Dancehall. The numbers don’t lie

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The Most Streamed Jamaican Reggae/Dancehall Artists On YouTube In 2022

BY MICHAEL NATTOO

Dancehall megastar Sean Paul is the most streamed Jamaican Reggae/Dancehall artist on YouTube in 2022, while, in Jamaica, Hillsidesinger Chronic Law is the most streamed artist for 2022 on the platform.

Sean Paul’s No Lie with Dua Lipa, which was released in 2017, is the most streamed song by a Jamaican artist on YouTube this year, racking up 407 million views on YouTube over the last 12 months, according to data gathered by DancehallMag from YouTube’s Music Charts & Insights. Paul and Shaggy were also featured on Spice’s 2021 hit Go Down Deh, which is the second most streamed song by a Jamaican artist on the platform, with 318 million views (combined over several videos) on YouTube over the last 12 months.

https://www.dancehallmag.com/2022/12...e-in-2022.html

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Why no national recognition for Thom Bell?

Persons in authority and those with social capital, those hegemonic power bearers in Jamaica have always amazed me. I refer in particular to those who select or nominate persons for the national awards. The select committee seems blinded at times as to who are truly deserving of national awards. There are so many who have served this nation, yet I have never heard their names called for awards. One only has to look around at those who were community giants and are today bereft of the national awards such as the great Canadian Baptist missionary Rev Dr J.W. Knight of SW St Ann; the great Irish pastor and medical doctor, Dr Kennedy of the Tabernacle Churches in St Ann; Rev Dr Aaron Dumas and the great community doctor, CC Jones of the Hagley Park Road community. There is one other Jamaican who has not been named for our national awards; internationally distinguished, cultural icon – the late Thom Bell, co-creator of the Philadelphia Soul Music. Composer, arranger, songwriter, singer, pianist and soul music producer, he was an important part of popular music and popular culture.

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/...tion-thom-bell