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Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album

Honor presented to recording artists for quality reggae albums

Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
Summary

Honor presented to recording artists for quality reggae albums

FieldValue
nameGrammy Award for Best Reggae Album
awarded_forQuality reggae albums
presenterNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
countryUnited States
year1985
holderVarious artists, Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) (2025)
websitegrammy.com

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.

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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Stephen Marley]] (three times as a member of the band [[Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers]]) in 2007
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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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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
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Jimmy CliffRebirth{{smalldiv
Ziggy MarleyIn Concert{{smalldiv
Ziggy MarleyFly Rasta{{smalldiv
Morgan HeritageStrictly Roots{{smalldiv
Ziggy MarleyZiggy Marley{{smalldiv
Damian "Jr. Gong" MarleyStony Hill{{smalldiv
Sting & Shaggy44/876{{smalldiv
KoffeeRapture{{smalldiv
Toots and the MaytalsGot to Be Tough{{smalldiv
SOJABeauty in the Silence{{smalldiv
Kabaka PyramidThe Kalling{{smalldiv
Julian Marley & AntaeusColors of Royal{{smalldiv
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Winners TBA on 1 February 2026

Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

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. Banton's most controversial song, released in 1988, is "Boom, Bye Bye", which "promote[s] the murder of gay men by shooting or burning". 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". The 2010 award was presented to Stephen Marley. Banton was nominated in 2011 for the album Before the Dawn.

References

General

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Specific

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