450 and Damian Marley's "Good Morning" Goes Global — No. 1 on US Audiomack
450 and Damian Marley's "Good Morning," released October 16, has climbed to No. 1 on Audiomack in the United States and charted in more than 35 countries, including No. 4 and No. 6 on iTunes in the UK and Japan. The Miami-and-Jamaica-shot video passed three million YouTube views in under a week. It is 450's first collaboration with a member of the Marley family, and producer Weekday Morrison says fans have welcomed the surprise shift in sound. His goal is a full global hit.
(ReggaeVibeMedia.com) — Two weeks after its release, "Good Morning" is moving like a song with a passport. The collaboration between dancehall artiste 450 and Damian "Jr Gong" Marley, released October 16, has climbed to No. 1 on Audiomack in the United States, reached No. 4 and No. 6 on the iTunes charts in the United Kingdom and Japan, topped iTunes in Grenada and The Bahamas, hit No. 10 on YouTube trending in Jamaica, and charted in more than 35 countries.
The visuals are pulling their weight as well. The music video, shot between Miami and Jamaica and directed by AKA Ruppi and AM Visuals, passed three million YouTube views in under a week. Producer Jahvanie "Weekday" Morrison even flagged a chart position nobody saw coming: No. 3 on YouTube in Nairobi, Kenya — a first in his career. "It has been great. We've gotten radio plays from all over the world," he said.
For 450, this is new territory. It is his first time working with a member of the Marley family, a name that carries real weight in reggae thanks to Damian's father, Bob Marley, and Damian's own long run as one of the genre's most respected voices. Weekday, who previously worked with Julian Marley, described landing Damian as one of his dream collaborations since he first started in the music industry. Fans, he said, have been flooding him with messages — many saying they were not expecting this sound, and grateful for the message and the change in musical production. "It just shows that I'm doing what a real music producer is supposed to do. Produce different types of music and not just repeat the same patterns and melodies over and over again," Weekday said. His goal, he added, is for "Good Morning" to become a global hit. On this start, it is already on its way.