Big Names Dominate Charts This Week
Published:Thursday | May 5, 2016 | 12:00 AMCurtis Campbell
The Billboard Chart was a rough place to be this week if you are not among the biggest names in music, as popular stars like Beyonce, Drake and Prince, have dominated the media with their projects.
Beyonce's recent album, Lemonade, currently sits in the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart, while Prince occupies the number two, number three, number four, number six and number seven spots.
Purple Rain
Beyonce also made headlines this week with 12 of her songs from Lemonade, charting on the Billboard Hot 100. Drake also had four singles on the chart while Prince's Purple Rain record climbed to the number four spot since his death.
Beyonce and Drake's successful run on the chart, caused several acts to fall from the chart this week, including Fire Links who debuted as a part of Kanye West's Wave single. However, Jamaican acts like Sean Paul and Nyla are still positioned on the Hot 100 chart at number 88 and number 58 respectively.
Notably Sean Paul's effort, Cheap Thrills, which is a collaboration with Sia, is currently number one on the Germany Billboard chart.
As it relates to the Billboard reggae chart, Alkaline returned to the top ten this week with his album, New Level Unlocked, now sitting at number seven, after falling last week. Interestingly, aside from Alkaline, there are no other Jamaican-based artistes on the Billboard reggae top ten chart.