And the winner is… Samini with Untamed!
Samini hails from Ghana. He has released seven albums since 2004, he won Best African Act at the MOBO Awards 2006 and the MTV Africa Music Award as Best Performer 2009. Just to mention a few of his numerous awards.
In celebrating this great success the African Dancehall King took to his IG handle “#UNTAMED just won #AlbumOfTheYear on @ReggaeVille, first African Artiste/Album to win it. Thanks to all Producers, Fans, Buyers, The Media and EVERYBODY supporting this Album!” and also gave massive credits to his label Africa1 Media and to Loudcity Music a grammy nominee music recording body.
We received votes from more than 2.500 registered users during the 7th annual Reggaeville Poll. All users had to choose their favorite three releases of 2018. Here are the TOP5:
1. Samini – Untamed
2. Alborosie meets The Wailers United – Unbreakable
3. Protoje – A Matter of Time
4. Kabaka Pyramid – Kontraband
5. Mellow Mood – Large
The full results are available in our brand new Yearbook 2018, which is available as free download PDF.
CLICK HERE https://www.reggaeville.com/reggaeville-yearbook-2018/ TO READ & DOWNLOAD THE YEARBOOK 2018
Previous results… since 2012 we are asking our users to choose their favorite album of the year:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2017
1. Chronixx – Chronology
2. Stonebwoy – Epistles of Mama
3. Damian Jr Gong Marley – Stony Hill
Full results @ YEARBOOK 2017 (Page 108/109)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2016
1. Alborosie – Freedom & Fyah
2. Takana Zion – Good Life
3. Dub Inc – So What
Full results @ YEARBOOK 2016 (Page 118/119)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2015
1. Kamil Bednarek — Oddycham
2. Protoje – Ancient Future
3. Mellow Mood – 2 The World
Full results @ YEARBOOK 2015 (Page 126/127)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2014
1. Chronixx – The Dread & Terrible Project
2. SOJA – Amid The Noise and Haste
3. Tarrus Riley – Love Situation
Full results @ YEARBOOK 2014 (Page 98/99)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2013
1. Protoje – The 8 Year Affair
2. Alborosie – Sound The System
3. Jah9 – New Name
Full results @ YEARBOOK 2013 (Page 46/47)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2012
1. SOJA – Strength To Survive
2. Busy Signal – Reggae Music Again
3. Natural Roots – Words of Jah
Full results @ YEARBOOK 2012 (Page 48/49)
