Donovan Watkis Podcast

Shaggy is one of the most successful artist in the world. He has been at the forefront of music's development since the 1990s. He has reinvented himself and found success at the top of the charts over and over. He has been nominated for 7 grammy awards winning twice for Boombastic and 44/876 with Sting. He surpassed 1.1 billion Pandora plays and 400M Youtube plays in the last year. His top songs are Boombastic, Angel and it Wasn't me. His latest hit is Guh Dung Deh featuring Sean Paul and Spice. The week he and I talk about music, the music business and life in general.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/support

Costi is the producer for Spice, Shaggy and Sean Paul's latest hit "Guh Dung Deh". Born in Constanța, Costi began his musical career by singing Romanian traditional folkloric music. He however achieved fame as a member of the Pop music boy band Valahia, enjoying several hits. In 1999 he started to experiment with manele, a composite Balkanic musical style, and in 2000 he collaborated with acclaimed manele singer Adrian Minune on Of, viața mea ("Oh, my life"),one of the first mainstream successes of the genre in Romania. Following Valahia's dissolution in 2002, he started a solo career, concentrating on manele. In this period he collaborated with several well known manele singers.Unlike some Romani counterparts, Costi Ioniță does not use a nickname.Despite his success in manele, he also experimented with other musical styles, such as lăutărească, populară or turbo-folk. In the late 2000s Costi extended his act in the Balkans and Middle East, achieving success in Turkey and Saudi Arabia with the song Ca la Ams

Montero by lil Nas X is the top song in the UK and Canada Rapstar by Polo G is the top song in the US Save your tears remix by The weeknd and Arianna Grande is top buzzing in Canada On me remix by Lil Baby and Megan Thee Stallion is top buzzing in the US and Body remix by Russ and Tion Wayne is top buzzing in the UK In the Caribbean Dancehall rules the chart with Style by Likkle Addi at number 5 in Jamaica Intence with Who and Dem number 4 and Intence and Tashawn at number 3 Ambitionz by Yaksta at number 2 in Jamaica and number 1 in Cayman Roll Deep by 10Tick at number 1 My Life by Medz Boss at number 1 in Trinidad Trackstar by Mooski at number 1 in Barbados On Spotify Viral 50 After School by Weekly at number 2 and Binibini by Zach Tabudlo at number 1 Rapstar by Polo G is the number one song on the Hot 100 Young Stoner Life by Young Thug and various artists at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. The featured artist this Week is BayC. An original member of the dancehall -reggae group TO

CLARKS ORIGINALS launched a new Jamaican collection and accompanying video campaign Clarks & Jamaica using the voices and talents of 7 Jamaican bred stars to explain what the Clarks Original brand means to Jamaica. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/support

-Lut Gaye by Jubin is the top song globally with 80m streams - Talja by Gur Sidhu is top buzzing song in Canada - Rapstar by Polo G is top Buzzing in the US and UK - In the Caribbean ; Dancehall Baddest by Rygin King is #5 in Jamaica - Dark ages by Tommy Lee at #4 - Yeng Badness by Intence #3 - Ambition by Yaksta at #2 in Jamaica and Cayman - and at #1 is Roll Deep by 10Tik - RapStar by Polo G  is #1 in Cayman - My Life by Medz Boss is number 1 in Trinidad On Spotify: Peaches by Justin Beiber, Daniel Ceasar and Giveon is at number 2 with 51M Montero by Lil Was X is number one globally with 55M streams Rapstar by Polo also debuts at number 1 on the billboard hot 100 another debut is Kiss be more by Doja Cat feat Sza at number 7 On the Billboard 200 album chart; Fearless by Taylor Swift debuts at number 1 and the Best of DMX moved up 71 spots to land at number 2 Road Runner: New Light, new Machine by Brock Hampton debuts at number 11 and Shottaz Forever by M03 debuts at number 36 The featured artist this week i

The featured artist this week is Chris Martin, The VP artist released two albums, Big Deal, and Then in 2017 and 2019. He has 31 million Pandora plays. His top songs are Cheaters prayer, I'm A Big Deal, Paper Loving and Under the influence. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/support

