JAMAICA - King of the Dancehall Vybz Kartel earned his fourth Billboard charting song with PBT, a collaboration with American rapper and singer...
Travis Scott and South African singer Tyla. PBT moved up from #23 to #18 on this week’s Billboard Rhythmic Airplay chart. It has been on the tally since it debuted at #38 on the chart dated August 16, 2025. Vybz Kartel’s previous Billboard song entries were Pon De Floor with Major Lazer, which peaked at #41 on Billboard’s Dance Digital Song Sales chart in 2010; Ramping Shop with Spice which topped out at #76 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart; and Fever, a certified gold hit that stalled at #36 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop Airplay and #23 on Rap Airplay charts.
TBA is featured on the 17-track Jackboys 2 compilation album, which was released on July 13 via Cactus Jack Records and Epic Records. Other artists featured on the compilation include Future, Playboi Carti, NBA Young Boy, Glo Rilla, 21 Savage, and Bun B. Jackboys 2 topped the Billboard 200 albums chart with first week sales of 232,000 album equivalent units. Still on the Billboard Rhythmic Airplay chart, Ginger by Sean Paul remains at #14, while Sugar Sweet by Mariah Carey featuring Shenseea and Kehlani inches down to #32.
The song continues its downward trend on Mainstream R&B/Hip Hop Airplay, where it steps down from #17 to #18, and on R&B/Hip- Hop Airplay it backtracks from #24 to #26. Moving now to the streaming and sales-driven Billboard Reggae Albums chart, Bumpin Uglies debut at #7 with Crawling Up the Wall. Released on September 19 via Ugly Records, the 14 track Crawling Up the Wall consists of ska music. This is the sixth entry for the group, which topped the chart in 2018 with Beast from the East. (Jamaica Observer)