Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album | |
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Awarded for | quality reggae albums |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
First awarded | 1985 |
Last awarded | 2015 |
Official 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,[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]
Stephen Marley holds the record for the most wins in this category, with six wins total (three times as a member of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers). Similarly, Ziggy Marley has been presented the award four times total, three times as the leader of his eponymous band. Bunny Wailer has received the award three times, and two-time recipients include Burning Spear, Damian Marley, and Shabba Ranks. Jamaican artists have been presented with the award more than any other nationality. Buju Banton's nomination for the 2010 award sparked controversy and protest from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation due to homophobic lyrics within his music.[4]
Recipients[edit]
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![A man wearing a purple jacket and blue jeans, holding a multi-colored guitar and standing behind a microphone on a stand.](http://web.archive.org./web/20161217173607im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Ziggy_Marley_Austin.jpg/170px-Ziggy_Marley_Austin.jpg)
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![A man holding a microphone on a stage and wearing a blue denim jacket and jeans. Onlookers and a few microphone stand can be seen in the background.](http://web.archive.org./web/20161217173607im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Damian-Marley-Smile-Jamaica-2008.jpg/170px-Damian-Marley-Smile-Jamaica-2008.jpg)
^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
2010 controversy[edit]
![A man on a stage in white clothing, holding a microphone and bending over. In the background are women standing behind microphones.](http://web.archive.org./web/20161217173607im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Buju_Banton_%28Apollo_theater%2C_2007%29.jpg/170px-Buju_Banton_%28Apollo_theater%2C_2007%29.jpg)
Buju Banton's (real name Mark Anthony Myrie) nomination for the 2010 award sparked controversy and protest due to homophobic lyrics within his music.[4][34] Banton's most controversial song, released in 1988, is "Boom, Bye Bye", which "promote[s] the murder of gay men by shooting or burning".[35] 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".[4] 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.[4][36] The 2010 award was presented to Stephen Marley. Banton was nominated in 2011 for the album Before the Dawn.[31] Other reggae musicians that have been accused of promoting anti-gay lyrics include Beenie Man, Elephant Man, Vybz Kartel, Shabba Ranks and Sizzla.[37][38]
See also[edit]
- List of Grammy Award categories
- List of reggae musicians
- List of roots reggae artists
- List of ska musicians
- Music of Jamaica
- Reggae genres
References[edit]
- General
- "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 4, 2011. Note: User must select the "Reggae" category as the genre under the search feature.
- Specific
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- ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
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- ^ a b c d Serjeant, Jill (January 29, 2010). "Gay groups urge Grammys to denounce Buju Banton". Reuters. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
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- ^ Hunt, Dennis (January 13, 1989). "Chapman, McFerrin Lead Grammy Race: Baker, Sting, Michael, Winwood Also Capture Multiple Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. p. 6. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
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- ^ "The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ^ "The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ^ a b "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ [List of 2013 nominees "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2016-02-23.]
- ^ "57th Grammy Nominees". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ^ Brown, August (January 29, 2010). "Buju Banton's Grammy nomination angers gay rights groups". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Grammy Doesn't Honor Buju Banton". The Advocate. Here Media. January 31, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ "Beenie Man concerts cancelled over anti-gay lyrics". CBC News. August 27, 2004. Archived from the original on May 4, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ^ Adebayo, Dotun (October 18, 2002). "Don't blame the music". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved January 17, 2011.