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Reanno Devon Gordon (born 24 January 1979), better known by his stage name Busy Signal, is a Jamaica dancehall reggae artist.
He was nicknamed Busy Signal by his friends because he is constantly busy. His hit tracks for 2007/2008 were "Nah Go A Jail Again", "Smoke Some High Grade", "Tic Toc" and the track entitled "Unknown Number" has made tremendous airplay and dancehall reviews especially in the Caribbean and the United States. He has released a hit dancehall album entitled Step Out.
On 22 September 2008, Busy Signal released his second studio album titled Loaded, a 15-track compilation on VP Records of well known dancehall hits such as "Jail", "Whine Pon Di Edge", "These Are the Days", among others, as well as never-heard-before exclusive tracks such as "People So Evil" and "Hustle Hard". The artist announced the introduction of a self-styled clothing line in 2011. ‘Busy’ takes his talents to the T-shirt rack . Nation News (Barbados). 25 March 2011.
On 21 May 2012, Gordon was arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport in Jamaica due to an extradition warrant from the United States. Busy signal arrested on extradition warrant. Jamaica Gleaner. 21 May 2012. He was extradited to the US on 19 June where he faced cocaine-related charges.Campbell, Howard (2012) " Sales get Busy", Jamaica Observer, 27 June 2012, retrieved 1 July 2012 In September 2012 he received a six-month prison sentence.Henry, Paul (2012) " Busy gets six-month sentence", Jamaica Observer, 21 September 2012, retrieved 22 September 2012 He was released in November, and promptly released the single "Come Shock Out".Morgan, Simone (2012) " ‘Nah go a jail again’", Jamaica Observer, 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012Jackson, Kevin (2012) " Busy Signal 'shocks' out", Jamaica Observer, 23 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012 BBC Music ranked Reggae Music Again No. 7 on their Top 25 Albums of 2012 listing. Busy Signal appears on the No Doubt album, Push and Shove, collaborating with the band and the production team Major Lazer on the title track. Busy Signal will appear on No Doubt song "Push and Shove" . Official No Doubt Website. 8 May 2012. He also appears on Major Lazer's second album Free the Universe, in the track "Watch Out For This (Bumaye)", which was a hit single in several European countries.Jackson, Kevin (2013) " Watch out for Busy Signal ", Jamaica Observer, 21 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013 In 2014, he made "Sports Day: Everyone Move", however, he pirated music off of Hatsune Miku's cover of the Internet sensation Ievan Polkka. His Parts of the Puzzle album was released on 4 October 2019 on VP Records. It entered the Billboard Reggae Albums chart at number 2.Jackson, Kevin (2019) " Getting Busy on Billboard", Jamaica Observer, 15 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019
| 2012 ! scope="row" | "Push and Shove" (No Doubt featuring Busy Signal and Major Lazer) | — | — | No Doubt album Push and Shove |
| 2013 ! scope="row" | "Watch Out for This (Bumaye)" (Major Lazer featuring Busy Signal, The Flexican and FS Green) | — | 46 | Major Lazer album Free the Universe |
| 2015 ! scope="row" | "Riding Solo"(Joyner Lucas feat. Busy Signal) | — | Joyner Lucas album Along Came Joyner | |
| 2016 ! scope="row" | "Key to the city" (Tiwa Savage featuring Busy Signal) | 1 | — | Tiwa Savage album R.E.D |
| 2018 ! scope="row" | "Loko" | — | — | |
| 2019 ! scope="row" | "Santa Maria" | — | 14 | |
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