| Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Qualityreggae albums |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First award | 1985 |
| Currently held by | Keznamdi –Blxxd & Fyah (2026) |
| Website | grammy.com |
TheGrammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at theGrammy Awards for quality works in thereggae genre. Originally called theGrammy Award for Best Reggae Recording, the honor was presented to artists for eligible songs or albums. The Jamaican groupBlack 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 theengineers,mixers, and/orproducers in addition to the performing artists. According to the category description guide for the52nd Grammy Awards, eligible works are vocal orinstrumental reggae albums "containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded music", includingroots reggae,dancehall andska music.[1]
At the62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020,Koffee became the youngest person and the first woman to win the award.Ziggy Marley holds the record for the most wins in this category, with seven wins as of 2017. The current recipient of the award is Keznamdi, who won at the68th Annual Grammy Awards with his albumBlxxd & Fyah.
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^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
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Buju Banton's (real name Mark Anthony Myrie) nomination for the 2010 award sparked controversy and protest due tohomophobic 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, theGay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and theLos Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center placed an advertisement in theDaily 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 andcivil rights activists, asserted that honoring Banton was awarding "extraordinary hateful work". TheNational 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 toStephen Marley. Banton was nominated in 2011 for the albumBefore the Dawn.[28] Other reggae musicians that have been accused of promoting anti-gay lyrics includeBeenie Man,Elephant Man,Shabba Ranks andSizzla.[45][46]
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