Jah Cure is overjoyed at the excellent response to his recently released ‘World Cry’ album which has been registering excellent sales worldwide, hitting the #2 spot on the reggae iTunes chart in two countries, and charting in the top five in several others.
The album, released on Wednesday, charted at #2 in France, #2 in the US, #3 in the UK on the reggae iTunes charts.
“This is very gratifying to know that the long hard struggle to put out this album was worth it. The response from the fans in terms of sales speaks for itself. Right now, Bob Marley is #1, I am #2, and Bob is #3, so it’s evident that people were waiting for this album,” he said.
He said that this was a “great day for reggae music”.
“It’s a great day in my career, and a good look for reggae. To know say for this long time, Bob ah hold it, and to know that we are still alive and touch it, it shows that we must follow up and continue to represent for reggae,” he said.
Jah Cure added that his strategy of limiting his recordings this year definitely paid off.
“I knew that the album was destined for great things, because I held my value, by not recording for anyone, and waiting to mi drop mi ting, mi never did a sing sing all about the place…people were waiting, and this ah the testimony,” he said.
The album will be distributed by Fontana Distribution, which takes its name and logo from the Fontana Records label, which was initially launched by Universal Music Group in 2004 and sold to digital music distributor INgrooves.
The ‘World Cry’ singer launched a video for his popular single, ‘That Girl’, over the weekend in Jamaica to rave reviews, feeding the heightened anticipation for the album’s release.