Home / Bouyon artists / 1T1

1T1: the singer producer at the centre of current bouyon gwada

Published October 20, 2026

1T1, whose name is written with the digit 1 at the start and at the end, is a bouyon composer, producer and singer from Guadeloupe. His label, AB BOYZ Music, presents him as the new bouyon phenomenon, revealed to the wider public by “Wa wa waaw” with Theomaa. With “Moustik” in 2023, then “Bouwéy” on the “CHORD” EP in December 2024, 1T1 has become one of the central names of bouyon gwada, at once in front of the microphone, behind productions for artists like Lejuh, and in the middle of the collective records of his generation.

Who 1T1 is: a name in digits, a double role

The name is written 1T1, with the digit 1 in place of the first and last letters, and that spelling detail matters: it is under that exact form that he signs his releases, his platform pages and his official channel, @1t1beats. Behind that short name stands an artist with a double role. His biography published on Qobuz, written by Music Story, presents him as a French speaking singer from the French West Indies, specialising in bouyon, soca and dancehall, a prominent artist on the bouyon scene and a native of Guadeloupe. His label goes further on the job itself: AB BOYZ Music describes him as a Guadeloupe composer and producer. A singer on one side, a maker of records on the other: the whole path of 1T1 sits inside that combination.

The story of his arrival, as his label published it in May 2024, begins with a duet record. According to AB BOYZ Music, 1T1 made his name with “Wa wa waaw”, in collaboration with Theomaa, thereby revealing the bouyon style to the wider public. The wording is that of a label presenting its artist, and this profile reports it with that attribution. But the verifiable fact behind the wording is solid: “Wa wa Waaaw” ranks among 1T1’s most searched tracks on Shazam, alongside “Bouwéy”, and the duet with Theomaa has become the recurring signature of the artist, from his first records to his EP. Theomaa is not a passing guest in the 1T1 catalogue: he is his most constant creative partner.

Institutional recognition followed. In December 2025, in the interview published by CCN, Caraib Creole News, developer Maïté Berchel-Bordin named 1T1 in second place, just after Lejuh, among the most emblematic bouyon artists of the moment in Guadeloupe, with Theomaa, Piscine OSP, Aknose and Shanika. Air Caraïbes, in its page on the music of Guadeloupe, also counts him among the artists who popularised bouyon in the archipelago, alongside Shanika, Théodora, KJF and Natoxie. Two sources of different kinds, a Caribbean news outlet and an airline documenting the culture of the island, therefore converge: 1T1 is one of the names carrying current bouyon gwada.

That name also needs placing in the long history this site tells. Bouyon was born in Dominica at the end of the 1980s with WCK, then it was regionalised in Guadeloupe, where artists worked it in Guadeloupean Creole with electronic beats: that is bouyon gwada. 1T1 belongs to the generation that grew up with that branch already installed and carried it onto the platforms, with short formats, constant collaborations and production designed for social media as much as for parties. His profile should therefore be read as that of an heir as much as a maker: he receives a Dominican genre, and he works it from Guadeloupe with the tools of his time.

1T1 and bouyon: the sound of a producer who sings

The best description of the 1T1 sound comes from the way he works. On his own records as on the ones he produces, the official credits published under his videos repeat themselves: composed by 1T1, often with Dinho; recorded by 1T1; mixed by Jbreazy; mastering by PM Studio for the “CHORD” EP records. In other words, 1T1 records his own tracks and composes his productions before handing the mix to a regular collaborator. That studio organisation, stable from one record to the next, explains the coherence of his catalogue: you can recognise one and the same workshop there, whether he sings as the headline artist or produces for someone else.

Musically, sources place his work at the crossing of three labels: bouyon, soca and dancehall, according to his Qobuz biography. The site quel-dj, in its reference shatta and bouyon playlist, describes “Bouwéy” as a bright fusion of bouyon, soca and dancehall and “Moustik” as a record of the modern bouyon wave, with lyrics in Guadeloupean Creole. Those two descriptions, written by a specialist outlet outside his label, give the sound frame of this profile: 1T1 bouyon gwada keeps the speed and energy of bouyon, plugs in the festive structure of soca and the codes of dancehall, and sings it in the Creole of Guadeloupe. It is producer music, built on loops, calls and hooks designed to be sung back.

