Alaine

Alaine Laughton, known by her first name, is a reggae/dancehall singer and songwriter. She was born in New Jersey, but moved to Jamaica at the age of three.

Alaine lived in the United States, and in 1988, had a minor role in the movie Clara’s Heart. In the early 2000s, she did songwriting and contributed backing vocals for Roc-A-Fella artists such as Cam'ron and Freeway. She moved back to Jamaica in the summer of 2004 to focus on her own music after working as an investment banker for JPMorgan Chase. Alaine later met with Craig “Serani” Marsh of DASECA, and started working with him. Their immediate chemistry provided Alaine with her first song on the radio within days of her arrival back to Jamaica.

In 2005, the single “No Ordinary Love” on Don Corleon’s Seasons Riddim (Sean Paul, T.O.K.) was a breakthrough single in the reggae scene, and Alaine was quickly praised for her special talents. She released her debut album Sacrifice in 2007 via Don Corleon Records. Her second album Luv a Dub was released in 2009 and her third album Ten of Hearts was released in 2015.