Warner Music Group and Spotify have entered into a new partnership that will see the two companies develop a series of original podcasts built around WMG’s extensive and diverse artists’ and songwriters’ catalogs.  The news follows Warner Music Group’s recent launch of the BLK In America podcast by Spotify, which sees artists like Rico Nasty, Chaka Khan, and Keedron Bryant discussing what it means to be Black in America.  Top Buzzing in the UK, USA and Canada is Rapstar by Polo G  but the top song in the UK, US and Canada is Montero by Lil Nas X  In the Caribbean  Virgin by Jah Vinci at number 5 in Jamaica   All Dat by Intence at number 4  Dancehall Baddest by Rygin King at number 3  Roll Deep by 10Tick at number 2  and Ambition by Yaksta spending a third week at number 1 in Jamaica and number 2 in the Cayman Islands.  Rags to Riches by teejay is number one in Trinidad  On Spotify global 200 Peaches by Justin Beiber, Daniel Ceasar and Giveon is the top song with 52 million streams.  On the Billboard hot100 Le

Rapper DMX has died at the age of 50 at the White Plains hospital in New York. Rest In Peace DMX. Globally on YouTube Lut Gaye by Jubin is the number one song with 100M streams. In Canada, US, and the UK Montero by Lil Nas X in number one Buzzing in the US is Beat Box “First Day Out” by NLE Choppa In the Caribbean virgin by Jah Vinci at number 5 in Jamaica God is Love by Beres Hammond and Popcaan is at number 4 Montero by Lil Nas X at number 3 Yah Now by Intence at number 2 And Ambition by Yaksta at number 1 in Jamaica and The Cayman Islands In Barbados No More Parties by Coi Leray is number 1 From Rags To Riches by Teejay at number 1 in Trinidad and Grenada On Spotify viral 50 Chivirika by El Villanord at number one Over on the Billbaord hot 100 Lil Nas X scores his second number one with Montero after Old Town Road in 2019. Montero is a reference to Lil Nas X real first name. Another debut on the chart is Richer by Rod Wave featuring Polo G. That song of his SouFly album which debuts at number one on the 2

On YouTube, Montero by Little Nas X is the buzzing song in the US and Canada Body by Russ and Tion Wayne is buzzing in the UK, Peaches by Justin Beiber is the top song in Canada Top song in the IS is Back In Blood by Pooh Shiesty, And top song in the UK is Wellerman by Mathan Evans Top songs in the Caribbean are Virgin by Jah Vinci at number 5 in Jamaica Montero by Lil Nas X at number 4 Public enemy by Intence and Govana at number 3 God is Love by Beres Hammond and PopCaan at number 2 and Ambition by Yaksta at number 1 From Rags to Riches by Teejay is number one in Trinidad and number 2 in Grenada On Spotify Peaches by Justin Beiber feat. Daniel Ceasar and Giveon at number 1 with 42M streams. Peaches also debuts number 1 On the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Justin also debuting As I am, Ghost and Out My Face. Up by Cardi B slips to number 2 His new album Justice also debuts at number one on the 200 albums chart. Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Ray  at number 2 Other debuts are The Plugs I meet by Benn

Jesse Royal is one of Reggae's new favorites. He has become one of the most important voices in Reggae music over the last five years. He share is ideas, insights and perspectives in this interview on how to make music better and why the artist is important. Follow World Music Views IG, twitter, Facebook @worldmusicviews  email worldmusicviews@gmail.com www.worldmusicviews.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/support

Jeremy Harding is a creative professional over 25 years of experience in the music industry. He is a Music Business consultant and Online educator, formerly an AnR consultant with VP Records (largest Reggae Record label worldwide). He served as artist manger to Reggae superstar Sean Paul from 1995-2012. After selling 10 million+ records worldwide, 3 Billboard #1 spots, A Grammy , MTV, ASCAP, AMA and MOBO Awards Jeremy has a wide grasp of artist and their intellectual property. In this episode he speaks on the future of music, streaming, NFTs, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/support

Steve Urchin Wilson is Dancehall Superstar Sean Paul's manager.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldmusicviews/support

