Malie Donn Takes the Sound to New York for Power Sessions

(ReggaeVibeMedia.com) - Malie Donn is taking the sound to New York. The dancehall artiste is set to perform at Power Sessions in New York City alongside Cash Cobain, KWN and Dolly Babe, following his September debut album The Golden Child.

It is the kind of stage that matches the moment he is having. Malie Donn is the hottest name on Apple Music Jamaica right now — his "Van Cleef" trilogy still holds the top three positions, with "Van Cleef Pt 3" at No. 1. The third installment, released October 27 with Attomatic, went straight to the top of the chart, and its official video, out November 8, passed 306,000 views in about 17 hours.

The series has passed 30 million streams across platforms, and "Van Cleef Pt 3" also reached No. 10 on Apple Music's Top 25 in New York — a market where Jamaican music has a deep and loyal audience, and a sign that the record is already travelling with the diaspora.

The Golden Child, his 21-track debut released September 4 through VP Records, reached No. 1 on Apple Reggae Albums in several Caribbean markets. A 21-track debut is a large statement for a new artist, and the fact that it topped the reggae albums chart in several markets shows the audience was ready for a full body of work, not just a run of singles.

New York is the next step. The city has carried Jamaican music for generations, from sound-system dances in Brooklyn and the Bronx to the stages that now host the genre's biggest names. For an artiste coming off a chart sweep at home, a New York stage is where a local moment starts to become an international one.

Malie Donn is also an interview target on Reggae Vibe Media's radar — the hottest name in dancehall right now, with a debut album behind him and a New York stage in front of him.