Stereogum, you’re wrong. Jimmy Cliff is not the only artist to receive the Order of Merit. Amongst the living recipients, there’s Willard Wentworth White, an opera singer. And of course, we can’t forget Robert Nesta Marley. http://www.opm.gov.jm/opm_programmes/the_chancery_/_protocol/national_honours_and_awards/order_of_merit_om