The Grammy Awards come again after a three-month delay, and will return to Live for its 64th show — for the first time at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas today, April 3.In just a few hours the winners in each of the 86 categories will be announced.
Nominees for 'Best Reggae Album'
There is certainly a lot of excitement this year, as fans will get to see their favorite stars wearing red carpets. Several candidates for the Best Reggae Album category have already appeared in Las Vegas for pre-Grammy celebrations.
The Queen of Dancehall Spice was celebrated at the Blue Brunch with a relevant theme at the Sugar Factory yesterday, with Gramps Morgan and Sean Paul appearing at the Grgae Dance Regall Dancehall last night at the English Hotel in Las Vegas Art District.
The 2022 nominations for Best Reggae Album are:
10 - Spice
Live N Livin - Sean Paul
Pajoma - Etana
Royal - Jesse Royal
Positive Vibration - Gramps Morgan
Beauty in the Silence - Soja
10 of Spice
Spice's debut album, 10 is undoubtedly the biggest Grammy contestant of this year's Best Reggae Album. Deejay, whose real name is Grace Hamilton, is the first female Dancehall artist to be nominated for the Award.
His 15-song collection came last August with a good selection of songs featuring uptempo Dancehall and Reggae riddims and a mix of other genres. The album, which was produced by Shaggy, features a collaboration with 'Mr. Bombastic 'himself and Sean Paul on "Dancehall song of the year," Go Down Deh entered the list of NPR's 100 Best Songs of 2021.
are other Jamaican musicians who are nominated for one or more awards in three categories. Album of the Year In the Album of the Year category, in contrast to genre categories, all featured artists, songwriters, producers, recording engineers, mixers, and talented engineers who worked on the album are automatically selected. By genre categories, such as Best Rap Album, Best R&B Album Continuing,10 - Spice
Live N Livin - Sean Paul
Pajoma - Etana
Royal - Jesse Royal
Positive Vibration - Gramps Morgan
Beauty in the Silence - Soja
10 of Spice
Spice's debut album, 10 is undoubtedly the biggest Grammy contestant of this year's Best Reggae Album. Deejay, whose real name is Grace Hamilton, is the first female Dancehall artist to be nominated for the Award.
His 15-song collection came last August with a good selection of songs featuring uptempo Dancehall and Reggae riddims and a mix of other genres. The album, which was produced by Shaggy, features a collaboration with 'Mr. Bombastic 'himself and Sean Paul on "Dancehall song of the year," Go Down Deh entered the list of NPR's 100 Best Songs of 2021.
- The album peaked at Billboard Reggae album charts, ranking 6th.
Sean Paul's Live N Livin
With one Grammy Award already under his belt, Sean Paul Live N 'Livin could record his second gold gramophone.
Live N Livin spent a week on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart at number 9.
Etana's Together
Together is Etana's second Grammy nomination, the first female musician to be nominated twice in the Best Reggae Album category. Launched June 25, 2021, 15 songs compiled by Damian Marley, Alborosie, Vybz Kartel, and Stonebwoy among others, all "sharing and sharing the same message of love and unity" - as the singer puts it.
The project, released in March last year, was a solid collaboration, as all but one of the songs featured a foreign artist. There were twenty-two guests, most of them from a new generation of Dancehall artists. Other guests seen included her 14-year-old son Nicholas on the song Po Po, along with Olaf Blackwood and Melissa Musique.
Gramps Morgan Positive Vibration
A return to what could be a third Grammy Award (the first two through the Morgan Heritage band), Gramps Morgan's third Positive Vibration album, released by Canadian singer and songwriter Johnny Reid, is also very popular with fans and The same critics.
"Gramps Morgan blends well with Reggae and Country on his 'Positive Vibration' album ... and songs that have a tropical island feel, as well as the added beauty of Country instruments such as guitar and dobro," Forbes wrote. The 15-song project involved India.Arie, Shaggy, Lybran, Denroy Morgan, and Jemere Morgan.
Jesse Royal's Royal
Jesse Royal's second album released sound from Reggae, Dancehall, Afrobeats, Soul, and Traphall music with the help of cultural selection of highlighted guest artists. Included in the 11-song collection are contributions from Protoje, Vybz Kartel, Stonebwoy, Kumar, Samory I and Runkus.
Royal is a consistent representative of the Rastafari singer and Jamaican Reggae music culture, showcasing a new kind of movement, making his gold gramophone victory this year so reliable.
SOJA Beauty in the Silence
Soja's Beauty in the Silence spent three weeks on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, ranking 2nd.
Other Jamaican Grammy nominees In addition to the Grammy Award winners Best Reggae Album
Best Dance / Electronic Music Album, and Best Reggae Album,
The current rules stipulate that a featured artist or producer must contribute more than 51% of playing time to an album, in order to feel "nominated". Shenseea has one nomination under his belt after Kanye West Donda won the Best Album of the Year node. He was acclaimed for his song and sound composition on OK OK Pt 2 and Pure Souls featuring Roddy Rich, which ranked 12th and 52nd on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Buju Banton has also been nominated for Best Album of the Year for his sound contribution to Ye's Donda, on the song Believe What I Say. Jamaican-born artist BEAM has been nominated twice for Best Album of the Year. In Kanye West's song Donda, BEAM co-wrote with Pure Souls and OK Ok pt 2. In Justin Bieber's Justice song, which was nominated for AOTY, BEAM was featured on the song Love You Different. She also co-wrote with Bieber There She Go featuring Lil Uzi Vert. Some of the nominees for Best Album of the Year are:
We Are – Jon Batiste Love For Sale – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Planet Her (Deluxe) – Doja Cat Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish Back Of My Mind – H.E.R. Montero – Lil Nas X Sour – Olivia Rodrigo Evermore – Taylor Swift
Best Dance / Electronic Album In the Best Dance / Electronic Album category; Reloaded). Other nominees are: Subconsciously - Black Coffee Fallen Embers - ILLENIUM Shockwave - Marshmello Free Love - Sylvan Esso Judgment - Ten City : Extended Stay, where Shenseea has been featured in a terrific collaboration produced by IzyBeats, Silver Tongue Devil.
New Light - Eric Bellinger Something To Say - Cory Henry Mood Valiant - Hiatus Kaiyote Table For Two - Lucky Daye Dinner Party: Dessert - Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington
Where And When To Watch
The 64th annual Grammy Awards will be hosted (again) by TV presenter and comedian Trevor Noah and will feature performances by Lady Gaga, Nas, Silk Sonic, Billie Eilish, HER, John Legend, Justin Beiber, Carrie Underwood, Lil Nas X, J Balvin, BTS, Jack Harlow, among others.
Today's episode will be shown on CBS Television Network from 8: 00-11: 00 pm, live Eastern / 5: 00-8: 30 pm, live PT and will be available to stream live and when needed on Paramount.
Ahead of the television commercials, the Grammy Awards First Celebration will be live on Grammy.com and the YouTube channel Recording Academy.
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