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Judy Mowatt

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Judy Mowatt (born 1952) is a Jamaican reggae singer best known as one of the I-Threes, the female trio that sang backing vocals for Bob Marley and the Wailers from 1974. Her 1979/1980 solo album Black Woman is widely regarded as a landmark reggae album by a female artist and among the first reggae albums produced by a woman.

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Story · Well supportedThe women who shaped the harmony era

Before the I-Threes, a chain of Kingston vocal trios gave reggae's harmony sound its female voice.

Story · Well supportedRiddim and Reign: The Women Who Shaped Reggae and Dancehall

From the rocksteady queens and the first female producer to the I-Threes, the lovers-rock pioneers and the dancehall crown, women have carried Jamaican music from the studio floor to the world stage.