{"id":12383,"date":"2026-04-03T11:42:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=12383"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:42:03","slug":"naomi-cowan-wins-reggae-recording-of-the-year-at-2026-juno-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=12383","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Cowan Wins Reggae Recording of the Year at 2026 JUNO Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Singer Naomi Cowan captured Reggae Recording of the Year at the 2026 JUNO Awards on Saturday night for her debut album <strong><em>\u2018Welcome to Paradise.\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The awards ceremony, marking its 50th edition, was held at TD Coliseum in Hamilton, where Cowan\u2019s 12-track project earned top honours in a competitive category.<\/p>\n<p>Other nominees included <strong><em>\u2018Deh Ya\u2019<\/em><\/strong> by Kirk Diamond; <strong><em>\u2018Dagga Riddim Cypher\u2019<\/em><\/strong> by Jojo, <strong><em>\u2018You Made That,\u2019<\/em><\/strong> Yung 2Ruff, Erin B, Topman Meeko, One Don and Enzooo; <strong><em>\u2018Ready for You\u2019<\/em><\/strong> by Exco Levi and Kheilstone; and <strong><em>\u2018More Reggae (Funk it Up)\u2019<\/em><\/strong> by Samora and Ammoye.<\/p>\n<p>In her acceptance speech, Cowan thanked several key contributors to the project, including producer Toddla T, her parents Tommy Cowan and Carlene Davis, and her management team.<\/p>\n<p>Cowan\u2019s win marks the 10th time a female artist has received the reggae award, which has previously been known as Best Reggae\/Calypso Recording and Best Reggae Recording.<\/p>\n<p>Among past female winners are Liberty Silver, who won in 1985; Lillian Allen, who won in 1986 and 1989; Carla Marshall in 1995; Nana McLean in 1997; Sonia Collymore in 2003 and 2005; Elaine Shepherd in 2011; and Tome in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a post-award press conference, Cowan said the recognition was both personal and significant beyond music, noting that her win reflects the importance of ensuring women\u2019s voices are heard in all spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer Naomi Cowan captured Reggae Recording of the Year at the 2026 JUNO Awards on Saturday night for her debut album \u2018Welcome to Paradise.\u2019 \u00a0The awards ceremony, marking its 50th edition, was held at TD Coliseum in Hamilton, where Cowan\u2019s 12-track project earned top honours in a competitive category. Other nominees included \u2018Deh Ya\u2019 by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240],"tags":[82],"class_list":["post-12383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadian-news","tag-featured"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12384,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12383\/revisions\/12384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}