Buju Banton & Vybz Kartel Debuts In Top 10 On Billboard
Written by 1.02010 on July 9, 2020
Vybz Kartel and Buju Banton charted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, but Bob Marley still reigns supreme. A week before the release of Buju Banton and Vybz Kartel’s albums, fans went crazy trying to guess whose project would come out on top, especially since the former is backed by Roc Nation Management and the latter was touting his work as the “Grammy Album.” Both Of Dons And Divas by Vybz Kartel and Upside Down 2020 by Buju Banton were released on June 26th. The anticipation was thick as fans awaited the projects’ arrival on the Billboard chart. Idols became rivals this semester as the two Jamaican artists’ battled for the coveted top spot on their debut week. Neither Buju Banton nor Vybz Kartel nabbed the No. 1 spot and instead charted at No. 2 and No. 6 respectively. It was projected that Buju would outperform Kartel based on the huge label backing and the marketing behind his album. However, the Worl’Boss charted quite well for an incarcerated man doing it on his own.