Koffee Wins Grammy for Best Reggae Album, 1st Woman to Receive the Honor

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Jamaican Reggae/Dancehall diva, Koffee has taken home the gold for BEST REGGAE ALBUM 2020 Category at the GRAMMY’s with her EP Rapture [Columbia Records]. Two records were broken with her win; 1st being the youngest ever[19] to get the honor and, surprisingly, the first ever female to win in the category. Only four female artists have been nominated before: Judy Mowatt (1985), Rita Marley (1991), Sister Carol (1996) and Etana (2018).

 

Also nominated in the BEST REGGAE ALBUM category were:
Julian Marley – As I Am [Ghetto Youth International] Sly & Robbie & Roots Radics – The Final Battle [Serious Reggae] Steel Pulse – Mass Manipulation [Rootfire Cooperative] Third World – More Work To Be Done [Ghetto Youth International]