If you are a fan of Kabaka Pyramid then this is the best piece of information for all of you, Kabaka Pyramid’s second album, “The Kalling”, won the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.
The winner was announced by host Arturo O’Farrill at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, which took place on Sunday, February 5 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
The ‘Well Done’ singer defeated Koffee, who was nominated for her debut album ‘Gifted’, Sean Paul, who was nominated for ‘Scorcha’, Shaggy, who was nominated for ‘Com Fly Wid Mi’, and Protoje, who was nominated for ‘Third Time’s The Charm’.
Kabaka thanked the Recording Academy and the other nominees in the category. His mother and other guests joined him on stage.
Best Reggae Album Winner @kabakapyramid let us know at the @CityNational Bank First Look Camera he’s thankful for after winning a GRAMMY at the #GRAMMYPremiere Ceremony. 🎶 #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/DYA0EzQoCG
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) February 6, 2023
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‘I can not believe it. Rastafari lives! I just want to thank the Academy. Thanks to all the other nominees, representing Jamaica, representing the Caribbean. Thank you to everyone who supports reggae music… positive, conscious music,” he said at the beginning of his acceptance speech.
“Thank you to my mom, Marcia Salmon, my dad, Kipin Salmon, my management team: Abishai Hoilett, Duane McDonald. We are just a few kids from Kingston, Jamaica.
He then said, “Very big for Uncle Dulu, big for YoungPow.” Nathalia, who also sang on my album. Ronnie, my publicist, praise yourself for all the hard work.
Much love to Damian Marley who produced the album. Stephen Marley. And this one is for Jo Mersa Marley, who we lost to Taiwo McKenzie and all my family in December. Nuff Love, blessings every time. Protoje make yourself great!”
On DancehallMag’s list of the best Dancehall/Reggae albums of 2022, The Kalling, featuring Reggae legend Peter Tosh, Protoje, Buju Banton, Jesse Royal, Damian Marley and Stephen Marley, was number 1.
Music journalist Nicholas Nam wrote: “With Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley on board as executive producer, Kabaka comes unfettered on The Kalling, unleashing a deluge of wisdom on tracks as diverse as booming roots anthem Red Gold and Green to the sublime, Spanish guitar-carrying Life Is Beautiful. The future of Jamaican music meets the past as Kabaka imbues spirituality with pragmatism in these sample-carrying, forward-looking songs.

The album was released on September 30, 2022 through Ghetto Youths International and Bebble Rock Music. It sold 600 copies in its first week of sales in the United States.
Luminate, a sales tracking company, told DancehallMag that The Kalling had sold 4,100 copies in the US as of December 31, 2022, including 4.7 million audio and video streams.
It was Kabaka’s first time being considered for the Best Reggae Album award. His first album, Kontraband, was released in 2018.
American reggae band SOJA won the Grammy for Best Reggae Album for their album Beauty In The Silence.
Toots & the Maytals’ album Got to Be Tough was the winner in 2021, while Koffee’s Rapture EP was the winner in 2020.
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