Alison Amanda Hinds (born 1 June 1970) is a British-born Bajan soca singer based in Barbados.
[2][3] Both her parents were from the island of Barbados; her father was employed at the Ford's Dagenham plant.
[2][4] She competed in the Richard Stoute Teen Talent contest in 1985, finishing third place.
[4] After returning to music with a vocal contribution to a remix of Kevin Lyttle's "Turn Me On",[11] She returned to the soca scene with the hit song "Roll It Gal", which praises women's independence in lyrics about Women's empowerment.
[16] On Saturday October 21st 2023, she was awarded the Honorary Degree of the Doctor of Letters by the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill.