The Grammy Awards are scheduled for January 26 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Five nominees (Beres Hammond, Ziggy Marley, Sizzla, Snoop Lion and Sly and Robbie) are up for Best Reggae Album. Leading up to the big event, the Jamaica Observer presents a daily reflection on the reggae category. Today, we look at Shaggy's Boombastic.
IT was his third studio album, 1995's Boombastic, that announced deejay Shaggy as a genuine pop star. It gave him his sole Grammy Award for Best Reggae album the following year.
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Distributed by Virgin Records, Boombastic has sold over one million copies in the United States, which earned it platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. In the United Kingdom, it went gold for sales of over 300,000 copies.
Five hits came from the album: A cover of Mungo and Jerry's classic In the Summertime (featuring Rayvon); Boombastic, Why You Treat Me So Bad (featuring rapper Grand Puba); The Train is Coming (with Ken Boothe); and Day Oh, a Japan-only release. more
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