‘Technology of Kings’ the brand new album from dancehall artiste Masicka, which was launched on Friday, debuted within the high spot on the Prime 100 Reggae Albums iTunes Chart.
The 17-track album pushed ‘Legend’ by Bob Marley and The Wailers album to quantity two on the chart on Friday, claiming the number one spot, and nonetheless occupies that place.
The album additionally debuted at number one on Apple Music in 13 Caribbean international locations together with Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, and Turks and Caicos.
It is usually the primary time in historical past that an artiste charted 17 songs within the high 20 on Apple Music Jamaica chart, a file beforehand held by dancehall newcomer Valiant who charted 5 songs within the high ten final 12 months, in accordance with World Music Views.
‘Technology of Kings’ was launched by the US file label Def Jams Recordings, and options Jamaican artistes reminiscent of Popcaan, Dexta Daps, Spice, Continual Legislation, and Lila Iké.
A launch from Masicka’s crew said that the expectation of the album is to seek out new markets for the Jamaican deejay, who’s now primarily based in South Florida.
“Increasing the fan base and tapping into new markets is the goal for us, numbers will occur ultimately,” his crew mentioned.
Masicka additionally featured Afrobeats singer Fave and Haitian-American singer Fridayy on the album.
Producers on the album embody Masicka in addition to, Boi-1da, Atto Wallance, Moz ‘Mozeeko’ Hamm, and Donald ‘Razzy’ Chen, Mario ‘Dunw3ll’.
Masicka’s debut album ‘438’ launched in 2021 has additionally charted at number one. It was the primary undertaking to spend a complete 12 months within the Prime 10 on Apple Music Jamaica.
