Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album

Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards for quality works in the reggae genre. Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording, the honor was presented to artists for eligible songs or albums. The Jamaican group Black Uhuru received the first award in 1985. Beginning with the 1992 ceremony, the name of the award was changed to Best Reggae Album. Starting in 2002, awards were often presented to the engineers, mixers, and/or producers in addition to the performing artists. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, eligible works are vocal or instrumental reggae albums "containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded music", including roots reggae, dancehall and ska music.<ref name=52nd>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020, Koffee became the youngest person and the first woman to win the award. Ziggy Marley holds the record for the most wins in this category, with seven wins as of 2017. The current recipient of the award is the Bob Marley film soundtrack One Love.

Recipients

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Inaugural recipients Black Uhuru

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1986 award recipient Jimmy Cliff in 1997

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Five-time award winner Stephen Marley (three times as a member of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers) in 2007

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Six-time award winner Ziggy Marley (three times as the leader of his eponymous band), performing at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2007

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Thirteen-time nominee and two-time winner Burning Spear.

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Three-time award winner Bunny Wailer, performing in 2009

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1996 award winner Shaggy, performing in 2006

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2001 award winner Beenie Man in 2008

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Three-time award winner Damian Marley, performing in 2015.

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2003 award recipient Lee "Scratch" Perry, performing in 2008

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2004 award winner, Sean Paul

Year{{#if:[I]|[I]|[1]}}	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1985	Black Uhuru	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1985>Template:Cite news</ref>
1986	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1986>Template:Cite news</ref>
1987	Steel Pulse	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1987>Template:Cite news</ref>
1988	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1988>Template:Cite news</ref>
1989	Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1989>Template:Cite news</ref>
1990	Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1990>Template:Cite news</ref>
1991	Bunny Wailer	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1991>Template:Cite news</ref>
1992	Shabba Ranks	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1992>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1993	Shabba Ranks	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1993>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1994	Inner Circle	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1994>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995	Bunny Wailer	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1995>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996	Shaggy	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1996>Template:Cite news</ref>
1997	Bunny Wailer	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1997>Template:Cite news</ref>
1998	Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1998>Template:Cite news</ref>
1999	Sly and Robbie	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1999>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000	Burning Spear	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2000>Template:Cite news</ref>
2001	Beenie Man	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2001>Template:Cite news Template:Dead link</ref>
2002	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2002>Template:Cite news</ref>
2003	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2003>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2004>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	Toots and the Maytals	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2005>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2006>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2007>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2008>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009	Burning Spear	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2009>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2010>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2011>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012	Stephen Marley	Revelation Pt. 1 – The Root of Life	Template:Smalldiv
2013	Jimmy Cliff	Rebirth	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>[List of 2013 nominees {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}]</ref>
2014	Ziggy Marley	In Concert	Template:Smalldiv
2015	Ziggy Marley	Fly Rasta	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	Morgan Heritage	Strictly Roots	Template:Smalldiv
2017	Ziggy Marley	Ziggy Marley	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2018	Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley	Stony Hill	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Grammy.com, 28 November 2017</ref>
2019	Sting & Shaggy	44/876	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	Koffee	Rapture	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2021	Toots and the Maytals	Got to Be Tough	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	SOJA	Beauty in the Silence	Template:Smalldiv	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	Kabaka Pyramid	The Kalling	Template:Smalldiv	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Julian Marley & Antaeus	Colors of Royal	Template:Smalldiv	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2025	Various artists	Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe)	Template:Smalldiv	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2026	Winners TBA on 1 February 2026		Lila Iké - Treasure Self Love Vybz Kartel - Heart & Soul Keznamdi - BLXXD & FYAH Mortimer - From Within Jesse Royal - No Place Like Home	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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2010 controversy

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2010 nominee and subject of controversy Buju Banton, performing in 2007

Buju Banton's (real name Mark Anthony Myrie) nomination for the 2010 award sparked controversy and protest due to homophobic lyrics within his music.<ref name=Reuters>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Banton>Template:Cite news</ref> Banton's most controversial song, released in 1988, is "Boom, Bye Bye", which "promote[s] the murder of gay men by shooting or burning".<ref name=Furse>Template:Cite news</ref> Following the artist's nomination, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center placed an advertisement in the Daily Variety encouraging Grammy officials to denounce music that "promotes or celebrates violence against any group of people".<ref name=Reuters/> The advertisement, which took the form of a letter signed by gay rights and civil rights activists, asserted that honoring Banton was awarding "extraordinary hateful work". The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences responded by insisting that artists are honored for quality music "regardless of politics". Banton has been quoted as saying that he sees "no end to the war" between himself and gay men.<ref name=Reuters/><ref name=Advocate>Template:Cite journal</ref> The 2010 award was presented to Stephen Marley. Banton was nominated in 2011 for the album Before the Dawn.<ref name=Grammy2011/> Other reggae musicians that have been accused of promoting anti-gay lyrics include Beenie Man, Elephant Man, Shabba Ranks and Sizzla.<ref name=CBC>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Adebayo>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• List of reggae musicians
• List of roots reggae artists
• List of ska musicians
• Music of Jamaica
• Reggae genres

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