The first woman to win the Road March and Calypso Monarch titles, Linda McArtha Monica Sandy-Lewis, better known as Calypso Rose, performed her smash hit, “Leave Me Alone”, yesterday at the prestigious Victoires de la Musique awards in Paris, France, mere minutes before receiving the award for Album of the Year in the World Music category.The award is considered the French equivalent of a Grammy award.

Rose’s album, Far from Home, competed against rock group Acid Arab  with their album “Music of France” and Rokia Traore with her album “Born So.” Far From home, the platinum-selling album was released on the Because Music label on June 3, 2016.

The 76-year-old artiste began singing at the age of 15.

Accepting her award, the musician thanked the government of T&T and all her fans.

“Praise be to God Almighty for this wonderful and historic achievement!” she told the Express via telephone, just after receiving the award last night. “I am overjoyed to bring this back to Trinidad and Tobago!

“I want to thank my agent, Jean-Michel,” she said onstage after receiving the award. “I want to thank my Government of Trinidad and Tobago and all my fans…they have kept me going with the beautiful music and the vibrations I give them! I want to thank Stonetree Records from Belize and Ivan Duran. I want to thank you all… May God bless you…and you know something…I am the Queen of France right now!”

Plus, we have to add, her outfit ROCKED! Sheer elegance.