# Juno Award for Reggae Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Reggae Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1985, as recognition each year for the best reggae album or single in Canada.
The award was not presented in 1992 or 1993, during which time reggae albums were subsumed into the new World Beat Recording category, but a separate reggae category was reinstituted in 1994 and has been presented continuously since then.
It is one of several categories that media reports in September 2024 indicated would be placed on "hiatus" for the Juno Awards of 2025, with the award committee reversing the decision eight days after it was first reported.

## Best Reggae/Calypso Recording (1985–1991)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 1985 | Liberty Silver and Otis Gayle | Heaven Must Have Sent You | Camboulay Dub – Mojah Trade Winds '84 – Trade Winds Sattalites – Sattalites Higher Love – Syren |
| 1986 | Lillian Allen | Revolutionary Tea Party | Free South Africa – Jayson Moonlight Lover – Ras Lee Night Rider – Messenjah No One Can Love Me Like You Do – George Banton |
| 1987 | Leroy Sibbles | Mean While | Chant, Chant – Errol Blackwood Crazy – Messenjah Empty Promises – Adrian Miller Live Via Sattalites – Sattalites |
| No award ceremony was held in 1988 |||||
| 1989 | Lillian Allen | Conditions Critical | Give Peace a Chance – Errol Blackwood I Like Calypso – Elsworth James Shadrock – Chester Miller War On Drugs – Devon Haughton |
| 1990 | Sattalites | Too Late To Turn Back Now | Chuckie Prophesy – Clifton Joseph Soca Band – Elsworth James South Africa Is a Disgrace – Leroy Sibbles Tribute to Ben Johnson – Elsworth James |
| 1991 | Jayson & Friends | Soldiers We Are All | Broken Arrow – Mojah Eyes Like Fire – Leroy Sibbles Rock and Sway – Messenjah Wild Jockey – Jackie Mittoo |

## Best Reggae Recording (1994–2002)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 1994 | Snow | "Informer" | "Child Support" – Inspector Lenny "Love and Affection" – Tanya Mullings "Save the Children" – Leejahn "Secret Admirer" – D.J. Ray |
| 1995 | Carla Marshall | Class and Credential | "A Love Thang" – Tanya Mullings "Lazah Current" – Lazah Current "Smokin' the Goats" – One "The Sound" – Fujahtive |
| 1996 | Sattalites | "Now and Forever" | "Real Personal" – Tanya Mullings "Si Wi Dem Nuh Know We" – Snow "Something Real" – Lazo "Waking Up the Dream" – Errol Blackwood |
| 1997 | Nana McLean | Nana McLean | Just the Other Night – Lenn Hammond Rise Up! – Kali and Dub Rude Boy on the Bus – Adrian Miller time bomb – Tatix |
| 1998 | Messenjah | Catch De Vibe | "Cry for the Children" – Jahbeng "Flex (Dancehall Mix)" – Belinda Brady Justuss – Snow "Nice & Slow" – Leroy Brown |
| 1999 | Frankie Wilmot | Vision | Chains and Shackles – Inspector Lenny Glorious Ride – Lazah Current The Original – DJ Ray The Way I Feel – Mystics |
| 2000 | Lazo | Heart & Soul | Hard End – The Luge Sessions Sometimes – Choices Thanks and Devotion – Willi Williams What If I Told You – Andru Branch |
| 2001 | Lenn Hammond | Lenn Hammond | Dem Need More Love – Tasha T Jonah – Jason Wilson and Tabarruk Love Is On Your Side – Lazo Secret Emotion – Jimmy Reid |
| 2002 | Blessed | Love (African Woman) | "A Friend for Life" – Iley Dread "Breathe" – Sonia Collymore "Never Let Jah Go" – Chester Miller "They Called Me Madness" – Peculiar I |

