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Juno Award for Reggae Recording of the Year

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The Juno Award for "Reggae Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1985, as recognition each year for the best reggae album or single in Canada.[citation needed]

The award was not presented in 1992 or 1993, during which time reggae albums were subsumed into the new World Beat Recording category, but a separate reggae category was reinstituted in 1994 and has been presented continuously since then.

It is one of several categories that media reports in September 2024 indicated would be placed on "hiatus" for the Juno Awards of 2025,[1] with the award committee reversing the decision eight days after it was first reported.[2]

Best Reggae/Calypso Recording (1985 - 1991)

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Year Winner Album Nominees Ref.
1985 Liberty Silver and Otis Gayle Heaven Must Have Sent You
  • Camboulay DubMojah
  • Trade Winds '84 – Trade Winds
  • SattalitesSattalites
  • Higher Love – Syren
1986 Lillian Allen Revolutionary Tea Party
  • Free South Africa – Jayson
  • Moonlight Lover – Ras Lee
  • Night RiderMessenjah
  • No One Can Love Me Like You Do – George Banton
1987 Leroy Sibbles Mean While
  • Chant, Chant - Errol Blackwood
  • Crazy - Messenjah
  • Empty Promises - Adrian Miller
  • Live Via Sattalites - Sattalites
No award ceremony was held in 1988
1989 Lillian Allen Conditions Critical
  • Give Peace a Chance - Errol Blackwood
  • I Like Calypso - Elsworth James
  • Shadrock - Chester Miller
  • War On Drugs - Devon Haughton
1990 Sattalites Too Late To Turn Back Now
  • Chuckie ProphesyClifton Joseph
  • Soca Band – Elsworth James
  • South Africa Is a DisgraceLeroy Sibbles
  • Tribute to Ben Johnson – Elsworth James
1991 Jayson & Friends Soldiers We Are All

Best Reggae Recording (1994 - 2002)

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Year Winner Album Nominees Ref.
1994 Snow "Informer"
  • "Child Support" – Inspector Lenny
  • "Love and Affection" – Tanya Mullings
  • "Save the Children" – Leejahn
  • "Secret Admirer" – D.J. Ray
1995 Carla Marshall Class and Credential
  • "A Love Thang" – Tanya Mullings
  • "Lazah Current" – Lazah Current
  • "Smokin' the Goats" – One
  • "The Sound" – Fujahtive
1996 Sattalites "Now and Forever"
  • "Real Personal" – Tanya Mullings
  • "Si Wi Dem Nuh Know We" – Snow
  • "Something Real" – Lazo
  • "Waking Up the Dream" – Errol Blackwood
1997 Nana McLean Nana McLean
  • Just the Other Night – Lenn Hammond
  • Rise Up! – Kali and Dub
  • Rude Boy on the Bus – Adrian Miller
  • time bomb – Tatix
1998 Messenjah Catch De Vibe
  • "Cry for the Children" – Jahbeng
  • "Flex (Dancehall Mix)" – Belinda Brady
  • JustussSnow
  • "Nice & Slow" – Leroy Brown
1999 Frankie Wilmot Vision
  • Chains and Shackles – Inspector Lenny
  • Glorious Ride – Lazah Current
  • The Original – DJ Ray
  • The Way I Feel – Mystics
2000 Lazo Heart & Soul
2001 Lenn Hammond Lenn Hammond
  • Dem Need More Love – Tasha T
  • JonahJason Wilson and Tabarruk
  • Love Is On Your SideLazo
  • Secret Emotion – Jimmy Reid
2002 Blessed Love (African Woman)
  • "A Friend for Life" – Iley Dread
  • "Breathe" – Sonia Collymore
  • "Never Let Jah Go" – Chester Miller
  • "They Called Me Madness" – Peculiar I

Reggae Recording of the Year (2003 - Present)

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Year Winner Album Nominees Ref.
2003 Sonia Collymore "You Won't See Me Cry"
  • Gifted Man – Belinda Brady feat. Carla Marshall
  • Heartache – Leroy Brown
  • You Won't See Me Cry – Sonia Collymore
  • She Boom – Kulcha Connection
  • Two Hands ClappingSnow
2004 Leroy Brown "Rent A Tile"
2005 Sonia Collymore "WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)"
2006 Blessed "Reggae Time"
  • Hot GalCarl Henry feat. Rally Bop
  • Live Up – Truths and Rights
  • Mind & Body – Sold Odel
  • River of Healing – Jah Beng
2007 Korexion "X-Rated"
  • Hard to See – Humble
  • In the Streets – Trinity Chris feat. Blessed
  • Kulcha Connection – Kulcha Connection
  • Survival – Kwesi Selassie
2008 Mikey Dangerous "Don't Go Pretending"
  • "Don't Go" – Korexion
  • "Final Road" – Blessed
  • Music Is My Life – Tanya Mullings
  • Two Chord Skankin'Lyndon John X
2009 Humble "Everything"
2010 Dubmatix feat. Prince Blanco "Gonna Be Alright"
  • American DreamCarl Henry
  • Breaking Up – Tanya Mullings
  • Show Me The Way – Kim Davis
  • Wha-La-La-LengGhislain Poirier with Face-T
2011 Elaine Lil'Bit Shepherd "Likkle But Mi Tallawah"
  • Brighter DaysLyndon John X
  • "Don’t Wanna Go" – Tonya P
  • Million Chance – Tony Anthony
  • System ShakedownDubmatix
2012 Exco Levi "Bleaching Shop"
  • "Lover's Paradise" – Jay Douglas
  • "Seeds of Love & Life" – Dubmatix
  • "Rescue Me" – Tanya Mullings
  • "Woman" – Steele
2013 Exco Levi "Storms of Life"
2014 Exco Levi "Strive"
  • "Mandela" – Akustix
  • "Baby It's You" – Ammoye
  • "Love Collision" – Dru
  • "Rebel Massive" – Dubmatix
2015 Exco Levi "Welcome the King"
  • "Love Inna Wi Heart" – Kirk Diamond feat. Bob da Builda
  • Wake UpMikey Dangerous
  • Hold On Till I Die – Steele
  • Real Talk – Tasha T
2016 Kafinal feat. Daddy U Roy "Nah Complain"
2017 Exco Levi "Siren"
2018 Kirk Diamond "Greater"
2019 Dubmatix Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix — Overdubbed
2020 Lyndon John X The Warning Track [3]
2021 Töme and Sean Kingston I Pray [4]
2022 Kairo McLean "Easy Now" [5]
2023 Kirk Diamond feat. Kairo McLean and Finn "Reggae Party" [6]
2024 Kirk Diamond feat. Finn Dread [7]

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