Grammy award for Best Reggae Album - wikipedia Grammy award for Best Reggae Album Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album Awarded for Quality reggae albums Country United States Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences First awarded 1985 Last awarded 2018 Website grammy.com The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, 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 ''. 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. Ziggy Marley holds the record for the most wins in this category, with seven wins as of 2017. Contents 1 Recipients 2 2010 controversy 3 See also 4 References 5 External links 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 Two - time award winner Damian Marley, performing in 2008 2003 award recipient Lee `` Scratch '' Perry, performing in 2008 2004 award winner, Sean Paul Year Performing artist ( s ) Work Nominees Ref. 1985 Black Uhuru Anthem ! Anthem Jimmy Cliff -- `` Reggae Nights '' Steel Pulse -- `` Steppin ' Out '' Peter Tosh -- Captured Live Yellowman -- King Yellowman 1986 Cliff, Jimmy Jimmy Cliff Cliff Hanger ! Cliff Hanger Blue Riddim Band -- Alive in Jamaica Burning Spear -- Resistance Judy Mowatt -- Working Wonders Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers -- Play the Game Right Steel Pulse Babylon the Bandit ! Babylon the Bandit Black Uhuru -- Brutal Jimmy Cliff -- Club Paradise Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Dub Band -- Linton Kwesi Johnson in Concert with the Dub Band The Itals -- Rasta Philosophy 1988 Tosh, Peter Peter Tosh No Nuclear War ! No Nuclear War Black Uhuru -- Brutal Dub Burning Spear -- People of the World Third World -- Hold On to Love UB40 -- UB40 CCCP : Live in Moscow 1989 Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers Conscious Party ! Conscious Party Jimmy Cliff -- Hanging Fire Toots -- Toots in Memphis UB40 -- UB40 UB40 and Chrissie Hynde -- Breakfast in Bed 1990 Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers One Bright Day ! One Bright Day Bunny Wailer -- Liberation Burning Spear -- Live in Paris Zenith ' 88 Third World -- Serious Business Wailers Band -- I.D. 1991 Bunny Wailer Time Will Tell ! Time Will Tell : A Tribute to Bob Marley Black Uhuru -- Now Burning Spear -- Mek We Dweet Toots & the Maytals -- An Hour Live Andrew Tosh -- Make Place for the Youth 1992 Shabba Ranks As Raw as Ever ! As Raw As Ever Black Uhuru -- Iron Storm Bunny Wailer -- Gumption Rita Marley -- We Must Carry On Steel Pulse -- Victims Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers -- Jahmekya 1993 Shabba Ranks X-tra Naked ! X-tra Naked Jimmy Cliff -- Breakout Steel Pulse -- Rastafari Centennial : Live in Paris -- Elysee Montmartre The Wailing Souls -- All Over the World Third World -- Committed 1994 Inner Circle Bad Boys ! `` Bad Boys '' Black Uhuru -- Mystical Truth Burning Spear -- The World Should Know Maxi Priest -- Fe Real Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers -- Joy and Blues 1995 Bunny Wailer Crucial ! Roots Classics ! Crucial ! Roots Classics Aswad -- Rise and Shine Black Uhuru -- Strongg Dennis Brown -- Light My Fire Inner Circle -- Reggae Dancer Various artists -- Stir It Up Shaggy Boombastic ! Boombastic Burning Spear -- Rasta Business The Skatalites -- Hi - Bop Ska ! The 30th Anniversary Recording Third World -- Live It Up Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers -- Free Like We Want 2 B 1997 Bunny Wailer Hall of Fame ! Hall of Fame : A Tribute to Bob Marley 's 50th Anniversary Gregory Isaacs -- Mr. Cool Maxi Priest -- Man with the Fun Sister Carol -- Lyrically Potent The Skatalites -- Greetings from Skamania 1998 Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers Fallen Is Babylon ! Fallen Is Babylon Aswad -- Big Up Burning Spear -- Appointment with His Majesty Steel Pulse -- Rage and Fury Yellowman -- Freedom of Speech 1999 Sly and Robbie Friends ! Friends Buju Banton -- Inna Heights Beenie Man -- Many Moods of Moses The Wailing Souls -- Psychedelic Souls Toots & the Maytals -- Ska Father 2000 Burning Spear Calling Rastafari ! Calling Rastafari Aswad -- Roots Revival Beenie Man -- The Doctor Steel Pulse -- Living Legacy Third World -- Generation Coming 2001 Beenie Man Art and Life ! Art and Life Pato Banton -- Life Is a Miracle Dennis Brown -- Let Me Be the One Gregory Isaacs -- Private & Confidential The Wailing Souls -- Equality 2002 Marley, Damian Damian Marley Halfway Tree ! Halfway Tree Beres Hammond -- Music Is Life Luciano -- A New Day Ky - Mani Marley -- Many More Roads Various artists -- Island Warriors 2003 Perry, Lee `` Scratch '' Lee `` Scratch '' Perry Jamaican E.T. ! Jamaican E.T. Alpha Blondy -- Merci Bounty Killer -- Ghetto Dictionary : The Mystery Capleton -- Still Blazin ' Freddie McGregor -- Anything for You Paul, Sean Sean Paul Dutty Rock ! Dutty Rock Buju Banton -- Friends for Life Burning Spear -- Free Man Third World -- Ai n't Givin ' Up Wayne Wonder -- No Holding Back 2005 Toots & the Maytals True Love ! True Love Jimmy Cliff -- Black Magic Sly and Robbie -- The Dub Revolutionaries Steel Pulse -- African Holocaust Various artists -- Def Jamaica 2006 Marley, Damian Damian Marley Welcome to Jamrock ! Welcome to Jamrock Burning Spear -- Our Music Sean Paul -- The Trinity Shaggy -- Clothes Drop Third World -- Black Gold & Green 2007 Marley, Ziggy Ziggy Marley Love Is My Religion ! Love Is My Religion Buju Banton -- Too Bad Matisyahu -- Youth Sly and Robbie -- Rhythm Doubles UB40 -- Who You Fighting For ? 