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Honor presented to recording artists for quality reggae albums
The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the
Grammy Awards , a ceremony that was established in 1985 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,
[1] to recording artists for quality works in the
reggae music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
[2]
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.
[3]
Ziggy Marley holds the record for the most wins in this category, with seven wins as of 2017.
Recipients
1986 award recipient
Jimmy Cliff in 1997
Five-time award winner
Stephen Marley (three times as a member of the band
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers ) in 2007
Six-time award winner
Ziggy Marley (three times as the leader of
his eponymous band ), performing at the
Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2007
Three-time award winner
Bunny Wailer , performing in 2009
1996 award winner
Shaggy , performing in 2006
2001 award winner
Beenie Man in 2008
Three-time award winner
Damian Marley , performing in 2015.
2003 award recipient
Lee "Scratch" Perry , performing in 2008
2004 award winner,
Sean Paul
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Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
2010 controversy
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.
[41]
[42] Banton's most controversial song, released in 1988, is "Boom, Bye Bye", which "promote[s] the murder of gay men by shooting or burning".
[43] 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".
[41] The advertisement, which took the form of a letter signed by gay rights and
civil rights activists, asserted that honoring Banton was awarding "extraordinary hateful work". The
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences responded by insisting that artists are honored for quality music "regardless of politics". Banton has been quoted as saying that he sees "no end to the war" between himself and gay men.
[41]
[44] The 2010 award was presented to
Stephen Marley . Banton was nominated in 2011 for the album
Before the Dawn .
[30] Other reggae musicians that have been accused of promoting anti-gay lyrics include
Beenie Man ,
Elephant Man ,
Shabba Ranks and
Sizzla .
[45]
[46]
See also
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