| Album 34 | ||||
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| Released | March 9, 2010 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 2009, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Soca | |||
| Length | 55:21 | |||
| Label | VP Records | |||
| Producer | Machel Montano | |||
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Album 34 is an album released by popular Soca artist Machel Montano from Trinidad and Tobago in 2010. [2] [3] [4]
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Gamal Doyle, better known as Skinny Fabulous, is a Vincentian musician, singer and songwriter. He is a five-time Soca Monarch winner for his home country Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and created history in Trinidad and Tobago winning the 2019 Road March title with his hit "Famalay" which features Trinidadian soca artistes Ian "Bunji Garlin" Alvarez and Machel Montano.