Looking back on some of the Foundation Women in Jamaican Music and recognizing their accomplishments. As they help to promote Jamaican music even though men have dominated that platform and continue to dominate. However, Jamaican women continue to show that they’re equally strong.
Over the years, female artists such as Millie Small gained international fame in 1964. She accomplished that with the remake single “My Boy Lollipop”. Then Marcia Griffiths known as the “Queen of Reggae” with the international blockbuster hit “Electric Slide”. That song immediately developed into a worldwide dance craze and was the biggest hit by a Jamaican female artist. At the time it may have been the biggest crossover hit that appealed to a wider audience.
Queen, Marcia Griffiths
The I-Threes women group consisting of Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths
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in addition to singing with Bob Marley was a major contributor to Foundation Women in Jamaican Music. An article was written in one of Jamaica’s newspapers, The Gleaner which recognized women who helped to shape Jamaican Music. Read Article
These women artists and their international fame were major contributors in helping to build. Together they help to build the Jamaica Brand when it came to Jamaican Reggae music. Jamaican women artist continues to shape the direction of Jamaican music. Their versatility in the various music categories remains strong. Whether singers are dance hall DJs the women, the ladies are doing their part. DJs, such as the incredible stage presence of Sister Nancy and Sister Carroll “The Black Cinderella”. Then there’s Phyllis Dillon, Lady Saw, Tanya Stephens, and the list goes on. The likes of Queen Ifrica, Etana, Koffee, Dawn Penn, Tessanne Chin so many more ladies. These ladies will make Jamaican music strong for the foreseeable future.
Tessanne Chin won “The Voice”
