User:GlobalReggaeCharts

Global Reggae Top 40' is the name of the official Reggae music singles and video chart. It is the Reggae industry's first and only computerized chart compilation representing the tastes and trends of Reggae fans worldwide. The charts are published each monday at 6:30pm EST on the charts web portal http://www.reggaetop40.com.

First Hits
The first #1 Audio Single on the charts was Tarrus Riley's "Never Leave I". The first video single was Mr. Vegas "Gallis".

History
In 2007, Jamaican born tech guru Lloyd Laing began to undertake the daunting task of creating a web driven computer application that could autonomously search, find, aggregate, and generate a report of the top 100 Reggae singles and music videos worldwide with little or no human interaction, in an ardent attempt to prevent data corruption.

By 2009 the program dubbed “ReggaeTracker” Beta was being used to generate the RiddimJamaica Top 20 Charts. During the eight weeks of testing the program successfully aggregated, calculated and generated weekly reports of the top 20 Reggae Singles in the world with a data accuracy of 97%. In 2010 the program was improved with the addition of a number of application interfaces that allowed the program to gather and report data in real time for Reggae’s TOP 100 Artists utilizing over 2000 online points of presences to include over 300 music charts, the world top 200 music sites, social networks and over 2000 terrestrial and online radio stations worldwide.

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