Bob Marley his worldwide reputation and elevated his status as one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, with sales of more than 75 million records. "Exodus" stayed on the British album charts for 56 consecutive weeks and included the UK hit singles "Exodus", "Waiting in Vain", "Jamming", and "One Love". In 1978, he released the album "Kaya", which included the hit singles "Is This Love" and "Satisfy My Soul". The greatest hits album "Legend" was released in 1984, three years after Marley died. It subsequently became the best-selling reggae album of all time. Marley died on 11 May 1981 in
Roots Reggae Library the world. The Roots Reggae Library was started in May 2012 as an initiative to index, store and analyse Reggae music, with a particular emphasis on the transition period of Rocksteady into Roots Reggae. Although the first edition published in May 2012 focused on Bob Marley, the author communicated his intent to dedicate special attention to other musicians besides “the King of Reggae”. The primary focus of the Roots Reggae Library is to create a single library of both Jamaican and non-Jamaican Reggae music. The initial name of the website was This Is Crucial Reggae. It was changed to Roots