Armanii earns three 2026 Caribbean Music Awards nominations

Armanii’s rise from breakout name to awards-season contender sharpened on June 10, when he landed three nominations at the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards. The dancehall artiste was named in Dancehall Album of the Year for THE IMPACT, Dancehall Song of the Year for B.B.B (Snapchat), and Male Dancehall Artist of the Year, a trio that puts his run of late-2025 momentum squarely in the center of the genre’s biggest conversation.

The album nod carries particular weight because THE IMPACT was not just a first statement, it was a charting one. The 15-song project, released on December 12 via Armanii/UnitedMasters, reached No. 1 on the US iTunes Reggae Chart and the US Apple Music Reggae Chart, then climbed to No. 8 on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart. Billboard also placed it at No. 8 on its 10 Best Caribbean Albums of 2025, a sign that Armanii’s appeal was spreading well beyond a single lane in dancehall. The Caribbean Music Awards category itself recognizes the artist, engineers, songwriters and producers behind an album, which makes the nomination a broader nod to the team that helped turn THE IMPACT into a calling card.

Armanii kept that momentum moving with THE IMPACT (Deluxe): PGLA Edition, and his latest single, WUL UP, has added another layer to the campaign. Armanii’s camp has framed the track as a potential song of the summer candidate, and the song has already passed 1.5 million combined streams since its May 23 release. The project’s range is also part of the story, with tracks such as Lose Your Love, U A Gwan, Balcony with Jada Kingdom, and Champion helping define the album’s reach.

The nomination haul also lands in a wider, highly competitive field. The 2026 Caribbean Music Awards, now in their fourth year, feature more than 250 nominees across more than 40 categories. Public voting opened on June 10 and runs through August 10, while final nominees were reviewed by the Industry Advisory Board before being announced, and winners will be decided through a weighted model that blends public voting with verified performance data. Lady Lava leads this year’s field with nine nods, while Ayetian, Machel Montano and V’ghn are among the other top-nominated acts. Dancehall heavyweights including Vybz Kartel, Shenseea and Skillibeng are also in the mix, which places Armanii not on the fringe of the conversation but inside it.

That is what makes these three nominations matter now. Armanii is heading into awards season with streaming numbers, critical recognition and a live calendar that includes a July 5 appearance at Bikini Palooza in New York City. The breakout phase has already happened; the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards are starting to measure what comes next.