44/876

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).^[1]

"Don't Make Me Wait" was also included in Sting's Duets album in 2021.

Personnel

• Shaggy – vocals
• Sting – bass, 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
• Shaun "Sting International" Pizzonia – bas dessus, bass, 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

Year-end charts

References

1. ^ Jones, Alan (27 April 2018). "Charts analysis: Greatest Showman holds off J Cole". Music Week. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
2. ^ "Top 100 Slovak Albums". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
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4. ^ "Top de l'année Top Albums 2018" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
5. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
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7. ^ "Top de l'année Top Albums 2019" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 8 January 2020.