Written by Alexander BoniJah A.K.A Reggae Colombia.
EDITION #66 / ANNUAL AWARDING CEREMONY OF THE 2024 GRAMMY AWARDS.
The nominees for the Grammy Awards are now known, an annual ceremony that will be held on February 4, 2024 at the Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center) in Los Angeles, California, USA.
In relation to the BEST REGGAE ALBUM Category; These are the five nominated albums.
NOMINEES CATEGORY:
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
Burning Spear - No Destroyer (Burning Spear Music Inc)
Buju Banton - Born For Greatness (Roc Nation Records)
Beenie Man - Simma (MD Music Group)
Julian Marley & Antaeus - Colors Of Royal (Monom Records)
Collie Buddz - Cali Roots Riddim 2023 (Ineffeble Records)
It should be remembered that the eligibility period for this edition #66 was from October 1, 2022 to September 15, 2023.
Check out the list of all previous Grammy Award winners in the REGGAE category.
2022 / Kabaka Pyramid - The Kalling
2021 / SOJA - Beauty In The Silence
2020 / Toots & The Maytals - It Got To Be Tough
2019 / Koffee - Rapture
2018 / Sting & Shaggy - 44/876
2017 / Damian Marley - Stony Hill
2016 / Ziggy Marley - Ziggy Marley
2015 / Morgan Heritage - Strictly Roots
2014 / Ziggy Marley - Fly Rasta
2013 / Ziggy Marley - In Concert
2012 / Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth
2011 / Stephen Marley - Revelation Pt. 1 – The Root of Life
2010 / Buju Banton - Before the Dawn
2009 / Stephen Marley - Mind Control Acoustic
2008 / Burning Spear - Jah Is Real
2007 / Stephen Marley – Mind Control
2006 / Ziggy Marley - Love Is My Religion
2005 / Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
2004 / Toots & the Maytals - True Love
2003 / Sean Paul - Dutty Rock
2002 / Lee Perry - Jamaican E.T.
2001 / Damian Marley - Halfway Tree
2000 / Beenie Man - Art and Life
1999 / Burning Spear - Calling Rastafari
1998 / Sly and Robbie - Friends
1997 / Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Fallen Is Babylon
1996 / Bunny Wailer - Hall of Frame: A Tribute to Bob Marley’s 50th Anniversary
1995 / Shaggy - Boombastic
1994 / Bunny Wailer - Crucial! Roots Classics
1993 / Inner Circle - Bad Boys
1992 / Shabba Ranks - X-tra Naked
1991 / Shabba Ranks - As Raw As Ever
1990 / Bunny Wailer - Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley
1989 / Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - One Bright Day
1988 / Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Conscious Party
1987 / Peter Tosh - No Nuclear War
1986 / Steel Pulse - Babylon the Bandit
1985 / Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger
1984 / Black Uhuru - Anthem
Facts: Burning Spear has 13 nominations and has won the Grammy twice (in 1999 with "Calling Rastafari" and in 2008 with "Jah Is Real"). For Beenie Man, winner in 2000 with "Art and Life"; This corresponds to his fourth nomination. Buju Banton has 7 nominations, he already won in 2010 with "Before The Dawn". Julian Marley obtains his third nomination with this. Collie Buddz is nominated for the first time in this category.
Note: Category name changes.
- From its insertion in 1984 until 1990, the category was called "Best Reggae Recording". From 1991 until today it has been called "Best Reggae Album".
BEST REGGAE RECORDING (1984 - 1990)
BEST REGGAE ALBUM (1991 - 2021)
Listen
SIMMA
Spotify
YouTube Music
Apple Music
Deezer
Artist: Beenie Man
Publication date: September 1, 2023
Genre: Reggae
Label: MD MUSIC GROUP
Listen
No Destroyer
Spotify
YouTube Music
Apple Music
Deezer
Artist: Burning Spear
Publication date: August 18, 2023
Genre: Reggae
Label: Burning Spear Music
Listen
Born for Greatness
Spotify
YouTube Music
Apple Music
Deezer
Artist: Buju Banton
Publication date: September 8, 2023
Genre: Dancehall
Label: Gargamel Music Co., Under exclusive license to Roc Nation Records LLC & Def Jam Recordings
Listen
CaliRoots Riddim 2023
Spotify
YouTube Music
Apple Music
Deezer
Artist: Collie Buddz
Publication date: June 30, 2023
Genre: Reggae
Label: Ineffable Record's
Listen
Colors Of Royal
Spotify
YouTube Music
Apple Music
Deezer
Artists: Antaeus, Julian Marley
Publication date: March 24, 2023
Genre: Reggae
Label: Monom Records
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Alexander BoniJah A.K.A Reggae Colombia