The Calypso Monarch (originally Calypso King) contest is one of the two major annual calypso competitions held in Trinidad and all English speaking Caribbean islands, as part of the annual carnival celebrations.
The CalypsoMonarch (originally Calypso King) contest is one of the two major annual calypso competitions held in Trinidad and all English speaking Caribbean...
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sexism. Her influence over the calypso music genre forced the renaming of the Calypso King competition to the CalypsoMonarch instead. In addition to writing...
Afro-Caribbean, but was eventually recognised as a leading calypso performer. In 2001, she won the CalypsoMonarch title with her songs "Heroes" and "Nah Leaving"...
morning. Other major events of Antiguan Carnival include the Party Monarch and CalypsoMonarch competitions of Calypsonians, the Panorama steel band competition...
Carnival Road March competition eight times, Calypso King/Monarch eight times, and has twice won the Calypso King of Kings title. Slinger Francisco was...
known as Singing Sandra, was a Trinidadian calypsonian who won the CalypsoMonarch title at the 1999 and 2003 carnivals. DesVignes-Millington was born...
International Film Festival. Started in 1980, this judged event crowns a CalypsoMonarch for the year. In addition to the main parade, the Caribbean community...
has been singing calypso since 1967 and has recorded more than 300 calypsos. He is a nine-time winner of Trinidad's CalypsoMonarch competition, most...
National Soca Monarch, the National Library CalypsoMonarch and the National Junior CalypsoMonarch. She again won the National Junior CalypsoMonarch in 2002...
against European colonial oppression. He won the CalypsoMonarch competition on five occasions and the Calypso King of the World title in 1999. Born and raised...
calypsonians for the coveted CalypsoMonarch Award. There are also the People's Monarch and Party Monarch competitions. The People's Monarch is a competition in...
Trinidad and Tobago is best known for its calypso music, soca music, chutney music, and steelpan. Calypso's internationally noted performances in the...
renditions of the year's calypsos. "Dimanche Gras" takes place on the Sunday night before Ash Wednesday. Here the CalypsoMonarch is chosen (after competition)...
end of Time". In February 2008, Sugar Aloes was the winner of the CalypsoMonarch 2008 Competition at Queens Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. He...
"Stranger", making him the competition's oldest winner. He won the CalypsoMonarch contest in 2000 with "What's Wrong With Me" and "Scratch Meh Back"...
merely Bag, is a calypsonian from Barbados. He has won the Barbadian calypsomonarch competition a record ten times. Hailing from the eastern, rural Barbadian...
in 1968, when his "Heart Transplant" won him the title of Barbados CalypsoMonarch. He won the title again in 1969 with "Family Planning", Rather than...
musician from the anglophone Caribbean who sings songs of the calypso genre. Calypsos are musical renditions having their origins in the West African...
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to any CalypsoMonarch titles. One of the songs included in the album is the now famous "Banana Boat Song", listed as "Day-O" on the Calypso LP, which...
before venturing to calypso and later soca parang, for which he became best known. He won the National Police Service CalypsoMonarch in 1987 and then began...
1963. p. 58. "Celebrating Our CalypsoMonarchs 1939-1980" (PDF). culture.gov.tt. Retrieved 7 December 2022. List of calypsos with sociopolitical influences...
lyrics concern a veteran Indian singer, won Black Stalin the coveted CalypsoMonarch Prize in February 1995. Although it was neither in chutney style nor...
covers several Caribbean styles, including calypso, soca and reggae. He has held the title of Grenada CalypsoMonarch a record nine times in 1987, 1988, 1990...
a six-time International Soca Monarch, a ten-time Trinidad and Tobago Road March winner and a one-time CalypsoMonarch. Montano was born in Carenage (Northwestern...
morning. Other major events of Antiguan Carnival include the Party Monarch and CalypsoMonarch competitions of Calypsonians, the Panorama steel band competition...
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