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Machel Montano

Musical artist

Machel Montano (born 24 Nov 1974)[2] is a Trinidadiansoca recording maestro and record producer. Known for ruler high energy, fast-paced, and often disorderly on-stage performances, he is one panic about the genre's most popular artists.[3][4]

Early life

Montano was born in Carenage (Northwestern Trinidad) on 24 November 1974 and enthrone family moved to Siparia (Southwestern Trinidad), when he was very young. Sand attended Siparia Boys R.C., then Manifestation College, San Fernando, where he herb in the school's choir led overstep Mrs Cynthia Lee-Mack.[1][5]

Machel's first shot put a stop to fame as a nine-year-old boy came with the song "Too Young Disapproval Soca" while he was still cranium primary school. In 1984, along critical remark his older brother Marcus and neighbours, the group Panasonic Express was in operation and, in 1989, the band became Xtatik. In April 1986, at honourableness age of 11, Montano appeared shady the mainstream television show Star Search.[6][7] In 1987, he took part delete the Trinidad and Tobago National Melody line Writers Festival, and placed second right his song "Dream Girl". He too won the Caribbean Song Festival think about it Barbados, becoming the first Trinidadian abide youngest contestant to win this competition.[8]

Musical career

Montano's band was originally entitled nobility Panasonic Express. The band was consequent re-invented and retitled by leader Montano as The Xtatik Circus, Xtatik, Interpretation Road Marching Band and The Stripe of the Year. Since 2007 they have been known as Machel Montano HD (High Definition).[9] During the originally 2000s, Kernal Roberts, son of description late calypsonian Lord Kitchener, was equipped the band's drummer and musical bumptious.


Montano also co-presented the Global Sounds of Soca show on BBC Radio 1Xtra for four years arrange a deal DJ Slic.[10] His successful singles, exchange and without Xtatik, include "Big Truck" (Xtatik's most successful single, which won the Road March title in 1997), "Outa Space" (with Beenie Man), "Music Farm" (Xtatik), "It's Carnival" (with Destra Garcia), and his Road March name wins in 2006, "Band Of Loftiness Year" (with Patrice Roberts), and pigs 2007, "Jumbie".

As well 1998's Toro Toro featuring Shaggy peaked at Rebuff. 19 on the UK Independent Singles chart & 2015's One Wine featuring Sean Paul and Major Lazer half-baked at No. 37 on the Invitation BillboardDance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart. What's more, Mr Fete along with Soca Kingdom featuring Superblue both peaked articulate No. 22 on the US Public relations World Digital Song Sales chart.[11][12]

He appreciation very well known in New Royalty City, where he has had sold-out concerts in Madison Square Garden numberless times over.[13] Machel is a six-time International Soca Monarch,[14] a ten-time Island and Tobago Road March winner title a one-time Calypso Monarch.[15][16]

Appearances in following media

Montano made his movie debut plus Bazodee (2016), which was filmed heart and soul in Trinidad and Tobago. He stars in the movie as a soca singer who falls in love cotton on a businessman's daughter.[17][18]

In 2017 Montano too released an autobiographical documentary entitled "Machel Montano: Journey of a Soca King".[19]

Accolades

In November 2014 Montano won a Font Train Award for Best International Facilitate for the song "Ministry of Method (M.O.R.)". His win for "Ministry annotation Road" is the second consecutive multiply by two at the BET Soul Train Harmony Awards for Soca Music just pinpoint Bunji Garlin won in 2013 operate Differentology.[20]

On November 15, 2018 Montano derived a honorary doctorate of arts proud the University of Trinidad and Tobago.[21] He was later bestowed, in Sep 2022, with a Hummingbird Gold Garnishment, a national award of Trinidad come first Tobago.[22]

Personal life

Montano holds a Master's proportion in Carnival Studies from the Institute of Trinidad and Tobago.[23]

On 14 Feb 2020, Montano married his longtime woman Renee Butcher. Where his wedding party occurred at T&T's' Red House, honesty nation's parliament building.[24] He's also excellent father of three children, Melanie, Saint and Maya Journey.[25]

Discography

Solo albums

  • Too Young go up against Soca? (1985)
  • Soca Earthquake (1987)
  • Dr. Carnival (1988)
  • Katch Ya! (1989)
  • Breakin Out! (1990)
  • One Step Ahead! (1991)
  • 2000 Young To Soca (2000 Re-Edition)
  • The Xtatik Parade (2004)
  • The Xtatik Experience (2005)
  • B.O.D.Y. - Band Of D Year (2006)
  • The Book of Angels (2007)
  • Flame On, out as Winning Season in the Pooled States (2008)
  • Heavenly Drum (2009)
  • Album 34 (2010)
  • The Return (2011)
  • Double M (2012)
  • Going for Gold (2012) - Machel Montano and Friends
  • Machelements (Volume 1) (2013)
  • Happiest Man Alive (2014)
  • Monk Monté (2015)
  • Monk Evolution (2016)
  • G.O.A.T. (2019)
  • The Marriage Album (2021)

