The British singer with Jamaican roots Julian Marley together with the producer Alexx Antaeus won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album 2024 with Colors of Royal, as was known this Sunday 4 February at the premiere ceremony of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
The album was won by Marley and Antaeus Born for Greatness de Buju Banton, Swim the Beenie Man, Cali Roots Riddim 2023 by Collie Buddz and No Destroyer de Burning Spear, what were the others golden gramophone nominees.
Although “You you” He could not attend the ceremony because he was on tour in Australia and it was the Greek-born producer who received the award, He thanked his family and the members of the Academy, while dedicating the award to the people of Jamaica.
“I would like to dedicate this to the people of Jamaica who have accepted me as one of their own. And they have lived up to the country's motto: 'Of many, a (only town)'”, he stated upon receiving the award.
This was Julian's third nomination after the albums Awake in 2009 Y As I Am in 2020 and joins Ziggy, Stephen and Damian who already won the golden gramophone in previous versions.
