{"id":605,"date":"2014-11-18T22:13:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T03:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/?p=605"},"modified":"2016-07-11T11:46:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T15:46:01","slug":"machel-montano-socas-brightest-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/machel-montano-socas-brightest-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Machel Montano \u2013 Soca\u2019s Brightest Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there is one <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/soca\/\" class=\"broken_link\">soca<\/a> musician that you should be aware of, it should be <strong>Machel Montano<\/strong>. Machel is not a soca superstar, he is a megastar. If soca is to Trinidad and Tobago as reggae is to Jamaica, then Machel Montano is the Bob Marley of Soca. He has released over 35 albums over his illustrious career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Machel Montano\u2019s early success<\/h3>\r\n<p>By the age of 9, Machel already had a band, Pranasoic Express, which evolved into Xtatic and, more recently, Machel Montano HD (High Definition). His debut album \u201c<strong><em>Too Young To Soca<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, released in 1985, was an instant hit, which earned rave reviews and standing ovations at live performances. In April of 1986, Machel appeared on the popular television show, Star Search, bringing Soca music to American national television. By 1987, at the age of 12, he had won the <strong>Caribbean Song Festival<\/strong>, held in Barbados. Machel Montano\u2019s incredible rise to Mega-Stardom also featured a 1984 appearance at Madison Square Garden at the age of 9 as a support act for the Mighty Sparrow and other top calypsonians.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Machel Montano\u2019s Various Awards<\/h3>\r\n<p>Over his illustrious career, Machel has won countless awards and he has been recognised as the most influential soca performer of all-time. In 2005, he won awards for Male Soca Performer of the Year, Soca Song Writer of the Year, Overall Male Soca Performer of the Year, Soca Artist Album\/CD of the Year,\u00a0 Overall Soca Band of the Year and Soca Video of the Year at the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual International Soca Awards.\u00a0 He then went on to win the Bob Marley Awarded Entertainer of the Year, Best Calypso\/Soca Entertainer, the Most Outstanding Stage Personality at the International Reggae and World Music Awards, the BET Best Caribbean Artist of the Year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Machel Montano and the Carnival<\/h3>\r\n<p>Machel has won countless awards at <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/category\/trinidad-carnival\/\" class=\"broken_link\">the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival<\/a>. He emerged as the Power Soca Monarch Champion in 2001 and also captured the prize for best presentation. He has also won the Road March, which is awarded for the most popular song played during the Carnival (the song was Advantage). Then in 2012, he became a Triple Crown winner. At the <strong>International Soca Monarch<\/strong>, he won the <strong>Groovy Soca Title<\/strong> with the song \u201cMr Fete\u201d and the <strong>International Power Soca Monarch<\/strong> with \u201cPump Your Flag. On <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/carnival-monday-in-trinidad\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Carnival Monday<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/carnival-tuesday-in-trinidad\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Tuesday<\/a>, \u201cPump Your Fla was the most played song, earning him the Road March victory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-performance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-performance.jpg\" alt=\"machel-performance\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-performance.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-performance-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-performance-601x400.jpg 601w, https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-performance-55x36.jpg 55w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-concert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-concert.jpg\" alt=\"machel-concert\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-concert.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-concert-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-concert-601x400.jpg 601w, https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/wp-content\/uploads\/machel-concert-55x36.jpg 55w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over his illustrious career, Machel has won countless awards and he has been recognised as the most influential soca performer of all-time.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,49,50],"tags":[56,59],"class_list":["post-605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-featured","category-news-features","tag-music","tag-trinidad-and-tobago-celebrities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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