Akukho okungaphansi kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu, impumelelo enkulu ye 'U-Bob Marley & The Wailers, 'Legend' (1984) ufike okokuqala emlandweni ukukhuphuka phakathi kwama-albhamu ayi-10 athengiswa kakhulu e-United States ngesonto eledlule. I-Legend ngokuqinisekile iyi-albhamu ethengiswa kakhulu ka-Bob Marley kanye ne-The Wailers, umculi wodumo wase-Jamaica owaletha isitayela se-reggae phambili emhlabeni womculo. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, iLegend ithole ukukhuphuka okumangalisayo ukusuka kunombolo-100 kuya kunombolo 5 ohlwini lwama-albhamu ashicilelwe ngumagazini iBillboard ngoSepthemba 10.
Isizathu esikhulu salokhu kudlondlobala kwe-albhamu kaMarley kungenxa yesaphulelo esikhulu esilethwe yilesi sitolo -Google Play, eyehlise intengo ye-albhamu isuka ku-$9 yaya kumasenti angu-99 (amasenti angu-77). Ngemva kokwethula ukuthengiswa okukhethekile, amakhophi angu-41 (ukulandwa kwedijithali) athengiswa esikhathini esingaphansi kwesonto, okwandisa izinga lawo lokuthengisa ngamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-1.000.
Ukuhlanganiswa kweThe Legend ngo-1984 ngelebula Amarekhodi esiqhingi Yafinyelela kunombolo 54 ohlwini lweBillboard ngalowo nyaka, futhi kuleli sonto ikwazile ukufinyelela inombolo yesihlanu. Ngokujwayelekile, i-albhamu kaMarley ikwazi ukudayisa amakhophi aphakathi kuka-3.000 no-5.000 ngesonto futhi ithathwa njenge-albhamu yomculo we-reggae ethengiswa kakhulu emlandweni, ikwazi ukudayisa amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-13 e-United States kanye nezigidi ezingu-25 emhlabeni jikelele kusukela yethulwa.
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