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Barrington Levy

DancehallMag Artist 100
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Real name
Barrington Ainsworth Levy
Born
April 30, 1964
Hometown
Kingston, Jamaica

Barrington Levy is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist known for his distinctive voice and influential sound in the late 1970s and 1980s. He helped shape modern reggae with hits like “Here I Come” and “Under Mi Sensi,” and remains one of the genre’s most respected performers with a long career spanning decades, collaborations across reggae, hip-hop, and jungle music, and continued global influence.

Awards

  • British Reggae Awards, Best Vocalist (1984)
  • Grammy nomination, Best Reggae Album, Acousticalevy (2016)
  • Rolling Stone, No. 119 on the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (2023)

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