Shenseea emerged as dancehall’s leading winner at the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards, collecting three honors during the September 19 ceremony at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The Jamaican star was named Female Dancehall Artist of the Year while also sharing two major awards for one of the year’s defining Caribbean crossover records.
“Shake It to the Max (FLY) [Remix],” featuring MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea, claimed both Dancehall Song of the Year and Dancehall Collaboration of the Year. Combined with Shenseea’s individual Female Dancehall Artist victory, the results gave her three credited wins and the strongest showing by any artist across the ceremony’s dancehall categories.
The wins also reinforced the international reach surrounding “Shake It to the Max (FLY) [Remix].” Bringing Ghanaian and Jamaican talent together on a record that moved well beyond regional audiences, the collaboration reflects the increasingly fluid relationship between Caribbean and African music, with dancehall continuing to influence and intersect with sounds reaching listeners across multiple markets.
Shenseea was not alone in a competitive dancehall field. Valiant was named Male Dancehall Artist of the Year, Prince Swanny’s Saint secured Dancehall Album of the Year, Ding Dong took Dancehall Performer of the Year and Ayetian collected both Dancehall Best New Artist and the Dancehall Impact Award. Masicka won Dancehall Video of the Year for “Rich Sex,” while also sharing a reggae-category win through Lila Iké’s “Romantic.”
Across reggae, Lila Iké took Female Reggae Artist of the Year and shared Reggae Collaboration of the Year with Masicka. Buju Banton was named Male Reggae Artist of the Year, Chronixx’s Exile earned Reggae Album of the Year and Protoje’s “BIG 45” was named Reggae Song of the Year, underscoring the range of Jamaican talent recognized during the ceremony.
The 2026 edition carried additional significance as the Caribbean Music Awards staged its event in Trinidad and Tobago for the first time. Hosted at NAPA in Port of Spain, the wider celebration brought together artists and genres from across the region, placing dancehall alongside soca, reggae, bouyon, konpa, chutney soca, jab, dennery and other Caribbean sounds within one regional platform.
For Shenseea, the night offered another marker of how far her career and dancehall’s international visibility have travelled. Three awards do not make her the overall winner of the entire ceremony, but within dancehall, the result was decisive: Shenseea left Port of Spain with the category’s biggest haul.