16th Annual Canadian Reggae Music Awards (12 Mar 2000):
Toronto, ON

Results

Canadian Artists

Top Reggae Newcomer (Female) - Tasha T
Top Reggae Newcomer (Male) - Kiddy Ranks
Top Reggae Band - Jah Cutta & The Determination Band
Top Reggae Dancehall Style DJ (Female) - Donna Makeda
Top Reggae Dancehall Style DJ (Male) - Major P.
Top Reggae Singer (Female) - Carol Brown
Top Reggae Singer (Male) - Frankie Wilmot
Top Reggae Producer - Black Unity Enterprise
Top Reggae Album - Christmas With Bernie / Bernie Pitters
Top Reggae Single - My Rose / Kallie Prophet

Top Soca/Calypso Radio DJ - Mel Warner, Vancouver, BC
Top Soca/Calypso Album - Instant Sweetness / De Mighty Sandy
Top Soca/Calypso Single - No entry

Top Gospel Singer (Female) - Mercia Bunting
Top Gospel Singer (Male) - George Banton
Top Gospel Album - I'm Glad To Be Home Again / Gerry Thompson

International Artists

Top Reggae Album - Fab 5 Live Part 1 / Fab 5
Top Reggae Single - Pull It Up / Beres Hammond & Buju Banton

Awards of Merit

Canadian Awards of Merit - Vernon "Maytone" Buckley, Pluggy Satchmo, Otis Gayle
Intl Award of Merit - Leroy Sibbles, Phyllis Dillon, Leroy Gibbon

Peter Tosh Memorial Award - George Barrett, CITR-FM, Vancouver, BC
Bob Marley Memorial Award - Club Paradise, Toronto, ON

Canadian Reggae Industry Awards

Top Reggae Record Store - Tropical Records
Top Reggae Live Club - Club Paradise
Top Reggae Promoter - Supreme Promotions
Top Reggae Dance Club - Mirage Night Club
Top Reggae Radio DJ - Delroy G, CHRY-FM, Toronto, ON

As part of the Awards show there were performances by a number of artists, including Leroy Sibbles, Leroy Gibbon and Phyllis Dillon. Canadian performers included Donna Makeda, Otis Gayle, Jah Cutta & The Determination Band, Gerry Thompson, and Tatix.

For more information contact The Canadian Reggae Music Awards, 7205 Goreway Drive, PO Box 59176, Mississauga, ON, L4T 4J1, CANADA.

Nicky Dread,
Crooked Beat Productions.

13 March 2000.

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Canadian Reggae Music Awards - 16th edition.