff, and Pamputtae is losing steam as it crashes from #34 to #38. It peaked at #33.
Moving now to the Reggae North Canadian Top 20 Reggae and Dancehall chart,
Mr Ungrateful by Krazy Bonez spends a second week at #1, with Do You by Fara and Tugstar remaining at #2.
Gal Bad Mind by Fyahnese and Steve Knight inches up to #3, while Captain Love’s
Concrete Jungle steps up to #4.
Meanwhile, Medi by Empress Divine moves from #6 to #5.
The sole new entry arrives at #20, Love and Appreciation by Nkrumah.
The Voice of the Caribbean’s weekly Florida Reggae and Dancehall Top 20 Radio Singles chart sees 1 Psalm by Masicka and Damian Marley taking over the #1 spot, while Move by Cham and Jada Kingdom falls to #2.
A Litte Bit (I’m Okay) by Ky-Mani Marley remains at #3; Give Thanks, a former chart-topper for Future Fambo and Sheenwrks, is #4; and Shine by Dexta Daps rises to #5.
Oh My by Buju Banton, Protoje and Cocoa Sarai opens at #17.
Over on the South Florida Reggae chart, Derrick Scott takes over the #1 spot with
Deliver Me, while Capleton’s Get Up and Fight soars from #5 to #2.
Rotation by Kabaka Pyramid skates from #11 to #10, while Woman Respect by Naomi Cowan starts at #24.
And, finally, on the New York Reggae chart, Richie Stephens claims the #1 spot for a second week with The Girl in His Mind. Lila Ike steps from #8 to #6 with What it Feels Like, while Stand On Business by Sean Paul energises from #11 to #8.
Red Fox starts the party at #29 with Dah Party Yah Cook, and Rise by Leba Hibbert, daughter of the late Toots Hibbert, debuts at #30.
