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Terra D Governor
Chantimelle songwriter with two Grenada Soca Monarch titles.
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The story so far.
Shem "Terra D Governor" Bernard is a soca artist and songwriter from Chantimelle, St Patrick. NOW Grenada reports that he crossed over into soca in 2004 and was first crowned Grenada's Soca Monarch in 2011 with "Last Days". He won the Power Soca crown again in 2022 with "Ultra Instinct", scoring 262 points in an all-white, army general styled performance. Defending in 2024 with "Tremor (Reign)", he finished fourth as Dash took the title. On the groovy side he placed third in 2019 with "Gratitude". In 2025 he reached both finals, coming fourth in Power Soca with "Jab Supremacy" and fourth in Groovy with "Wake Up Children of the Chain". His collaboration with V'ghn, "Jab Decisions", was nominated in three categories at the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards, including Jab Song of the Year. His official channel carries "Bag ah Sugar", "Praying Man" and the visualizer for "Jab Supremacy".
Sources & further reading
- NOW Grenada: Terra D Governor takes Soca Monarch crown (2022) (opens in a new tab)
- NOW Grenada: Dash energised to defend Soca Monarch title in 2025 (2024 results) (opens in a new tab)
- NOW Grenada: Reigning Groovy King Dash shares title with V'ghn (2019) (opens in a new tab)
- NOW Grenada: Spicemas 2025 competition results (opens in a new tab)
- NOW Grenada: Grenada Soca heads to Caribbean Music Awards in Trinidad (2026) (opens in a new tab)
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