MELISSA ‘Vanilla’ Roberts is not stopping at nine Road March wins. This year, she has every intention of winning the title again – for the tenth time – thus making history as the only female in the Caribbean to hold such a prize.

Vanilla has undoubtedly made a name for herself with her Road March wins, believing that consistency is key in everything. She strongly holds that one should never give up even if it means having to change the way in which they ‘play the game.’

After bringing two ‘seconds’ and two ‘thirds’ when competing in the annual Soca Monarch competitions, Vanilla never managed to gain the top position, but she decided to play a different game, and dominate she did!

She’s on a mission this year, on February 23 to be precise, to take her winning number to 10. Reportedly, in the Caribbean, there are only three other persons – all males – with that many titles or more: Lord Kitchener with 11 wins, Superman Blue and Machel Montano with 10.

Vanilla who will sing her song titled “O Weh O” this year, is one title ahead of the Mighty Sparrow, who has eight wins.

Asked how confident she is of a 10th win this year, Vanilla told Buzz this week: “When entering a competition, you always have to be confident or else what’s the point in entering?”

Further asked how she feels about her winnings so far, she expressed: “I was happy; happy to create history, especially being a woman. Happy for my team and happy for the fans.”

She is especially thankful to all those bands that have supported her over the years. “My success would not have been possible without you,” she says.

Roberts shot to fame back in 2005 with her single, ‘Koc It Up’ and ‘54321’ which featured Ice under the Kotion Rhythm Medley video attached to Kross Kolor Records label.
When she’s not in the studio, the talented artiste is also very active in the filmmaking industry. Having always felt connected to television and the behind-the-scenes workings of music videos, Melissa studied Motion Picture Arts in Barbados at the University of the West Indies.