Masicka Spends Third Week On Billboard With Debut Album ‘438’

Dancehall star Masicka’s debut album 438 continues its streak on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart for the third week since its debut on December 3.

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The album currently holds the No. 10 spot on the sales and streams chart, after debuting at No. 2 then dropped to No. 4 last week.

The data provided from Billboard’s sales tracker MRC Data,  shows 438’s total consumption from sales and streaming in the United States, during its third week of release ended on December 23, was 1,000 equivalent album units. The data showed no pure album sales for that week.

The third week’s total consumption included 200 in Digital Song Sales, 1,287,700 in On-Demand Audio Streams, and 80,700 in On-Demand Video Streams.

For the album’s second week, which ended on December 16, the total consumption from sales and streaming in the US was 1,300 equivalent album units.  This included 100 copies in pure album sales.

The second week’s total consumption also included 200 in Digital Song Sales, 1,622,700 in On-Demand Audio Streams, and 93,200 in On-Demand Video Streams. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.

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DancehallMag reported that the album sold 2,864 equivalent units during its first week, which included 733 copies in pure album sales.

All other Billboard-charting Dancehall albums released in 2021, including those from Usain Bolt, Vybz Kartel, Alkaline and Spice only managed to stay on the chart for one week.

The weekly Billboard Reggae Albums chart, ranks the most popular Reggae albums in the United States based on consumption metrics that are measured in equivalent album units. Each of those units represents one album sale or 10 individual tracks sold from an album or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid subscriptions streams from an album via audio or video streams.

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Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Legend: Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers remains at No. 1 for 103 consecutive weeks.

Shaggy’s Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection is at No. 2, followed by Bob Marley & The Wailers again with Exodus at No. 3.

Jason Mraz’s Reggae album Love For The Good is at No. 4, followed by American band Stick Figure at No. 5 and No. 6 with their Set In Stone and World On Fire albums.

Sean Paul holds the No. 7, 8, and 9 spots with his The Trinity, Dutty Rock, and Mad Love: The Prequel albums, respectively.

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