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Juno Award for Reggae Recording of the Year
Yearly award for best reggae album in Canada
Yearly award for best reggae album in Canada
The Juno Award for "Reggae Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1985, as recognition each year for the best reggae album or single in Canada.
The award was not presented in 1992 or 1993, during which time reggae albums were subsumed into the new World Beat Recording category, but a separate reggae category was reinstituted in 1994 and has been presented continuously since then.
It is one of several categories that media reports in September 2024 indicated would be placed on "hiatus" for the Juno Awards of 2025, with the award committee reversing the decision eight days after it was first reported.
Best Reggae/Calypso Recording (1985–1991)
| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees | Ref. | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Silver and Otis Gayle | Heaven Must Have Sent You | |||||||||
| Lillian Allen | Revolutionary Tea Party | |||||||||
| Leroy Sibbles | Mean While | |||||||||
| No award ceremony was held in 1988 | ||||||||||
| Lillian Allen | Conditions Critical | |||||||||
| Sattalites | Too Late To Turn Back Now | |||||||||
| Jayson & Friends | Soldiers We Are All |
Best Reggae Recording (1994–2002)
| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees | Ref. | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow | "Informer" | ||||||||||||
| Carla Marshall | Class and Credential | ||||||||||||
| Sattalites | "Now and Forever" | ||||||||||||
| Nana McLean | Nana McLean | ||||||||||||
| Messenjah | Catch De Vibe | ||||||||||||
| Frankie Wilmot | Vision | ||||||||||||
| Lazo | Heart & Soul | ||||||||||||
| Lenn Hammond | Lenn Hammond | ||||||||||||
| Blessed | Love (African Woman) |
Reggae Recording of the Year (2003–present)
| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees | Ref. | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonia Collymore | "You Won't See Me Cry" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leroy Brown | "Rent A Tile" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sonia Collymore | "WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blessed | "Reggae Time" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Korexion | "X-Rated" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mikey Dangerous | "Don't Go Pretending" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humble | "Everything" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dubmatix feat. Prince Blanco | "Gonna Be Alright" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elaine Lil'Bit Shepherd | "Likkle But Mi Tallawah" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exco Levi | "Bleaching Shop" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exco Levi | "Storms of Life" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exco Levi | "Strive" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exco Levi | "Welcome the King" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kafinal feat. Daddy U Roy | "Nah Complain" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exco Levi | "Siren" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kirk Diamond | "Greater" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dubmatix | Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix — Overdubbed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lyndon John X | The Warning Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Töme and Sean Kingston | I Pray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kairo McLean | "Easy Now" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kirk Diamond feat. Kairo McLean and Finn | "Reggae Party" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kirk Diamond feat. Finn | Dread | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exco Levi | Born to Be Free | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TBA |
References
References
- [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/juno-awards-reggae-recording-of-the-year-honours-hiatus-in-2025 "JUNO Awards Putting Reggae Recording of the Year Honours on "Hiatus" in 2025: Report"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', September 9, 2024.
- Richie Assaly, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/juno-awards-reverse-controversial-decision-to-pull-reggae-and-gospel-categories-from-2025-ceremony/article_05677e64-752c-11ef-8919-ef5b17677922.html "Juno Awards reverse controversial decision to pull reggae and gospel categories from 2025 ceremony"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 17, 2024.
- Melody Lau, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/alessia-cara-and-tory-lanez-lead-the-2020-juno-nominations-1.5436386 "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations"]. [[CBC Music]], January 28, 2019.
- Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-the-2021-juno-award-winners-1.6036001 "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners"]. [[CBC Music]], June 4, 2021.
- [https://sorstu.ca/gala-des-prix-juno-2022-charlotte-cardin-devance-justin-bieber-et-the-weeknd-dans-les-nominations/ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022. Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!"]. ''sorstu.ca'', March 1, 2022.
- Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/junos-2023-opening-night-winners-list-1.6776262 "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night"]. [[CBC News]], March 11, 2023.
- [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"]. [[CBC Music]], March 23, 2024.
- [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2025-full-list-winners-1.7497072 "Junos 2025: full list of winners"]. [[CBC Music]], March 30, 2025.
- Holly Gordon, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/juno-award-nominees-2026-complete-list-9.7060862 "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees"]. [[CBC Music]], January 27, 2026.
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