Shernette Amoy Evans, known by the stage name Ammoye, is a Jamaican-

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reggae musician,Richard Johnson
"Ammoye’s happy about Sorry"
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'', February 20, 2017. most noted as a six-time

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nominee for Reggae Recording of the Year. Originally from

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in Jamaica, she moved to

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as a teenager. She participated in the Toronto music scene in the 2000s, most notably contributing music to the ''Version Xcursion'' compilation of Jamaican Canadian artists. Her first album was ''Haffi Win'', a collaboration with Eric Vani of Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen. She received her first Juno Award nomination at the

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for her single "Radio". She was subsequently nominated at the Juno Awards of 2014 for the single "Baby It's You", at the

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for the single "Sorry", at the

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for the album ''The Light'', and at the

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for the single "Give It All".Holly Gordon
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, March 9, 2021.

Discography

*''Haffi Win'' (2010, with Rise Ashen) *''Enter the Warrioress'' (2016) *''The Light'' (2017) *''I Am Love'' (2020)

References

External links

*{{official, https://www.ammoye.com/ Canadian reggae musicians Jamaican reggae musicians 21st-century Black Canadian women singers Jamaican emigrants to Canada Musicians from Toronto People from Clarendon Parish, Jamaica Living people Year of birth missing (living people)