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A Calypso Monarch is someone who has won the [[Calypso Monarch Competition]]. The current reigning monarch is [[Queen Thalia]].
The Calypso Monarch contest an annual calypso competition held as part of the annual carnival celebrations.
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==Winners==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year !! Winner !! Real Name !! Winning Song(s) !! Title #
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| 1957 || [[Styler]] || [[Samuel Ryan]] || [[Little Harry]], [[Don't Back Back On Me]] || 1
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| 1958 || [[Obstinate]] || [[Paul Richards]] || [[Dance, Dance, Dance]], [[Obsti Will Sing Again]] || 1
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| 1959 || [[Peculiar]] || [[Fitzroy Richards]] || [[Chemis]], [[Shimmy]] || 1
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| 1960 || [[Canary]] || [[Eugene Henry]] || [[Slapping Hands]], [[Gem of the Caribbean]] || 1
|-
| 1961 || [[Zemakai]] || [[George Edwards]] || [[Tribute to Radio Antigua]], [[Fidel Castro]] || 1
|-
| 1962 || [[Canary]] || [[Eugene Henry]] || [[Island People Names]], [[Immigration Bill]] || 2
|-
| 1963 || [[Tennyson]] || [[Kenneth George]] || [[Racial Tension]], [[Gagarin]] || 1
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| 1964 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[No Place Like Home]],[[Heritage]] || 1
|-
| 1965 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Blessed (The Child That Has Its Own)]], [[Beatles MBE]] || 2
|-
| 1966 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Paradox of Life]], [[They Scorning Me]] || 3
|-
| 1967 || [[Creole]] || [[Manroy Hunte]] || [[Independence Carnival]], [[Neighbour, Neighbour]] || 1
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| 1968 || [[Creole]] || [[Manroy Hunte]] || [[Martin Luther King]], [[Proud Antiguans]] || 2
|-
| 1969 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Heart Transplant]], [[Carnival on the Moon]] || 4
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| 1970 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Black Like Me]], [[Technical School]] || 5
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| 1971 || [[Calypso Joe]] || [[Joseph Hunte]] || [[Educate the Youths]], [[Recorded in History]] || 1
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| 1972 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Star Black]], [[Pull Together]] || 6
|-
| 1973 || [[Swallow]] || [[Rupert Philo]] || [[March for Freedom]], [[Push Ya Push Dey]] || 1
|-
| 1974 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[This Land]], [[Lucinda]] || 7
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| 1975 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Awake]], [[Cry for A Change]] || 8
|-
| 1976 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Inspite of All]], [[Tourist Leggo]] || 9
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| 1977 || [[Swallow]] || [[Rupert Philo]] || [[Dawn of a New Day]], [[Jam Dem Back]] || 2
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| 1978 || [[Swallow]] || [[Rupert Philo]] || [[One Love, One Hope, One Destiny]], [[Whining]] || 3
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| 1979 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Not by Might]], [[Kangaroo Jam]] || 10
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| 1980 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Help]], [[Summer Festival]] || 11
|-
| 1981 || [[Obstinate]] || [[Paul Richards]] || [[Independence]], [[Fat Man Dance]] || 2
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| 1982 || [[Obstinate]] || [[Paul Richards]] || [[Coming to Talk to You]], [[Elephant Walk]] || 3
|-
| 1983 || [[Obstinate]] || [[Paul Richards]] || [[Antigua's True Heroes]], [[Children Melee]] || 4
|-
| 1984 || [[Progress]] || [[Glenmore Shepherd]] || [[Madness]], [[You Getting It]] || 1
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| 1985 || [[Swallow]] || [[Rupert Philo]] || [[All is Not Lost]], [[Tung Mash Dong]] || 4
