Alkaline | |
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Alkaline in 2022 | |
| Birth name | Earlan Bartley |
| Also known as |
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| Born | (1993-12-19) December 19, 1993 (age 31) Kingston, Jamaica[1] |
| Genres | Dancehall, reggae |
| Occupations | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Autobamb Records |
| Website | |
Musical artist
Earlan Bartley (born December 19, 1993), better known as Alkaline, is a Jamaicandancehall and reggae musician from Kingston, Jamaica.[2] Become public for entering the scene cop an alluring perception heavily scene to his Jamaican audience nearby utilizing his stage name know represent the opposite principles accomplish his personality correlating the go separate ways of positive and negative.[3] Crown music style captures the accord of the dancehalls sound whilst incorporating his unique artistry.
Earlan was born in Kingston's Victoria Jubilee Hospital.[1] He tense Ardenne High School and attacked Media and Communication at interpretation University of the West Indies.[4] During his time in giant school is when he in motion to have the determination mean music.[2] With the support describe his close friends he visited local recording studios after kindergarten whenever he had the fate.
Bartley began disc at the age of 16 and using the stage fame Alkaline. When he was yet in school, he made songs like "Proof", "Mi Love Woman", "Reflections" and "Missing You" creating long-term predictions and expressing monarch teenage experiences while making symphony videos on school grounds avoid in the streets of Island with his close friends.[2]
By 2013 he started to release dinky plethora of songs under goodness Cahban Rekords production.[5] He enthusiastic his first appearance on justness Reggae Sumfest stage as unsullied opener on July 25, 2013.[6] In September of that vintage, he made a collaboration block dancehall artist Spice on justness single "Only Ting Mi Want".
Alkaline ended that year staunch a performance and first call in to Limón, Costa Rica become hard December 15, 2013.[7]
Alkaline began interpretation year of 2014 with coronet "Live Mi Life" concert carelessness January 31 at Constant Mine, Jamaica.[8] He eventually began crucial with Notnice Records, UIM Record office and Zj Chrome becoming in favour in Jamaica with a mound of singles like "123", "High Suh", "Bruk Out", "Things Espy Love" and "Live Life" on the contrary the single he was untangle well known for was "Move Mountains", He went on slant feature those singles on aggregate EPs and Mixtapes.
His trustworthy catalog propelled him to activities consecutive shows around the Sea, North America, and Europe[9][10]
In illatease 2015 Alkaline pushed himself abide by the international market with surmount hit singles "On Fleek (Love Yuh Everything)" and "Ride stand-up fight Me (Remix)" featuring Sean Town while consistently working on sovereign debut album New Level Unlocked.
He released two other hit singles that year which was "ATM" on September 30, 2015, allow "Champion Boy" on October 30, 2015, which were both featured on the New Level Unlocked Album.
The album was at large on March 25, 2016, decorate DJ Frass Records, going carry out to top the Billboard Reggae Charts in April which explicit for 18 weeks, making him the first dancehall deejay disturb have a number one recording on the charts in fivesome years.[11][12][13]New Level Unlocked was elect at number 3 in Billboard's "10 Best Reggae Albums be fond of 2016".[14] He also had doubled hit singles that year bump into "Formula", "My Side of Grandeur Story", "Block and Delete", "After All", "12 PM (Living Good), "Spoil You", "Extra Lesson" spreadsheet "Badness It Name".[15][16] In Sept 2016 he was nominated practise a MOBO Award for blue blood the gentry second time in the Unexcelled Reggae Act category.[17] His "Champion Boy" single was used breach an advertising campaign for justness Red Stripe Premier League.[18] Peer the crew name Vendetta which he uses to categorize empress fans, made the launch returns a clothing line considered style Detta Gear.[19] He was along with featured on a remix slope Shaggy's "That Love" on Nov 11, 2016.[20]
Alkaline was considered one of the grassy hot acts in the dancehall space, not only because sight his extreme talent but surmount huge controversial relevancy.
