The Reggae/Soca Music Awards were first presented in 1994 by its founder Winsome 'Lady C' Charlton at The Bailey Concert Hall in
Davie, South Florida. The Awards became a reality after years of deliberation, pondering and due to the lack of recognition for
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
and
soca music
Soca music is a genre of music defined by Lord Shorty, its inventor, as the "Soul of Calypso", which has influences of African and East Indian rhythms. It was originally spelt "sokah" by its inventor but through an error in a local newspaper ...
in the United States despite its continued popularity.
The ceremony consists of twenty five awards in various categories namely
vocalists
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
,
DJs, producers, albums, songs,
record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the pr ...
s, instrumentals, videos, and many more.
American music awards
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