Soca star Olatunji Yearwood makes a global splash on Billboard with his electrifying debut album Awakening. Awakening debuts at #9 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, for week of July 23, 2016.

Awakening also peaked at #8 on the iTunes U.S. Reggae Top Albums chart, at #4 on the iTunes Trinidad and Tobago Reggae Top Albums chart, and garnered coveted features on the iTunes U.S. homepage, iTunes Trinidad and Tobago Reggae Section, as well as the the iTunes U.S. Reggae section, where it also scored a top banner, placing Olatunji and soca music in the mainstream spotlight.