Denise Belfon

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Denise Belfon
Background information
Birth name	Denise Ann Sinoda Belfon
Born	November 23, 1968
Origin	Trinidad and Tobago
Genre(s)	Soca, Gospel, R&B
Years active	1991 - present

Denise "Saucy Wow" Belfon (born November 23, 1978 in Trinidad and Tobago) is a Soca, R&B and Gospel singer, songwriter and dancer. She is commonly known by Caribbean locals as the "Soca/Dancehall Queen" due to her high energy, complex, exotic and highly controversial on-stage performances in addition to her powerful, husky, and high stamina and her sultry vocals. Her career, although very well established, exploded after the release of her 2003 smash single, "Saucy Baby", which is considered to be her signature song by many.

She’s now rated as One of the Caribbean’s Hottest Artistes. Known to her fans as Saucy Wow for her energetic, scintillating performances, she has also earned the titles of Soca Diva and Caribbean Soca Dancehall Queen. Indeed, the time has come to show the world what Denise ‘Saucy Wow’ Belfon is all about. As a young girl in school, she was a football player, and was even offered a scholarship to Howard University to join the all Girls football team. However, an injury at the time prevented her from taking up the opportunity. Denise’s other love from an early age was the arts. She has been singing since the age of 9, and has also been a dancer and a model. When she was not in the spotlight, Denise taught gymnastics at the Belmont Junior Secondary school and at the YMCA.

In 1990, Denise was discovered by the bandleader of Roy Cape. She started singing professionally with the band Black Sheep, before moving on to Sound Revolution. Her first solo recording was the soca hit “Ka Ka Lay Lay”. Since then, Denise has gone on to become the most forceful female solo act in the Caribbean, having recorded a string of hit singles: Hard Wuk”, “De Jammette”, “Saucy Baby”, and “Indian Man”, that continue to draw frenzy from audiences and partygoers across the Caribbean and in the diaspora.

[edit] External Links

Denise Belfon Profile at TriniJungleJuice.com

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