The Grammy committee is contemplating splitting the Reggae Grammy category into traditional reggae and dancehall categories (More). Should they? Yes. Why, because Reggae and Dancehall are disparate genres - they re similar but not the same. How can you compare Trinity to Lava Ground or Bling Dawg to Burning Spear? The problem then lies with how the Grammy s are chosen. A specific category must have 25 or more albums per year to choose from. That s difficult in my opinion for a singles driven market such as reggae (More). So the Grammy s should judge both categories by a different standard. The main reason being the fact that Reggae and Dancehall music are not American so how can it be judged by American standards?

Then the categories should be televised (More) but I am not going to push it - for now.

So I took the liberty of creating my own Grammy list complete with Reggae/Dancehall separation:

Best Male Artist:
Vybz Kartel - Many big tunes for the year (Emergency, Realest Ting, Neva Love, ect) and he found time to get married. - Timeless.

Best Female Artist:
Macka Diamond

Best Reggae Album:
Welcome To Jamrock - Damian Marley

Best Dancehall Album:
Trinity - Sean Paul

Reggae Single of the Year:
Welcome To Jamrock - Damian Marley

Dancehall Single of the Year:
Willie Bounce - Elephant Man (Dance will never die)

Most Underrated Reggae Album:
Lava Ground - I Wayne

Most Underrated Dancehall Album:
Infiltration - Assassin

Best New Artist Male:
Busy Signal (Sound Di Big Ting Dem)

Best New Artist Female:
Alaine Laughton

Best Reggae Riddim:
Seasons

Best Dancehall Riddim:
Jonkanoo

Producer of The Year:
Donovan "Don Corleone" Bennett - (Producer of both the Jonkanoo and the Seasons riddims.)

Peppa

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