Busy Signal
Jamaican dancehall reggae artist (born 1979)
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Biography
Reanno Devon Gordon, also known as Busy Signal, was born in Saint Ann Parish,[1] living in areas in West and East Kingston such as Tivoli Gardens, Kingston, Papine, and Spanish Town. He is a past student of Brown's Town Comprehensive High School. Known as one of the artists leading the contemporary dancehall movement, Busy Signal has been a large part of the scene since 2003, and released his debut single "Step Out" in 2005. [2] A music video for "Step Out" was released shortly afterwards.
He was nicknamed Busy Signal by his friends because he is constantly busy. His hit tracks for 2007/2008 were "Nah Go A Jail Again", "Smoke Some High Grade", "Tic Toc" and the track entitled "Unknown Number" has made tremendous airplay and dancehall reviews especially in the Caribbean and the US.[3] He has released a hit dancehall album entitled Step Out.
On 22 September 2008, Busy Signal released his second studio album titled Loaded, a 15-track compilation on VP Records of well known dancehall hits such as "Jail", "Whine Pon Di Edge", "These Are the Days", among others, as well as never-heard-before exclusive tracks such as "People So Evil" and "Hustle Hard".
The artist announced the introduction of a self-styled clothing line in 2011.[4]
On 21 May 2012, Gordon was arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport in Jamaica due to an extradition warrant from the United States.[5] He was extradited to the US on 19 June where he faced cocaine-related charges.[6] In September 2012 he received a six-month prison sentence.[7] He was released in November, and promptly released the single "Come Shock Out".[8][9] BBC Music ranked Reggae Music Again No. 7 on their Top 25 Albums of 2012 listing.[10] Busy Signal appears on the No Doubt album, Push and Shove, collaborating with the band and the production team Major Lazer on the title track.[11] He also appears on Major Lazer's second album Free the Universe, in the track "Watch Out For This (Bumaye)", which was a hit single in several European countries.[12] In 2014, he made "Sports Day: Everyone Move", however, he pirated music off of Hatsune Miku's cover of the Internet sensation Ievan Polkka. His Parts of the Puzzle album was released on 4 October 2019 on VP Records. It entered the Billboard Reggae Albums chart at number 2.[13]
Discography
Albums
Singles
As a lead artist
- 2005: "Step Out"
- 2008: "Tic Toc"
- 2010: "One More Night/Night Shift"
- 2011 : "Kingston Town" (feat. Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley)
- 2012: "Come Shock Out"
- 2013: "Why I Sing"
- 2013: "Danger Zone"
- 2014: "Professionally"
- 2014: "Sports Day: Everybody Move"
- 2014: "Money Flow" (feat. Eek-A-Mouse)
As a featured artist
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [19] |
BEL (Vl) [20] |
BEL (Wa) [21] |
DEN [22] |
FRA [23] |
NL [24] |
SWE [25] |
SWI [26] |
NG [27] |
SPA[28] | |||
| 2012 | "Push and Shove" (No Doubt featuring Busy Signal and Major Lazer) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No Doubt album Push and Shove |
| 2013 | "Watch Out for This (Bumaye)" (Major Lazer featuring Busy Signal, The Flexican and FS Green) |
40 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 23 | — | 46 | Major Lazer album Free the Universe |
| 2015 | "Riding Solo"(Joyner Lucas feat. Busy Signal) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Joyner Lucas albumAlong Came Joyner |
| 2016 | "Key to the city" (Tiwa Savage featuring Busy Signal) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | Tiwa Savage album R.E.D |
| 2018 | "Loko"[29] (Tropkillaz and Major Lazer featuring MC Kevinho and Busy Signal) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | "Santa Maria" (Bad Gyal featuring Busy Signal) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | |
