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Hybrid

112M streams

111,978,658

Showdown (with Collie Buddz)

71.9M streams

71,881,654

Cali Roots Riddim 2021

51M streams

50,964,836

Good Life

49.2M streams

49,203,832

Cali Roots Riddim 2020

48.8M streams

48,795,466

Mamacita

39.8M streams

39,769,117

Take It Easy

34.8M streams

34,795,848

Cali Roots Riddim 2023

20.3M streams

20,326,448

Bank (feat. B Young & Russ)

13.6M streams

13,586,404

Blue Dreamz

12.2M streams

12,204,081

Biography

Born in New Orleans but raised in Bermuda, dancehall singer Collie Buddz was entranced by the urban music of his island home. He favored dancehall the most, but soca and hip-hop were important too, all of which exploded out the speakers of his DJ brother. His brother was also involved in recording Collie's demo track "Come Around," an infectious song that blew up in Europe and topped the charts in the U.K. before it came to Jamaica. As the marijuana anthem was climbing the JA charts all the way up to number one, rapper Busta Rhymes cut his own unauthorized remix, which increased the track's presence on urban American radio. Guest vocals on a remix of Beyoncé's "Ring the Alarm" began his relationship with the Sony label, while hooking up with Lil' Flip for the rapper's I Need Mine album kept spreading the Collie Buddz name on the streets. Everything was in place as his second single, "Mamacita," and his self-titled debut album were both released by Sony in the summer of 2007. In 2011 he returned with the free download EP Playback. In 2014 he released the singles "Light It Up" plus "Yesterday" with Riff Raff and Snoop Dogg, while the release of "Prescription" followed in 2015. Following an extended hiatus, Buddz returned in 2017 with his second full-length album, Good Life, featuring guest appearances from Kat Dahlia, Kreesha Turner, P-Lo, Jody Highroller, and Snoop Dogg. The album topped the U.S. Reggae chart. Two years later, he returned with his third album, the self-produced Hybrid. ~ David Jeffries, Rovi