2008 Marley, Stephen Stephen Marley Mind Control ! Mind Control Burning Spear -- The Burning Spear Experience Lee `` Scratch '' Perry -- The End of an American Dream Sly and Robbie and the Taxi Gang -- Anniversary Toots & the Maytals -- Light Your Light 2009 Burning Spear Jah Is Real ! Jah Is Real Elephant Man -- Let 's Get Physical Heavy D -- Vibes Lee `` Scratch '' Perry -- Repentance Shaggy -- Intoxication Sly and Robbie -- Amazing Marley, Stephen Stephen Marley Mind Control ! Mind Control -- Acoustic Buju Banton -- Rasta Got Soul Gregory Isaacs -- Brand New Me Julian Marley -- Awake Sean Paul -- Imperial Blaze 2011 Banton, Buju Buju Banton Before the Dawn ! Before the Dawn Gregory Isaacs and King Isaac -- Isaacs Meets Isaac Lee `` Scratch '' Perry -- Revelation Bob Sinclar and Sly and Robbie -- Made in Jamaica Sly and Robbie and the Family Taxi -- One Pop Reggae + Andrew Tosh -- Legacy : An Acoustic Tribute to Peter Tosh 2012 Stephen Marley Revelation Pt. 1 -- The Root of Life Monty Alexander -- Harlem - Kingston Express Live ! Israel Vibration -- Reggae Knights Ziggy Marley -- Wild and Free Shaggy -- Summer in Kingston 2013 Jimmy Cliff Rebirth The Original Wailers -- Miracle Sean Paul -- Tomahawk Technique Sly & Robbie and the Jam Masters -- New Legend -- Jamaica 50th Edition Toots & The Maytals -- Reggae Got Soul : Unplugged on Strawberry Hill 2014 Ziggy Marley In Concert Beres Hammond -- One Love, One Life Sizzla -- The Messiah Sly & Robbie and the Jam Masters - Reggae Connection Snoop Lion -- Reincarnated 2015 Ziggy Marley Fly Rasta Lee Scratch Perry -- Back on the Controls Sean Paul -- Full Frequency Shaggy -- Out of Many, One Music Sly & Robbie and Spicy Chocolate -- The Reggae Power SOJA -- Amid the Noise and the Haste 2016 Morgan Heritage Strictly Roots Rocky Dawuni -- Branches of the Same Tree Jah Cure -- The Cure Barrington Levy -- Acousticalevy Luciano -- Zion Awake 2017 Ziggy Marley Ziggy Marley Devin Di Dakta & J.L - Sly & Robbie Presents... Reggae For Her J Boog - Rose Petals Raging Fyah - Everlasting Rebelution - Falling Into Place SOJA - Live in Virginia 2018 Damian `` Jr. Gong '' Marley Stony Hill Chronixx - Chronology Common Kings - Lost in Paradise J Boog - Wash House Ting Morgan Heritage - Avrakedabra 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. Banton 's most controversial song, released in 1988, is `` Boom, Bye Bye '', which `` promote ( s ) the murder of gay men by shooting or burning ''. 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 ''. 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. The 2010 award was presented to Stephen Marley. Banton was nominated in 2011 for the album Before the Dawn. Other reggae musicians that have been accused of promoting anti-gay lyrics include Beenie Man, Elephant Man, Shabba Ranks and Sizzla. 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Jump up ^ Unterberger, Andrew ( 6 December 2016 ). `` Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys ''. Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2017. Jump up ^ Grammy.com, 28 November 2017 ^ Jump up to : Serjeant, Jill ( January 29, 2010 ). `` Gay groups urge Grammys to denounce Buju Banton ''. Reuters. Retrieved November 27, 2010. Jump up ^ Brown, August ( January 29, 2010 ). `` Buju Banton 's Grammy nomination angers gay rights groups ''. Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved November 27, 2010. Jump up ^ Furse, Jane H. ( December 14, 2009 ). `` Grammy - nominated Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton faces 20 years after 11 - pound cocaine bust ''. Daily News. New York City, New York : Mortimer Zuckerman. Retrieved November 27, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Grammy Does n't Honor Buju Banton ''. The Advocate. Here Media. January 31, 2010. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Beenie Man concerts cancelled over anti-gay lyrics ''. CBC News. 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Question: who won the grammy for best reggae 2018
Answer: Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley