Last year we told you about the record breaking chart success that Calypso Rose was having in France. Well, on Friday night she got another honor when she won the prestigious "Victoire de la Musique" award for best World Music Album of the Year.
The 76-year old - who always calls Belize her second home - easily beat out her competition for her album Far From Home, which was recorded and mixed in Belize and produced by Ivan Duran of Stonetree Records.
Here's her moment of triumph before a television audience off two million:
After the award, Calypso Rose performed in what is being called the best performance of the evening. This is the first time a Caribbean artist has won the Victoire award, the French equivalent of the Grammies. Stonetree records says It is the most prestigious music award in France, voted by a panel of more than 1200 industry professionals, and awarded by the French Ministry of Culture.
This is in addition to receiving the WOMEX Artist Award in October. Plans are now underway for a concert in Belize in September. The album Far From Home is available at music stores throughout Belize.
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