February 27, 2025
Dancehall celebrity Sean Paul has reached one other historic milestone as his 2005 smash Temperature surpassed one billion streams on Spotify.
The achievement makes it his second observe to enter the streaming platform’s prestigious Billions Membership following No Lie that includes Dua Lipa.
This milestone arrives as The Trinity — the album that birthed Temperature — celebrates its twentieth anniversary this yr.
Launched by VP Information/Atlantic Information, the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum venture featured hits like We Be Burnin and Give It As much as Me, cementing Sean Paul’s dominance within the mid-2000s and changing into one of many best-selling dancehall albums of all time.
“Like to know that 20 years later Temperature nonetheless sturdy and potent and offering the service of constructing folks really feel good — that’s what make me really feel good,” says Sean Paul. “Huge as much as everybody concerned, and will the music dwell on.”
With this achievement, Sean Paul joins Bob Marley and The Wailers as one of many solely reggae/dancehall artistes to have a number of songs in Spotify’s Billions Membership, an elite checklist of fewer than 1,000 songs to ever attain the milestone.
Initially topping the Billboard Sizzling 100, Temperature turned the preferred tune in America when it hit #1, marking Sean Paul’s third US chart-topper after Beyoncé’s Child Boy and Get Busy.
Produced by Rohan “Snowcone” Fuller on the Applause rhythm, the tune stays a cultural touchstone, resonating with hundreds of thousands 20 years after its launch.
