Jamaican producer Skatta Burrell is celebrating another major international success, with his iconic Coolie Dance Riddim forming the foundation of the new global number-one hit, BbY WOW.
The track, by Karol G, Judeline and rusowsky, has climbed to number one on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excluding U.S. charts.
According to Billboard figures, BbY WOW generated 42.3 million streams worldwide between August 28 and September 3, including more than 30 million streams outside the United States.
The song has also exploded on TikTok, with its official audio reportedly used in more than one million videos.
The achievement gives new life to Burrell's Coolie Dance Riddim,......
Apple is giving a new twist to its flagship smartphone line: The company unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone.
The company’s iPhone Duo foldable has an internal dual-display panel that provides the largest, most immersive screen size ever at 7.6 inches diagonally — and it’s also the thinnest iPhone ever, according to Apple. (When unfolded, it looks like a small iPad tablet.) There’s also a screen on the outside of the device.
The iPhone Duo is priced starting at $1,999 with 256 gigabytes of storage, ranging up to $3,199 for a model with 2 terabytes. Preorders start Oct. 16 and the device will begin shipping Oct. 23.......
Megan Thee Stallion is opening up about her breakup with NBA star Klay Thompson, admitting the experience has been difficult.
In a new interview with InStyle, the Grammy-winning rapper described the breakup as "very rough" and said she is doing her best to move forward.
Megan suggested she had been trying to make a relationship work that was no longer right for her, saying she eventually realised she was beginning to lose herself in the process.
The rapper says she is now focused on rediscovering herself and believes that when something constantly leaves you uncomfortable or on edge, it may be a sign that it is not meant for you.
Jhené Aiko is finally inking a date on the album she has been teasing fans with for months.
The singer confirmed the release on social media, writing simply that “Westside Whimsy" (the album) is out Friday (Sept. 11).
Cover art for the project depicts Aiko in close-up against a teal background, with crystal teardrops running down her cheeks.
Dancehall Star Vybz Kartel has shared that there has been growing interests from various networks since his announcement of a reality series with his fiance, Sidem Ozturk.
With Sidem expecting their child early next year, fans will be in for a ride along his family's journey.
In an interview, Kartel drew comparison to his earlier production, “Teacher’s Pet,” however, there will be a change in format.
John Legend has enlisted Pharrell Williams as executive producer of his eleventh studio album and shared the project's first single.On Tuesday, September 8, the EGOT announced the tracklist and release date for his forthcoming LP, MUSE. In a press release, Legend says he and Pharrell made the entire album at the Louis Vuitton headquarters in Paris after he contributed vocals to Clipse's “The Birds Don’t Sing." The project has a "Black James Bond aesthetic" and features a mixture of Black music, including gospel, doo-wop, classic soul, Afrobeat, and hip-hop.“I wanted to shake up the formula and do something fresh and new," Legend said of......
The Dominican Republic has a new international pageant queen. Joheirry Mola was crowned Miss World 2026 on Saturday, September 5, taking the top prize at the competition's 73rd edition in Vietnam and emerging from a field of contestants representing countries around the globe.
Mola represented the Dominican Republic and finished ahead of Spain's Elisabeth Reynes, who was named first runner-up, and Malaysia's Taanusiya Chetty, who took second runner-up. Miss World celebrated the new winner on social media after the finale, sharing images of the top three together and a video of Mola smiling and waving from a flower-covered throne as her fellow contestants gathered around her.
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Dancehall heavyweight Masicka is facing a federal copyright-infringement lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by plaintiff Melissa Mais.
The lawsuit marks a formal escalation of a dispute that surfaced earlier this year when four of Masicka's popular tracks, including "Whites," "Rich Sex," "Mute," and "Scope" were taken down from his official YouTube channel following Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notices.
Mais alleges that she wrote the underlying material in May 2023 and that it was subsequently released without her authorization or proper compensation. Masicka, whose given name is Javaun Nicholas Fearon has flatly denied the......
Dancehall star Popcaan appears to be teasing a new project after declaring "Album time!" in a recent post on his official Instagram account.
The potential release would serve as the follow-up to his 14-track sixth studio album, Nothing Without God, which was released on November 7, 2025.
The 2025 album featured tracks like "Kick It Wid Myself," "Greatness Inside Out," and "Family First" featuring Natebadz.
The "876GUD" star, born Andrae Sutherland in St. Thomas, Jamaica, has maintained steady global viewership numbers throughout the year, pulling in over 31.3 million total global views between August 9 and September 5, 2026 alone.
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KOFFEE’S eight-year-old hit Toast has achieved the gold mark in France. This as the song accumulated more than 15 million streams to be certified by the Syndicat national de l’édition phonographique, in English National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (SNEP).
The certification was issued on Monday.
Toast, which was previously certified platinum in the United Kingdom, also achieved a gold certification in Canada. The song is featured on Original Koffee’s 2019 EP titled Rapture, which won the Grammy for Best Reggae Album.
Toast became the reggae artiste’s first charted single, rising to #70 on the UK Singles chart and #47 in the United States on......
