Althea and Donna

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Genres Reggae Active until 1979 Origin Jamaica (1977)		Years active 1977–1979 Genre Reggae

Labels Virgin, Lightning, Front Line Past members Althea ForrestDonna Reid Albums Uptown Top Ranking, Women In Reggae: Roots Daughters Members Althea Forrest, Donna Reid Similar Susan Cadogan, Junior Murvin, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Desmond Dekker, Errol Thompson

Althea & Donna were a Jamaican reggae vocal duo, consisting of Althea Rose Forrest and Donna Marie Reid. They are best known for their 1977 single "Uptown Top Ranking", which was a number one hit in the United Kingdom in 1978.

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The Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid - then 17 and 18 years old respectively - caused a chart surprise when their reggae song "Uptown Top Ranking" became a UK No. 1 in February 1978. They released the album of the same name in 1978, on which they are produced by Karl Pitterson and backed by The Revolutionaries, on the Virgin Records subsidiary Front Line, and several more singles, but never met with any more tangible success thereafter. In 2001, Caroline Records reissued the full-length "Uptown Top Ranking".