The 5th Annual Soca Award Nominees have been announced, so check them out and
cast your vote soon at www.socaawards.com
It was originally announced that there are 40 cactegories but in fact only 39 have been released.
See the 2006 winners here.
And the 2007 Nominees are:
Category 1 - Best New Female Soca Artist
Nnika
Francis - Don’t Let Me Go (Grenada)
Expose - Tizzy (Antigua)
Nelly B - Ah Like It (TNT)
Mauricia Pascal - Aggressive
(NY)
Nzunaki - Feelings (TNT)
Category 2 - Best New Male Soca Artist
Barry
Chandler (Jabae) - Flames (Barbados)
Biggie - Nah Going Home (Barbados)
Fireball - What I Want (TNT)
Peter Ram -
Woman by My Side (Barbados)
Adrian Dutchin - Down De Road (Guyana)
Category 3 - Female Soca Vocalist of the
Year
Destra Garcia - I Dear You (TNT)
Nadia Batson - Caribbean Girl (TNT)
Patrice Roberts - Sugar
Boy (TNT)
Sanell Dempster - Chocolate (TNT)
Nnika Francis - Don’t Let Me Go (Grenada)
Category 4 - Male Soca Vocalist of the Year
Biggie
- Nah Going Home (Barbados)
Blazer - Be Mine Tonight (TNT)
Edwin Yearwood – Augur (Barbados)
Shurwayne Winchester
- Alequa (TNT)
Vybe - Would You Mind (TNT)
Category 5 - Female Soca Performer of the
Year
Alison Hinds - Caution (Barbados)
Denise Belfon - Bicycle Wine (TNT)
Destra Garcia - I Dear
You (TNT)
Faye-Ann Lyons - M.A.S. (Make A Stage) (TNT)
Tizzy – Expose (Antigua)
Category 6 - Male Soca Performer of the Year
Barry
Chandler (Jabae) - Flames (Barbados)
Biggie - Nah Going Home (Barbados)
Edwin Yearwood – Augur (Barbados)
Iwer George
- Fete after Fete (TNT)
Machel Motano - Higher Than High (TNT)
Category 7 - Soca Duo or Group of the Year
2
N Trigue - Dear John (I’m Gone) (TNT)
3 Suns - Levitate Elevate (TNT)
3 Canal - Good Mornin’ (TNT)
H2O Phlo - Go
Down Low and Wine (TNT)
Surge - Dance with Me (TNT)
Category 8 - Soca Song of the Year
Nah
Goin Home - Biggie Irie (Barbados)
Jumbie - Machel Montano (TNT)
Leave Me Alone - Jamesy P ft Skarpyon (St. Vincent)
To
the ceiling - Isaac Blackman (TNT)
Woman by My Side - Peter Ram (Barbados)
Category 9 - Best Soca Collaboration Groove
De
Rose & De Stem - Kerwin Du Bois & Denise Belfon (TNT)
Leave Me Alone - Jamesy P ft Skarpyon (St. Vincent)
Move
That Body - Umi Marcano & Chucky (TNT)
Till Tomorrow - Patrice & Zan (TNT)
Wine - Sheldon Douglas ft Shurwayne
Winchester (Grenada & TNT)
Category 10 - Best Soca Collaboration Up-tempo
Bicycle
Wine - Denise Belfon ft. Spontaneous (TNT & Grenada)
Light it up - Patrice Roberts & Machel Montano (TNT)
My
Land - Nadia Batson ft Kes (TNT)
No Chorus - KMC ft. Fireball (TNT)
Take it out - 3 Bass & Bunji (TNT)
Category 11 - Overall Female Soca Artist
of the Year
Alison Hinds - Caution (Barbados)
Destra Garcia - I Dear You (TNT)
Fay-Ann Lyons - M.A.S.
