TOP FIVE REGGAE SINGERS

TOP FIVE REGGAE SINGERS

1st: Bob Marley

Bob Marley was a jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, musician and guitarist. Bob did more tan anyone else to popularize around the world. He could mix protest music, make songs of determination, rebellion and freedom.

2nd: Jimmy Cliff

Jimmy Cliff was a jamaican Ska and reggae musician, singer and actor. He starred in the film "The harder they come", which helped popularize reggae across the world.

3rd: Winston Rodney

Winston Rodney, better known by the name Burning Spear, is a jamaican reggae singer and  musician. He is a Rastafarian and one of the most influential artists to emerge from the 1970's.

4th: Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh was a jamaican singer and musician, renowned reggae artist and founding member of the band the Wailers, which gave reggae artist Bob Marley his start. Reggae fans and artists mourned Tosh's death, but celebrated his legacy. He is still known as the most controversial member of The Wailers, according to The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, which wrote that "he ruffled many a feather with his unapologetic stance on issues [such as] black liberation and the legalization of marijuana."

5th: Steel Pulse

Steel Pulse were one of Britain's greatest reggae bands, rivaled only by Aswad in terms of creative and commercial success. Generally a protest-minded Rastafarian outfit, Steel Pulse started out playing authentic roots reggae with touches of jazz and Latin music, and earned a substantial audience among white U.K. punks as well.