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| 1986 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[World in Distress]], [[Jennifer]] || 12
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| 1987 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Hari Kari]], [[J'ouvert Rhythm]] || 13
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| 1988 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Aids]], [[Fire]] || 14
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| 1989 || [[Fiah]] || [[Julian Lawrence]] || [[One Family Affair]], [[Faithful Nationals]] || 1
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| 1990 || [[Zero]] || [[Lynwall Joseph]] || [[Kneel in Prayer]], [[Speculation]] || 1
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| 1991 || [[Zacari]] || [[Trevor King]] || [[Jail Dem]], [[Guilty of Being Black]] || 1
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| 1992 || [[Short Shirt]] || [[McLean Emmanuel]] || [[Share the Hone]], [[Last J'ouvert]] || 15
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| 1993 || [[Smarty Jr.]] || [[Ira Harvey]] || [[Never Again]], [[Role of the Calypsonians]] || 1
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| 1994 || [[Smarty Jr.]] || [[Ira Harvey]] || [[What Black Power Means]], [[Cry for Change]] || 2
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| 1995 || [[Smarty Jr.]] || [[Ira Harvey]] || [[Draw the Line]], [[Follow the Leader]] || 3
|-
| 1996 || [[Bankers]] || [[Davidson Benjamin]] || [[Me De Ras]], [[Fire Go Bun Dem]] || 1
|-
| 1997 || [[Onyan]] || [[Toriano Edwards]] || [[Crazy Man]], [[Wile Out]] || 1
|-
| 1998 || [[Onyan]] || [[Toriano Edwards]] || [[Stand Up For Antigua]], Ghetto Life]] || 2
|-
| 1999 || [[Onyan]] || [[Toriano Edwards]] || [[Family]], [[Swim]] || 3
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| 2000 || [[Onyan]] || [[Toriano Edwards]] || [[Criteria]], [[Money]] || 4
|-
| 2001 || [[Zacari]] || [[Trevor King]] || [[Fine Ants]], [[Allergies]] || 1
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| 2002 || [[Zero]] || [[Lynwall Joseph]] || [[Aids]], [[I am Sorry]] || 1
|-
| 2003 || [[Ivena]] || [[Lena Philip]] || [[Robin Hood]], [[Agenda]] || 1
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| 2004 || [[Ivena]] || [[Lena Philip]] || [[Respiration for Africa]], [[After Lester]] || 2
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| 2005 || [[Ivena]] || [[Lena Philip]] || [[Don't Pressure Me]], [[What Did Castro Tell You Mr. Spencer]] || 3
|-
| 2006 || [[Edimelo]] || [[Tyrone Thomas]] || [[Dat Was Yesterday]], [[A Rose Is A Rose]] || 1
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| 2007 || [[De Bear]] || [[Keithroy Morson]] || [[I Say No]], [[Support Party]] || 1
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| 2008 || [[De Pan Man]] || [[Carl Richards]] || [[De World Today]] [[Not Me and De Politicks]] || 1
|-
| 2009 || [[Zacari]] || [[Trevor King]] || [[It was for you Barack]], [[Just a dream]] || 3
|-
| 2010 || [[De Bear]] || [[Keithroy Morson]] || [[Leopard come home]], [[Don't Sing Bout De Judgment]] || 2
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| 2011 || [[De Bear]] || [[Keithroy Morson]] || [[We Get The Change]], [[Melee For Sale]] || 3
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| 2012 || [[De Bear]] || [[Keithroy Morson]] || [[Take Your Place]], [[Freedom For Mandela Again?]] || 4
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| 2013 || [[Edimelo]] || [[Tyrone Thomas]] || [[Light of Hope]], [[Ghetto Boys]] || 2
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| 2014 || [[Thalia]] || [[Thalia King]] || [[Never Say Never]], [[Heart and Soul]] || 1
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| 2015 || [[De Bear]] || [[Keithroy Morson]] || [[Sing a Different Song]], [[Can't Stop De Bear]] || 5
|}

Latest revision as of 00:23, 23 October 2016

A Calypso Monarch is someone who has won the Calypso Monarch Competition. The current reigning monarch is Queen Thalia.

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