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The name "Dancehall" comes from the Jamaican dance halls popular in the late 1940s. Two of the biggest stars of the early dancehall era were Yellowman and Eek-a-Mouse. Dancehall brought a new generation of producers, including Linval Thompson, Gussie Clarke and Jah Thomas. In the mid-1980s, the first digital recording was made in the dancehall scene. This largely synthesized chanting with musical accompaniment departed from traditional conceptions of Jamaican popular musical. This shift in style again saw the emergence of a new generation of artists, such as Buccaneer, Capleton and Shabba Ranks. A "sweet sing" vocal style evolved with artists like Pinchers, Cocoa Tea, Sanchez, Admiral Tibet, and Barrington Levy. In the early 1990s songs by Dawn Penn, Shabba Ranks, Patra and Chaka Demus and Pliers were the first dancehall megahits in the US and abroad. Other varieties of dancehall achieved crossover success outside of Jamaica during the mid-to-late 1990s. After the popularizing of Buju Banton's dancehall song "Boom Bye Bye" in the early 1990s, dancehall music came under criticism over anti-gay lyrics in a few songs. The early 2000s saw the success of newer charting acts such as Rihanna, Elephant Man and Sean Paul. Dancehall made a resurgence within the pop market in the late 2000s, with songs by Christina Aguilera, Robyn and Swan Fyahbwoy.