Thursday, May 3, 2012

MARLEY TOPS BILLBOARD'S REGGAE CHART

MARLEY, the original soundtrack for the recently released Bob Marley documentary, debuted at the top of Billboard magazine's Reggae album chart last week.

The 24-song, two-disc set contains most of the songs used throughout the documentary, with the exception of Teenager In Love

Released by Island Records/Tuff Gong, the soundtrack contains the first recording by Bob Marley, Judge Not, produced by Leslie Kong in 1962.

This is the 13th time that a Marley-theme album or compilation has topped the Billboard Reggae album chart.

The soundtrack is on three other Billboard charts. It debuted at number 122 on the Billboard 200 album chart; number 20 on the R&B Hip Hop album chart; and number eight on the Soundtrack albums chart.

Over on the iTunes chart, it is number two in the United States and number four in Canada.

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