SKIP Marley continues to make inroads on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay chart with his latest single Close.

The song, which samples Maxi Priest’s 1990 #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit Close to You, has moved up from #19 to #17 in its 12th week on the chart.
Usually reliable sources have indicated that two different remixes of Close are expected to be released shortly.

Still on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 airplay chart, Akon’s reworking of gospel singer Jermaine Edwards’ It’s a Beautiful Day, retitled Akon’s Beautiful Day, slips from #5 to #7. Meanwhile, it debuts at #18 on Billboard’s Bubbling Under Hot 100 tally.