Billboard lists Sean Paul as the reggae artiste of the year and decade,
while Shaggy was listed as the 15th most selling album of the 2000s.
Sean Paul beat Matisyahu and Bob Marley & the Wailers for second and
third respectively for 2009 artiste of the year based on just released
chart data from Billboard.
For artiste of the decade the order of the runners-up was reversed with
Bob Marley taking second to Sean Paul. In 2008, the late Bob Marley was
the top act followed by Collie Buddz and Stephen Marley. Billboard stated that the top reggae artiste of the decade ranking was based on an artiste's
chart performance. During the year Sean Paul hit number one on the charts
and sold slightly more copies than Matisyahu, however neither artiste
surpassed 80,000 units in the US market.
