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Dancehall Queens
A Dancehall Queen is a female celebrity in the musical genre called dancehall. She is known for her charisma, latest dance moves, and sexy fashion sense. The tradition originated iJamaican dancehallparties in the ghettos, seeking the best local female dancer. Each Jamaican parish holds a local dancehall queen competition annually, the most popular being the Dancehall Queen competition in Montego Bay. Competition winners * Dancehall Queen Carlene - Jamaica's first National Dancehall Queen International Dancehall Queens * Dancehall Queen ? Dancehall Queen Keisha Campbell * Dancehall Queen 1999 - 2002 Dancehall Queen Stacey * Dancehall Queen 2002 - 2003 Dancehall Queen Junko KudÅ * Dancehall Queen 2003 - 2004 Dancehall Queen Mad Michelle * Dancehall Queen 2004 - 2005 Dancehall Queen Madd Lynn * Dancehall Queen 2005 - 2006 Dancehall Queen Shanique Taylor * Dancehall Queen 2006 - 2007 Dancehall Queen Shalara Gayle * Dancehall Queen 2007 - 2008 Dancehall Queen Mo Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots reggae, roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn.", Rough Guides, This music genre wasn't officially named until the 1980s, when the two words ''Dance'' and ''Hall'' (referring to the common venue) were joined to form ''Dancehall'', which was then promoted internationally for the first time. At that time digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably, with digital dancehall (or "ragga") becoming increasingly characterized by faster rhythms. Key elements of dancehall music include its extensive use of Jamaican Patois rather than Jamaican English, Jamaican standard English and a focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims"). Dancehall saw initial mainstream success in Jamaica in the 1980s; by the 1990s, it became i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
