Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez (born November 5, 1980) is a

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soca recording artist and songwriter. She is also known by the stage names Lyon Empress, Mane the Matriarch, and the Silver Surfer, a nickname which she claimed during her performance at the 2008

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. Personally she's married to

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Early life and career

Fay-Ann was born in

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to parents Austin Lyons (sobriquet Superblue/SuperBlue, formerly known as Blueboy) and Lynette Steele (sobriquet Lady Gypsy), who is also a sister to Winston "Gypsy" Peters, hence the gypsy part of her stage name. Fay-Ann Lyons is a three-time Trinidad and Tobago

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champion (2003, 2008, 2009) and the 2009

and International Groovy Soca Monarch champion. She created history (again) when she won the International Soca Monarch for the first time in 2009, as the first female to win the Power category, and the first individual (male or female) to win the Power, Groovy and People's Choice awards on Fantastic Friday (aka Carnival Friday) during the finals of the competition which is held annually in Trinidad. She also went on to win the Carnival Road March that year, becoming the first soca artist to win that soca 'triplet' of titles. She is the first (and only) woman to accomplish that feat while pregnant. Fay-Ann is the youngest solo artist (male or female), still actively recording, with multiple wins of the

crown. ( Machel Montano is the youngest male with multiple wins, now that he has four solo wins and a joint win with Patrice Roberts). Fay-Ann remains the only female artist who has won the Carnival Road March three times, and is the third to attain back-to-back wins in two consecutive years joining fellow Trinidadian Macartha

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of Barbados. Fay-Ann and husband

also became parents in 2009 to a daughter born on February 28, 2009, just a few weeks after Carnival. Fay-Ann has performed at musical events both locally and abroad. Her on-tour performance events and locations include: Washington DC (2009) & (2017) BET's

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(2014),

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(2015), Glastonbury Festival (2015), London's Coronet (2015), Berlin Carnival-Germany and, BET X Live (2018). She is officially the new record holder for the most up-tempoes ever released by a female Soca musician with 28 up-tempo soca songs surpassing the previous record of 25 set by

. In 2003 she won

with "Display" and 5 years later she won it again in 2008 with " Get On " and because both of those songs were uptempo she became the second female soca artiste in the English Caribbean to win a Road March title with an uptempo soca song and the first to do so since

Won it in Barbados in 1996 with "Raggamuffiin".

Background

Now an official member of the Asylum band (previously known as "Censation"), founded by husband, Bunji Garlin. Lyons is a former member of the band ''Invazion'' led by Naya George. Fay-Ann became a front-liner for the band Invazion and performed with them at many fete/concert events including the infamous 'Brass Festival' (now defunct) which was an annual event during the pre-Carnival season in Trinidad and Tobago featuring a musical 'battle' between the hottest soca bands.

As songwriter

Fay-Ann writes many of her own songs, having learnt from her father, Superblue, who has won the

title nine times (He is second only to Aldwyn Roberts, sobriquet Lord Kitchener), and is a seven-time winner of the Trinidad Soca Monarch competition, which is the predecessor of the current

. Fay-Ann's compositions have earned several nominations and wins of Copyright Music Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago (COTT) music awards including Female Songwriter of the Year and she has also received honours (listed in Awards section) from the Soca Awards Organization (SAO) for her music. Fay-Ann was profiled along with other top local and internationally renowned artists Machel Montano, Bunji Garlin (and Isaac Blackman in the documentary ''Soca Power in Trinidad and Tobago'', the Trinidad edition of the six part film series titled ''Musique Creole''. The documentary is available on DVD.

Discography

Albums

* 2015: ''Raze'' (EP,

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Singles

* 2004: ''Ain't See Nothing/Wine Yeah'' (Bacchanal 45 Records, with Micky Rich) * 2008: ''Helpless Child/Lonely Girl'' (Supersonic Sound, with

) * 2011: ''All Over'' (Slu Records, with The Baron) * 2012: ''Rum Please (Remix)'' (Energy Music, with Fya Empress)

Filmography

* 2006: International Soca & Groovy Soca Monarch '06 * 2007: Soca Gold 2007 * 2008: Soca Power In Trinidad & Tobago * 2008: Soca Gold 2008 * Nikki on de Promenade

Awards

* NEA: Afrosoca Artist (2017) * SAO: Soca Collaboration of the Year: ''Call Me'' (with Bunji Garlin) (2010) * SAO: Best Up-tempo Soca – Female: ''True Lies'' (2010) * NACC: Top 20 Award: ''Tribute To Super Blue'' (2009) * SAO: Hall Of Fame Award (2009) * SAO: Soca Song Writer of the Year: ''Heavy T'', ''Meet Super Blue'', ''Wine Faster'' (2009) * SAO: Overall Female Soca Artist of the Year (2009) * SAO: Female Soca Performer of the Year (2009) * SAO: Favorite Groove Soca – Female: ''Heavy T'' (2009) * SAO: Favorite Up-tempo Soca – Female: ''Meet Super Blue'' (2009) * COTT: Soca of the Year: ''Get On'' (2008) * SAO: Female Soca Performer of the Year: ''Get On'' (2008) * SAO: Overall Female Soca Artist of the Year: ''Get On'' (2008) * SAO: Favorite Up-tempo Soca – Female: ''Get On'' (2008) * SAO: Soca Song of the Year: ''Get On'' (2008) * COTT: New Songwriter of the Year: ''Display'' (2004) * COTT: Female Songwriter of the Year: ''Display'' (2004) * COTT: Song of the Year: ''Display'' (2004) ;List of abbreviations NEA: Nigerian Entertainment Award COTT: Copyright Organisation of

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NACC: National Action Cultural Committee (

) SAO: Soca Awards Organizatio
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Carnival crowns

* 2003:

* 2008: Carnival Road March * 2009: Carnival Road March * 2009:

* 2009: Groovy Soca Monarch * 2009: International Soca Monarch: People's Choice * 2010: International Soca Awards: Best Up-Tempo Soca - Female

References

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