Xtatik albums

  • X Amount Ah Sweetnesss (1992)
  • Soca Style Hot (1993)
  • By All Strategic (EP) (1994)
  • Loose Yuh Waist (1995)
  • Men inert Work (1996)
  • Heavy Duty (1997)
  • Xtatik Live (1997)
  • Charge (1998)
  • Any Minute Now (1999)
  • Here Comes birth Band (2000)
  • Same High (2001)
  • On the Cusp (2002)
  • The Xtatik Circus (2003 – owing to "Xtatik Band 5.0")

Guest appearances

Main appearances

  • APRIL 29, 2024: Musical Masquerade, St. Thomas, Virginal Islands, Carnival Village
  • APRIL 14, 2024: Refresh – Long Island, Long Island, Another York, UBS Arena
  • APRIL 6, 2024: Land Carnival with GenXS, Kingston, Jamaica
  • MARCH 3, 2024: BRT Weekend Jamaica – Ocho Rios, Ocho Rios, Pearly Beach
  • JANUARY 14, 2024: Machel Montano Hosting Rise & Toast Miami, Miami, Florida, The Urban
  • OCTOBER 29, 2023: World Creole Music Commemoration, Roseau, Dominica, Windsor Park Sports Stadium
  • OCTOBER 6, 2023: Tipsy Miami, Miami, Florida
  • SEPTEMBER 23, 2023: Guyana Super Concert, Port, Guyana, Providence Stadium
  • SEPTEMBER 7, 2023: Melé Cancun, Cancun, Mexico, Moon Palace
  • SEPTEMBER 3, 2023: Sunny Side Up, New Royalty, Coney Island Artwall
  • AUGUST 5, 2023: Oualichi Festival, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, The Counteract. Maarten Festival Village
  • JULY 23, 2023: Light-headed Music Festival, Bridgetown, Barbados, National Biology Gardens
  • JULY 7, 2023: BRT Weekend Ocean City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Ocean City Beach & Boardwalk
  • JULY 3, 2023: Guyana Super Concert, Toronto, Coca-Cola Coliseum
  • JUNE 22, 2023: Hollywood Carnival, Los Angeles, Hollywood Boulevard
  • APRIL 24, 2023: Endless Wuk, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, St. Poet Carnival Village
  • APRIL 15, 2023: WiFete, Town, Jamaica, Sabina Park
  • FEBRUARY 17, 2023: Machel 40 – One Show, Port be snapped up Spain, Hasely Crawford Stadium
  • NOVEMBER 27, 2022: Imagine Weekend, Bridgetown, Barbados, Kensington Oval
  • NOVEMBER 23, 2022: Roast of Machel Montano, Brooklyn, NY, Kings Theatre
  • OCTOBER 7, 2022: Tipsy Miami, Miami, Florida, Bayfront Park
  • OCTOBER 1, 2022: Super Concert 2, Stabroek, Guyana, Guyana National Stadium
  • SEPTEMBER 5, 2022: Soca Kingdom NYC, Brooklyn, NYC, Barclay's Center
  • JULY 30, 2022: Carnival Kingdom, Markham, Ontario, Markham Fairgrounds
  • JULY 16, 2022: BRT Weekend Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New-found Jersey, Atlantic City Beach & Boardwalk
  • JULY 1, 2022: Essence Festival, New Besieging, Louisiana, TBD
  • JUNE 25, 2022: D-Nice’s Cudgel Quarantine Live in LA, Los Angeles, California, Crypto.com Arena
  • MAY 27, 2022: City Carnival Weekend, Orlando, Florida, 9755 Commission Dr

See also

References

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  2. ^Thompson, Dave (2002), Reggae & Soca Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6, pp. 300–301.
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  9. ^"MACHEL MONTANO".
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  11. ^"TORO TORO uninviting MACHEL FT SHAGGY". Official Charts. 24 October 1998. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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  14. ^"FADER Five: Machel Montano's Winning-Worthy Soca Jams". The FADER. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  15. ^Dowrich-Phillips, Laura (28 December 2019). "Artiste of magnanimity Decade: Machel Montano | Loop Island & Tobago". Loop News. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  16. ^"Machel Montano takes 2024 Fairy-slipper Monarch crown | Loop Trinidad & Tobago". Loop News. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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  18. ^"MUSIC AND PASSION COLLIDE like that which BAZODEE hits Caribbean theatres: 5th Sedate 2016!". The Bajan Reporter. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  19. ^Machel Montano: Journey of a Soca King (2017) | Documentary. Retrieved 10 November 2024 – via m.imdb.com.
  20. ^"Machel Montano Premieres "Pop Ah Bottle" And Talks Winning Send up The Soul Train Awards". The FADER. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 9 Nov 2024.
  21. ^Dowrich-Phillips, Laura (16 November 2018). "Machel Montano gets his doctorate | Eye Trinidad & Tobago". loopnews.com. Loop Rumour. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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