Janelle Monae’s Newest Album Debuted On Multiple Charts

Janelle Monae’s fourth studio album, The Age of Pleasure, which contains songs featuring Jamaicans Grace Jones and Sister Nancy, debuted at number 17 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.

The Age of Pleasure, which also features samples of songs by Barrington Levy, Derrick Harriott and Mad Cobra, also debuted on multiple charts in Europe.

The Age of Pleasure debuted at number two on the UK R&B Albums chart, number 49 on the Official UK Albums chart, number 17 in Scotland, number 38 in New Zealand, number 48 in Germany, number 61 in Belgium and number 9 in Australia.

Patra’s 1993 song Whining Skill is sampled in the track Water Slide, so too is Sister Nancy’s Bam Bam.

Grace Jones is featured on the track Ooh La La, while Sister Nancy collaborates on the track The French 75.

The track Champagne Shit and Black Sugar Beach both sample the intro to Barrington Levy’s 1984 hit Murderer. Derrick Harriott’s 1967 song, The Loser, is sampled in Only Have Eyes 42.