Claudette Peters

Claudette 'CP' Peters, OH (born August 9, 1979) is an Antiguan soca and soul singer-songwriter. Peters is best known as Antigua's "Soca Diva" and the country's Queen of Soca. She was the lead vocalist for the Taxik Band. Claudette has won multiple Jumpy and Groovy Party Monarch crowns from Antigua Carnival's annual Party Monarch Competition.

Early life Peters started singing in Church at the age of nine. She also sang in her schools’ choir. She considers her years as a member of the Anglican Cathedral Youth Choir as her training ground and among her most rewarding experiences. Claudette started her career singing in hotels. After, debuting with "Ken Phoenix and Company" she moved on to be the lead female vocalist for several local bands including Dread & the Baldhead, High Intensity and Da Bhann.

Career Peters first made her mark on the regional and international Soca scene with her hit single "Something's Got A Hold On Me" with Da Bhann in 2002. After which she had a hit yearly for Antigua Carnival's soca competition. Peters eventually left 'Da Bhann' because she felt she could gain more recognition as a solo act. In 2005, Claudette became the first female artist to capture the Antigua Soca Monarch title with the song "All I Know" in which her vocals were compared against soca icon Destra Garcia by the public.

2010:Return to Soca Monarch-Present Claudette returned to the Soca Monarch competition in 2010 and stated "I didn’t realise I would miss it so much." The year of her return, she captured the groovy section of the show with the song "Still Jamming"

Claudette performed at Tempo's 10th annual celebration of its existence in Antigua, alongside Christopher Martin, Konshens, Asher Otto, Tian Winter, Ziggy Ranking and Tarrus Riley on January 31, 2015. Claudette Peters became the second female Soca singer to release two (2) Soca songs in two separate years when she released Go Claudette Go and Showtime in 2007; and Carnival Day and Bring It On 2008. The first female being Alison Hinds, who released old time ting and tremble in 1994; and bam bam and DJ ride in 1995

Soca Monarch Titles Groovy Monarch Jumpy Monarch 2007 – Go Claudette 2005 – All I Know 2008 – Carnival Day 2006 – Make Waves 2010 – Still Jamming 2007 – Showtime 2011 – Werk It 2008 – Bring It On 2015 – Nasty 2022 – Stressless 2023 – Nat U

Discography Singles Title Year Peak chart positions US CAN "Something Got to Hold on Me" 2002 — — "All I Know" 2005 — — "Make Wave" 2006 — — "Showtime" 2007 — — "Go Claudette, Go" 2007 — — "Bring It On" 2008 — — "Still Jamming" 2010 — — "Work It" 2011 — — "No Tomorrow" 2012 — — "Belong to A Flag"2013 — — "Nasty"2015 — — "Out Deh"2017 — — "Arm’s Length"2018 — — "Please Me"2021 — — "Need It"2022 — — "Stressless"2022 — — "Nat U"2023 — — "Love Meh Up"2023 — — "Go So"2023 — — "Praise You"2024 — — "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

Influences Claudette's musical inspirations are drawn from Lauryn Hill, Alison Hinds, Machel Montano among others.