| Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Quality reggae albums |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 1985 |
| Currently held by | Julian Marley & Antaeus, Colors of Royal (2024) |
| 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]
Ziggy Marley holds the record for the most wins in this category, with seven wins as of 2017.