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

• 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)

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.