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Seen
by many as one of Barbados’ best male vocalists and performers,
Ronnie Morris has quickly risen up the entertainment ladder since
becoming the youngest ever finalist in the Richard Stoute Teen
Talent Contest at age 12. His trailblazing track record of
victories in talent competitions both locally and internationally
has secured his standing and earned him respect in his homeland.
These victories include winning the St. Michael Song Contest, and
a massive haul of seven National Independence Festival Of The
Creative Arts Awards. He has also made it to the finals of the
Party Monarch, Barbados Song Contest, Over 21 and Junior Calypso
Monarch (where he placed third in 1997) contests.
In
2003 he claimed his biggest success in competition, as he made
history by placing fifth out of fifty contestants from across the
globe at the Mr. World contest, held in London, and seen by a
television audience of over 800 million worldwide.
There, of course, he also got the opportunity to open the
show with a rousing performance of Elton John’s Don’t Let The
Sun Go Down On Me, after being announced as the winner of the
award for Outstanding Talent.
That
single achievement was a crowning glory in his career as a model,
where he is unrivalled as the most successful male model in
Barbados’ history, having previously won the Spirit Of The
Nation Gala, the Roots Experience Contest and the Mr. Barbados-
World contest.
His
talent has taken him to perform in Trinidad, Aruba (International
Male Model Contest), New York, London, Montserrat, St. Lucia and
Guadeloupe, where he was a featured act at the Festival Of Song
and Dance.
His
record sales (including solo projects and several compilations)
have exceeded 25, 000 units sold to date, and he has landed four
hits on the HOTT Top 20 Chart, Barbados’ most competitive annual
airplay chart. His debut single Solitude spent several weeks on
the Dance World Reggae Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 6,
and was the #1 local reggae single for four weeks.
Ronnie
has also been featured on E! Entertainment Television, BBC, NBC
and CNN and has high hopes of someday winning a Grammy Award and
recording a duet with vocal legend Whitney Houston.
This
year will bring the release of his first full-length Pop / Dance
album, entitled The Experience, and you, like so many others, will
see why this young man is definitely one to watch for the future.
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