44/876
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{{Infobox album
| name = 44/876
| type = studio
| cover = Sting and Shaggy - 44-876.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2018|4|20|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio = *Ranch Studios
- Sear Sound, New York City
| genre = Reggae
| length = 42:52
| label = {{hlist|A&M|Interscope|Cherrytree}}
| producer = {{hlist|Sting International|Martin Kierszenbaum (also Executive Producer)|Dwayne "iLL Wayno" Shippy|Teflon|Shane Hoosong|Sting|Machine Gun Funk}}
| chronology = Sting
| prev_title = Live at the Olympia Paris
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = My Songs
| next_year = 2019
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Shaggy
| type = studio
| prev_title = SMIX - Mr. Lover Collection
| prev_year = 2014
| title = 44/876
| year = 2018
| next_title = Wah Gwaan?!
| next_year = 2019
}}
{{ Singles
| type = studio
| single1 = Don't Make Me Wait
| single1date = 26 January 2018
| single2 = Gotta Get Back My Baby
| single2date = 28 September 2018
| single3 = Just One Lifetime
| single3date = 1 March 2019
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|MC=49/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/44876/sting|title=44/876 by Sting Reviews|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=2018-05-23}}
|rev1=AllMusic
|rev1score={{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/44-876-mw0003158231|title=44/876 Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=2018-05-23}}
|rev2=The A.V. Club
|rev2score=D{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/a-perfect-circle-melvins-and-more-albums-to-know-abou-1825322971|title=A Perfect Circle, Sting & Shaggy, and more albums to know about this week|website=The A.V. Club|last=Moayeri|first=Lily|date=2018-04-20|access-date=2018-05-23}}
|rev3=The Telegraph
|rev3score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/biddy-bong-shaggy-met-sting-44876-review/|title=Biddy bong! When Shaggy met Sting – 44/876 review|website=Telegraph.co.uk|last=McCormick|first=Neil|date=2018-04-20|access-date=2018-05-23}}
}}
44/876 is a collaborative album by English musician Sting and Jamaican musician Shaggy, also the thirteenth solo studio album. 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).{{cite news|url=http://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-greatest-showman-holds-off-j-cole/072306|title=Charts analysis: Greatest Showman holds off J Cole|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=27 April 2018|work=Music Week|access-date=28 April 2018|url-access=subscription }}
"Don't Make Me Wait" was also included in Sting's Duets album in 2021.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Standard edition
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 42:52
| title1 = 44/876
| note1 = featuring Morgan Heritage and Aidonia
| writer1 = {{hlist|Sting|Orville Burrell|Rohan Rankine|Sheldon Lawrence|Shaun Pizzonia|Dwayne Shippy|Martin Kierszenbaum}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Sting International|Dwayne "iLL Wayno" Shippy}}
| length1 = 2:59
| title2 = Morning Is Coming
| writer2 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Rankine|Pizzonia}}
| extra2 = Sting International
| length2 = 3:11
| title3 = Waiting for the Break of Day
| writer3 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Pizzonia|Shippy}}
| extra3 = Sting International
| length3 = 3:18
| title4 = Gotta Get Back My Baby
| writer4 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Andre Fennell|Sheldon M. Harris|Kierszenbaum}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Teflon|Kierszenbaum}}
| length4 = 2:56
| title5 = Don't Make Me Wait
| writer5 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Ashante Reid|Pizzonia|Kameron Quintin Jones|Kennard Garrett}}
| extra5 = Sting International
| length5 = 3:35
| title6 = Just One Lifetime
| writer6 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Rankine|Pizzonia|Shane Hoosong}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Sting International|Hoosong}}
| length6 = 3:30
| title7 = 22nd Street
| writer7 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Rankine|Pizzonia|Andy Bassford}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Sting International}}
| length7 = 4:00
| title8 = Dreaming in the U.S.A.
