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Sunday, September 24, 2023

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Brown Sugar

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United Kingdom
Brown Sugar was the UK's first female calypsonian to win the calypso monarch title in two consecutive years (2006 and 2007). Leading the new wave of female dominance in British calypso, she also won the Groovy Soca Competition in both 2008 and 2009, so this year will again be defending that crown.

Originally from Trinidad and now a mother of three based in Oxford, Brown Sugar began competing in 2001. After moving to the UK in 2003, she entered AJ's Calypso Tent in Reading, later discovering the London Calypso Tent at Yaa Asantewaa. "I enjoy music and also sing gospel, spreading the culture in parts of Oxford. I am generally a quiet person, but change personality with music in the background and a mic in my hand (still keeping it decent though). I hope to continue to strongly represent and promote calypso and soca music," says Browne.

Brown Sugar won the first Calypso Monarch competition in Reading and performed at Oxford Carnival in 2007. She says, "My future plans involve producing an album over here and working to ensure that calypso is more accessible to people in the UK, as well as working to see more calypso-inspired nights throughout the year."

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