Caribbean Music Awards
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Calypsonians from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago swept the Fifth Caribbean Music Awards Sunday night (2 April), winning 9 of the 12 awards.
Super Blue, a calypso singer from Trinidad and Tobago, won the evening's "Record Of The Year" award and his "Flag Party" was chosen the region's top musical song. A parade of big movie and television stars, including Danny Glover, Ertha Kitt, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Oliver Samuels, Steve Harvey and Susan Sarandon, appeared in the 4-hour show in the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem.
The Caribbean Music Awards, the most popular of all the Caribbean competitions, recognises excellence in the performance of calypso, steelband, soca, zouk and Latin music.
"This year's show was one of the best we have arranged," said Claude Taitt, a coordinator of the Awards program and one of the founders. The winners were: Best Male Artist: Jamaica's Beres Hammond, who had a string of musical hits during 1994, including "Smile For Me." Best Female Artist:
Jamaica's Patra. Her "Work-a-Man" made the charts in the United States. Best Record Dancehall: Capelton's Tour. Capelton is a Jamaican. Best Record - Party Tune: "Dis Is How I Does Wine" by Crazy, of Trinidad and Tobago.
Best Musical Group: Jamaica's Byron Lee & The Dragonnaires. Their soca song, "Butterfly," was very popular in 1994.
Best Latin Record: "Repeatable" by Cecilia Cruz, a Cuban artist.
Best Indo-Caribbean Record: "Chutne Time," by Sharlene Boodram, a 14-year old high school student of Trinidad and Tobago.
Best Calypso, Social Commentary: "Poverty Is Hell," by Shadow, of Trinidad and Tobago.
Best Record, Compas: "Reconciliation" by Phantoms, of Haiti.
Best Record, Zouk: "Coupable," by Eric Virgil, of Martinique.
Best Record: "Complaint," a hit by Garner Silk who died several months ago in a fire in Jamaica.