Ryan Francis Henriques (born January 9, 1973), who performs under stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican Grammy winning reggae artist who is the former lead vocalist of the Dutty Cup Crew. Sean Paul broke through with "Gimme The Light"; the first single from his 2002 album, Dutty Rock, which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Paul won his first GRAMMY for Best Reggae Album for Dutty Rock for 2003, the same year he was nominated for Best New Artist. To date he has released six studio albums including Dutty Rock, 2002; for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album, The Trinity, 2005; which was certified platinum in Europe and by the Recording Industry Association of America. He also went on to release Imperial Blaze, 2009; Tomahawk Technique, 2012, and most recently Full Frequency in 2014. Follow World Music Views on all social media @worldmusicviews visit www.worldmusicviews.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: h

World Music Views Midseason Extended Trailer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/support

Season 4, Episode 6. This episode focuses on how YouTube, Crypto Currencies and NFTs are changing music globally and how the Caribbean can get in on the action. Joining me is Earl Chapman who is an accomplished business developer working with the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Jamaica Stock Exchange to bring value to innovators and business owners.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldmusicviews/support

Cham's career began in the early 1990s. The Miami Times referred to his debut album Wow... The Story, released in 2000, as "the most anticipated album in years from any reggae artist", and a Washington Post review of a live Cham concert in 2006 described him as "the man who may be the next Sean Paul – a dancehall artist who crosses over to the U.S. hip-hop market." Throughout his career, Cham has collaborated with many hip hop and R&B artists such as Foxy Brown, Alicia Keys, Carl Thomas, Shawn Mims, Mis-Teeq, Rihanna, Che'Nelle, Jentina, Akon, and T-Pain, Keke Palmer and many others. Cham has for a long time worked with producer Dave Kelly. In 2012, he recorded with his wife, O, on the singles "Wine" and "Tun Up". In 2013 he released the Kelly-produced single "Fighter", featuring Damian "Junior Gong" Marley.[5] Cham's third album, the Kelly-produced Lawless was released in June 2015.[6] Featuring the single "I Am Hot", the album was recorded in Florida apart from a collaboration with Mykal Rose and Bounty

Walshy Fire The Grammy award winning Jamaican-American DJ and record producer makes up a third of the group Major Lazer.  Walshy co-wrote Blaze up the Fyah by Chronixx and contributed to the careers of Koffee, several Major Lazer albums and EPs, as well as his own albums. His projects have over millions of Pandora plays, hundreds of millions of Spotify streams and billions of YouTube plays. His top songs are Bend Down Pause feat Wiz Kid, Call me and Tropical Breeze.     WMV on social media and for more music news log on to worldmusicviews.com Thanks to our sponsor Bank of Jamaica- Inflation Targeting  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/support

Known as the "youngest veteran", Damian is from reggae royalty and has made a name for himself in the music business locally and abroad.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldmusicviews/support

World Music Views Podcast Episode 1  Beenie Man has been in the entertainment business for three decades. His music, dancehall has been performed in-front of Kings and Queens and won him a Grammy and the moniker "The Doctor". From the streets of Kingston, Jamaica, he explains how he continues to make authentic dancehall and gives a brief history on the music of the Caribbean region, his contributions, and the future of music in the region.  Follow Jr: Log on to worldmusicviews.com for the latest music news and check out World Music Views Chart Show on TVJ Friday Nights at 8:45 Twitter: worldmusicviews IG: Worldmusicviews Facebook: World Music Views email:worldmusicviews@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldmusicviews/support

THIS PODCAST IS NOW WORLD MUSIC VIEWS. SEASON 1: THE URBAN CARIBBEAN MUSIC EDITION STARTS FEBRUARY 15, 2021.  SET YOUR TIMER, SET YOUR WATCHES WORLD MUSIC VIEWS IS HERE.  THIS SEASON FEATURES WALSHY FYAH, Damian Marley, CHAM, BEENIE MAN.  EPISODES ARE NOW MORE PRODUCES FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE.  SEARCH FOR THE WORLD MUSIC VIEWS PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY AND YOUTUBE TO HEAR MUSIC FROM ALL THE EPISODES.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/worldmusicviews/support