## Reggae Recording of the Year (2003–present)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 2003 | Sonia Collymore | "You Won't See Me Cry" | Gifted Man – Belinda Brady feat. Carla Marshall Heartache – Leroy Brown You Won't See Me Cry – Sonia Collymore She Boom – Kulcha Connection Two Hands Clapping – Snow |
| 2004 | Leroy Brown | "Rent A Tile" | "Homie's Girl" – Carl Henry "Nana's Medley, Part 2" – Nana McLean "Smile" – Blessed "Tease Me" — Dezzie |
| 2005 | Sonia Collymore | "WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)" | Bare as She Dare – Carl Henry featuring Ce'Ceile Empty Barrel – Blessed featuring Kardinal Offishall It's All Bless – Korexion Uncorrupted – Steele |
| 2006 | Blessed | "Reggae Time" | Hot Gal – Carl Henry feat. Rally Bop Live Up – Truths and Rights Mind & Body – Sold Odel River of Healing – Jah Beng |
| 2007 | Korexion | "X-Rated" | Hard to See – Humble In the Streets – Trinity Chris feat. Blessed Kulcha Connection – Kulcha Connection Survival – Kwesi Selassie |
| 2008 | Mikey Dangerous | "Don't Go Pretending" | "Don't Go" – Korexion "Final Road" – Blessed Music Is My Life – Tanya Mullings Two Chord Skankin' – Lyndon John X |
| 2009 | Humble | "Everything" | "Jah Lift Me Up" – Blessed "Renegade Rocker" – Dubmatix "The Peacemaker’s Chauffeur" – Jason Wilson "Truth Will Reveal" – Souljah Fyah |
| 2010 | Dubmatix feat. Prince Blanco | "Gonna Be Alright" | American Dream – Carl Henry Breaking Up – Tanya Mullings Show Me The Way – Kim Davis Wha-La-La-Leng – Ghislain Poirier with Face-T |
| 2011 | Elaine Lil'Bit Shepherd | "Likkle But Mi Tallawah" | Brighter Days – Lyndon John X "Don’t Wanna Go" – Tonya P Million Chance – Tony Anthony System Shakedown – Dubmatix |
| 2012 | Exco Levi | "Bleaching Shop" | "Lover's Paradise" – Jay Douglas "Seeds of Love & Life" – Dubmatix "Rescue Me" – Tanya Mullings "Woman" – Steele |
| 2013 | Exco Levi | "Storms of Life" | "Radio" – Ammoye "Made for Love" – Melanie Durrant "Yours to Keep" – Makeshift Innocence Move Ya’ – Elaine Lil'Bit Shepherd |
| 2014 | Exco Levi | "Strive" | "Mandela" – Akustix "Baby It's You" – Ammoye "Love Collision" – Dru "Rebel Massive" – Dubmatix |
| 2015 | Exco Levi | "Welcome the King" | "Love Inna Wi Heart" – Kirk Diamond feat. Bob da Builda Wake Up – Mikey Dangerous Hold On Till I Die – Steele Real Talk – Tasha T |
| 2016 | Kafinal feat. Daddy U Roy | "Nah Complain" | The French Sessions – Dubmatix "Hello Mama" – Exco Levi "Sexy Gal" – Kreesha Turner feat. T.O.K. Escape from the Mongoose Gang – Lyndon John X |
| 2017 | Exco Levi | "Siren" | "Sorry" – Ammoye "Roll 'Dem" – Dubmatix feat. Gappy Ranks "Cry Every Day" – Blessed "Who Feels It Knows" – Jay Kartier |
| 2018 | Kirk Diamond | "Greater" | The Light – Ammoye "Hold Up Slow Down" – Blessed "Neva Judge" – Eyesus "Love How You Whine" – K'Coneil feat. Kreesha Turner |
| 2019 | Dubmatix | Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix — Overdubbed | Money Don't Grow Pon Trees – Blessed Genesis – Chelsea Stewart Narrative – Exco Levi Talk or No Talk – Kafinal feat. Queen Ifrica |
| 2020 | Lyndon John X | The Warning Track | "Jah Children" – Jay Douglas "Wah Gwaan" – Exco Levi "Never Broken" – Petraa "Another Man" – Storry |
| 2021 | Töme and Sean Kingston | I Pray | Give It All — Ammoye Black Man — Blessed Roots Rock — Dubmatix Let It Be Done — Kirk Diamond |
| 2022 | Kairo McLean | "Easy Now" | "By Any Means" — Exco Levi "Don't Let It Get to You" — Josemar "Herb Dream" — Blessed "Too Ruff" — Kirk Diamond and Finn |
| 2023 | Kirk Diamond feat. Kairo McLean and Finn | "Reggae Party" | Ammoye, "Water" Celena, "Like a Star" Exco Levi, "Jah Love" Kairo McLean, "In the Streets" |
| 2024 | Kirk Diamond feat. Finn | Dread | Ammoye, "Stir This Thing" Jah'Mila, Roots Girl Exco Levi, "Feel Like Home" Omega Mighty feat. 4Korners and Haviah Mighty, "Rush Dem" |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | King Cruff and Runkus, Fall Back Exco Levi, Born to Be Free Tonya P, Rise Lee Scratch Perry and Bob Riddim, Destiny Skystar, Sky's the Limit |