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]
Year | Winner | Album | Nominees | Ref. |
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1985 | Liberty Silver and Otis Gayle | Heaven Must Have Sent You |
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1986 | Lillian Allen | Revolutionary Tea Party |
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1987 | Leroy Sibbles | Mean While |
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No award ceremony was held in 1988 | ||||
1989 | Lillian Allen | Conditions Critical |
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1990 | Sattalites | Too Late To Turn Back Now |
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1991 | Jayson & Friends | Soldiers We Are All |
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Year | Winner | Album | Nominees | Ref. |
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1994 | Snow | "Informer" |
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1995 | Carla Marshall | Class and Credential |
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1996 | Sattalites | "Now and Forever" | ||
1997 | Nana McLean | Nana McLean |
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1998 | Messenjah | Catch De Vibe |
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1999 | Frankie Wilmot | Vision |
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2000 | Lazo | Heart & Soul |
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2001 | Lenn Hammond | Lenn Hammond |
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2002 | Blessed | Love (African Woman) |
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Year | Winner | Album | Nominees | Ref. |
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2003 | Sonia Collymore | "You Won't See Me Cry" |
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2004 | Leroy Brown | "Rent A Tile" |
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2005 | Sonia Collymore | "WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)" |
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2006 | Blessed | "Reggae Time" |
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2007 | Korexion | "X-Rated" |
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2008 | Mikey Dangerous | "Don't Go Pretending" |
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2009 | Humble | "Everything" |
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2010 | Dubmatix feat. Prince Blanco | "Gonna Be Alright" |
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2011 | Elaine Lil'Bit Shepherd | "Likkle But Mi Tallawah" |
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2012 | Exco Levi | "Bleaching Shop" |
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2013 | Exco Levi | "Storms of Life" |
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2014 | Exco Levi | "Strive" | ||
2015 | Exco Levi | "Welcome the King" |
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2016 | Kafinal feat. Daddy U Roy | "Nah Complain" |
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2017 | Exco Levi | "Siren" |
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2018 | Kirk Diamond | "Greater" |
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2019 | Dubmatix | Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix — Overdubbed |
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2020 | Lyndon John X | The Warning Track |
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2021 | Töme and Sean Kingston | I Pray |
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2022 | Kairo McLean | "Easy Now" |
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2023 | Kirk Diamond feat. Kairo McLean and Finn | "Reggae Party" |
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2024 | Kirk Diamond feat. Finn | Dread |
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