Il Grammy Award al miglior album reggae (Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album) è un premio presentato ai Grammy Awards, una cerimonia fondata nel 1958 e originariamente chiamata Gramophone Awards assegnato a gruppi o artisti che ha prodotto il miglior album discografico reggae dell'anno. Gli onori in varie categorie vengono presentati alla cerimonia del National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences degli Stati Uniti per "onorare il successo artistico, la competenza tecnica e l'eccellenza generale nell'industria della registrazione, senza riguardo alle vendite di album o alla posizione del grafico".
Il gruppo giamaicano Black Uhuru ha ricevuto il primo premio nei Grammy Awards 1985. A partire dalla cerimonia del 1992, il nome del premio è stato cambiato come Best Reggae Album. A partire dal 2002, i premi sono stati spesso presentati agli ingegneri , ai mixer e/o ai produttori oltre agli artisti. Secondo la guida per le classifiche di categoria per i 52° Grammy Awards, le opere ammissibili sono gli album reggae vocali o strumentali "contenenti almeno il 51% del tempo di riproduzione di musica reggae, Dancehall e musica ska.
Vincitori e candidati
Anni 1980
1985 Anthem - Black Uhuru Reggae Nights - Jimmy Cliff Steppin' Out - Steel Pulse Captured Live - Peter Tosh King Yellowman - Yellowman 1986 Cliff Hanger - Jimmy Cliff Alive in Jamaica - Blue Riddim Band Resistance - Burning Spear Working Wonders - Judy Mowatt Play the Game Right - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers 1987 Babylon the Bandit - Steel Pulse Brutal - Black Uhuru Club Paradise - Jimmy Cliff Linton Kwesi Johnson in Concert with the Dub Band - Linton Kwesi Johnson e The Dub Band Rasta Philosophy - The Itals 1988 No Nuclear War - Peter Tosh Brutal Dub - Black Uhuru People of the World - Burning Spear Hold On to Love - Third World UB40 CCCP: Live in Moscow - UB40 1989 Conscious Party - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers Hanging Fire - Jimmy Cliff Toots in Memphis - Toots UB40 - UB40 Breakfast in Bed - UB40 e Chrissie Hynde
Anni 1990
1990 One Bright Day - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers Liberation - Bunny Wailer Live in Paris: Zenith '88 - Burning Spear Serious Business - Third World I.D. - Wailers Band 1991 Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley - Bunny Wailer Now - Black Uhuru Mek We Dweet - Burning Spear An Hour Live - Toots & the Maytals Make Place for the Youth - Andrew Tosh 1992 As Raw As Ever - Shabba Ranks Iron Storm - Black Uhuru Gumption - Bunny Wailer We Must Carry On - Rita Marley Victims - Steel Pulse Jahmekya - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers 1993 X-tra Naked - Shabba Ranks Breakout - Jimmy Cliff Rastafari Centennial: Live in Paris – Elysee Montmartre - Steel Pulse All Over the World - The Wailing Soul Committed - Third World 1994 Bad Boys - Inner Circle Mystical Truth - Black Uhuru The World Should Know - Burning Spear Fe Real - Maxi Priest Joy and Blues - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers 1995 Crucial Roots Classics - Bunny Wailer Rise and Shine - Aswad Strongg - Black Uhuru Light My Fire - Dennis Brown Reggae Dancer - Inner Circle Stir It Up - AA.VV. 1996 Boombastic - Shaggy Rasta Business - Burning Spear Hi-Bop Ska! The 30th Anniversary Recording - The Skatalites Live It Up - Third World Free Like We Want 2 B - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers 1997 Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary - Bunny Wailer Mr. Cool - Gregory Isaacs Man with the Fun - Maxi Priest Lyrically Potent - Sister Carol Greetings from Skamania - The Skatalites 1998 Fallen Is Babylon - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers Big Up - Aswad Appointment with His Majesty - Burning Spear Rage and Fury - Steel Pulse Freedom of Speech - Yellowman 1999 Friends - Sly & Robbie Inna Heights - Buju Banton Many Moods of Moses - Beenie Man Psychedelic Souls - The Wailing Souls Ska Father - Toots & the Maytals
Anni 2000
