Reggae hit maker Tarrus Riley has earned his way to being celebrated and highlighted in the UK, by being certified Silver.
Tarrus‘s popular s2006 hit single ‘She’s Royal’ has been certified Silver the United Kingdom, 18 years after its official release, way to go Mr Riley!
Jamaica Weekly understands that the song was issued the Brit Certified Silver Award on Friday (February 16) after selling over 200,000 units in the UK, as measured by The Official Charts Company.
She’s Royal, is Riley’s first song as a lead artist to be certified in the country. In case you didn’t know, Powerful, his 2015 collaboration with Major Lazer and Ellie Goulding, was certified Silver in the UK back in 2021.
When asked what inspired the song, Tarrus responded;
“The song came about as a self-esteem booster. At the time, I knew some girls who needed a confidence boost. I wanted women to feel confident about themselves,” Riley had told the Jamaica Observer.In another interview, he disclosed that She’s Royal was a “reality song.”“I wrote the song just to let women feel nice,” he told unitedreggae.com. “Because… we must talk ‘bout slavery [and] a lot of conditioning from slavery still resonates today and the women still lack self-esteem. They need some music to make them feel good so I thought ‘Let me sing a song to big up the girls and say she’s a queen and she’s royal.”
Back in 2006 when the single was released, it was everybody’s favorite for the lyrics it delivered, A real tribute for a Queen.
Watch Tarrus Riley’s She’s Royal music video below.