(Make A Stage) (TNT)
Nadia Batson - Caribbean Girl (TNT)
Patrice Roberts - Sugar Boy (TNT)
Category 12 - Overall Male Soca Artist of
the Year
Edwin Yearwood – Augur (Barbados)
Iwer George - Fete after Fete (TNT)
KMC - Carnival Story
(TNT)
Machel Montano - Down D Road (TNT)
Shurwayne Winchester - Open the Gate (TNT)
Category 13 - International Soca DJ of the
Year
Back to Basic (NY)
DJ Spice (NY)
Dr. Jay (Toronto)
Soca Twins (Germany)
Tony Tempo (Atlanta)
Category 14 - Best Soca Compilation Album/CD
of the Year
91.9 Trini Bashment 2k7 (TNT)
Best of the Best Grove 2k7 (TNT)
Da Ma$tamind Project 2
(TNT)
Soca Explosion 2k7 (St. Vincent)
Red Hot Boys (Barbados)
Category 15 - Best Soca Compilation Rhythm
Bounce
Riddim
Down d Road
Greatest Riddim
Soca Strings
Thunder cats drips
Category 16 - Soca Humor of the Year
African
Bush Doctor - Patch (TNT)
Confession - Blackie (TNT)
Doggy Talking- Impulse (TNT)
Ms Ellias - Impulse (TNT)
One
Foot Cock - Crazy (TNT)
Category 17 - Favorite Groove Soca - Female
Caribbean
Girl - Nadia Batson (TNT)
Caution - Alison Hinds (Barbados)
Chocolate - Sanell Dempster (TNT)
I Dear You - Destra
Garcia (TNT)
Sugar Boy - Patrice Roberts (TNT)
Category 18 - Favorite Groove Soca - Male
Cold
Sweat - Crazy (TNT)
Nah Going Home - Biggie (Barbados)
One More Time - Machel Montano (TNT)
To the Ceiling - Isaac
Blackman (TNT)
Woman by My Side - Peter Ram (Barbados)
Category 19 - Favorite Up-tempo Soca - Female
Black
Carpet - Precious (TNT)
Expose - Tizzy (Antigua)
M.A.S. (Make A Stage) - Fay-Ann Lyons (TNT)
Unity - Ms Alysha (TNT)
Soca
or Die - Destra Garcia (TNT)
Category 20 - Favorite Up-tempo Soca - Male
Dutty
- Roy Cape ft Blaxx (TNT)
Fete after Fete - Iwer George (TNT)
Flames - Barry Chandler (Jabae) (Barbados)
Jumbie -
Machel Montano (TNT)
Open the Gate - Shurwayne Winchester (TNT)
Category 21 - Soca Artist Album/CD of the
year
3103 - Canal (TNT)
Confession - Blackie (TNT)
Cold Sweat - Crazy (TNT)
Book of Angels - Machel
Montano (TNT)
Adrenalin - Shurwayne Winchester (TNT)
Category 22 - Soca Song Writer of the Year
Edwin
Yearwood - (Augur,) (Barbados)
Kernel Roberts - (Jumbie, Higher than High, Light It Up) (TNT)
KMC - (Kill dem with song,
Carnival Story, Take Over) (TNT)
Nadia Batson - (Caribbean Girl, My Land, Dutty) (TNT)
Shurwayne Winchester - (Alequa,
Open the Gate, Heavy Load) (TNT)
Category 23 – Veteran Brake through Artist
of the Year
Crazy - Cold Sweat (TNT)
Denise Plummer - I like it (TNT)
Grynner - Mash Dem Up (Barbados)
Scrunter
- Water Truck (TNT)
Category 24 - Best Raga Soca Collaboration
By
Request - Mr. Slaughter ft.Bunji Garlin (TNT)
Go Down Low and Wine - Ms Alysha ft. H2O Phlo (TNT)
Hardcore Lovin’ -
Rita Jones & Bunji Garlin (TNT)
Hold You Tonight - Machel Montano HD ft Vybz Kartel (TNT & Jamaica)
Malcom X,
Styles P & Ramesses - Wine Down Low (Barbados)
Category 25 - Soca Chutney Song of the Year
Bodekidal
- Rikki Jai (TNT)
Ghulghul - Ravi D (TNT)
Ohnempre Piya - Rooplal Gildrie (TNT)
Pretty Gyal – D’ Hitman (TNT)
We
Drinking - Mr. Raymond (TNT)
Category 26 - Gospelypso of the Year
Altar
Call - Jadee (TNT)
Arise O Lord - Sean Daniel (TNT)
Jah in Your Life - Benjai (TNT)
Lift Up His Name - Christopher
‘Tambu’ Herbert (TNT)
To the ceiling - Isaac Blackman (TNT)
Category 27 - Ragga Soca Song of the Year
Be
Mine Tonight – Blazer (TNT)
Kill Dem with song – KMC (TNT)
Love How Yuh Wining - Ziggy Ranking (TNT)
No Superhero
- Bunji Garlin (TNT)
Wine It - Dr Evil
Category 28 - Over All Ragga Soca Artist
of the Year
Benjai - Jah in Your Life (TNT)
Bunji Garlin - No Superhero (TNT)
Dawg E Slaughter -
(TNT)
Ziggy Ranking - Love How Yuh Wining (TNT)
KMC - Kill Dem with song (TNT)
Category 29 - Soca Producer of the Year
Chasu
- (Be Mine Tonight, What I Want, Turn Around) (TNT)
De Red Boyz - (Nah Going Home, Woman by My Side, Hot Like Fyah,) (Barbados)
Junior
‘IBO’ Joseph - (Light It Up, Jumbie, Expose) (TNT)
