Reggae Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are the most prestigious awards given to the music industry. The Reggae category was created for the 1985 awards ceremony. The following is a list of past nominees and winners.

1985

Black Uhuru - Anthem (winner)

Jimmy Cliff - Reggae Night

Peter Tosh - Captured Live

Steel Pulse - Steppin' Out

Yellowman - King Yellowman

1986

Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger (winner)

The Blue Riddim Band - Alive in Jamaica

Melody Makers featuring Ziggy Marley – Play the Game Right

Burning Spear - Resistance

Judy Mowatt - Working Wonders

1987

Steel Pulse - Babylon the Bandit (winner)

Black Uhuru - Brutal

The Itals - Rasta Philosophy

Jimmy Cliff - Club Paradise

Linton Kwesi Johnson & the Dub Band - Linton Kwesi Johnson in Concert with the Dub Band

1988

Peter Tosh - No Nuclear War (winner)

Burning Spear - People of the World

Third World - Hold On to Love

UB40 - UB40 CCCP (Live in Moscow)

1989

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers - Conscious Party (winner)

Jimmy Cliff - Hanging Fire

Toots - Toots in Memphis

UB40 - UB40

UB40,Chrissie Hynde - Breakfast in Bed

1990

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers - One Bright Day (winner)

Third World - Serious Business

Wailers Band - I.D. (album)

Bunny Wailer - Liberation

Burning Spear - Live in Paris Zenith '88

1991

Bunny Wailer - Time Will Tell - A Tribute to Bob Marley (winner)

Andrew Tosh - Make Place for the Youth

Black Uhuru - Now

Burning Spear - Mek We Dweet

Toots & the Maytals - An Hour Live

1992

Shabba Ranks - As Raw as Ever (winner)

Black Uhuru - Iron Storm

Bunny Wailer - Gumption

Rita Marley - We Must Carry On

Steel Pulse - Victims

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers - Jahmekya

1993

Shabba Ranks - X-tra Naked (winner)

Steel Pulse - Rastafari Centennial/Live in Paris - Elysee Montmartre (winner)

Jimmy Cliff - Breakout

Third World - Committed

The Wailing Souls - All Over the World

1994

Inner Circle - Bad Boys (winner)

Black Uhuru - Mystical Truth

Burning Spear - The World Should Know

Maxi Priest - Fe Real

Ziggy Marley & Melody Makers - Joy and Blues

1995

Bunny Wailer - Crucial! Roots Classics (winner)

Aswad - Rise and Shine

Black Uhuru - Strongg

Dennis Brown - Light My Fire

Inner Circle - Reggae Dancer

various artists - Stir It Up

1996

Shaggy - Boombastic (winner)

Burning Spear - Rasta Business

The Skatalites - Hi-Bop Ska! The 30th Anniversary Recording

Third World - Live It Up

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers - Free Like We Want 2 B

1997

Bunny Wailer - Hall of Fame - A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary (winner)

Gregory Isaacs - Mr. Cool

Maxi Priest - Man with the Fun

Sister Carol - Lyrically Potent

The Skatalites - Greetings from Skamania

1998

Aswad - Big Up

Burning Spear - Appointment with His Majesty

Steel Pulse - Rage and Fury

Yellowman - Freedom of Speech

1999

Beenie Man - Many Moods of Moses

Buju Banton - Inna Heights

Toots and the Maytals - Ska Father

The Wailing Souls - Psychedelic Souls

2000

Burning Spear - Calling Rastafari (winner)

Aswad - Roots Revival

Beenie Man - The Doctor

Steel Pulse - Living Legacy

Third World - Generation Coming

2001

Dennis Brown - Let Me Be the One

Gregory Isaacs - Private & Confidential

Pato Banton - Life Is A Miracle

The Wailing Souls - Equality

2002

Beres Hammond - Music Is Life

Ky-Mani Marley - Many More Roads

Luciano - A New Day

various artists for Island Warriors

2003

Alpha Blondy - Merci

Bounty Killer - Ghetto Dictionary: The Mystery

Capleton - Still Blazin

Freddie McGregor - Anything for You

2004

Buju Banton - Friends for Life

Burning Spear - Free Man

Third World - Ain't Givin' Up

Wayne Wonder - No Holding Back

2005

Jimmy Cliff - Black Magic

Sly & Robbie - The Dub Revolutionaries

Steel Pulse - African Holocaust

various artists - Def Jamaica

2006

Burning Spear - Our Music

Sean Paul - The Trinity

Shaggy - Clothes Drop

Third World - Black Gold & Green

2007

Buju Banton - Too Bad

Matisyahu - Youth

Sly & Robbie - Rhythm Doubles

UB40 for Who You Fighting For?

2008

Burning Spear - The Burning Spear Experience

Lee "Scratch" Perry - The End Of An American Dream

Sly & Robbie And The Taxi Gang - Anniversary

Toots & the Maytals - Light Your Light

2009

Elephant Man - Let’s Get Physical

Heavy D - Vibes

Lee “Scratch” Perry - Repentance

Shaggy – Intoxication

Sly & Robbie – Amazing

2010

Mind Control - Acoustic - Stephen Marley (winner)

Rasta Got Soul - Buju Banton

Brand New Me - Gregory Issacs

Awake - Julian Marley

Imperial Blaze - Sean Paul