Our 2nd Annual Valentine’s Day Viewers’ Choice 2015: Your Top 20 Romantic Reggae & Dancehall Songs From Around the World!

Chenelle

New Kingston

Common Kings

Randy Valentine

Faydee

Morgan Heritage

Costi

I-Octane

Jo Mersa Marley

Shifta

Sean Paul Photo Courtesy of Cavalli Club Dubai

Queen Ifrica

Fiji

Shaggy

Ms. Ooja Photo Courtesy of Universal Music Japan

Katchafire

Knii Lante

Sly & Robbie Photo Courtesy of Wonder Knack

Spicy Chocolate

TOK

Thelma Aoyama Photo Courtesy of jpopasia.com

Kiwini Vaitai

Mohombi

Quique Neira

Trey Smoov Photo Courtesy of TreySmoov.com

Sammy J

Sara Lugo and Proteje

Tessanne Chin Photo Courtesy of Reggae Sumfest

USA’s J Boog Photo Courtesy of MoBoogie

Eddie “Joe Coffee” Williams

Jemere Morgan

MAGIC!

*Photos Courtesy of the artists’ official Facebook fan pages and various sources

For our second annual Valentine’s Day Viewers’ Choice article, we asked you to submit your favorite romantic reggae and dancehall songs from around the world.  Thank you for your song submissions.  Even though we could not include every single video, we featured the most requested songs.  In no specific order, here were your top picks for February 2015 (aka International Reggae Month).  Happy Valentine’s Day! 

Randy Valentine “Lock Me Up” (England)

Trey Smoov “Beauty Queen” feat. J Boog & Fiji (USA & Fiji)   

Quique Neira “Agua de la Fuente (Un amor)” (Chile)

Who’s Ready For Jamaica’s Reggae Sumfest 2014? It’s The Greatest Reggae Show On Earth!

Reggae Sumfest 2014 [Photo Courtesy of Reggae Sumfest]

The Reggae Around the World Team is proud to announce Reggae Sumfest 2014: The Greatest Reggae Show On Earth from Sunday, July 13 to Saturday, July 19 in Montego Bay, Jamaica! The world famous annual festival, features the best artists and DJs in reggae, dancehall and international music.  This year’s Sumfest features a week long celebration of music parties and concerts.  Check out our performer slideshows and event details below!

Date:  Sunday, July 13

Event:  Reggae Sumfest Beach Party

Location:  Aquasol Beach

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Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s Your Viewers’ Choice: Top 20 Reggae & Dancehall Love Songs from Around the World

I-Octane “Love You Like I Do”

Awa feat. House of Shem “Back in My Life”

Samantha J “Tight Skirt”

Elaine Shepherd “Lady in the Street”

Million Stylez “Time Stops”

Mavado & Nicki Minaj “Give It All To Me”

Romain Virgo “Soul Provider”

The Reggae Family of New Zealand

Common Kings “Your Turn”

Alexus Rose “Left Out”

Gentleman “In Your Arms”

Sons of Zion “Superman”

Damian Marley “Affairs of the Heart”

Chris Ellis “Don’t Change Your Number”

Shaggy & Ne-Yo “You Girl”

Wyre “No More”

Fireball “I Need You”

Ziggi Recado “Nothing But Love/Pure & Divine”

Jah Cure “That Girl”

Konshens “To Her With Love (They Say)”

*Photos: Various Sources

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we asked all of you (the viewers)  to submit your favorite reggae and dancehall love songs from around the world.  Thank you everyone for your excellent song suggestions.  Although we couldn’t include every single video, we included the most requested songs.   In no specific order, here are your top picks for this lovely month of February (which is also National Reggae Month).  Happy Valentine’s Day!

Alexus Rose “Left Out” (USA)

Romain Virgo “Soul Provider” (Jamaica)

“Big Tings a Gwaan”: Our Interview with Legendary Reggae Band Inner Circle

Lead Vocals – Kris Bentley

Bass – Ian Lewis

Keyboards – Bernard “Touter” Harvey

Guitar – Roger Lewis

Drums & Percussion – Lancelot Hall

The Legendary Inner Circle

*All photos courtesy of and provided by Inner Circle

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Inner Circle’s 20 year plus music legacy, let us fill you in.  Although they are best known for their hit song “Bad Boys” (which became the iconic theme song for Fox’s TV show Cops), Inner Circle are much more than a television band.

Since the mid-70s, Inner Circle’s blend of reggae, rock and pop have solidified them as one of the first Jamaican reggae bands to crossover to the mainstream American music scene and have shared the stage with pop/rock music icons such as Elton John, Carlos Santana, Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, Sinead O’Conner, The Black Crowes, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and more.  Additionally, this Grammy award-winning band has toured internationally, garnered a global fan base and has sold millions of records worldwide (some of their most notable albums include Bad Boys, Reggae Dancer and Big Tings).

Today, as one of the most esteemed bands in the industry, Inner Circle continues to create music on a daily basis at their own Circle Village recording studio and have collaborated with Damian & Stephen Marley, members of Morgan Heritage , Slightly Stoopid and many others.  We caught up with Inner Circle to chat about reggae’s popularity, their new Reggae Wave project, Circle Village Studios and much more.

VP Records Releases Reggae Gold 2013

RDX “Kotch”

Angela Hunte “One Shot”

Aidonia “Fi Di Jockey”

Etana ft. Busy Signal “Love Love Love”

Gyptian “Wine Slow”

Kes The Band “Tuesday On The Rocks”

Busy Signal “You And Me”

Major Lazer “Jah No Partial”

Queen Ifrica “Let’s Get Silly”

I-Octane “Gal Gimme Bun”

Konshens “Bad Girl”

Morgan Heritage “Perfect Love Song”

Snoop Lion ft. Mavado & Popcaan “Lighters Up”

Shaggy ft. Beres Hammond “Fight This Feeling”

Tarrus Riley “Gimme Likkle One Drop”

Sean Paul “Body”

VP Records’ Reggae Gold 2013 is now available both in stores and online!

*Photos: Various sources including VP Records

It’s that time of year again!  That’s right, summer’s here and you know what that means … the release of VP Records’ annual compilation album Reggae Gold!  This year’s long-anticipated edition features top hits from today’s most popular reggae and dancehall artists including Gyptian, Busy Signal, Sean Paul, Major Lazer, Konshens, Shaggy & Beres Hammond, Morgan Heritage, Queen Ifrica, Tarrus Riley, KES The Band, Etana and many more!  The double-disc set also features classic songs from Desmond Dekker, Yellowman and Beenie Man (just to name a few).   Reggae Gold 2013 is now available both in stores and online.

Watch some of the music videos from the album!  What do you think of Reggae Gold 2013?  Comment below!