44/876 is a collaborative album by English musician Sting and Jamaican musician Shaggy. It was released on 20 April 2018 by A&M Records, Interscope Records and Cherrytree Records.
The album's title refers to the country calling code for the United Kingdom (+44) and the North American area code for Jamaica (876), Sting's and Shaggy's respective home countries.
On 7 December 2018 the Deluxe Softpack 8-bonus-track CD edition of the album was released including the unreleased track "Skank Up (Oh Lawd)", two new versions of "Gotta Get Back My Baby" and five unreleased acoustic live tracks recorded in July 2018 in Paris.
The album won an award for Best Reggae Album at the 61st Grammy Awards in February 2019.
Commercial performance In the United Kingdom, 44/876 debuted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 7,658 units. It is Sting's first top 10-album since Sacred Love (2003), and Shaggy's first since Hot Shot (2000).
"Don't Make Me Wait" was also included in Sting's Duets album in 2021.
Track listing
Personnel
Shaggy – vocals Sting – bass guitar, producer, backing vocals Aidonia – lead vocals (1) Morgan Heritage – backing vocals (1) David TV Barnes – horn section leader, horn arranger Andy Bassford – guitar Maggie Buckley – flute, saxophone Kameron Corvet – guitar, producer Shaun Darson – drum fills Robert Dubwise – guitar Dwayne Shippy – additional production, bass, guitar, instrumentation, keyboards, percussion, producer, sounds, string arrangements, backing vocals Kennard Garrett – producer Clark Gayton – mastering, trombone Joel Gonzalez – horn Gene Grimaldi – mastering Shane Hoosong – additional production, drums, keyboards, percussion, producer, sounds Zach Jones – drums, backing vocals Geoffrey Keezer – piano Heather Kierszenbaum – sounds Martin Kierszenbaum – additional production, back cover photo, bass, clavichord, drums, editing, executive producer, Fender Rhodes, guitar, keyboards, organ, percussion, piano, producer, sounds, synthesizer Tony Lake – engineer Zachary Lucas – horn Machine Gun Funk – drums, keyboards, producer Branford Marsalis – saxophone Steven "Lenky" Marsden – keyboards Kamari Martin – backing vocals Dominic Miller – guitar Melissa Musique – backing vocals Gene Noble – backing vocals Salvador Ochoa – cover photo Robert Orton – engineer, mixing, percussion, synthesizer Danny Quatrochi – guitar technician Dave Richards – bass Glenn Rogers – guitar Robbie Shakespeare – bass guitar Shaun "Sting International" Pizzonia – bas dessus, bass guitar, drums, editing, engineer, guitar, instrumentation, keyboards, mixing, percussion, producer, sounds, backing vocals Robert Stringer – horn Eliot Sumner – vocals Teflon – drums, keyboards, producer Grant Valentine – assistant engineer Nicole VanGiesen – photography Liam Ward – art direction, design Karl Wright – drums Joan Campbell – actor
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI) 26
Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 119 French Albums (SNEP) 104 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 66 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 99 Chart (2019) Position French Albums (SNEP) 163
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