Headlines Billboard Album series

Jamaican cricket legend Chris Gayle is making waves in the music industry, as he is set to appear on the Billboard charting album series, Tropical House Cruises to Jamaica- The Asian Edition.

Gayle, who has ventured into the world of music through his Triple Century Records label, is stepping into the music scene with his debut album under Contractor Music/Triple Century Records.

Gayle, the self-styled cricket’s ‘Universe Boss’ will be featured on the album alongside artiste, Shav-A with a pop-reggae track entitled, Gimmi Your Love.

The album will also feature several artistes including the iconic, Lauryn Hill, Morgan Heritage, Capleton, Sizzla, Morgan Heritage, Kali Ranks, Jason Derulo, King Tiger, and Malaysian reggae artiste Sasi the Don. Gayle, who is currently in India for the Legends Tournament, is quite excited about headlining the Billboard album series as this will be his first time headlining an album.

After returning from India, Gayle will be off to Australia for Formula One as a spectator then back to Jamaica to spend time with his family.

Several collaborations lined up

Collaborations are important in the music industry and Gayle appears to be making the right moves in this direction. He has collabs lined up with two Indian artistes – one went #1 in India.

The Universe Boss has collabs with Stylo G, Tanto Blacks, Shav A, Camar and Pata Skeng. He also has collabs coming with Third World and is planning collabs with dancehall legends, Sean Paul and Shaggy.

The cricketer-now-artiste started his musical journey during the COVID-19 pandemic. He got hooked on music after Stylo G linked him to collaborate on his song, Too Hot. Gayle hasn’t looked back since and is having fun while making music.

Music was the farthest thing from his mind, but the transition hasn’t been easy. However, Gayle applied the same principle and discipline he gained throughout his cricketing career to his music, which is gaining much success.

He has acknowledged that, while cricket comes easy and natural for him, music takes a little more work, spending a lot of time doing marketing, promotion, and music videos. Gayle was always a lover of dancehall music, so it comes as no surprise that the cricketing icon has ventured into music. 

Gayle’s music career began in November 2020 with his dancehall music video, We Come Out To Party. Recently, Gayle accumulated 58 million views for his single with Indian rapper, Emiway Bantai on YouTube called From India to Jamaica.

Hard work and dedication are at the core of everything that Gayle does. From building a studio at his house to hiring producer, Camar Flava, Gayle is determined to succeed. A destructive batsman, Gayle is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have played Twenty20 cricket.

He is the only player to score more than 14,000 runs and hit more than 1,000 sixes in T20 cricket. He is also the leading run-scorer for West Indies in both ODI’s and T20I’s and, along with Brian Lara, the only player to score more than 10,000 runs for West Indies in ODI cricket.