Craig Jackson of Voicemail - File

With Voicemail member Craig Jackson singing soulful songs on his own, many have speculated whether its 'splitsville' for the male trio. With ten years in the business, Jackson says there are only better days to come for Voicemail.

Speaking to THE STAR recently, Jackson affirmed that despite a slew of promising songs released on his own, he is still loyal to the group, who are happy with the success he has achieved.

Consisting of Jackson, Kevin Blaire and O'Neil Edwards, the group rose to popularity with songs such as Weddy Time and Just Dance.

Jackson, in speaking about his decision to do solo projects said, "I personally just wanted the experience in doing something different outside of Voicemail. So I decided to think a little about me and let Jamaica hear my style. At first the others were a little shaken-up but after a while they are strongly supportive of it. Right now Voicemail is doing extremely well."

According to Jackson, doing solo projects allows him to explore his singing side in genres such as gospel, R&B and techno music, which he loves. Jackson's first step on the solo road came with Dance the Night Away, featuring Busy Signal, which was followed by Show It with DeMarco.

Now he has upcoming singles such as Stranded produced by DASECA, Skip for Leftside, You're Mine produced by Kurt Riley and a follow up song to Dance the Night Away, the techno-flavoured Spotlight.

For Voicemail, Jackson says the Christmas will also be "loaded" with a video to be released soon for Nuh Behaviour, and songs for Big Yard and a collaboration with Chino called I Will Be There produced by Stephen McGregor.

Voicemail will also be releasing their fifth album early next year in Europe. The album is yet to be titled but features 14 songs, 10 of them exclusive to the album and four are known tracks including Dance the Night Away.

While Jackson doesn't see himself in a group forever, he says he has faith that Voicemail will reach heights that no other group has. "We're trying to put Voicemail to a place no group has gone from Jamaica. My dream in dis music thing has always been a group thing, I'm a group person. This is how God wants it right now and I'm very grateful for the opportunities to make it big," he said.

Having been in the music business for 10 years, Jackson sees a lot of improvements within the group, including better writing skills which they are planning to take to another level.

As for a solo album, Jackson says he has no plans for that anytime soon, wanting right now to introduce Jamaica to his unique sound.