Sean Paul, Shaggy, and Daybreak Penn had been the only real Jamaican musicians who made the record of Billboard’s 500 Finest Pop Songs.
In celebration of the Billboard Scorching 100’s sixty fifth anniversary, workers on the American music and leisure journal ranked the five hundred finest pop songs which have graced the chart since 1958.
Shaggy’s chart-topping hit “It Wasn’t Me” was ranked at quantity 273, Sean Paul’s “Get Busy” at quantity 341, and Daybreak Penn’s cowl of “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)” was ranked quantity 454.
“Some of the enduring songs about dishonest — particularly the denial of it — and one other early ‘00s reggae crossover smash with enviable endurance, utilizing a sing-song melody as a Computer virus for some downright hilarious methods to deal with getting caught in your infidelity,” Billboard stated of Shaggy’s hit, which peaked at #1 on the Scorching 100 chart in February 2001.
“It Wasn’t Me” is Shaggy’s highest-charting track up to now, topping the charts in Australia, Flanders, France, Eire, the Netherlands, Poland, the UK, and the USA. The track can be referenced incessantly in popular culture. In 2021, the Jamaican-American artist starred in a hilarious Superbowl business with Hollywood actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis that referenced the hit monitor.
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Sean Paul’s “Get Busy” additionally peaked at #1 on the Scorching 100 chart in 2003. Billboard says the track “stays a assured dancefloor banger, from its iconic directive-laden intro to its singular tackle the Diwali riddim.”
Together with peaking at #1 in the USA, “Get Busy” topped the charts in Italy and the Netherlands, and have become a top-10 hit in a further 11 international locations. The track was one of many lead singles off Sean Paul’s second album Dutty Rock, for which he received Finest Reggae Album on the 2004 Grammys.
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Daybreak Penn’s “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)” turned a worldwide hit in 1994 and continues to be thought to be a reggae traditional. Billboard stated the track “harnessed the ’90s Stateside dancehall increase and turned that power right into a chopping breakup anthem so sharp that even Beyoncé and Rihanna have delivered their very own renditions through the years.” It peaked at quantity 58 in 1994. The track is a redo of Willie Cobbs’ “You Don’t Love Me.”