Busy Signal

For other uses, see Busy signal and Busy signal (disambiguation).

Reanno Devon Gordon (born 24 January 1979), better known by his stage name Busy Signal, is a Jamaican dancehall reggae artist.

Biography

Reanno Devon Gordon, also known as Busy Signal, was born in Saint Ann Parish,^[1] living in areas in West and East Kingston such as Tivoli Gardens, Kingston, Papine, and Spanish Town. He is a past student of Brown's Town Comprehensive High School. Known as one of the artists leading the contemporary dancehall movement, Busy Signal has been a large part of the scene since 2003, and released his debut single "Step Out" in 2005. ^[2] A music video for "Step Out" was released shortly afterwards.

He was nicknamed Busy Signal by his friends because he is constantly busy. His hit tracks for 2007/2008 were "Nah Go A Jail Again", "Smoke Some High Grade", "Tic Toc" and the track entitled "Unknown Number" has made tremendous airplay and dancehall reviews especially in the Caribbean and the US.^[3] He has released a hit dancehall album entitled Step Out.

On 22 September 2008, Busy Signal released his second studio album titled Loaded, a 15-track compilation on VP Records of well known dancehall hits such as "Jail", "Whine Pon Di Edge", "These Are the Days", among others, as well as never-heard-before exclusive tracks such as "People So Evil" and "Hustle Hard".

Busy Signal (Chiemsee Reggae Summer 2013)

The artist announced the introduction of a self-styled clothing line in 2011.^[4]

On 21 May 2012, Gordon was arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport in Jamaica due to an extradition warrant from the United States.^[5] He was extradited to the US on 19 June where he faced cocaine-related charges.^[6] In September 2012 he received a six-month prison sentence.^[7] He was released in November, and promptly released the single "Come Shock Out".^[8][9] BBC Music ranked Reggae Music Again No. 7 on their Top 25 Albums of 2012 listing.^[10] Busy Signal appears on the No Doubt album, Push and Shove, collaborating with the band and the production team Major Lazer on the title track.^[11] He also appears on Major Lazer's second album Free the Universe, in the track "Watch Out For This (Bumaye)", which was a hit single in several European countries.^[12] In 2014, he made "Sports Day: Everyone Move", however, he pirated music off of Hatsune Miku's cover of the Internet sensation Ievan Polkka. His Parts of the Puzzle album was released on 4 October 2019 on VP Records. It entered the Billboard Reggae Albums chart at number 2.^[13]

Discography

Albums

• 2005: Step Out (Greensleeves) ^[14]
• 2008: Loaded (VP) ^[15]
• 2010: D.O.B. (VP) ^[16] – US Reggae no. 12^[13]
• 2012: Reggae Music Again (VP) ^[17] – US Reggae no. 5^[13]
• 2019: Parts of the Puzzle (VP) ^[18] – US Reggae no. 2^[13]

Singles

As a lead artist

• 2005: "Step Out"
• 2008: "Tic Toc"
• 2010: "One More Night/Night Shift"
• 2011 : "Kingston Town" (feat. Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley)
• 2012: "Come Shock Out"
• 2013: "Why I Sing"
• 2013: "Danger Zone"
• 2014: "Professionally"
• 2014: "Sports Day: Everybody Move"
• 2014: "Money Flow" (feat. Eek-A-Mouse)

As a featured artist

Year	Title	Peak chart positions										Album
		AUT [19]	BEL (Vl) [20]	BEL (Wa) [21]	DEN [22]	FRA [23]	NL [24]	SWE [25]	SWI [26]	NG [27]	SPA[28]
2012	"Push and Shove" (No Doubt featuring Busy Signal and Major Lazer)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	No Doubt album Push and Shove
2013	"Watch Out for This (Bumaye)" (Major Lazer featuring Busy Signal, The Flexican and FS Green)	40	5	8	14	4	7	45	23	—	46	Major Lazer album Free the Universe
2015	"Riding Solo"(Joyner Lucas feat. Busy Signal)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Joyner Lucas albumAlong Came Joyner
2016	"Key to the city" (Tiwa Savage featuring Busy Signal)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	Tiwa Savage album R.E.D
2018	"Loko"[29] (Tropkillaz and Major Lazer featuring MC Kevinho and Busy Signal)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	"Santa Maria" (Bad Gyal featuring Busy Signal)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14