Neil Bernard - (Flames, Get Wild, Make Ah Stage (M.A.S.) (TNT)
Shawn
Ma$tamind Noel - (Open the Gate, Las’ Band, Horning Carnival) (TNT)
Category 30 - Best Soca Music Video of the
Year (special)
Ah Little Bit - Lil Bitts (TNT)
Confession – Blackie (TNT)
Da Crib - Michael ft. Papi
Joe (TNT)
Denise Plummer - I like it (TNT)
Expose - Tizzy (Antigua)
Jumbie - Machel Montano HD (TNT)
Las’ Band
- Rikki Jai (TNT)
Mash It up Again - Mr. Vybe (TNT)
Open the Gate - Shurwayne Winchester (TNT)
Roses - KMC (TNT)
Sha
Na Na (Japanese Wine) - Minmi (Japan)
Sugar Boy - Patrice Roberts (TNT)
To the Ceiling - Isaac Blackman (TNT)
Turn
Around - Chucky (TNT)
Woman by My Side - Peter Ram (Barbados)
Category 31 - USA Female Soca Artist of the
Year (Special)
Augusta - Never Die (NY)
Lisa Toney - Waistline (Boston)
Natasha Wilson - Give It
to Me (NY)
Delia - Girlfriend (NY)
Mauricia Pascal - Aggressive (NY)
Category 32- USA Male Soca Artist of the
Year (Special)
Jason Benn – Summertime (NY)
Lyrikal - One Quickie (NY)
Postman - Horning Carnival
(NY)
Ragga - Revelazz (NY)
Trinity - Wine with You (NY)
Category 33 - Best Soca Chutney Collaboration
Aj
Bhi Jeena - Rikki Jai ft Maximus Dan (TNT)
Like Bollywood - Machel Montano HD ft Nadia Madoo (TNT)
Pretty Gyal – D’
Hitman ft Feto Blanco
Take it off - JMC 3veni ft. Shurwayne (TNT)
We Drinking - Mr. Raymond ft Fireball
Category 34 - Overall Soca Chutney Artist
of the Year
Rikki Jai - Bodekidal (TNT)
Ravi D - Ghulghul (TNT)
Rooplal Gildrie - Ohnempre Piya (TNT)
D’
Hitman - Pretty Gyal (TNT)
Mr. Raymond - We Drinking (TNT)
Category 35- Favorite Soca Info Website
www.trini.us.com
www.welime.com
www.torontolime.com
www.trinijunglejuice.com
www.tropicalfete.com
Category 36- Best Soca DJ Mix CD (special)
De
Trini in Meh Mix 2K7 - Soca Twins (Germany
Jammin On De Frontline Soca Mix 2K7 - Dreddy Souljah Phonics (Toronto)
Pure
Tempo Mix 2007 - Dj Tony Tempo (Atlanta)
Soca Feelin’ 2007 - Dj Ree (Toronto)
Soca Gone Clear 2007 - LeXXXus Sound (TNT)
Socalicious
2k7 - Mr. Rooks (Toronto)
Soca sessions 2007 the perfect mix 2 - Dj bass (London)
Category 37 - Best Soca Instrumental
Etienne
Charles - Old School
Ma$tamind Project - Drunk or Sober (NY)
Category 38 - Favorite “Soca” Online Radio
www.soca919.com (TNT)
www.thefrontlineradio.com (London)
www.radiobajan.com (Barbados)
www.bigfm95.com
(NY)
www.wackradio901fm.com (TNT)
Category 39 - Best Soca Re-Mix Collaboration
(special)
Flames (Remix) - Jabae ft. Destra (Barbados & TNT)
Nah Going Home (Remix) - Biggie Irie
ft Maximus Dan (Barbados & TNT)
Woman by My Side - Peter Ram ft. Sherwin Winchester (Barbados & TNT)
Woman by
My Side - Peter Ram ft. Vybz Kartel (Barbados & Jamaica))
We Ready To Go - Edwin Yearwood ft. Shurwayne Winchester
(Barbados & TNT)
Carnival Story - KMC ft. Bennie Man (TNT & Jamaica)
The Soca Awards Organization Inc. (SAO) Ticket Prices for the 5th Annual International Soca Awards are $45.00, $50.00, $55.00
with VIP tickets also available. SAO made the ticket prices affordable so every one can come out and support there favorite
artist, at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts "Walt Whitman Theatre", on Brooklyn College Campus. Only 2,384 seats
are available in the theatre. It is expected to be filled with event-goers who will be jumping out of theirs seats in sheer
excitement and anticipation. SAO continues to produce this show with confidences that Calypso and Soca, and its associated
genres, will be universally acknowledged.
Last night June 13th, the second part of Arthur Joseph's appearance aired on NBC's hit show, 
banker with $1 million still on the board. Arthur agreed to take The Miami Heat Dream package which included: a signed Dwayne
Wade uniform, two Miami Heat season tickets, a Miami Heat championship ring, and a signed team poster. The Miami Heat organization
also offered to refurbish a basketball court in Arthur's home country of 
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