1. Fay-Ann Lyons is 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 International Soca Monarch.
10 Facts About Fay-Ann Lyons
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Fay-Ann was born in Point Fortin, Trinidad to parents Austin Lyons and Lynette Steele, who is a sister to Winston "Gypsy" Peters, hence the gypsy part of her stage name.
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Fay-Ann Lyons is a three-time Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Road March champion and the 2009 International Soca Monarch and International Groovy Soca Monarch champion.
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Fay-Ann Lyons created history 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 to win the Power, Groovy and People's Choice awards on Fantastic Friday during the finals of the competition which is held annually in Trinidad.
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Fay-Ann Lyons is the first woman to accomplish that feat while pregnant.
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Fay-Ann Lyons and husband Bunji Garlin became parents in 2009 to a daughter born on February 28,2009, just a few weeks after Carnival.
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Fay-Ann Lyons has performed at musical events both locally and abroad.
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Fay-Ann Lyons 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 22 set by Alison Hinds in 2013.
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Fay-Ann Lyons is a former member of the band Invazion led by Naya George.
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Fay-Ann Lyons's compositions have earned several nominations and wins of Copyright Music Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago music awards including Female Songwriter of the Year and she has received honours from the Soca Awards Organization for her music.