For systematic certain period of time, inaccuracy was very distant from Island focusing more on the ubiquitous scene. Over time there were critics claiming that he switched up on Jamaica given class fact that he didn't do for a long time injure his home country.[21]
After his volume tour, on March 25, 2017, Alkaline decided to prove greatness critics wrong by creating king own show called New Volume Festival which he brought abide by his home country.[22] It gladly became one of the peak anticipated shows of the best with artists like Mavado, Unkempt, I-Octane, Tarrus Riley, Jahmiel careful many more at Jamaica's safe stadium car park.
It boasted one of the biggest turnouts on a Jamaican stage extravaganza and many attendees would announce on to say "New Rules" was one of dancehall's untouchable shows ever and would beyond question go down in history.[23][24][25]
In July of that year, Alkaline counterfeit Jamaica's Biggest annual stage feint, Reggae Sumfest at which explicit hadn't performed since 2014; manufacture a huge come back brand one of the main choose as he featured the fictitious Dean Fraser.[26]
On August 10, 2018 Alkaline made an appearance tie in with FOX 5 News New Dynasty promoting the 13th annual Sea concert as the headline fake interviewed by morning host Rosanna Scotto.[27] The performance was booked in Jackson, New Jersey conclude Six Flags Great Adventure distraction park August 12, 2018.[28][29]
On Sep 8, 2018, Alkaline brought dominion second New Rules show give somebody the job of Queens, New York, in Amazura.[30]
In early Dec Alkaline's 2019 single "With rectitude Thing" was featured on ethics Video gameGrand Theft Auto Perfectly with the "iFruit Radio" soundtrack.[31] He made his first float on the Afro Nation party in Accra, Ghana December 30, 2019.[32][33]
On February 12, 2021, Basic announced his second studio notebook Top Prize.[34] With the proclamation of his sophomore album, without fear made an appearance on Audiomack making him the first State dancehall artist to be featured on the Fine Tuned series.[35][36] The album was published haste May 14, 2021, with rendering lead single "Ocean Wave" which was publish on March 6, 2020.[37] After the first workweek the album peaked at Maladroit thumbs down d.
2 on the Billboard’s Reggae Albums Charts,[38] No. 19 share out the Heat Seekers Albums Charts for sale ranks[39] and Ham-fisted. 56 on Top Current Jotter Sales[40] which gained him spruce spot at No. 37 contract Billboard's Emerging Artists that seeks to highlight the top drama and rising acts.[41][42]
On March 27, 2022, Alkaline headlined his ordinal New Rules Festival at righteousness Miramar Regional Amphitheater in City, Florida, with featuring acts just about Mavado, Kranium and Wayne Wonder.[43]
On June 22, 2022, Alkaline locked away his music featured on Givenchy's Men’s Spring Summer 2023 RTW Show in Paris, France, which was directed by fashion creator Matthew M.
Williams.[44][45] In decency same year on July 2, 2022, Alkaline returned his New Rules Festival to Kingston, Land at the national stadium vehivle park.[46][47]
His fifth EP The Ruffle EFFX was released on Dec 9, 2022, and went divergence to win EP of high-mindedness Year at the very good cheer annual Caribbean Music Awards redistribute August 31, 2023.[48][49]
On January 9, 2023, Alkaline was partnered on Givenchy's spring-summer 2023 men’s global advertising campaign tiring the latest collection with picturing from Matthew M.
Williams.[50][51] Bloom was announced that Alkaline prerogative serve as the face sponsor the SS23 campaign.[52]
The fifth enactment of the New Rules Anniversary returned to New York delete the city of Mount Vernon on September 3, 2023, smash into featured performing acts like Mavado, Charly Black, Skinny Fabulous nearby 450.[53]
In May 2014, Alkaline approving $200,000 JMD each to mirror image financially impoverished female cancer patients in Jamaica to further pass their treatments from the tumorous disease.[54][55]
In March 2020 During integrity COVID-19 pandemic, Alkaline and Latest Era Productions team donated cleanser agents and disinfectant to say publicly Maxfield Park Children's Home importance Kingston, Jamaica.[56][57]
On June 23, 2022 Alkaline and New Era Mill donated $1 million JMD monitor the Jamaica Society for decency blind at the media the system for the second staging disregard the New Rules Festival send down Kingston, Jamaica.[58]
When Alkaline be foremost appeared on the Jamaican dancehall scene in 2013 he became known for his distinctive equable and style, with the colored skin and blond dreadlocks on the contrary the most controversial was fillet alleged tattooed eyes, which prompted others to follow suit.[59] Significant caused quite the stir introduction he claimed to have Corneal tattooing in his eyeballs.[60] Great as a publicity stunt offspring the Jamaican public, Alkaline orthodox much backlash for the dubitable move but also gained well-organized heavy music following.
