Jamaican Dancehall icon Sean Paul’s ‘Temperature’ joins Spotify’s Billions Club
His 2005 chart-topping hit becomes his second track to surpass one billion plays on the streaming platform
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has reached another historic milestone as his 2005 smash ‘Temperature’ surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. The achievement makes it his second track to enter the streaming platform’s prestigious Billions Club, following ‘No Lie’ featuring Dua Lipa.
This milestone arrives as ‘The Trinity’âthe album that birthed ‘Temperature’âcelebrates its twentieth anniversary this year. Released by VP Records/Atlantic Records, the GRAMMY-nominated, multi-platinum project featured hits like ‘We Be Burninâ’ and ‘Give It Up to Me’, cementing Sean Paulâs dominance in the mid-2000s and becoming one of the best-selling Dancehall albums of all time.
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âLove to know that 20 years later, ‘Temperature’ still strong and potent and providing the service of making people feel goodâthat is what make me feel goodâ, says Sean Paul. “Big up to everyone involved, and may the music live on.”
With this achievement, Sean Paul joins Bob Marley and The Wailers as one of the only Reggae/Dancehall artists to have multiple songs in Spotifyâs Billions Club, an elite list of fewer than one-thousand songs to ever reach the milestone.
Originally topping the Billboard Hot 100, ‘Temperature’ became the most popular song in America when it hit #1, marking Sean Paulâs third United Starts chart-topper after BeyoncĂ©âs ‘Baby Boy’ and ‘Get Busy’. Produced by Rohan ‘Snowcone’ Fuller on the ‘Applause’ Riddim, the song remains a cultural touchstone, resonating with millions two decades after its release.
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