Bad Bunny, Shenseea & Vybz Kartel Triumph at 2025 Caribbean Music Awards: See Complete Winners List

Bounty Killer received a Lifetime Achievement Award Honor and Busta Rhymes received an Elite Icon Award astatine the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards, which were presented connected Aug. 28 astatine Kings Theatre successful Brooklyn, N.Y. The 3rd yearly ceremony, hosted by comedian Majah Hype, aired connected BET connected Sept. 12.

A elephantine successful the dancehall space, Bounty Killer has earned 3 entries connected the Billboard Hot 100: 1997’s “Hip-Hopera” (No. 81, with The Fugees), 1998’s “Deadly Zone” (No. 79, with Mobb Deep and Rappin’ Noyd) and 2001’s “Hey Baby” (No. 5, with No Doubt). The Kingston-bred artist’s beingness accomplishment grant arrived astir 2 months aft helium headlined Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for his archetypal U.S. show successful 15 years.

Busta Rhymes, who precocious received the inaugural Rock the Bells Visionary Award astatine the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, has spent his vocation supporting Caribbean endowment arsenic 1 of hip-hop’s astir disposable Jamaican-Americans. The Billboard 200 chart-topper has collaborated with the likes of Vybz Kartel, Spice, Sean Paul, Skillibeng, YG Marley, Ding Dong and Popeye Caution.

Shenseea and Masicka entered the nighttime arsenic the astir nominated artists (seven apiece), and some took location respective trophies. Shenseea astir swept the ceremonial with 5 wins, including dancehall medium of the twelvemonth for Never Gets Late Here, which besides earned the pop-dancehall princess her first solo Grammy nomination earlier this year. Masicka, who took location 3 awards with Shenseea acknowledgment to their smash “Hit & Run” single, won a 4th trophy for reggae opus of the twelvemonth acknowledgment to his featured crook connected Romain Virgo’s “Been There Before.” Several different artists scored aggregate victories, including Kartel (three), Virgo (three), Di Genius (three), Patrice Roberts (two) and Kes (two).

Other winners successful competitory categories included Lila Iké, Lady Lava, Buju Banton, and Armanii, who precocious performed astatine Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Live (Sept. 6). Lady Lava took location the inaugural zess-steam creator of the twelvemonth award, and Dexta Daps took location the first-ever Caribbean R&B creator of the twelvemonth honor.

The Caribbean Music Awards admit artists, producers, and manufacture professionals who person importantly contributed to the Caribbean euphony landscape. This year’s nominations database included much than 40 categories spanning a divers scope of genres, including reggae, soca and dancehall.

The awards are presented by the Caribbean Elite Group, which besides produces Caribbean Elite Magazine – a people and integer work which highlights Caribbean entertainers, artists, producers, promoters, cuisine, travel, manner and entrepreneurs.

Here’s a implicit database of winners successful some competitory (fan-voted) and honorary categories.

Competitive Categories

2025 Impact Award (Dancehall): Armanii

2025 Impact Award (Reggae): YG Marley

2025 Impact Award (Soca): Yung Bredda

Album of the Year (Reggae): Romain Virgo, The Gentle Man

Album of the Year (Dancehall):