| writer8 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Rankine|Dominic Miller|Kierszenbaum}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Sting|Kierszenbaum}}
| length8 = 3:08
| title9 = Crooked Tree
| writer9 = {{hlist|Sting|Kierszenbaum|Burrell|Pizzonia|Shippy|Hoosong}}
| extra9 = Sting International
| length9 = 3:37
| title10 = To Love and Be Loved
| writer10 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Rankine|Pizzonia|Daudi Henderson}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Sting International|Machine Gun Funk}}
| length10 = 3:29
| title11 = Sad Trombone
| writer11 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Pizzonia|Shippy}}
| extra11 = Sting International
| length11 = 5:43
| title12 = Night Shift
| writer12 = {{hlist|Sting|Eliot Sumner|Burrell|Reid|Miller|Kierszenbaum}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Sting International|Kierszenbaum}}
| length12 = 3:26
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital Deluxe and Target Exclusive editions (bonus tracks)
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 57:27
| title13 = If You Can't Find Love
| writer13 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Pizzonia|Rankine|Bassford|Karl Wright|Joshua Thomas|Shippy|Miller|Kierszenbaum}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Sting International|Kierszenbaum}}
| length13 = 3:34
| title14 = Love Changes Everything
| writer14 = {{hlist|Andrew Lloyd Webber|Charles Elliott Hart|Don Black}}
| extra14 = Sting International
| length14 = 3:52
| title15 = 16 Fathoms
| writer15 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Rankine|Kierszenbaum}}
| extra15 = Kierszenbaum
| length15 = 3:19
| title16 = Don't Make Me Wait
| note16 = Dave Audé Rhythmic Radio Remix
| writer16 = {{hlist|Sting|Burrell|Reid|Pizzonia|Jones|Garrett}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|Sting International|Dave Audé|Jason Robinson}}
| length16 = 3:47
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Super Deluxe Edition (bonus disc) — Live at Shaggy & Friends, Kingston, Jamaica
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Englishman in New York
| note1 = Sting
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| title2 = Fields of Gold
| note2 = Sting
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| title3 = Message in a Bottle
| note3 = Sting featuring Agent Sasco
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| title4 = Don't Make Me Wait
| note4 = Sting and Shaggy
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| title5 = Roxanne
| note5 = Sting and Shaggy
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| title6 = Cherrytree Radio Interview with Sting and Shaggy
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{{Track listing
| headline = CD Deluxe Softpack Edition (bonus tracks)
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title13 = Gotta Get Back My Baby
| note13 = new version
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| title14 = Skank Up (Oh Lawd)
| note14 = unreleased track
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| title15 = Gotta Get Back My Baby
| note15 = DJ Dave Audé remix
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| title16 = If You Can't Find Love
| note16 = acoustic live, Paris, July 2018
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| title17 = Message In A Bottle
| note17 = acoustic live, Paris, July 2018
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| title18 = Every Breath You Take
| note18 = acoustic live, Paris, July 2018
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| title19 = Don't Make Me Wait
| note19 = acoustic live, Paris, July 2018
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| title20 = Fields Of Gold
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Personnel
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- Shaggy – vocals
- Sting – bass, producer, backing vocals
- Aidonia – lead vocals (1)
- Morgan Heritage – backing vocals (1)
- David T.V. Barnes – horn
- 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
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Australia|38|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=28 May 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Austria|6|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=3 May 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|22|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=28 April 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|4|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=4 May 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Czech|11|date=201817|rowheader=true|access-date=8 April 2019}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|16|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=28 April 2018}} |
| {{album chart|France|2|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=28 May 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|1|id=355943|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=28 April 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Hungary|27|year=2018|week=17|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=5 May 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Italy|13|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=28 May 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Poland|3|id=1135|rowheader=true|access-date=10 May 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Portugal|19|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=28 May 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|9|date=20180427|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Spain|35|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=28 May 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Sting & Shaggy|album=44/876|rowheader=true|access-date=3 May 2018}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|9|date=20180427|rowheader=true|access-date=28 April 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|40|artist=Sting|rowheader=true|access-date=3 May 2018}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP){{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2019|title=Top de l'année Top Albums 2019|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=8 January 2020}}
| 163 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|title=44/876|artist=Sting|award=Gold|relyear=2018|certyear=2019|access-date=7 March 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|type=album|title=44/876|artist=Sting & Shaggy|award=Gold|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|access-date=22 August 2018}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true | streaming=true}}
References
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Category:Interscope Records albums
Category:Cherrytree Records albums
Category:Shaggy (musician) albums
Category:Sting (musician) albums
Category:Albums produced by Martin Kierszenbaum