Reggae Icon awards for Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths, Shaggy | Entertainment

This year’s recipients of the Jamaica Reggae Icon Award, introduced on Independence Day, are Marcia Griffiths, Ken Boothe and Orville ‘Shaggy’ Burrell.

The Ministry of Tradition, Gender, Leisure and Activity say the distinctive presentation will be component of this afternoon’s Jamaica fifty eight Independence Impressive at the Countrywide Arena in Kingston.

Ken Boothe was born on March 22, 1948, in Denham City, Kingston. All through a job that has spanned 5 many years, Ken Boothe’s soulful and distinctive singing voice has showcased on hundreds of ska, rocksteady and reggae recordings. Even so, it is through his two big global chart hits, Every thing I Have and Crying More than You, that he is finest regarded globally. In a biography tribute, Trojan Data said, “Ken Boothe has recorded more Jamaican hits than any other performer, with lots of of these performs regarded as the best ever to have been manufactured on the island.” Boothe reached an global popularity as 1 of Jamaica’s best vocalists through a sequence of crossover hits that appealed to both reggae supporters and mainstream audiences.

Ken Boothe released his memoir, My Iconic Musical Journey, in May perhaps 2019.

The lady who would go on to be hailed as the ‘Queen of Reggae’, Marcia Griffiths, was born and lifted in Kingston. Her talent was recognised very early by producers Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd and Byron Lee. She started her job in 1964, releasing solo singles. From 1970 to 1974, she worked jointly with Bob Andy in the group Bob and Marcia on the Harry J label. In between 1974 and 1981, she was a member of the I-Threes, a history group, which supported Bob Marley & the Wailers. Marcia Griffiths reached her first Jamaican quantity 1 with the rocksteady strike, Come to feel Like Jumping, which, 5 many years later on, continues to be a favourite of her supporters, youthful and previous alike.

Highest-marketing single

Her track Electric powered Boogie, released in 1976 and re-released in 1989, built the ‘electric slide’ an global dance fad. It reached quantity 51 on the Billboard Hot one hundred making it her most thriving single. It continues to be the best-marketing single by a female reggae singer of all time.

Orville Richard Burrell, better regarded by his phase name’Shaggy, loved his first strike in 1993, with Oh Carolina, a dancehall remake of a ska strike by the Folkes Brothers. The Jamaican reggae musician, singer, DJ, and actor has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, winning 2 times for Very best Reggae Album with Boombastic in 1996 and 44/876 with Sting in 2019, and has gained the Brit Award for International Male Solo Artiste in 2002.

Signed to Virgin Data in the ‘90s, Shaggy was dropped by the label in 1999, as they felt he was not likely to launch an additional track as thriving as 1995’s Bombastic. He would subsequently signal with Dreamworks to launch the album Hot Shot the adhering to 12 months. The album showcased the smash strike singles It Wasn’t Me and Angel. Both equally tracks topped the Billboard Hot one hundred and saw similar results worldwide, reaching No. one in the British isles, Eire, Scotland and France, among the other folks.

Hot Shot debuted at No. one on the Billboard 200, and would go on to be qualified 8 moments platinum by the Recording Field Affiliation of The usa, as nicely as attaining platinum or multi-platinum standing in a quantity of other countries, and rating as the second most thriving album of 2001 on the Billboard Year-End charts. In April, Shaggy celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his 2000 album Hot Shot by announcing an updated model of the album, referred to as Hot Shot 2020. It Wasn’t Me returned as the first single on the updated album with Rayvon.

The Independence Impressive will start at four p.m. with an Armed Forces Day Parade, adopted by a national flag-raising ceremony at four:30 p.m. and then the Cultural Kaleidoscope at 5 p.m. The evening’s leisure line-up features Kevin Downswell, Tessanne Chin, Bounty Killer, Beenie Guy, Ken Boothe, Chevaughn, Marcia Griffiths, Richie Stephens, Wayne Marshall, Christopher Martin, Ikaya, Shereita, L’Acadco and Dance Expressions. There will also be a distinctive general performance from 2020 Jamaica Competition Track winner Buju Banton.

The stay clearly show will also be televised on TVJ and PBCJ, and streamed on the JCDC’s web site and on many social media platforms

The 2020 Independence Competition theme is ‘Resilient and Strong…Let’s Rejoice Jamaica 58’.