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Road March winners

The song played most often as bands pass the judging points on Carnival Monday and Tuesday. Its singer wins the Road March title, one of the most prized honours in soca.

Winners by year

Newest first. Artist names link to their profiles where we have one. Entries marked “still being checked” are listed while we confirm them against official sources.

2020s

Road March winners, 2020s
YearWinnerDetailsSource
2026
  • Song: "Encore" (171 plays). A record 12th Road March title.
2025
  • Song: "Pardy" (267 plays). His 11th Road March, equalling Lord Kitchener's record at the time.
2024
  • Song: "DNA".
2023
  • Song: "Hard Fete".
2022No full Carnival because of COVID-19 restrictions. There was no Parade of the Bands, and the Panorama, Road March and Calypso Monarch competitions were not held.
2021Trinidad Carnival was not held in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
  • Song: "Stage Gone Bad".

2010s

Road March winners, 2010s
YearWinnerDetailsSource
2019
  • Song: "Famalay".
2018
  • Song: "Soca Kingdom".
2017
  • Ultimate Rejects featuring MX PrimeStill being checked
  • Song: "Full Extreme".
2016
  • Song: "Waiting On the Stage".
2015
  • Song: "Like Ah Boss".
2014
  • Song: "Ministry of Road (MOR)".
2013
  • SuperblueStill being checked
  • Song: "Fantastic Friday".
2012
  • Song: "Pump Yuh Flag".
2011
  • Song: "Advantage".
2010
  • JW and BlazeStill being checked
  • Song: "Palance".

Soca Monarch winners

Power and Groovy champions by year, as our results data records them. Where a year has no winner, the row says why. Years missing from the table altogether are ones we have not confirmed yet.

Power and Groovy Soca Monarch winners by year
YearWinnerDetailsSource
2026Carnival Monday and Tuesday were 16-17 February 2026. We have not yet confirmed whether a Soca Monarch final was staged in 2026, so no Soca Monarch result is listed.
2025Carnival Monday and Tuesday were 3-4 March 2025. We have not confirmed a Soca Monarch final for 2025, so none is listed.
2023The first full Carnival after the pandemic, held 20-21 February 2023. No International Soca Monarch result is listed: the competition is understood not to have been staged in 2023, which we are still confirming against press reports.
2022No full Carnival because of COVID-19 restrictions. There was no Parade of the Bands, and the Panorama, Road March and Calypso Monarch competitions were not held.
2021Trinidad Carnival was not held in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
  • PowerIwer GeorgeStill being checked
  • GroovyCollege Boy JesseStill being checked
  • Song: "Stage Gone Bad" (featuring Kes).
  • Song: "Happy Song".
2019
  • PowerMr KillaStill being checked
  • GroovySwappiStill being checked
  • Song: "Run Wid It". Separate Power and Groovy categories returned this year.
  • Song: "Party Start".
2018
  • Won the International Soca Monarch on Fantastic Friday at the Queen's Park Savannah.
2017
  • Song: "Far From Finished". Single combined Soca Monarch category this year.
2016
  • Song: "Cheers To Life". First year of a single combined Soca Monarch category.
2015
  • PowerMachel MontanoStill being checked
  • GroovyOlatunjiStill being checked
  • Song: "Like Ah Boss".
  • Song: "Ola".
2014
  • Song: "Ministry of Road (MOR)". Destra Garcia, Mr Killa and Iwer George tied for second.
  • Song: "Too Real". Machel Montano placed second.
2013
  • The two tied for the Power title.
  • Not recorded
2012
  • Song: "Pump Yuh Flag".
  • Song: "Mr Fete".
2011
  • Song: "Advantage".
  • Song: "Wotless".
2010
  • PowerJW and Blaze
  • GroovyShurwayne WinchesterStill being checked
  • Won the Soca Monarch first prize of TT$600,000.
  • Song: "Murdah".