Dancehall Queen Spice He is excited about his latest move, having won six nominations at the Irie FM Reggae Music Awards Month, which has the reputation of being the first radio station to perform a Grammy song - nominated artist.
This Year, Spice has many more award nominations, including the Annual Album Award, for his first 10 albums. She also won nominations for Reggae Ambassador Award, Female Deejay of the Year, Best Dressed Woman as well as Best Award of the Year Award and Best Song of the Year for her collaboration. Go Down Deh feat Shaggy X Sean Paul .
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This is a new rematch of the awards, which were suspended for more than a decade, before being re-launched on February 9 during the wake of Irie FM's Wake Up Call and E-Buzz Programs.In a promo broadcast by Irie FM, Spice paid tribute to veteran radio disc jockey and producer Ainsworth 'Big A' Higgins, noting that the first time he heard his song on the radio, it was on his show.
"I want to clarify that the first time I heard my song on the radio was Big A on Irie FM. So being on this musical journey with Irie FM, and having six nominations this year at the Irie FM Music Awards, I am very grateful; I am humbled; Thank you, ”the Cool It artist insisted."It's not worth it at all. There's something to talk about, is it six nominations. Thank you very much guys. Thank you very much," he added.
Sean Paul. who won five nominations, follows Spice who leads the shortlist.
The two are among seven other artists vying for the Best Album of the Year award: Spice and his first 10 albums by Sean Paul Live N Livin. Other candidates for Best Album of the Year are Masicka and 438; Highly Reward Alkalis, Bugle Toxins and Etana's Together.
The presentation ceremony, which will be shown live, is scheduled for March 1, where, according to Irie FM, 21 Jamaican entertainers will be honored for their work from January 1, 2021 to December 31 2021.
Among the other major categories are Deejay of the Year, Best Song of the Year and Karl Young Listeners Choice Award given to the founder of Irie FM, where listeners were given the opportunity to vote for their favorite artist in 2021. via WhatsApp.Nominees for New Artist of the Year are: Skeng, Jahshii, Nation Boss, Yaksta and 10TIK.
The best female / annual singjay nominees are Shaneil Muir, Etana, Lila Iké, Shenseea and Koffee.
Other nominees for Reggae as well as Spice are Koffee, Sean Paul, Shaggy, Sister Nancy and Beres Hammond.
Deejay's Male Candidates for the Year are Intence, Masicka, Popcaan, Vybz Kartel, Alkaline and Skillibeng, while for the women, along with Spice are Shenseea, Koffee, Shaneil Muir and Moyann.
The final voting for Reggae Month IRIE FM Music Awards took place on Thursday, February 10, in Kingston.
According to Irie FM, the nomination committee comprised industry experts, and the election was held "under the watchful eye of the audit firm, HLB Mair Russell", which attended a two-hour session in which voting took place in 19 categories.
After counting the votes cast by the inspectors, the results were placed under "locks and keys", and "no one else knows who the winners are", the Reggae radio station said.
The awards, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Entertainment, began to be unveiled on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2006.
It was the origin of Big A, who was a long-time advocate for the awards and led a team that organized for three years - 2006, 2007, and 2008.Irie FM has the reputation of changing the music scene to favor Jamaican Reggae and Dancehall musicians, a challenge for Radio Jamaica (RJR) founded by the Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) whose structure was dominated by American Rhythm and Blues and became number one. radio station in Jamaica.
The station began pilot broadcasts in July 1990 and officially aired on August 1, 1990, playing traditional reggae dancehall music with the theme "Reggae in the morning; Reggae in the evening; Reggae at night", with critics predicting that it would not be possible to develop the station. 24-hour Reggae music.
In an interview with South Florida Caribbean News in 2020 during the station's 30th anniversary, Drs. Dennis Howard, one of Irie's former broadcasters and the station's first program manager, recounted that not many people in the music franchise had any faith. at a successful Reggae radio station in Jamaica.
He said when he was told there would be a "Reggae station and we need your records and we need to give us your catalogs, some said it would not work".
By the end of the year, however, Ocho Rios-based radio station was fully embraced by artists, producers and music executives who benefited from their music circulation which was largely ignored by RJR and JBC, in favor of North America. .
Irie FM has been part of the launch for some of the biggest Reggae and Dancehall artists including Sean Paul, Buju Banton and Sizzla.
Irie FM introduced Dancehall further after Howard insisted that due to such popularity among Jamaican youths, it meant starting to give airtime to artists such as Shabba Ranks, Papa San, Tony Rebel, Tiger and Cutty Ranks and others.
Donovan Germain of the Penthouse Record label who later admitted to being among those who doubted that one Reggae station would have a chance to fight in Jamaica, was among the many music producers whose productions benefited from Irie FM's air play, while its label given. a 15-minute weekly space at Irie organized by Big A.
"Irie FM really changed the theme of the radio in Jamaica because you heard more local content," Germaine told SFLCN.
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