Who do you think will win the first Grammy for Best Soca Recording?
Soca music has finally been given its own category in the Grammy Awards. This was announced on Friday at a gala thingytail reception for the International Soca Awards at the Trinidad and Tobago Consulate in New York.
By Wayne Bowman
Sonata Smith, a member of the Grammy Awards Voting Committee, said that beginning with the 2006 Grammy Awards, there will be an award for Best Soca Recording. She said the final arrangements came through too late for this to happen in 2005, but gave the assurance that everything has been put in place for voting to begin next year to select the songs that would be nominated for the first Grammy for soca music.