The Heatwave October Charts Part 2

• By Dan_Bean | 
• Saturday 10 October 2009 | 
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How do you know if a tune is big? You personally can feel it. You might also be told about it. But you can't look at any dancehall charts and trust that the tunes are genuinely popular.

So to complement Gabriel's personal top ten for this month here's an insight into what's doing it for dancehall artists, producers, DJs, singers, promoters and bloggers in Jamaica, the US and the UK: people who create and spread dancehall and reggae music worldwide.

There are a lot of huge riddims coming out weekly - in case you missed them you'll see that the likes of Go Go Club and Set Mi Free are dominating the airwaves and dances in Jamaica.

These are matched by one-off singles such as Ding Dong's big hit Holiday from Notice Productions:

As it stands, everything seems too hot to single out - Stephen 'Di Genius' McGregor (pictured below) told The Heatwave that he simply had "too many" favourites right now.

Have a look below and see what the likes of Ward 21 and Bounty Killer's manager have got to say.

Johnny Wonder (Music plugger)

• Demarco - True Friends
• G-Whizz - Life
• Mavado - House Cleaning (Set Mi Free Riddim)
• Chase Cross - Better Dayz (Clearance Riddim)
• Ding Dong - Holiday
• Bugle - Pearly Gates (Alter Ego Riddim)

Cecile (Artist - pictured below)

• Vybz Kartel - Slow Motion (Street Bullies Riddim)
• Mavado - Hope & Pray (Triple Bounce Riddim)

Max Glazer (New York DJ)

• Assassin - Hand Inna Di Air

Alaine (Singer)

• Ding Dong - Holiday

The Alliance (Bounty Killer's management)

• Mavado (pictured below) - House Cleaning (Set Mi Free Riddim)
• Bounty Killer - Chattabox (Vybz Kartel Diss)

Dancehall Mobi (Leading blog)

• Mavado - House Cleaning (Set Mi Free Riddim)
• Chino - Woman Pon your Head

Timberlee (Artist - pictured below)

• Merital & Vybz Kartel - My Money (Go Go Club Riddim)
• Ding Dong - Holiday

Fudgie Springer (Artist)

• Vybz Kartel - Nah Let Go

Ward 21 (Producers/artists - pictured below)

• Vybz Kartel - Love Dem (Set Mi Free Riddim)
• Assassin - Hand To Mouth (Set Mi Free Riddim)

Dylan Powe (Natalie Storm's manager)

• Vybz Kartel - Go Go Club

Prince Zimboo (Artist)

• Demarco - True Friends

YT (UK artist - pictured below)

• Mr Williamz - Be Yourself

Mr Lexx (Artist)

• Ding Dong - Holiday

Tony Kelly (Producer)

• Big Yard - Street Bullies riddim

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• By Dan_Bean | 
• Saturday 10 October 2009 | 
• 1 comment | 
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