<strong>#15</strong> global reggae charts | issue 4 / august 2017
editorial Welcome to the <strong>August</strong> edition of the <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Reggae</strong> <strong>Charts</strong> magazine. While the festival season and the summer in general in the northern hemisphere have kept us pretty busy, we are trying to get the magazine back together. This month you can find most of the categories you used to find in the magazine back again. We have a voter interview with Thomas Behler aka BloodPreshah from KGNU in Colorado, USA, and another interview with Monkey Marc, who gives business insights from his experience as a producer and independent artist, the Australian reggae scene, and offers his perspective on the changing reggae business. Also, of course, you will find the latest single, album, and riddim charts. This month our artist feature is Italian reggae superstar Alborosie. Within the past year, he has released three albums, all of them with high positions on the <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Reggae</strong> <strong>Charts</strong>. Also, his single “Living Dread” has been within the peak positions of the single charts for months. His latest single “Contradiction” feat. Chronixx went straight to #1 on the single charts last month and continues to stay there this month, while his “Unbreakable – Alborosie meets the Wailers United” album went straight to #2 on the album charts. So, we think, it was time for us to give him an “Artist of the Month” spot. When we take a closer look at the charts, we find, that on both the single and album charts around 50% of the entries are new, entering the charts within the past two months. One year after his album release, Chronixx seems to be one of the most wanted feature artists. No less than four tracks on the single charts name him as a featured artist, namely “Contradiction“ with Alborosie at #1, “No Guarantee” with Protoje at #2, “Help the Weak” with Capleton at #11 and “Unity we Need“ with Richie Spice at #17. Kabaka Pyramid keeps his presence high after his recent album release Kontraband (#1 - album charts) with “Kontraband” feat. Damian Marley at #4 and “Borders” feat. Ghanaian superstar Stonebwoy at #16. Also, he and Shanique Marie are featured artists on the Yaadcore release “No Fenke Fenke”, that went directly to #5 on the single charts this month. Further new entries on the single charts come from Tribal Seeds feat. Protoje, the already-named combination of Richie Spice & Chronixx, and from Rootz Radicals out of Germany. On the album charts, you can find plenty of new entries this month. Besides the already named Alborosie meets the Wailers United album, we have new entries from Protoje with his long-awaited new album A Matter of Time, Rebelution, Dubmatix, Omar Perry, Tribal Seeds, Hempress Sativa & Scientist, and Katchafire. While the single and album charts have many new releases this month, it seems not too many interesting riddim albums have been released recently, since, apart from the newly entered Wizzle Riddim, all entries have been in the charts for three to five months already. Now we wish you an interesting study of the magazine and the charts. All the best Felix 1 global reggae charts | issue 15 / august <strong>2018</strong>