The pop charts have frightened me away in recent months, with offensive language like "haters gonna hate," "from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack," and "featuring Drake," but I have just dipped my ...

Sitting stoically in Billboard's New York offices, OMI looks like he's the calm, cool, collected type -- or about to pass out from exhaustion after months of whirlwind travel and promotion. "I've… By ...

"Every artist from Jamaica wants to thrive in the U.S," OMI says. "I'm just grateful." By Gary Trust What song drew the most cheers this summer? OMI‘s “Cheerleader,” as the Jamaican reggae/pop ...

As part of his victory lap following hitting number one on the Hot 100 earlier this week, Jamaican-born singer OMI made his first-ever late-night appearance last night, on the Tonight Show With Jimmy ...

After premiering a cover for OMI’s hugely popular summer single “Cheerleader” while opening for Kelly Clarkson this summer, a cappella group Pentatonix decided to take things to the next level and ...

While many people are predicting that Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea's new single, "Pretty Girls," will be 2015's Song of the Summer, recently, another contender quietly entered the ring: OMI's ...

We catch up with Jamaican singer OMI about his latest project and look back at the success of his debut single, Cheerleader. OMI burst onto the scene in 2015 when Cheerleader skyrocketed to the top of ...

When OMI released his debut single, "Cheerleader," in 2012, it was a great reggae song and a success in his native Jamaica—it even won him a spot guest-judging the Jamaica Fitness Association's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music, and why you buy the tunes you do. The rise of OMI’s Cheerleader—or more accurately, the rise of its remix—had ...

The name Omar Samuel Pasley probably doesn’t ring any bells. Girls haven’t begun to dub themselves as their boyfriend’s “cheerleader” yet in Instagram captions. Oh, but they will. Omar — aka OMI — is ...

The five-piece take on one of this year's biggest tunes... and knock it out of the park. We didn’t think OMI’s ‘Cheerleader’ could become any more of a perfect summer song, until vocal group ...