Calypso Monarch Competition

The Calypso Monarch Competition is an annual calypso competition held as part of the annual carnival celebrations.

Winners

Year	Winner	Real Name	Winning Song(s)	Title #
1957	Styler	Samuel Ryan	Little Harry, Don't Back Back On Me	1
1958	Obstinate	Paul Richards	Dance, Dance, Dance, Obsti Will Sing Again	1
1959	Peculiar	Fitzroy Richards	Chemis, Shimmy	1
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
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
1968	Creole	Manroy Hunte	Martin Luther King, Proud Antiguans	2
1969	Short Shirt	McLean Emmanuel	Heart Transplant, Carnival on the Moon	4
1970	Short Shirt	McLean Emmanuel	Black Like Me, Technical School	5
1971	Calypso Joe	Joseph Hunte	Educate the Youths, Recorded in History	1
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
1975	Short Shirt	McLean Emmanuel	Awake, Cry for A Change	8
1976	Short Shirt	McLean Emmanuel	Inspite of All, Tourist Leggo	9
1977	Swallow	Rupert Philo	Dawn of a New Day, Jam Dem Back	2
1978	Swallow	Rupert Philo	One Love, One Hope, One Destiny, Whining	3
1979	Short Shirt	McLean Emmanuel	Not by Might, Kangaroo Jam	10
1980	Short Shirt	McLean Emmanuel	Help, Summer Festival	11
1981	Obstinate	Paul Richards	Independence, Fat Man Dance	2
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
1985	Swallow	Rupert Philo	All is Not Lost, Tung Mash Dong	4
1986	Short Shirt	McLean Emmanuel	World in Distress, Jennifer	12
1987	Short Shirt	McLean Emmanuel	Hari Kari, J'ouvert Rhythm	13
1988	Short Shirt	McLean Emmanuel	Aids, Fire	14
1989	Fiah	Julian Lawrence	One Family Affair, Faithful Nationals	1
1990	Zero	Lynwall Joseph	Kneel in Prayer, Speculation	1
1991	Zacari	Trevor King	Jail Dem, Guilty of Being Black	1
1992	Short Shirt	McLean Emmanuel	Share the Honey, Last J'ouvert	15
1993	Smarty Jr.	Ira Harvey	Never Again, Role of the Calypsonians	1
1994	Smarty Jr.	Ira Harvey	What Black Power Means, Cry for Change	2
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
2000	Onyan	Toriano Edwards	Criteria, Money	4
2001	Zacari	Trevor King	Fine Ants, Allergies	1
2002	Zero	Lynwall Joseph	Aids, I am Sorry	1
2003	Ivena	Lena Philip	Robin Hood, Agenda	1
2004	Ivena	Lena Philip	Reparation for Africa, After Lester	2
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
2007	De Bear	Keithroy Morson	I Say No, Support Party	1
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
2011	De Bear	Keithroy Morson	We Get The Change, Melee For Sale	3
2012	De Bear	Keithroy Morson	Take Your Place, Freedom For Mandela Again?	4
2013	Edimelo	Tyrone Thomas	Light of Hope, Ghetto Boys	2
2014	Thalia	Thalia King	Never Say Never, Heart and Soul	1
2015	De Bear	Keithroy Morson	Sing a Different Song, Can't Stop De Bear	5
2016	Thalia	Thalia King	My Guarantee, This Tenor Pan is Mine	2
2017	Zacari	Trevor King	Descendants of Uncle Tom, Carnival Anniversary 60	4
2018	Thalia	Thalia King	Ah Cry For Calypso, Steel Pan War	3
2019	De Bear	Keithroy Morson	A Ray of Hope, Let De Master Show You	6
2020	No Carnival	-	-	-
2021	No Carnival	-	-	-
2022 - Social Commentary	Zacari	Trevor King	Of A Darker Hue	5
2022 - Bacchanal	Tian	Tian Winter	In De Dance	1