Joss Stone wins Billboard's reggae artist of the year and everyone's very confused

Her album was the best selling modern reggae record of 2015

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Let's think of some modern reggae artists, shall we? You’ve got Chronixx, Popcaan, Protoje, Stylo G, just to name a few. You’re probably not thinking of multi-platinum selling soul singer Joss Stone.

With her seventh album Water for Your Soul, which has been described as ‘incorporating elements of reggae and hip-hop’, selling so well, the 28-year-old has miraculously been named reggae artist of the year by Billboard.

The album is reportedly the biggest-selling reggae album of 2015, selling 29,000 copies, and spending eight weeks at the top of Billboard’s weekly reggae albums chart, as well as featuring on the top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart.

Tweeters have reacted appropriately to the news, with many confused or making jokes that Steve Harvey - who recently announced the wrong winner of the Miss Universe competition - may have announced the result.

In a review of the album, Andy Gill of The Independent said: “Too many of these grooves are efficient but forgettable, and her vocal contributions likewise somewhat generic”.

Bob Marley and The Wailers' 'non-current' Legend album sold 191,000 copies this year but was not ineligible for reggae artist of the year.