9. Denise Belfon, “Wining Queen”
“I is the Wining Queen of the soca. They call me so since ah small….” Trust us when we say this diva lives up to her name. With her impressive dance moves and a long list of hits (she’s been a soca staple since the age of 22, after an ankle injury made her unable to accept a football scholarship to Howard University), “Saucy” has been waving the thick and sexy flag throughout the region for years. “Wining Queen” became one of the top tracks off the hard hitting Project5 Riddim produced by StarBlu Entertainment and Millbeatz, and one of the few female-sung tracks to make a major splash across the region this year.—Tishanna Williams
