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Stacy is a
zouk Zouk is a musical movement and dance pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s. It was originally characterized by a fast tempo (120–145 bpm), a percussion-driven rhythm, and a loud horn section. Musicians from Mart ...
singer from
Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...
and
Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...
who sings in French and Creole.


Biography

She grew up in the grew up in the Volga-plage and Baie des Tourelles neighbourhoods in
Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. History Before it was ceded to France by Spain in 1635, the area of Fort-de-Fra ...
, Martinique. Her father is also a zouk singer.


Career

Her first single recorded with Dj Creeks MX, was a hit, charting at number 1 in the French West Indies and Guyana in 2014; its official video has been viewed over 10 million times on YouTube. She has made appearances on television including
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, in the programme and at the Olympia Hall. Stacy was nominated for Best New International Act at the
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in 2020. At the
Soul Train Music Awards The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual music awards ceremony which honors the best in African-American culture, music and entertainment. It is produced by the production company of '' Soul Train'', the program from which it takes its name, and ...
later that year, she performed in Creole as Soul Cypher, where guests show their talent by freestyling over an instrumental track. Stacy has recently moved from releasing singles to creating an album with her new label, Aztec Musique, the same label who signed Edith Lefel. As of March 2022, her track has had nearly four million views on YouTube. It inspired a number of lipsync videos; Stacy has said in an interview that she is pleased to see her work and language resonate and become better known in this way, defying an expectation that Creole language music cannot be exported from the Caribbean.


Album

2020 (Aztec Musique)


References

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