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“For your consideration”: Buju Banton chasing Grammy nomination
Reggae artiste, Buju Banton
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October 11, 2020

“For your consideration”: Buju Banton chasing Grammy nomination

Buju

Banton is putting in the work for that next Grammy!

Following the release of his album Upside Down 2020, the reggae legend is on a campaign to ensure the project gets nominated in the Best Reggae Album category at the 63rd Grammy Award scheduled for January 31, 2021.

The artiste shared a clip of his many achievements since the album release, set to his song Blessed, including his appearance on The Trevor Noah Show, his album release, cover of Vibe Magazine and several co-signs from the likes of Fat Joe and DJ Khaled.

View this post on Instagram For Your Consideration … #UPSIDEDOWN2020 @recordingacademyA post shared by Buju Banton (@bujubanton) on Oct 9, 2020 at 1:52pm PDT

The

Instagram video included the worlds “for your consideration” and “Best Reggae

Album”, sentiments repeated in his caption which tagged the Recording Academy

which stages the Grammy Awards.

Banton, born Mark Myrie, previously won the award in 2011 for his Before the Dawn album.

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The

Grammy’s eligible members began voting for the nominees on September 30, and

will end tomorrow, with nominations announced soon afterwards.

Upside Down  2020 was released to rave reviews on June 26 and is one of the favourites tosnag a nomination in the category.

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