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Timothy Watkins, better known by his stage name Baron, is a Trinidadian singer and songwriter. He is known for many soca/calypso songs from the 80s, such as "Sweet Soca Man", "Doh Rock It So" and "Melosian Rhapsody" as well as the 2009 hit "Spanish Woman".
Rudder's music quickly became the subject of music critics around the world: "From New York to London to Tokyo, where the Japanese have released a CD of Rudder's greatest hits complete with lyrics translated into Japanese, Rudder has been described as modern calypso's most innovative songwriter."
Billboard publishes annual lists of songs based on chart performance over the course of a year based on Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems and SoundScan information. For 2010, the list for the top 100 Billboard Hot 100 Year-End songs was published on December 8, calculated with data from December 5, 2009 to November 27, 2010.
Patrice Roberts (born 11 April 1986) is a Trinidadian soca singer. She is also a second cousin of singer Bunji Garlin. [1]She came to national attention in 2005 with the hit collaboration "The Islands" alongside cousin Bunji Garlin, written by Kernal Roberts and produced by Shawn Noel (Da Mastermind), which was used in promotional commercials by the Ministry of Tourism.
As the decade progressed, a growing trend in the music industry was to promote songs to radio without the release of a commercially available singles in an attempt by record companies to boost albums sales. Because such a release was required to chart on the Hot 100, many popular songs that were hits on top 40 radio never made it onto the chart.
For the next 3 years they created and led their own Jouvay Band in the Trinidad Carnival. Jouvay is the pre-dawn ritual street procession which marks the opening of the Trinidad Carnival. In 1997 3canal expanded to include Stanton Kewley and John Isaacs, they recorded their first song Blue, the theme song for their Jouvay Band that year.
Ravi started his singing career at the age of 13. At the age of 25 he was already the lead vocalist, music director, producer and arranger for his band Karma which was founded by him together with his brother Anil Bissambhar and his sister Nisha Bissambhar. He is also a radio personality with Trinidad and Tobago's Indian radio station, 90.5fm.
The music of Trinidad and Tobago is best known for its calypso music, soca music, chutney music, and steelpan. Calypso's internationally noted performances in the 1950s from native artists such as Lord Melody, Lord Kitchener and Mighty Sparrow. The art form was most popularised at that time by Harry Belafonte.