Koffee Makes History With Grammy Best Reggae Album Nomination

Written by: Nekisha Cyrus

At just 19 years old Jamaican Reggae Sensation, Koffee just became the youngest artiste to receive a Grammy nomination in the ‘Best Reggae Album’ category. Not only is she the youngest artiste to be nominated in this category, but she is also the third female singer to ever do so.

It came as no surprise to fans, as the support for Koffee has been outpouring since the songstress burst onto the reggae scene and our hearts in 2017, and hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down since. With her very first Grammy nomination for her first EP album ‘Rapture’ which features her first hit single ‘Toast’, seems like Koffee is on the path to greatness.

Jamaican Reggae Sensation Koffee

Koffee’s Grammy nomination puts the young songstress amongst veterans Reggae artists/bands who are past winners and nominees. The official nominees for the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ‘Best Reggae Album’ category includes:
1. Rapture – Koffee
2. As I Am – Julian Marley
3. The Final Battle: Sly & Robbie vs. Roots Radics – Sly and Robbie & Roots Radics
4. Mass Manipulation – Steel Pulse
5. More Work to Be Done – Third World.

According to Jamaica.com, this will be Julian Marley’s second nomination, as he was nominated in 2009 for the Grammy Best Reggae Album for the album ‘Awake’. Sly & Robbie won the Grammy Best Reggae Album in 1998 for the album ‘Friends’ and this will be their 12th Grammy nomination. Steel Pulse won the Grammy Best Reggae Album in 1986 for their album ‘Babylon the Bandit’ and this will be their 9th Grammy nomination. And this will be Third World’s 9th Grammy Best Reggae Album nomination.

We at Caribbean Entertainment Hub will like to say a special congratulations to Koffee and all the nominees in this category for their contribution to the Reggae fraternity. Will you be watching as the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony takes place on January 26th, 2020 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles?

Reggae artistes, Jah Cure, Sizzla and Third World have all officially submitted their albums for consideration for the coveted title as Best Reggae Album in the upcoming 62nd Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards 2018!

This year nominees sees the likes of Morgan Heritage with their album Avrakedabra, Chronixx with his Chronology, Damian Marley with his homeage to his hometown Stony Hill, J Boog bringing to us his Wash House Ting, and Common Kings singing about being Lost in Paradise.

Sources include- https://urbanislandz.com, https://jamaicans.com/

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