Nadia Batson
| Nadia Batson | |
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Nadia Batson Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Other names | SASS Queen |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | sassnation |
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| Associated acts | SASS Nation |
Nadia Batson (December 7) is a Trinidadian singer, songwriter, producer and model. She was a runner-up in the Power Category at the 2007 International Soca Monarch with her song My Land with Kees Dieffenthaller.
Raised in Barataria, Trinidad, Spending years as a major force behind the scenes as a songwriter, producer and one of Trinidad And Tobago’s most sought-after background vocalists, Nadia has now taken her rightful place as one of Trinidad and Tobago's and the Caribbean’s premiere songstresses. She also lends her talents to some other artistes behind the scenes, having written and co-produced the popular single Go Ahead And Do Dat for Soca diva Michelle Sylvester.
Nadia Batson was born on December 7th in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and raised in Barataria, a small commercial town on the East-West Corridor outside of Port of Spain City. Singing and writing since the age of eight, Batson started singing Quseedas, muslim ballads, while attending the St Joseph TML School. As a teen she became part of an all-girls group called Silhouette which won the popular Party Time show with an acapella version of En Vogue’s remake of the Beatle’s “Yesterday”. She also attended high school at St.George's College until her graduate year in 1993. Batson began singing professionally at the age of 17. Batson joined Andre Tanker’s One World Contraband where she stayed up until his death in 2003. She then became the lone female voice in Kes the Band where she lasted until 2011 when she left to form an all-female soca band called SASS in July 2011. She is of Afro-Trinbagonian descent and has ancestry in the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. Batson has stated in interviews that she is of the Christian faith.
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