CHART SUCCESS WITH NEW RELEASES FROM THE EXPANDERS, JESSE ROYAL, AND THE GREEN
Artists from the Easy Star Records roster have been hitting #1 on the Billboard Reggae Chart for a four-week stretch starting October, 21 withย Old Time Something, Come Back Again, Vol. 2 from The Expanders!ย This marked theย second installment in their cover series.ย Whereย Volume 1ย ย saw the band recording songs already incorporated into their live sets,ย Volume 2ย presented a new challenge for the band in picking, learning and executing songs they had never played before.
Jesse Royal’sย release,ย Lily of da Valley, took the #1 spot for the following two weeks!ย After multiple successful singles and mixtapes, including the breakthrough song โModern Day Judas,โ the 14-trackย Lily of Da Valleyย marks Jesseโs debut full-length release.ย The album marks a massive leap forward for an artist who has emerged as one of his generationโs most influential reggae artist from mixtapes and singles alone.
The week of November 11, The Greenโs newย album,ย Marching Orders, has impressively debuted at #1 on the Billboard Reggae Chart and reached another charting milestone as the album hit #15 on Billboardโs Independent Release and #62 on Billboardโs Top 200 Sales Chart. Marching Ordersย is the bandโs fourth studio album, their third album to claim the #1 spot on the Billboard Reggae Chart, and their highest charting album on the Top 200.ย
