TIMELINE EXPLORE OUR HISTORY
This timeline shows an interactive journey through Jamaica's rich and ever-shifting musical history; encompassing it's birth, growth and myriad of characters that has made it a genre admired by the world.
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SHARE / Jun 15, 1990 12:00 am
In August 1990, IRIE FM, a radio station dedicated solely to the playing of reggae music started broadcasting from studios in Ocho Rios, St Ann (Jamaica)
SHARE / Jun 15, 1990 12:00 am
Maxi Priest is one of only two British reggae acts (along with UB40) to have an American Billboard number one: "Close to You" in 1990.
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