The Road March title is awarded during Trinidad and Tobago Carnival to the song most played along the official parade route during Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
Below is the complete list of Road March champions from 1932 to 2026.
Modern Era Road March Champions
Year
Artist
Song
2026
Machel Montano
Encore
2025
Machel Montano
Pardy
2024
Mical Teja
DNA
2023
Bunji Garlin
Hard Fete
2022
Carnival Cancelled
COVID-19 Pandemic
2021
Carnival Cancelled
COVID-19 Pandemic
2020
Kes & Iwer George
Stage Gone Bad
2019
Machel Montano, Bunji Garlin & Skinny Fabulous
Famalay
2018
Machel Montano & Superblue
Soca Kingdom
2017
Ultimate Rejects
Full Extreme
2016
Machel Montano
Waiting on the Stage
2015
Machel Montano
Like Ah Boss
2014
Machel Montano
MOR (Ministry of Road)
2013
Superblue
Fantastic Friday
2012
Machel Montano
Pump Yuh Flag
2011
Machel Montano
Advantage
2010
JW & Blaze
Palance
2009
Fay-Ann Lyons
Meet Super Blue
2008
Fay-Ann Lyons
Get On
2007
Machel Montano
Jumbie
2006
Machel Montano & Patrice Roberts
Band of De Year (B.O.D.Y.)
2005
Shurwayne Winchester
Dead or Alive
2004
Shurwayne Winchester
Look De Band Comin’
2003
Fay-Ann Lyons
Display
2002
Naya George
Trinidad
2001
Shadow
Stranger
2000
Tie: Superblue / Iwer George
Pump Up / Carnival Come Back Again
The 1990s
Year
Artist
Song
1999
Sanelle Dempster
River
1998
Wayne Rodriguez
Footsteps
1997
Machel Montano
Big Truck
1996
Nigel Lewis
Movin’
1995
Superblue
Signal to Lara
1994
Preacher
Jump and Wave
1993
Superblue
Bacchanal Time
1992
Superblue
Jab Jab
1991
Superblue (Blue Boy)
Get Something and Wave
1990
Tambu
No, We Ain’t Going Home
The 1980s
Year
Artist
Song
1989
Tambu
Free Up
1988
Tambu
This Party Is It
1987
Duke
Thunder
1986
David Rudder
Bahia Girl
1985
Crazy
Soucouyant
1984
Mighty Sparrow
Doh Back Back
1983
Blue Boy (Superblue)
Rebecca
1982
Penguin
Deputy
1981
Blue Boy
Ethel
1980
Blue Boy
Soca Baptist
The 1970s
Year
Artist
Song
1979
Poser
Ah Tell She
1978
Calypso Rose
Soca Jam
1977
Calypso Rose
Tempo
1976
Lord Kitchener
Flag Woman
1975
Lord Kitchener
Tribute to Winston Spree
1974
Shadow
Bass Man
1973
Lord Kitchener
Rainorama
1972
Mighty Sparrow
Drunk and Disorderly
1971
Lord Kitchener
Madison Square Garden
1970
Lord Kitchener
Margie
The Early Carnival Era (1932–1969)
Year
Artist
Song
1969
Mighty Sparrow
Sa Sa Yea
1968
Lord Kitchener
Miss Tourist
1967
Lord Kitchener
Sixty-Seven
1966
Mighty Sparrow
Obeah Wedding
1965
Lord Kitchener
My Pussin’
1964
Lord Kitchener
This Is Mas
1963
Lord Kitchener
The Road
1962
Blakie
Maria
1961
Mighty Sparrow
Royal Jail
1960
Mighty Sparrow
Mae Mae
1959
Caruso
Run the Gunslingers
1958
Mighty Sparrow
Pay As You Earn
1957
Lord Christo
Chicken Chest
1956
Mighty Sparrow
Jean and Dinah
1955
Obernkirchen Children’s Choir
The Happy Wanderer
1954
Blakie
Steel Band Clash
1953
Vivian Comma
Madeline Oye
1952
Spitfire
Post Another Letter for Thelma
1951
Terror
Tiny Davis
1950
Killer
In a Calabash
1949
Wonder
Ramgoat Baptism
1948
King Radio
Who Dead? Canaan
1947
Pharaoh
King Pharaoh
1946
No Competition
No Carnival
1945
World War II
No Carnival
1944
World War II
No Carnival
1943
World War II
No Carnival
1942
World War II
No Carnival
1941
Lion
Whoopsin Whoopsin
1940
Beginner
Run Yuh Run
1939
King Radio
Mathilda
1938
Lion
No Norah Darling
1937
Lion
Netty Netty
1936
Lion
Advantage Could Never Done
1935
Lion
Dingolay Oy
1934
Railway Douglas
After Johnny Drink Me Rum
1933
King Radio
Wash Pan Wash
1932
King Radio
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Why the Road March Matters
Winning Road March means your song dominated the streets during Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. It represents the anthem that thousands of masqueraders danced to during Carnival celebrations.
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