Helena B

The story so far.

Written and edited by Smokiller

Helena B is a London based singer with Trinidadian and Grenadian roots, according to her Soca News profile, which also notes that she was the UK's calypso monarch in 2005. In 2010 she placed third in the London Groovy Soca Monarch at Carnival Village in Powis Square. Her biggest year came in 2019, when she won the ACASA Groovy Soca Monarch at The Tabernacle with Soca In Between, nine points ahead of Batch, and days later took the UK Calypso Monarch title with A Mother's Tears. She has kept competing since, finishing eighth in the 2023 UK Groovy Soca Monarch with Fill Me Up. Recordings online include Soca In Meh Head from 2012 and a live set at the Abbey Road stage during the 2020 Notting Hill Carnival. Her daughter, Kiki B, has also held a UK junior calypso title.