Romain Virgo - File

Aweek after the release of Romain Virgo's self-entitled debut album, the young singer has landed at the number 14 position on the Reggae Billboard charts.

This, coupled with interviews, performances and the launch partyfor his album, scheduled to take place tonightat the Knutsford Court Hotel. St Andrew,has left the singer extremely busy.

In reference to the 15-track album hitting the US charts,Romain says, "It has been a long journey getting to this point but I'm really happy so far; I can't complain. All the producers of the songs like Donovan Germain, Shane Brown, and Omar and Dawin Brown from the Vikings labelall put in a lot of work because we wanted it to be a successful album with great songs the fans would enjoy. So I'm happy people appreciate the album."

The journey Romain refers to, is coming to the fore asthe winner of a musical reality show - a fate which has shackled many-a-winner.

But not so with Romain. After winning the Digicel Rising Stars Competition in 2007, Romain aligned himself with some of the industry's top producers with the help of his management camp, Vikings Productions and,

thereafter, recorded some of Reggae's biggest recent hits including Cyaan Sleep, Wanna Go Home, Murderer, This Love (the video for which was included in VH1's rotation), Who Feels It Knows It and others.