Melekel Scores Second No. 1 Album on The Reggae Dancehall Charts with Ancient Legacy

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Dec. 18, 2023 - PRLog -- Melekel's Ancient Legacy debuts atop the Reggae Dancehall albums chart dated December 23, tying him with the popular Jamaican rapper Masicka for most No. 1s on the NYC based chart. He formerly earned the top spot with Marriage to Dancehall in 2017.

Ancient Legacy blasted off with 15,000 tantamount album units procured in the U.S., Great Brittain and Canada in the week ending December 14, according to next generation stats. That quantity represents the largest opening week for a non-rap album by a man in the 2020s and the biggest for a reggae/dancehall album by an international artist this year.

The album was foreshadowed by a trio of charting singles on the Reggae and Dancehall Charts: "Mighty Trinity" (No. 1 in Nov. 2023), "Black Hero" (No. 1, in Aug. 2023) and "War Specialist" (No. 10, 2023).

Overall, Ancient Legacy represents Melekel's third top 10 album, the fullness of his charting achievement on the Reggae Dancehall Charts. He also reached the area zenith with Marriage to Dancehall (No. 1, 2017), and Face Off (No. 3, 2018).

Moreover, in the new #top10 of the Reggae Dancehall Charts, Beenie Man earns his first top 10 charting album since 2006 with the No. 3 arrival of "Simma".

The staff at Reggae Dancehall Charts determines the most popular albums of the week worldwide, based on multiple alpha numeric utilizations as calculated in equal album units, compiled by next generation stats. Units include album downloads, track equal albums (TEA) and streaming equal albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid subscriptions on demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.

The new December 2023 dated chart will be published on the Reggae Dancehall Charts website on December 19. For the full list of chart toppers follow @reggaedancehallcharts on Instagram and stream the album "Ancient Legacy" on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/2D2cRxtJzqfmAx9T543SCm.