Jamaican-born and St. Kitts-based Dancehall sensation, Byron Messia, is reveling within the golden glow of success. His monitor “Talibans” has clinched gold certification in Canada, marking a powerful achievement for 40,000 items in gross sales and streaming figures.
The popularity, handed down by Music Canada, underscores the worldwide attain of the Caribbean’s vibrant music scene.
Chart-topping success
“Talibans”, distributed underneath the labels Ztekk/Easy Silly Data/Geffen/Interscope earlier this 12 months, has not simply been successful in Canada.
It has been weaving its magic on music charts worldwide.
The tune discovered its groove at quantity 75 on the Irish Singles chart and made a powerful leap to quantity 12 on the UK Singles chart. Moreover, it climbed to quantity 18 on Nigeria’s Sizzling 100 and lately debuted at quantity 21 on Germany’s City/Hip-hop chart.
Making waves within the US
Throughout the Atlantic, in the US, a remixed avatar of “Talibans” titled “Talibans II”, that includes the Afrobeat star Burna Boy, skyrocketed to quantity three on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart.
To not be outdone, the unique rendition of “Talibans” danced its method to numerous US charts, peaking at notable positions together with quantity 99 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 and securing slots inside the prime 20 of a number of different charts.
UK silver streak
It was not simply Canada that was entranced by the infectious beats of “Talibans”. The UK, identified for its discerning music aficionados, awarded the tune with a silver certification in August, celebrating over 200,000 items in mixed gross sales and streams.
