Sean Paul tops Billboard's Reggae Album chart with "Full Frequency" despite weak sales.....The Atlantic Records/VP Records set opened with 2,160 copies.....Tarrus Riley's "Love Situation" has sold 1,126 copies after 3 weeks.....Shaggy's Out of Many, One Music is at number 14 with 83 copies sold over the tracking period. Its total sales are 2,777 copies.

Saturday, March 01, 2014    

FULL Frequency, the new album from Sean Paul, has debuted at number one on Billboard's Reggae Album chart.

Sean Paul

Although this is the Grammy-winning deejay's fourth album to top that chart, he did so with paltry sales.

The Atlantic Records/VP Records set opened with 2,160 copies. This pales in comparison to impressive numbers by two of Sean Paul's previous albums Dutty Rock and The Trinity. Dutty Rock opened with 65,000 copies in November 2002 and went on to sell over six million copies worldwide.

Released in 2005 The Trinity set a best opening week record for a Jamaican act with over 107,000 copies. It eventually sold over 4.3 million copies worldwide.

Elsewhere on the Billboard Reggae Album chart, the long-running number one Reincarnated by Snoop Lion falls to number two, selling 663 copies in the past week for total sales of 91,955 copies.

The sales of Jamaican acts continue to be dismal. Gospel deejay Papa San's One Blood falls to number five, having topped the chart more than three weeks ago. Its sales tally stands at 1,820 copies. Tarrus Riley's Love Situation, which was number one two weeks ago, slips to number eight. After three weeks, it has sold 1,126 copies. more