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Best Reggae Album Nominations @ 65th Grammy Awards

11/15/2022 by Reggaeville

The 65th Annual Grammy Awards nominees have been revealed. Congratulations to all nominees! In the BEST REGGAE ALBUM category five releases made it to the final round and winners will be awarded on February 5, 2023.

BEST REGGAE ALBUM - NOMINEES

• KABAKA PYRAMID - THE KALLING
• KOFFEE - GIFTED
• SEAN PAUL - SCORCHA
• PROTOJE - THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM
• SHAGGY - COM FLY WID MI

In the category "Best Global Music Performance" Rocky Dawuni & Blvk H3ro got nominated for their combination Neva Bow Down!

What are the eligibility requirements for nominations?

The 65th GRAMMY Awards eligibility period is Oct. 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2022. The GRAMMY Awards are open to new recordings released during the eligibility period. These recordings must be commercially released, nationally distributed and available from any date within the eligibility period through at least the date of the current year’s Final Ballot voting deadline.

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued for sale, download or streaming as a unit. To qualify as an album, a release must contain at least five tracks (different songs, not different mixes) and have a total playing time of at least 15 minutes or it may have any number of tracks if the total playing time is at least 30 minutes. Updated, revised or expanded versions of previously submitted albums will not be eligible. 

Here is the complete list of previous winners in the REGGAE CATEGORY*:

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

*CATEGORY NAME CHANGE:
BEST REGGAE RECORDING (1984 - 1990)
BEST REGGAE ALBUM (1991 - 2021)