Righteous Teacher reaches No. 3 on U.S. iTunes reggae chart with Busy Signal collab
Give Thanks jumped to No. 3 on the U.S. iTunes reggae chart, giving Righteous Teacher his first American placement and a quick payoff for a Busy Signal link-up.
Righteous Teacher has his first U.S. iTunes reggae chart placement, and Give Thanks climbed all the way to No. 3. For the Bahamian artist, whose real name is Demarco Grant, the move gave a fast return on a collaboration that was built for reach well beyond Nassau.
Give Thanks was released on June 5, 2026, and the chart rise followed quickly after that rollout. The single was paired with Busy Signal, the Jamaican dancehall-reggae star also known as Reanno Devon Gordon, whose name recognition gave the record a much bigger lane from the start. Righteous Teacher said the collaboration made the project possible and that he would like to work with Busy Signal again.
The pairing did not happen by accident. Producer Crawba Genius connected the two artists, a reminder that in reggae and dancehall, the right introduction can still matter as much as the song itself. The release also got a coordinated digital push, with official audio and visualizer uploads appearing on YouTube in early June, while music-platform listings also marked Give Thanks as a 2026 single.
Righteous Teacher’s rise has been a long one. He is from New Providence in Nassau, spent 10 years living in Florida, then returned to the Bahamas and worked as an immigration officer. He was already on the radar before this release, reaching No. 35 on Billboard’s Top 40 Mainstream Indicator chart in 2020 with Favour Bounce Da Revolution. That earlier run, plus the new U.S. iTunes reggae placement, gives his catalog a clearer paper trail in the market.
Busy Signal brings serious weight to the record. Born Jan. 24, 1982, in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, he broke through widely with Step Out in 2003 and has long carried the kind of cross-border name value that can move a song past its home base. For Righteous Teacher, Give Thanks is more than a streaming spike. It is the sort of chart break that can turn a regional buzz record into a calling card for future bookings, digital traction and more island-to-island features.
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