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Music Facts: Reggae

  • Reggae came to fruition in Jamaica in the '60s. 

  • Jamaican singer/songwriter Bob Marley is considered a pioneer of reggae. His son, Ziggy Marley, has won eight GRAMMY Awards as a solo artist; he's won the Best Reggae Album category seven times. 

  • Recent winners for the Best Reggae Album category include Sting, Shaggy, Koffee, and Toots & The Maytals. 

Grammy Awards for Reggae

  • Best Reggae Album

    BLXXD & FYAH. Keznamdi

  • Best Reggae Album

    Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe). Justin Eshak, Samuel Griesemer, Cedella Marley, Stephen Marley, Ziggy Marley, Areli Quirarte, Brittney Ramsdell, Randy Spendlove

  • Best Reggae Album

    Colors Of Royal. Julian Marley, Antaeus

  • Best Reggae Album

    The Kalling. Kabaka Pyramid

  • Best Reggae Album

    Beauty In The Silence. Soja

  • Best Reggae Album

    Got To Be Tough. Toots And The Maytals

  • Best Reggae Album

    Rapture. Koffee

  • Best Reggae Album

    44/876. Sting, Shaggy

  • Best Reggae Album

    Stony Hill. Damian Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    Ziggy Marley. Ziggy Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    Strictly Roots. Morgan Heritage

  • Best Reggae Album

    Fly Rasta. Ziggy Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    Ziggy Marley In Concert. Ziggy Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    Rebirth. Jimmy Cliff

  • Best Reggae Album

    Revelation Pt. 1: The Root Of Life. Stephen Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    Before The Dawn. Banton Buju

  • Best Reggae Album

    Mind Control - Acoustic. Stephen Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    Jah Is Real. Burning Spear

  • Best Reggae Album

    Mind Control. Stephen Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    Love Is My Religion. Ziggy Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    Welcome To Jamrock. Damian Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    True Love. Toots & The Maytals

  • Best Reggae Album

    Dutty Rock. Sean Paul

  • Best Reggae Album

    Jamaican E.T.. Lee ''Scratch'' Perry

  • Best Reggae Album

    Halfway Tree. Damian Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    Art And Life. Beenie Man

  • Best Reggae Album

    Calling Rastafari. Burning Spear

  • Best Reggae Album

    Friends. Sly & Robbie & The Jam Masters

  • Best Reggae Album

    Fallen Is Babylon. Ziggy Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    Hall Of Fame - A Tribute To Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary. Bunny Wailer

  • Best Reggae Album

    Boombastic. Shaggy

  • Best Reggae Album

    Crucial! Roots Classics. Bunny Wailer

  • Best Reggae Album

    Bad Boys. Inner Circle

  • Best Reggae Album

    X-tra Naked. Shabba Ranks

  • Best Reggae Album

    As Raw As Ever. Shabba Ranks

  • Best Reggae Album

    Time Will Tell - A Tribute To Bob Marley. Bunny Wailer

  • Best Reggae Album

    One Bright Day. Ziggy Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    Conscious Party. Ziggy Marley

  • Best Reggae Album

    No Nuclear War. Peter Tosh

  • Best Reggae Album

    Babylon The Bandit. Steel Pulse

  • Best Reggae Album

    Cliff Hanger. Jimmy Cliff

  • Best Reggae Album

    Anthem. Black Uhuru

Previous Winners

BLXXD & FYAH

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