Press Release - After making history as the first Jamaican female artist to be interviewed prime time by the largest news organization in America, ABC News. Spice catches another win and has much to celebrate as her Grammy-nominated debut album “10” has now sold over 80,000 album units in the US. No small feat for the independent artist and who has been laboring in dancehall since the age of 15.
This would make “10” one of, if not the highest-selling album from a Jamaican-born female dancehall artist in the last 5 years or more.
On Friday, June 2nd, 2023, Chartdata, which pulls its data from luminate sales tracker, revealed to its subscribers the milestone under subscriptions tweets.
The platform having over 2.2 million followers releases music stats for the biggest players in the music industry.
They’ve also revealed that Spice has sold over 150,000 album units in the US. Again, no small feat for the artist who has self-produced majority of her projects under her own label “Spice Official Ent.”
According to an article released by the Jamaica Observer in August of last year. Spice leads the pack as the female dancehall artist with the most charted entries on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart in the chart’s history and since it’s existence. Spice has a total of four EP’s/ albums, and all projects have entered the chart.
Both Lady Saw and Tanya Stephens have a total of 10 studio albums, and up to today, only 2 projects have entered the billboard reggae albums chart for each artist.
In 2021, the album earned a Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album of the Year. Making Spice the first hardcore female dancehall artist to earn a solo Grammy nomination for their own body of work.
Since it’s release “10” album has charted in over 103 countries on Apple Music, peaked at #10 on US iTunes All genres top albums chart, and came in at number 1 on the iTunes reggae albums chart. “10” has garnered 6 billion YouTube short views from videos containing tracks off the album.
The album has now surpassed more than 225 million streams on Spotify, with the lead single “Go Down Deh” being the most streamed with over 156 million plays.
Spice’s 2018 EP “Captured” entered Billboard’s US Top Heatseekers chart at #9. Earning her three entries on billboard that year. Which included the lead single off the project “Black Hypocrisy, that came in at number 1 on the Billboard Reggae Digital Song Sales chart and the EP landing at the number one spot on Billboard Reggae Albums Chart.
Spice is first and only female dancehall artist to earn a #1 reggae album on Billboard since Diana King. The only female dancehall artist to have a solo enter the chart this era. No other female act has since. She is the only Jamaican female artist to this date to have a number one on every music chart.
Spice who became a household name in Jamaica in the late 90s, like many of her peers got her break before the social media era and had to build up their fan base from delivering at events throughout the country and entire Caribbean.
However, after 20 years Spice somehow manages to dominate on streaming platforms. Last year, Spice was the most streamed Jamaican female artist on YouTube globally, after bringing in 406 million streams on the platform in one year alone. She was the only female in the top 5, amongst the most streamed Jamaican artist on the platform.
Spice is the most streamed Jamaica female artist on Spotify from her era with over 3.3 million monthly listeners. Followed by Sister Nancy with 1 million monthly listeners. These are the main two females who maintain a presence on the Apple Music and iTunes reggae chart in the US, UK, and Canada whether they release new projects or not. They do not leave the charts. Spice impact on the genre speaks for it self as spice is the longest standing and most successful Jamaica female artist of the 2000s.
Spice has broken down barriers for women in Jamaican music who desired to gain international recognition. From being sought out some of the biggest commercial news and media platforms worldwide, attending red carpet events in America, and being the only female to be interviewed by Forbes Magazine. All being done without a label forcing down these doors.
This is why it is not surprise that diamond selling female rapper Cardi B named Spice as one of her influences in her biography. The Bronx rapper, says she grew up listening to spice and for her 12th birthday she asked her father to buy her an Ed Hardy shirt because she seen Spice wearing it. Her impact and influence cannot be overlook. While many females in the genre seek to fill the shoes of women who have came before them, Spice has a pear of her own that has yet to be filled by a female from the 2010s.
Spice is set to release a all female riddim in the coming weeks. This would be the artist’s second all female production. Spice released the “Gal Click Riddim” in 2013 featuring Pamputtae, Macka Diamond, Stylish, Stacious, Face, Katrina and herself.
SOURCE: Top Tier PR Solutions Inc
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