Julian Marley & Antaeus’ ‘Colors Of Royal’ album has won the Best Reggae Album award at the 2024 Grammy Awards.
The award show is being held today, February 4, in Los Angeles.
The other albums nominated for the award were: No Destroyer by Burning Spear; Buju Banton’s Born For Greatness; Beenie Man’s Simma; and Cali Roots Riddim 2023 by Collie Buddz.
Albums eligible for Grammy nominations had to be released between October 1, 2022, and September 15, 2023.
Marley’s album was released in March 2023. This is the first Grammy award for the son of reggae legend, Bob Marley. He was nominated for the best reggae album twice before for albums Awake (2009) and As I Am (2019).
His main collaborator on the project is producer Alexx Antaeus (Earth Wind and Fire, Rolling Stones, Jah Vinci, Yaksta), whose bio describes him as “an award-winning composer/recording artiste/producer with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Industry.”
He worked with his brothers Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, and Damian Marley, who are also Grammy award winners.
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