Listen to Me, the debut full-length album by Voicemail member Qraig, debuts at number five on the sales-driven US Current Reggae Albums chart.
The 12-song set opens with first week sales of 60 copies.
Listen to Me features collaborations with Wasp, Ding Dong, Demarco, Ajji, Munga Honorable, and Fyah Roiall.
The album was released June 24 via Alive Enterprise.
In 2014, Qraig (real name Craig Jackson) released the EP titled Me: My Evolution.
Still on the US Current Reggae Albums chart, Happy Hour by Hollie Cook debuts at number one with 508 in pure album sales. The nine-track set released by Merge Records features the collaboration Kush Kween with Jah9.
Greensleeves's Ganja Anthems dips two places to four with 723 sold to date, while Planet Paradise by Irie is new at seven with 49 copies.
On the sales- and streaming-driven Billboard Reggae Albums chart, Burial Ground, a 2012 release by California's Stick Figure re-enters at nine. Released via Ruffwood Records, Burial Ground features Jamaican reggae artiste Half Pint collaborating on the song Women of the Night.
Burial Ground debuted at number one in June 2012. It joins two other Stick Figure titles on the chart, World on Fire and Set in Stone, three and four, respectively.
Bob Marley and the Wailers are crowned champions for a 130th week with Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers, while Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection by Shaggy is steady at two.
Greatest Hits by UB40 dips to five, while Sean Paul occupies numbers six and seven with Dutty Classics Collection and Dutty Rock, respectively.
Gifted by Koffee rises to eight and Time Bomb by Iration is back on the chart at 10.
On the South Florida Reggae chart, Diamonds in the Sun by Tanya Stephens, Cedella Marley and Diana King clocks a third week in the number one spot.
I Need You by Audley Rollen darts from 12 to nine, while Love Lost by Twiggi bullets from 22 to 17.
New at 23 is Is it Still Good to You by Ed Robinson and Joanna Marie.
Mi Nuh Know by Shaggy remains at number one for a fifth week on the Foundation Radio Network (New York) Reggae chart.
When You Love by Lukie D moves from 10 to eight, while So I Can Love You by Novel-T surges from 13 to nine.
Hail and Blaze by Andrew Bees lifts from 14 to 10, Ten Million by Ricky General steps up from 16 to 12, and When I'm Back on My Feet Again by former Digicel Rising Stars alum Jodian Pantry bullets from 24 to 21.
Richie Stephens's Reverse the Curse debuts at 29.
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