The 53rd JUNO Awards nominations have brought a historic twist to the Reggae Recording of the Year category, with female artists dominating for the first time since its inception in 1985. Five-time JUNO award winner Exco Levi received his 11th nomination, joining the ranks of nominees announced at a press conference held at the CBC Building in Toronto on February 6th.<\/p>\n
Among the standout nominees is reggae stalwart Ammoye, securing her 7th nomination, alongside newcomers Jah Mila and Omega Mighty. Their inclusion underscores a vibrant shift in the Canadian reggae music space.<\/p>\n
The five nominees are Ammoye featuring Turbulence with \u2018Stir This Thing\u2019,<\/em><\/strong> Exco Levi with \u2018Feel Like Home\u2019,<\/em><\/strong> Jah Mila with \u2018Roots Girl\u2019,<\/em><\/strong> \u2018Dread\u2019<\/em><\/strong> by Kirk Diamond and Finn and \u2018Rush Dem\u2019<\/em><\/strong> by Omega Mighty featuring 4Korners and Haviah Mighty.<\/p>\n The JUNO Awards, celebrating excellence in Canadian popular music since 1970, will culminate in a grand ceremony at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Sunday, March 24, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 53rd JUNO Awards nominations have brought a historic twist to the Reggae Recording of the Year category, with female artists dominating for the first time since its inception in 1985. Five-time JUNO award winner Exco Levi received his 11th nomination, joining the ranks of nominees announced at a press conference held at the CBC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240,239],"tags":[82],"class_list":["post-7650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadian-news","category-international-news","tag-featured"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7650","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=7650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7651,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7650\/revisions\/7651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}