37TH IRAWMA CATEGORIES AND WINNERS
37TH IRAWMA CATEGORIES AND WINNERS
CATEGORIES:
- Entertainer of the Year – POPCAAN
- Best Male Vocalist – CHRONNIX
- Best Female Vocalist – KOFFEE
- Best Song – “UNDER WATER” – VYBZ KARTEL
- Best Album/CD – “FOREVER” – POPCAAN
- Best Crossover Song – “AFRICA AND JAMAICA” – MORGAN HERITAGE, FEATURING DIAMOND PLATINUM & STONE BWOY
- Best Gospel Song – “GLORY TO GOD” – WAYNE MARSHALL, FEATURING TESSANNE CHIN & RYAN MARK
- Best Male DJ/Rapper – Vybz Kartel
- Best Female DJ/Rapper – Spice
- Best New Entertainer – Koffee
- Best Calypso/Soca Entertainer – Farmer Nappy – Trinidad
- Best Latin Entertainer – Bad Bunny – Puerto Rico
- Best Afrobeat Entertainer – shatta wale
- Best Soukous Entertainer – Akothee – kenya
- Best R&B/Hip Hop Collaborated Song- “i like it” – cardi b, featuring bad bunny & J. Balvin
- Best Reggae Rock Song – “Don’t Make Me Wait” – Shaggy & Sting
- Best Young Entertainer (18 years and under) – Koffee
- Best Music Video – “Gringo” – Shatta Wale
- Mutabaruka Award for – Best Poet/Spoken Word Entertainer – Cherry Natural
- Most Cultural/Educational Entertainer – Chronixx
- Most Outstanding Show Band/Group – Morgan Heritage
- Most Consistent Entertainer – Freddie McGregor (Reggae) and Calypso Rose (Calypso/Soca)
- Most Promising Entertainer – Fancy Gadam – Ghana
- Best Instrumentalist – Dean Fraser
- Best Sound System/DJ – Stone Love
- Concert of the Year – Reggae Sumfest
- Most Outstanding Dance Group – 4 Bent – Ghana
- Best Haitian Artist/Group – D’Jakout #1
- Best Caribbean Entertainer – Beenie Man
- Recording Producer of the Year – Notnice
- Comedian of the Year – Chris Daley
- Marcus Garvey Humanitarian Award – Shaggy
SPECIAL AWARDS WITH LABEL ATTACHED
SPECIAL AWARDS WITH LABEL ATTACHED
- Inductee (s) IRAWMA Hall of Fame/Lifetime Achievement Award
- Alan Hope, aka. – IRAWMA Lifetime Award given on this 11th day of May, 2019
- Boris GardIner – IRAWMA Lifetime Award given on this 11th day of May, 2019
- Tony Rebel – IRAWMA Lifetime Award given on this 11th day of May, 2019
- Martin’s International/IRAWMA Reggae/Jamaica Person of the Year 2018
- Hon. Olivia “Babsy” Grange – IRAWMA’S Reggae/Jamaica person of the Year given this 11th day of May, 2019
- Special Freedom Fighter Honor
- Martin’s International/ IRAWMA “Freedom Fighter Award” to Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr .for over 50 years of extra -ordinary Global Contributions to Humanity”,given this 11th day of May 2019.
- Special Emperor of Reggae and World Music Honor:
- Martin’s International and IRAWMA posthumously, bestow the title of “Emperor of Reggae and World Music”, on the late great Robert “Nesta Marley” – O.M. Confer on this 11th day of May 2019 – Kingston, Jamaica
- Special Award for Exceptional Media Contribution to Reggae Over the Years
- Balford Henry – Special Award for Exceptional Media Contributions to Reggae
- Barry G. – Special Award for Exceptional Media Contributions to Reggae
- Ka’bu – Special Award for Exceptional Media Contributions to Reggae
- Dennis Howard – Special Award for Exceptional Media Contributions to Reggae
- Norma Brown – Special Award for Exceptional Media Contributions to Reggae
- Winford Williams – Special Award for Exceptional Media Contributions to Reggae
- SPECIAL: IRAWMA ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
- Josef Bogdanovich – IRAWMA Entrepreneur Award for Economic Contributions to the Development of Reggae in Jamaica
- SPECIAL: IRAWMA REGGAE LOVERS ROCK LEGEND AWARD
- IRAWMA Lover Rock Legend Award for Most Consistent in Mastering the Soul of Reggae over 40 years – Given to Beres “Beresford” Hammond this 11th of May 2019
- SPECIAL: IRAWMA REGGAE CULTURE LEGEND AWARD
- Capleton
- SPECIAL: IRAWMA REGGAE DANCEHALL ICON AWARD
- Bounty Killer
- Martin’s International/IRAWMA Award of Honor
- Clifton “Specialist” Dillion – For outstanding and extra-ordinary contributions to Reggae Music
- Donald Kinsey –50 years of contributions to Reggae and World Music
- VP Recordsfor over 40 year’s contribution to Reggae Music.
- Top One – Frisson – For Outstanding ContribUTION to African Dance
- Martin’s International Special Salute: TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Alpha Boys Band
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Bunny Wailer
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Chris Blackwell – Island Records
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Copeland Forbes
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Freddy McGregor
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Johnny Nash
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Judy Mowatt
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Lee “Scratch” Perry
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Marcia Griffiths
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to The Heptones
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Toots Hibbert
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to U-Roy
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Ibo Cooper
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Thomas Cowan
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Rita Marley
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Skatalites
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Bob Andy
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Inner Circle
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Third World
- TheReggae50 – Pioneer Award of Honor to Sly and Robbie (individually & together)
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES AND SPECIAL AWARDEES!
Again, please note that all winners will be /revealed LIVE at the 37thAnnual International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA),on Saturday May 11th, 2019. It will be post broadcasted nationally, soon thereafter. Like us on social media @irawma and @thereggae50 or visit www.irawma.com for more following the event.