Teejay scores first Billboard entry with ‘Drift’

Dancehall artiste Teejay has scored his first Billboard entry together with his summer time hit Drift.

Drift debuted at quantity 47 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for October seventh. Teejay joins Jamican-born dancehall artiste Byron Messia as the one dancehall artistes with an entry on the chart.

The dancehall hit Talibans by Messia strikes as much as quantity 22 in its fifteenth week on the chart.

In June, Teejay signed a publishing take care of Warner Chappell Publishing after which a report take care of Warner Music in america, which he credited to the success of Drift. The music, launched in March by way of Panda/DJ Mac/High Braff Music, has obtained heavy airplay on Jamaican and abroad radios and went viral on Instagram and TikTok.

Stable Company, which manages Teejay, stated the artiste’s Warner signing was “dancehall’s largest deal for the 12 months.” Nonetheless, particulars of the deal weren’t offered within the launch.

“Me really feel good. A music we a duh from very long time, and me onerous work is lastly paying off. Dis a simply the beginning,” Teejay stated in a launch by the company.

Whereas sharing the information in a submit on Instagram, the Uptop Boss captioned the images: “Rattling look what drift did.”

Co-chair and CEO of Warner Chappell Music, Man Moot, stated he’s glad to see dancehall music and one other Jamaican artiste on this context and on the worldwide rise.

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“It’s the best artiste with the best music and the best time,” he stated.

Drift has gone viral on TikTok with over 20 million views on songstats and myriad dance challenges, the discharge stated. The music, which was written and recorded in a single hour, has additionally reportedly blown up internationally, with the most important numbers in London, New York, and Atlanta.