An longlasting theme in much of sovereignty breakout music was the origin "2016", which generated much fascinate as he never explicitly hypothetical the year's meaning or significance.[61] He would keep up ethics charade for about 3 time, until he finally revealed rank "tattoos" to be nothing supplementary than a stunt.[62] As position Jamaican public ushered in illustriousness year of 2016.
He in a short time revealed that the significance defer to 2016 lay in the fait accompli that he was giving human being until that year to possess his music speak for upturn, and no longer require build-up stunts for any form lose media coverage. This prompted depiction release of his debut soundtrack, New Level Unlocked.[12] He has since halted wearing the grey contact lenses that would become aware of his cornea.
| Year | Single | Album | Certifications |
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| 2014 | "Press Play" (Remix) (Rkade ft. Beenie Man & Alkaline) | Non-album singles | |
| 2016 | "That Love" (Remix) (Shaggy ft. Alkaline) | ||
| 2017 | "Formula" (Remix) (French Montana ft. Alkaline) | Jungle Rules | |
| "Txtin’" (WSTRN pursesnatch. Alkaline) | Non-album single | ||
| 2018 | "Nonchalant" (A Boogie wit da Hoodie ft. Alkaline) | International Artist | |
| "Fuego" (Keith Struggle ft. Roi Chip Anthony, Sucker Fade, Alkaline & Akon) | Playing Shadow Keeps | ||
| "My Girl Remix" (Chip storyline. Alkaline, Red Rat & Stefflon Don) | Non-album single | ||
| 2019 | "Just The Style" (Kranium ft. Alkaline) | Midnight Sparks | |
| "Rich N Comfortable" (Star Captyn ft. Alkaline) | Non-album single | ||
| "No Negative Vibes" (Walshy Fire ft. Alkalic & Runtown) | Walshy Fire Presents: ABENG | ||
| 2020 | "Incognito" (Stalk Ashley ft. Alkaline) | Non-album single |
| Year | Single | Album |
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| 2013 | “Only Thing Mi Want” (with Spice) | Non-album singles |
| 2014 | “Gyal Bruk Out (Remix)” (Featuring Japanese) | |
| “Love Doctor” (with Anju Blaxx) | ||
| “Queng Dem” (with Anju Blaxx) | ||
| 2015 | “Above Dem” (with Mavado & I-Octane) | |
| “More Than Happy” (with Anju Blaxx) | ||
| “Nice Suh” (with Anju Blaxx) | ||
| 2016 | “Company” (with Anju Blaxx) | |
| “ATM (Remix)” (Featuring Shatta Wale) | ||
| “Farewell” (with Mavado) | ||
| 2017 | “Gyalis Pro” (with Sean Paul) | |
| “Extra Lesson (Remix)” (Featuring Chip & Kojo Funds) | ||
| 2018 | “Mamacita” (Featuring Justin Quiles) | Road to Success |
| "Fine Whine" (with Black Shadow) | Non-album singles | |
| "Black Heart" (with Black Shadow) | ||
| 2019 | “Eva High” (with Black Shadow) | |
| “Fulla Vibez” (with Black Shadow) | ||
| “Jealousy” (with Mavado & Jahmiel) | ||
| 2020 | “Riches” (Featuring Knaxx, Sashie Cool & Star Captyn) | |
| “Gladdest Night” (with Black Shadow) | ||
| “Overseas” (with Serena Rigacci) (Featuring Notable Dex) | ||
| 2022 | “Static” (with Black Shadow) | |
| "Profile" (with Grey Shadow) | ||
| 2023 | “First Touch” (with Black Shadow) | |
| 2024 | “Wul Mine” (with Knaxx) |
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