Bob Marley Remains No. 1, American Dub Band Iya Terra Makes Debut

Reggae legend Bob Marley remains at No. 1 on the sales and streaming-driven Billboard Reggae Albums chart this week, while American roots Reggae and dub band Iya Terra have debuted No. 1 on the sales-driven US Current Reggae Album chart with their album Ease & Grace.

The 15 track set was released independently on July 30, with guest appearances from Tribal Seeds, Trevor Hall, Steel Pulse, Alborosie, Mike Love, and Bobby Lee of SOJA.

Ease & Grace debuted No. 1 on the Current chart after selling 372 copies in its first week in the United States, according to data provided to DancehallMag by sales tracker MRC Data (formerly Nielsen SoundScan).

The album’s total consumption from pure album sales plus stream equivalent albums was 974 units.  This included 743,160 audio streams and 5,083 video streams in the US, according to MRC.

On the sales and streaming-driven Billboard Reggae Albums chart, Ease & Grace debuted just short of the Top 10 at No. 11.

Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Legend: Bob Marley & The Wailers is No. 1 on the Billboard Reggae Album chart this week for the 83rd consecutive week.

Vybz Kartel and Spice have earned top placements on the iTunes charts this week, with both artists encouraging their large fanbases to buy and stream their recently released Dancehall albums – Born Fi Dis and 10 .  There’s hope among some fans that either album could unseat Marley.  However, Legend — a greatest hits collection first released in May 1984 by Island Records — routinely moves about 10-13,000 total units each week.

Last week, the collection sold 2,615 copies in pure album sales and 11,440 total units of consumption from sales and streaming in the US, according to MRC Data.  Legend is also currently No. 78 on the Billboard 200 Chart, where it has been for an impressive 690 weeks.

Meanwhile, Shaggy’s Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection is at No. 2 and has spent 125 weeks on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.

Jason Mraz’s Love For The Good is No. 3 this week, followed by Rebelution’s Live At Red Rocks at No. 4.

UB40’s Greatest Hits collection is at No. 5, followed by American band Stick Figure at No. 5 and 6 with their albums World On Fire and Set In Stone, respectively.

Dancehall superstar Sean Paul is at No. 8 and 9 this week with his Trinity and Dutty Rock albums, respectively.

Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Gold album rounds up the Top 10 at No. 10.