Artists from Jamaica

267 published artists from Jamaica, led by Bob Marley, Sean Paul and Shaggy. The list below shows the 120 most famous.

At a glance

267 published artists from Jamaica; 1,990 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists4 tier 1 · 7 tier 2 · 256 tier 3: 267
Release groups: 6,677
Studio albums: 2,700
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 1,990
Timeline events: 3,174
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 163.6M
Claimed salessum of stored claims; implausible values excluded: 75M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 38.9 years
Full biographies: 163
Biography words: 242,295

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1970s (50 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1960s	41
1970s	50
1980s	19
1990s	18
2000s	19
2010s	9

111 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Genres in Jamaica

Top 8 genres by artist count. reggae is the most common, with 202 artists.

Covers from Jamaica

1,990 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Bob Marley & The Chineke! Orchestra
Bob Marley · 2022
Burnin: Alternate Version 1972-1973
Bob Marley · 2012
Mr Brown
Bob Marley · 2010
Unreleased Acoustic Tapes
Bob Marley · 2009
Archive Series 2000
Bob Marley · 2000
Interviews... (So Much Things to Say)
Bob Marley · 1995
Reggae
Bob Marley
Scorcha
Sean Paul · 2022
Live N Livin
Sean Paul · 2021
Mad Love: The Prequel
Sean Paul · 2018
Full Frequency
Sean Paul · 2014
Tomahawk Technique
Sean Paul · 2012

Leaders

Bob Marley & The Wailers has the most release groups (400); Jimmy Cliff the longest career (63 years); Ziggy Marley the most awards (18).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
Bob Marley & The Wailers	400
Lee "Scratch" Perry	282
Gregory Isaacs	200
Sean Paul	190
Dennis Brown	177

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Jimmy Cliff	63
Lee "Scratch" Perry	63
Prince Buster	63
Toots and the Maytals	62
Desmond Dekker	61

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
Ziggy Marley	18
Linton Kwesi Johnson	12
Bob Marley	8
Jimmy Cliff	8
Lee "Scratch" Perry	4

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Most famous artists from Jamaica

Bob Marley

Jamaica · Person · born 1945

reggae, ska, rocksteady

164 wikis

Sean Paul

Jamaica · Person · born 1973

pop music, dancehall

60.4M listeners · 56 wikis

Shaggy

Jamaica · Person · born 1968

reggae

26.6M listeners · 43 wikis

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Jamaica · Group · 1963–present

reggae

23.7M listeners · 24 wikis

Damian Marley

Jamaica · Person · born 1978

reggae, reggae fusion

7.7M listeners · 37 wikis

Omi

Jamaica · Person · born 1986

reggae

11.5M listeners · 20 wikis

Rvssian

Jamaica · Person · born 1988

contemporary R&B, dancehall, reggaeton

16.8M listeners · 8 wikis

Shenseea

Jamaica · Person · born 1996

dancehall, reggae

10.3M listeners · 13 wikis

Spice

Jamaica · Person · born 1982

dancehall, reggae

6.6M listeners · 14 wikis

Grace Jones

Jamaica · Person · born 1948

pop music, contemporary R&B, soul, disco, rhythm and blues, new wave

52 wikis

Jimmy Cliff

Jamaica · Person · born 1944

reggae, ska

47 wikis

Peter Tosh

Jamaica · Person · born 1944

reggae, ska, rocksteady

47 wikis

Artists from Jamaica

At a glance

When they started

Genres in Jamaica

Covers from Jamaica

Leaders

Most prolific

Longest careers

Most decorated

Related

reggae in other countries

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Most famous artists from Jamaica

Bob Marley

Sean Paul

Shaggy

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Damian Marley

Omi

Rvssian

Shenseea

Spice

Grace Jones

Jimmy Cliff

Peter Tosh

More from Jamaica

Lee "Scratch" Perry

Desmond Dekker

Ziggy Marley

Burning Spear

Bunny Wailer

Max Romeo

Prince Buster

Sizzla

Gregory Isaacs

Horace Andy

Toots and the Maytals

Inner Circle

Augustus Pablo

Black Uhuru

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Buju Banton

Dennis Brown

Capleton

King Tubby

Ini Kamoze

Barrington Levy

Millie Small

Shabba Ranks

Vybz Kartel

The Skatalites

Bounty Killer

Diana King

Ky-Mani Marley

Alton Ellis

John Holt

Rico Rodriguez

Yellowman

Skip Marley

Toots Hibbert

Beenie Man

Sly Dunbar

Jacob Miller

Junior Murvin

Anthony B

Culture

Marcia Griffiths

The Upsetters

Carl Douglas

Coxsone Dodd

The Abyssinians

Aston Barrett

Big Youth

Don Carlos

Eek-A-Mouse

Elephant Man

Dawn Penn

Michael Rose

Sly and Robbie

Bushwick Bill