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Best New Female Soca Artist: Claudette Peters - All I Know
Best New Male Soca Artist: Lorenzo - Nice & Easy
USA Female Soca Artist of the Year (Special): Natasha Wilson - Treat My Body Right
USA Male Soca Artist of the Year (Special): Ragga - Miss Lady
Best Soca Instrumental: Mike Forbes & Shawn Marcellin - Crazy
Favorite Groove Soca: Female Roll - Alison Hinds
Female Soca Vocalist of the Year: Rita Jones - Crazy
Male Soca Vocalist of the Year: Kevin Lyttle - Home For Carnival
International Soca DJ of the Year: Dr. Jay
Favorite Soca Info Website: www.torontolime.com
Soca Duo or Group of the Year: Surge - In Your Timing Girl
Ragga Soca Song of the Year: Mr. Vegas - Genie Wine
Soca Producer of the Year: Junior ‘IBO’ Joseph
Overall Soca Band of the Year: Burnin Flames - De Harder Deah Come
Best Soca Compilation Album/CD of the Year: Best of the Best 2006
Best Soca Compilation Rhythm: Madness Riddim
Over All Ragga Soca Artist of the Year Bunji Garlin - Turn Me On
Soca Record Label of the Year: JW Records
Best Soca DJ Mix CD: DJ Spice - 2006 Soca Mix
Soca Humor of the Year: He Lie - Blackie
Overall Soca Chutney Band of the Year: JMC 3 Veni
Rapso Song of the Year: Rise - 3 Canal
Overall Soca Chutney Artist of the Year: Rikki Jai – Friday Evening (Matikoor Time)
Gospelypso of the Year: God Army - Maximus Dan
Best Soca Soccer Song (Special): Fighter - Maximus Dan
Soca Chutney Song of the Year: Don’t Stop – Shurwayne Winchester
Favorite Groove Soca: Male Don’t Stop – Shurwayne Winchester
Overall Male Soca Artist of the Year: Shurwayne Winchester - Don’t Stop
Soca Remake of the Year Tempo:Calypso Rose featuring Shurwayne Winchester
Best Soca Music Video of the Year: Destra Garcia – Max It Up
Favorite Up-tempo Soca Female: Max It up – Destra Garcia
Female Soca Performer of the Year: Destra Garcia - Max It Up
Overall Female Soca Artist of the Year: Destra Garcia – Colors
Best Soca Chutney Collaboration: Destra Garcia & Dile Nadan - Aur Chale
Soca Artist Album/CD of the year: Machel Montano - Band of the Year (B.O.D.Y.)
Favorite Up-tempo Soca Male: Delirious – Machel Montano
Male Soca Performer of the Year: Machel Montano - Delirious
Soca Song of the Year Band of the Year:Patrice Roberts & Machel Montano
Best Raga Soca Collaboration: Benjai featuring Machel Montano - Amnesty (Rah, Rah, Rah)
Best Soca Collaboration Up-tempo: Patrice Roberts & Machel Montano - Band of the Year
Best Soca Collaboration Groove: Zan featuring Patrice Roberts - Always Be
Soca Song Writer of the Year: Kernel Roberts

Honorees:
SAO Life Time Achievement Award: Winston “Shadow” Bailey
SAO Hall Of Fame: Award Kelvin “Mighty Duke” Pope and Leroy “Black Stalin” Calliste
SAO Legend Award: Alston “Becket” Cyrus and Rupert “Swallow” Philo
SAO Trustees Award: Chris “Mc. Wassy” Bowen
SAO Technical Award: William Munro, George Singh, John Marcellin and Selman Lewis
SAO International Soca Achievement: Baha Men

[from tropicalfete.com]