Dancehall artist Alayna has signed an exclusive recording agreement with the New York based record label Tropical records, a Sunset records company.

Under the terms of their recording agreement, the upstart reggae and world music record label will release the brand new full length Controversy CD from the artist on September 22. The CD will be made available at every major retail outlet on the world along with every digital distribution outlet that sell downloads, ringtones, streams and playback tunes. The label will also seek licensing deals through its media outlets that include placement at feature films, television shows, video games, movie trailers and even ringtones and advertising commercials. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed to the press and Don Lichterman, the head of Tropical / Sunset says it’s a potential 5 album deal with all the option periods in place.”

Alayna will include duets with artists like Nina Nyce, and the “I Know You Like It” song is the first single being worked to reggae, world and to dance and club stations. (Don) Lichterman says, “We will keep an eye on the first single over the next few months to see if we have any chance to cross that song over to top 40 stations.” Alayna has recently opened up shows for powerhouse music artists, Pressure and is headlining at the Summer Splash Festival 2009 on the Virgin Islands.

Alayna not only mesmerizes reggae, dancehall and world music fans in the United States with her live music, the plan for the record label is to make this album available abroad with the potential hit song.