The Sound of Kingston

Jamaica · #39 origin

Combined (3:1)
164.4
US score
12.6
UK score
16.2
Attributed artists
20

Signature decade 2000s · era-distinctiveness 2.89 · score per artist 8.2

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Bob Marley & The Wailers94.5
  2. 2Sean Paul29.4
  3. 3Shaggy10.7
  4. 4Omi7.1
  5. 5Ini Kamoze4.7
  6. 6Toots and the Maytals4.7
  7. 7Carl Douglas2.8
  8. 8Rikrok2.3
  9. 9Black Uhuru1.8
  10. 10Chaka Demus & Pliers1.2
  11. 11Dave and Ansell Collins1
  12. 12Desmond Dekker & The Aces1
  13. 13Boris Gardiner0.7
  14. 14Ken Boothe0.7
  15. 15Althea & Donna0.6

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

Chart-topping #1 singles

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