2000 Calling Rastafari - Burning Spear Roots Revival - Aswad The Doctor - Beenie Man Living Legacy - Steel Pulse Generation Coming - Third World 2001 Art and Life - Beenie Man Life Is a Miracle - Pato Banton Let Me Be the One - Dennis Brown Private & Confidential - Gregory Isaacs Equality - The Wailing Souls 2002 Halfway Tree - Damian Marley Music Is Life - Beres Hammond A New Day - Luciano Many More Roads - Ky-Mani Marley Island Warriors - AA.VV. 2003 Jamaican E.T. - Lee "Scratch" Perry Merci - Alpha Blondy Ghetto Dictionary: The Mystery - Bounty Killer Still Blazin' - Capleton Anything for You - Freddie McGregor 2004 Dutty Rock - Sean Paul Friends for Life - Buju Banton Freeman - Burning Spear Ain't Givin' Up - Third World No Holding Back - Wayne Wonder 2005 True Love - Toots & the Maytals Black Magic - Jimmy Cliff The Dub Revolutionaries - Sly & Robbie African Holocaust - Steel Pulse Def Jamaica - AA.VV. 2006 Welcome to Jamrock - Damian Marley Our Music - Burning Spear The Trinity - Sean Paul Clothes Drop - Shaggy Black Gold & Green - Third World 2007 Love Is My Religion - Ziggy Marley Too Bad - Buju Banton Youth - Matisyahu Rhythm Doubles - Sly & Robbie Who You Fighting For? - UB40 2008 Mind Control - Stephen Marley The Burning Spear Experience - Burning Spear The End of an American Dream - Lee "Scratch" Perry Anniversary - Sly & Robbie e The Taxi Gang Light Your Light - Toots & the Maytals 2009 Jah Is Real - Burning Spear Let's Get Physical - Elephant Man Vibes - Heavy D Repentance - Lee "Scratch" Perry Intoxication - Shaggy Amazing - Sly & Robbie
Anni 2010
2010 Mind Control – Acoustic - Stephen Marley Rasta Got Soul - Buju Banton Brand New Me - Gregory Isaacs Awake - Julian Marley Imperial Blaze - Sean Paul 2011 Before the Dawn - Buju Banton Isaacs Meets Isaac - Gregory Isaacs e King Isaac Revelation - Lee "Scratch" Perry Made in Jamaica - Bob Sinclar e Sly & Robbie One Pop Reggae + - Sly & Robbie and The Family Taxi Legacy: An Acoustic Tribute to Peter Tosh - Andrew Tosh 2012 Revelation Pt. 1 – The Root of Life - Stephen Marley Harlem-Kingston Express Live! - Monty Alexander Reggae Knights - Israel Vibration Wild and Free - Ziggy Marley Summer in Kingston - Shaggy 2013[List of 2013 nominees ] Rebirth - Jimmy Cliff Miracle - The Original Wailers Tomahawk Technique - Sean Paul New Legend – Jamaica 50th Edition - Sly & Robbie and the Jam Masters Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged on Strawberry Hill - Toots & the Maytals 2014 In Concert - Ziggy Marley One Love, One Life - Beres Hammond The Messiah - Sizzla Reggae Connection - Sly & Robbie and the Jam Masters Reincarnated - Snoop Dogg 2015 Fly Rasta - Ziggy Marley Back on the Controls - Lee "Scratch" Perry Full Frequency - Sean Paul Out of Many, One Music - Shaggy The Reggae Power - Sly & Robbie and Spicy Chocolate Amid the Noise and the Haste - SOJA 2016 Strictly Roots - Morgan Heritage Branches of the Same Tree - Rocky Dawuni The Cure - Jah Cure Acousticalevy - Barrington Levy Zion Awake - Luciano 2017 Ziggy Marley - Ziggy Marley Sly & Robbie Presents...Reggae For Her - Devin Di Dakta & J.L Rose Petals - J-Boog Everlasting - Raging Fyah Falling Into Place - Rebelution Live in Virginia - SOJA 2018 Stony Hill - Damian Marley Chronology - Chronixx Lost In Paradise - Common Kings Wash House Ting - J Boog Avrakedabra - Morgan Heritage 2019 44/876 - Sting & Shaggy As The World Turns - Black Uhuru Reggae Forever - Etana Rebellion Rises - Ziggy Marley A Matter of Time - Protoje
Anni 2020
2020 Rapture - Koffee As I Am - Julian Marley The Final Battle: Sly & Robbie vs. Roots Radics - Sly & Robbie e Roots Radics Mass Manipulation - Steel Pulse More Work to Be Done - Third World 2021 Got to Be Tough - Toots & the Maytals Upside Down 2020 - Buju Banton Higher Place - Skip Marley It All Comes Back To Love - Maxi Priest One World - The Wailers 2022 Beauty in the Silence - Soldiers of Jah Army Pamoja - Etana Positivie Vibrations - Gramps Morgan Live N Livin - Sean Paul Royal - Jesse Royal 10 - Spice 2023 The Kalling - Kabaka Pyramid Gifted - Koffee Scorcha - Sean Paul Third Time's The Charm - Protoje Com Fly Wid Mi - Shaggy 2024 Colors of Royal – Julian Marley e Antaeus Born for Greatness – Buju Banton Simma – Beenie Man Cali Roots Riddim 2023 – Collie Buddz No Destroyer – Burning Spear
2025 Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) — AA.VV. Take It Easy — Collie Buddz Party With Me — Vybz Kartel Never Gets Late Here — Shenseea Evolution — The Wailers 2026 Blxxd & Fyah – Keznamdi Treasure Self Love – Lila Iké Heart & Soul – Vybz Kartel From Within – Mortimer No Place Like Home – Jesse Royal
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Collegamenti esterni
Album reggae