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Who İs Ziggy Marley? All His Albums!

David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican musician and philanthropist. He is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, with whom he released eight studio albums. He has also released seven solo albums. Marley is an eight-time Grammy Award winner and a Daytime Emmy Award recipient.

Early career and musical upbringing

In the earliest known record of his musical career, David Marley performed as part of a singing group called The Seven Do Bees, made up of him and his classmates, and wherein he was given the stage name "Freddie Dic". The name never stuck, however, and instead, David went on to become known as "Ziggy", a nickname often reported to have been given to him by his father Bob Marley, meaning "little spliff". However, Ziggy stated the following to Melody Maker magazine in 1988: "Me name David but me big Bowie fan. So at the time of the Ziggy Stardust album, me call meself Ziggy and now everyone do.”

During the late 1970s, Ziggy could also be seen alongside his brother Stephen at some of their father's larger concerts around Jamaica and abroad. In 1978, the duo appeared on stage at the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston,[2] and the following year at Reggae Sunsplash II in Montego Bay.


Albums with the Melody Makers (1985-2001)

1985: Play the Game Right

1986: Hey World!

1988: Conscious Party

1989: One Bright Day

1991: Jahmekya

1993: Joy and Blues

1995: Free Like We Want 2 B

1997: Fallen Is Babylon

1999: The Spirit of Music

2000: Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Live, Vol. 1

Solo albums

Main article: Ziggy Marley discography

2003: Dragonfly

2006: Love Is My Religion

2009: Family Time

2011: Wild and Free

2014: Fly Rasta

2016: Ziggy Marley

2018: Rebellion Rises

2020: More Family Time

Live albums

2008: Love Is My Religion Live

2009: Ziggy Live From Soho

2013: Ziggy Marley in Concert

2017: We are the People Tour


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