Ziggy Marley (album)

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Ziggy Marley
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Studio album by
Released20 May 2016 (2016-05-20)
RecordedLos Angeles
Genre Reggae, rock, funk, soul, pop
Length45:34
Label Tuff Gong Worldwide
Producer Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley chronology
Fly Rasta
(2014)
Ziggy Marley
(2016)
Rebellion Rises
(2018)

Ziggy Marley is the sixth solo studio album by Jamaican reggae artist Ziggy Marley, released on May 20, 2016, on Ziggy's own label, Tuff Gong Worldwide. The album marked Ziggy's return after 2 years, following the Grammy-winning album Fly Rasta .

Contents

The first single, "Weekend's Long", was released on iTunes on February 26, 2016.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 99 on the Billboard 200 with 6,000 equivalent album units; it sold 5,000 copies in its first week. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Start It Up"
  2. "Better Together"
  3. "Amen"
  4. "Love Is A Rebel"
  5. "Weekend's Long"
  6. "Heaven Can't Take It" (featuring Stephen Marley)
  7. "Ceceil"
  8. "I'm Not Made Of Stone"
  9. "Marijuanaman"
  10. "We Are More (Mi Amore)"
  11. "Butterflies"
  12. "We Are The People"

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [2] 124
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [3] 130
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [4] 98
US Billboard 200 [5] 99
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [6] 10
US Reggae Albums (Billboard) [7] 1

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