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.

44/876
Studio album by
Sting and Shaggy
Released20 April 2018 (2018-04-20)
Studio
  • Ranch Studios
  • Sear Sound, New York City
GenreReggae
Length42:52
Label
Producer
  • Sting International
  • Martin Kierszenbaum (also Executive Producer)
  • Dwayne "iLL Wayno" Shippy
  • Teflon
  • Shane Hoosong
  • Sting
  • Machine Gun Funk
Sting chronology
Live at the Olympia Paris
(2017)
44/876
(2018)
My Songs
(2019)
Shaggy chronology
SMIX - Mr. Lover Collection
(2014)
44/876
(2018)
Wah Gwaan?!
(2019)
Singles from 44/876
  1. "Don't Make Me Wait"
    Released: 26 January 2018
  2. "Gotta Get Back My Baby"
    Released: 28 September 2018
  3. "Just One Lifetime"
    Released: 1 March 2019
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic49/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The A.V. ClubD
The Telegraph

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.

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