Reggae star I-Octane topped the BBC 1xtra dancehall charts this week with his breakout hit, Nuh Love Inna Dem, on the Cashflow Records label, ahead of top flight artistes Khago, Mavado and Vybz Kartel.

The song is simultaneously number one on the Toronto Radio Dubplate chart, HYPE TV's Top 20 chart and the Jamaica Music Countdown charts, underlining the artiste's rise as one of the most popular local reggae artistes.

secured nominations

I-Octane has secured nominations in four categories in the International Reggae & World Music Awards (IRAWMA) 30th anniversary celebrations which will be held on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at the National Academy for Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

He is nominated in the categories of Best Music Video, Best New Entertainer, Most Promising Entertainer and Most Cultural/Educational Entertainer.

The singjay has also received nominations in four categories in the Excellence in Music and Entertainment (EME) Awards.

Those categories are Song of the Year (My Life), Culture Artiste of the Year, Breakthrough Artiste of the Year and Singjay of the Year. The seventh annual staging of the Excellence in Music and Entertainment (EME) Awards is set to take place tomorrow on the East Lawns of the historical Devon House in Kingston.

Octane has already won several awards this year, among them the People's Choice Awards from THE STAR for Reggae Artiste of the Year. At the recent Linkage awards, Octane pocketed awards for Song of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.

"The outpouring and support of my music has been a surreal experience. This is such an amazing accomplishment. I am very happy, to say the least. This type of recognition is something that I could not have foreseen. Much thanks IRAWMA, EME and Linkage Awards," the artiste who is currently on tour in the US, said.