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The single "Want You Back" reached #1 on the Jamaica Star ' s reggae/dancehall chart, and the music video for the song reached the #2 position on the MTV2 playlist. The song also won "Song of the Year" at the 1999 Reggae/Soca Music Awards. Melody also won the "Best Male Vocalist International" award at the 12th annual Tamika Reggae Awards.
The music video features cameo appearances from Major Lazer member Walshy Fire, reggae singer Naomi Cowan, dancehall artist Kemar Highcon, among others. [16] "Send It Up" premiered on 29 July 2021 on Jamaican radio station Zip 103 FM, [17] and was later announced as the album's third single. [18] Its music video was released on 14 August. [19]
Jamaican dancehall recording artist Spice has released three studio albums, one extended play, one mixtape, ninety-seven singles (including twelve as a featured artist) and seventy-six music videos (including ten as a featured artist). In July 2009, Spice signed a recording contract with VP Records.
[2] [3] At the age of 16 he relocated to the US where he worked to fund his interest in music production, and began creating tracks for hip hop and dancehall artists. [ 2 ] He is best known for his hit singles "Duppy Know Ah Who Fi Frighten", featuring on the Shoot Out Riddim, "Fallen Soldiers", [ 2 ] "True Friend" and "Show It (So Sexy)".
Reggae (/ ˈ r ɛ ɡ eɪ /) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. [1] A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first popular song to use the word reggae, effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience.
The song, based on Kurt Riley's Jambe-An riddim, [5] gradually spread outside Jamaica to win over audiences across South America. It was licensed worldwide by Allezgo Productions and for the US by Casablanca Records in early 2016, followed by the release of a music video for the song on YouTube months later.
On 14 June 2016, Protoje released Side B of his fourth studio album, Royalty Free, as a free download to the public on his website. His 2018 album, A Matter of Time, received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Reggae Album category. [14] On 27 March 2020, Protoje joined Chronixx on a remix of Alicia Keys' song Underdog. [15]
Lila Iké (born Alecia Tameka Grey; January 23, 1994) is a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter. [1] After releasing multiple singles, Iké released her debut studio album The ExPerience in May 2020.