The National Academy of Recordings Arts and Sciences (NARAS) are scheduled to announce nominees for next year’s Grammy Awards on November 23. Ms Destiny 6ixgal hopes to be among the candidates for Best Reggae Album.
Her “Queen of The 6ix” EP, released in August, is in a provisional list of 125 being considered by the NARAS panel.
“You have to be submitted by a Grammy-voting member and consideration is honestly being one of the best. It is so important to show Jamaicans second-generation children and females (are) doing in reggae and dancehall music,” said the Toronto-born singer.
“Queen of The 6ix” has six songs, two of which were also released this year. Those are “Turn Your Lights Down Low”, a collaboration with Ky-Mani Marley and “Divine Like You”, which features Gyptian.
Most of the project is self-produced which gave Ms Destiny 6ixgal a sense of empowerment.
“I was happy to be the one calling the shots! Writing all of my music and producing the music as well. I started recorded it during Covid, connecting with Gyptian in Kingston was a great highlight and moment,” she said.
Though she was born in Kingston, Ms Destiny 6ixgal spent much of her formative years in Jamaica where her parents are from.
Ironically, “Turn Your Lights Down Low” is produced by Izzy Beats, the Miami-based studio wiz who handled similar duties for “Toast”, Koffee’s international hit. Koffee became the first woman to win the Best Reggae Grammy in 2020 with “Rapture”.
The 64th annual Grammy Awards are scheduled for January 31 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Written By Howard Campbell