As every year during this time the annual Grammy Awards nominees gets revealed for all the categories, including Best Reggae Album.

This year nominations for the 61st Grammy Awards 2019 in the category of Best Reggae Album include five new reggae album released in 2018. The 61st Annual Grammy Awards, will be held on February 10, 2019, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

BEST REGGAE ALBUM – NOMINEES 2019

• BLACK UHURU – AS THE WORLD TURNS

• ETANA – REGGAE FOREVER

• ZIGGY MARLEY – REBELLION RISES

• PROTOJE – A MATTER OF TIME

• STING & SHAGGY – 44/876

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For both Jamaican reggae artists Protoje and Etana this is the first nomination, what makes Etana‘s special is that this is the Fourth female nomination ever! So we must congratulate we the reggae Queen!

Before her only 3 other women were nominated in the Reggae Album category: Judy Mowatt (1986), Rita Marley (1992) and Sister Carol (1997) , but didn’t win, but still made history!

This is also the first nomination in the Reggae category for superstar Sting, nominated with Shaggy for their collaborative studio album 44/786. Shaggy is a veteran this is his fifth nomination, he already won a Grammy in 1996 for his legendary album “Bombastic”.

Black Uhuru won the first Reggae Grammy, when the category started in 1985 with “Anthem”, while Ziggy Marley is a super veteran since he already won 7 Grammy both solo and with The Melody Makers.

Check out posted below the full list of winners in the previous Grammy Awards editions for the category Best Reggae Album.

BEST REGGAE ALBUM PAST WINNERS LIST 

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1985 Black Uhuru – Anthem
1986 Jimmy Cliff – Cliff Hanger
1987 Steel Pulse – Babylon the Bandit
1988 Peter Tosh – No Nuclear War
1989 Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers – Conscious Party
1990 Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers – One Bright Day
1991 Bunny Wailer – Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley
1992 Shabba Ranks – As Raw As Ever
1993 Shabba Ranks – X-tra Naked
1994 Inner Circle – Bad Boys
1995 Bunny Wailer – Crucial! Roots Classics
1996 Shaggy – Boombastic
1997 Bunny Wailer – Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley’s 50th Anniversary
1998 Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers – Fallen Is Babylon
1999 Sly and Robbie – Friends
2000 Burning Spear – Calling Rastafari
2001 Beenie Man – Art and Life
2002 Damian Marley – Halfway Tree
2003 Lee Perry – Jamaican E.T.
2004 Sean Paul – Dutty Rock
2005 Toots & the Maytals – True Love
2006 Damian Marley – Welcome to Jamrock
2007 Ziggy Marley – Love Is My Religion
2008 Stephen Marley – Mind Control
2009 Burning Spear – Jah Is Real
2010 Stephen Marley – Mind Control Acoustic
2011 Buju Banton – Before the Dawn
2012 Stephen Marley – Revelation Pt. 1 – The Root of Life
2013 Jimmy Cliff – Rebirth
2014 Ziggy Marley – In Concert
2015 Ziggy Marley – Fly Rasta
2016 Morgan Heritage – Strictly Roots
2017 Ziggy Marley – Ziggy Marley
2018 Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley – Stony Hill

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