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Legend is a compilation album by Bob Marley and the Wailers.It was released on 7 May 1984 by Island Records. [2] It is a greatest hits collection of singles in its original vinyl format and is the best-selling reggae album of all-time, with more than 18 million copies sold in the US, more than 3.3 million in the UK (where it is the 17th best-selling album [3]) and an estimated 25 million ...
Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Luminate, is based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide. Another similar chart is the Billboard Global Excl. US chart, which follows the same formula except it covers all territories excluding the US. The two charts launched on September 19, 2020.
It also peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and seventeen on Billboard's R&B/Hip-hop charts. The album debuted atop the Billboard Reggae Albums chart and at number 5 on US Billboard 200, selling over 107,000 copies in its first week, the highest ever reggae/Dancehall debut and single week sales for a reggae artist in SoundScan ...
Catch a Fire peaked at number 171 on the Billboard 200 and number 51 on the Billboard Black Albums charts. Critical acclaim has included the album being listed at number 126 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, second only to Legend among five Bob Marley albums on the list. It is regarded as one of the top reggae albums of all time.
The Dirty Heads performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 13. [7] In late 2023, for the 35th anniversary of Alternative Songs (which by then had been renamed to Alternative Airplay), [8] Billboard published a list of the top 100 most successful songs in the chart's history; "Lay Me Down" was ranked at number 39. [9]
The album won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. [12] The album was certified platinum in United States and gold in United Kingdom. It peaked at number 34 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top Reggae Albums chart in the US, and reached number 37 on the UK Albums Chart. [13] [14] [15]
Bright Side of Life was officially released and dominated the iTunes charts, reaching the #1 spot on iTunes in the Reggae music genre, and the #3 spot for Top Albums Downloaded in the United States in all genres of music. The album also reached #1 on the Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart and #54 on Billboard ' s Top 200. [6]
Reggae Gold 1998 is a compilation album of reggae artists released in 1998. The album spent 82 weeks on Billboard's Reggae Album chart after debuting at #1. [ 1 ] Reggae Gold also spent 8 weeks on the Billboard 200 .