Jalena, a soca artist hailing from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. The talented singer’s musical career started in 2004, when she was asked to join her neighbour’s band. Things went from strength to strength, and in 2005, she recorded her first song with the late Sheldon ‘Shell Shock’ Benjamin from Trinidad. “I wanted to be a singer for so many years, but never actually saw myself singing soca - even though soca has always been my first love,” she said.

The singer/songwriter’s recent groovy soca track, Wuk Meh, which was produced by Soc@Child, received a positive feedback from the UK soca community. Having just finished recording a pop/dance/R&B/rock album, Jalena is currently working on her very first soca CD, which she hopes to release later this year. “I chose to do two albums because I love and listen to all kinds of music, not just soca. I figured, since I listen to everything then why not do it all!”