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Four Jamaicans nominated for Best Reggae Album

By CNW Reporter

Four Jamaicans and a Ghanaian have been nominated for Best Reggae Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards. 

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The nominees for this year’s Best Reggae Album category are:  Rocky Dawuni with Branches of the Same Tree, Jah Cure for his album, The Cure, Barrington Levy’s Acousticalevy, The Messenger Luciano for Zion Awake and Morgan Heritage’s Strictly Roots.

Unlike previous years, the Marleys are out of the running for a Grammy this year.

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