Jamaican Grammy Winners Over The Years (Best Reggae Album)
A Grammy is a highly coveted award presented by The Recording Academy to recognise achievement in the mainly English-language music industry.
The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to pay tribute to the musical accomplishments by performers for the previous year.
Over the years many Jamaicans have received Grammys for their quality works in the reggae music genre.
The nominees for the 2018 Grammy Awards were recently announced with three Jamaican acts being named among them. They are Chronixx with his album Chronology, Damian Marley with the album Stony Hill and Morgan Heritage with Avrakedabra.
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The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album, originally called the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording is flooded with Jamaicans. Here is a quick rundown of the winners:
1985 – The Jamaican reggae group Black Uhuru received the first award with the album Anthem.
1986 – Jimmy Cliff received the award for the album Cliff Hanger. | He also won Hall of Fame Awards for the albums The Harder They Come (2008) and Many Rivers to Cross (2011).
1988 – Peter Tosh received the award for the album No Nuclear War.
1989 – Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers received the award for the album Conscious Party.
1990 – Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers received the award for the album One Bright Day.
1991 – Bunny Wailer received the award for the album Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley.
1992 – Shabba Ranks received the award for the album As Raw As Ever
1993 – Shabba Ranks received the award for the album X-tra Naked
1994 – Inner Circle received the award for the album “Bad Boys”
1995 – Bunny Wailer received the award for the album Curical! Roots Classics
1996 – Shaggy received the award for the album Boombastic
1997 – Bunny Wailer received the award for the album Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley’s 50th Anniversary
1998 – Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers received the award for the album Fallen is Babylon
1999 – Sly and Robbie received the award for the album Friends
2000 – Burning Spear received the award for the album Calling Rastafari
2001 – Beenie Man received the award for the album Art and Life
2002 – Damian Marley and Stephen Marley received the award for the album Halfway Tree
2003 – Lee “Scratch” Perry received the award for the album Jamaican E.T.
2004 – Sean Paul received the award for the album Dutty Rock
2005 – Toots & the Maytals received the award for the album True Love
2006 – Damian Marley and Stephen Marley received the award for the album Welcome to Jamrock | Damian Marley also won he won Best Reggae Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Welcome to Jamrock.
2007 – Ziggy Marley received the award for the album Love is My Religion | He also received a Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children in 2007 for his album Family Time.
2008 – Stephen Marley received the award for the album Mind Control
2009 – Burning Spear received the award for the album Jah is Real
2010 – Stephen Marley received the award for the album Mind Control (Acoustic)
2011 – Buju Banton received the award for the album Before the Dawn
2012 – Stephen Marley received the award for the album Revelation Pt. 1 – The Root of Life
2013 – Jimmy Cliff received the award for the album Rebirth
2014 – Ziggy Marley received the award for the album In Concert (Live)
2015 – Ziggy Marley received the award for the album Fly Rasta
2016 – Morgan Heritage received the award for the album Strictly Roots
2017 – Ziggy Marley received the award for the album Ziggy Marley
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