Rankings / Metro

The Sound of Kingston

Jamaica · #39 origin

Combined (3:1)
161.9
US score
12.1
UK score
15.7
Attributed artists
20

Signature decade 2000s · era-distinctiveness 2.9 · score per artist 8.1

Decade fingerprint

1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Bob Marley & The Wailers94.2
  2. 2Sean Paul28.6
  3. 3Shaggy10.8
  4. 4Omi6
  5. 5Ini Kamoze4.7
  6. 6Toots and the Maytals4.7
  7. 7Carl Douglas2.5
  8. 8Rikrok2.2
  9. 9Black Uhuru1.8
  10. 10Chaka Demus & Pliers1.3
  11. 11Desmond Dekker & The Aces1.1
  12. 12Dave and Ansell Collins0.9
  13. 13Ken Boothe0.6
  14. 14Althea & Donna0.6
  15. 15Boris Gardiner0.6

Signature songs

  1. 1“Cheerleader” : Omi · UK / US #1 (2015)
  2. 2“Here Comes the Hotstepper” : Ini Kamoze · UK / US #1 (1994)
  3. 3“Get Busy” : Sean Paul · UK / US #1 (2003)
  4. 4“Cheap Thrills” : Sean Paul · UK / US #1 (2016)
  5. 5“Temperature” : Sean Paul · US #1 (2006)
  6. 6“Kung Fu Fighting” : Carl Douglas · UK / US #1 (1974)
  7. 7“Boombastic / In the Summertime” : Shaggy · US #3 (1995)
  8. 8“It Wasn't Me” : Shaggy · UK / US #1 (2000)
  9. 9“It Wasn't Me” : Rikrok · UK / US #1 (2000)
  10. 10“Angel” : Shaggy · UK / US #1 (2001)
  11. 11“We Be Burnin'” : Sean Paul · UK / US #2 (2005)
  12. 12“Israelites” : Desmond Dekker & The Aces · UK / US #1 (1969)
  13. 13“Baby Boy” : Sean Paul · UK / US #1 (2003)
  14. 14“Double Barrel” : Dave and Ansell Collins · UK #1 (1971)
  15. 15“Oh Carolina” : Shaggy · UK #1 (1993)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Cheap Thrills”
2016
Sean Paul
US
“Rockabye”
2016
Sean Paul
UK
“Cheerleader”
2015
Omi
UK / US
“What About Us”
2013
Sean Paul
UK
“Start Without You”
2010
Laza Morgan
UK
“Temperature”
2006
Sean Paul
US
“Baby Boy”
2003
Sean Paul
US
“Breathe”
2003
Sean Paul
UK
“Get Busy”
2003
Sean Paul
US
“Angel”
2001
Shaggy
UK / US
“It Wasn't Me”
2000
Shaggy
UK / US
“It Wasn't Me”
2000
Rikrok
UK / US
“Boombastic”
1995
Shaggy
UK
“Here Comes the Hotstepper”
1994
Ini Kamoze
US
“Oh Carolina”
1993
Shaggy
UK
“Twist and Shout”
1993
Chaka Demus & Pliers
UK
“I Wanna Wake Up with You”
1986
Boris Gardiner
UK
“Uptown Top Ranking”
1978
Althea & Donna
UK
“Everything I Own”
1974
Ken Boothe
UK
“Kung Fu Fighting”
1974
Carl Douglas
UK / US
“Double Barrel”
1971
Dave and Ansell Collins
UK
“Israelites”
1969
Desmond Dekker & The Aces
UK
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