The role of Creole deserves a sentence of its own. This site research dossier recalls that bouyon gwada is distinguished precisely by its Creole lyrics and its electronic beats. With 1T1, the titles themselves carry that language: “Moustik”, “SIcré Kon Miel”, “Mas La Rivé”, “Pied au Plancher”, “Oui Nou Monss”, and “Pran On Pyé”, on which he appears. Guadeloupean Creole is not decoration in his catalogue: it is in the titles, in the hooks and in the comparisons quel-dj notes for “Moustik”, where the dancer is compared to a mosquito on the dancefloor, with the lightness and humour the site underlines. That language, shared with the audience of the archipelago, is one of the reasons his records circulate so quickly in Antillean parties.

Finally, 1T1 works as a network producer. His published discography is crossed by collective records that bring together, around him, the names of his generation: Theomaa, Aknose, Lejuh, Nils, Luky, Softee, and as many as eight guests on “Mas La Rivé”. That way of making multi voice records recalls, at Guadeloupe scale, the riddim and posse cut logics of Caribbean scenes: a producer holds the machine, and the whole scene comes to ride on it. To hear that network in action, our bouyon playlist places his records in the middle of the current genre, from Dominica to the French Antilles.

2023: Moustik, SIcré Kon Miel and the year of collaborations

The year 2023 is the founding year of the 1T1 catalogue, and it can be read in the release dates published on Qobuz. On 2 June 2023, two records came out on the same day: “SIcré Kon Miel”, with Luky and Nils, and “Bidiba Bidibou”, with Aknose and Softee. On 2 August 2023, “bla bla bla” brought 1T1 together with HollyG and Shanika, while “Mi Bouyon”, with Drexi, came out in the same period according to the 1T1 label discography on Qobuz. From those first documented months, the method is visible: release as a group, multiply the combinations of Guadeloupe voices, and install the name 1T1 at the centre of the web rather than alone.

The 2023 record that matters most is “Moustik”, with Aknose. Qobuz dates the release to 28 September 2023, and quel-dj gives 29 September 2023: this profile keeps September 2023, the one day difference between platforms coming down to publication time zones. On the substance, the sources agree. For quel-dj, “Moustik” marks a unique collaboration between producer 1T1 and Aknose, sits in the modern bouyon wave and carries lyrics in Guadeloupean Creole. On Shazam, “Moustik” ranks among 1T1’s most searched tracks, at the same level as “Leave Me Alone”. A record from September 2023 still quoted among his references years later: that is the definition of a record that installed an artist.

The end of 2023 extended the collective movement. On 23 October 2023, “PnL (Piney)” came out with Theomaa, in the line of “Piney”, the record that already brought together 1T1, Theomaa and Lejuh in June 2023. On 1 December 2023, three releases carry his name on the same day according to Qobuz: “Gasolina” with Theomaa, “Bad Girls” with Aknose and Nils, and “Pied au Plancher” with Tiitii NBA and Lejuh. That density of releases, concentrated over a few months, matches the portrait CCN draws of the current bouyon artist: a creator who understands the importance of production rhythm. In one documented year, 1T1 moves from the status of a rising name to that of a centre of gravity of a small scene.

That 2023 year should be read with the right words. His label considers him a phenomenon of bouyon music, and this profile reports that presentation as a label attribution, not as an established fact. What the facts establish is more precise and more useful: a catalogue of collaborations published month after month, two recurring partners installed from the start, Theomaa and Aknose, a first durable record, “Moustik”, and a presence already noted with established artists of the scene such as Holly G and Shanika on “bla bla bla”. What followed, the 2024 EP, would turn that activity into a signature.

CHORD and Bouwéy: the December 2024 EP

On 13 December 2024, 1T1 released the “CHORD” EP on 1T1 and AB BOYZ MUSIC, according to Qobuz. It is, in his documented catalogue, the first longer format: after the year of networked singles, the artist gathers his work into a project that carries a name and a date. Two records from the EP have official videos whose credits are published on his channel: “Bouwéy” and “Best Friend”, also written “Bestfriend” in the video title. Both share the same workshop: composed by 1T1 and Dinho, recorded by 1T1, mixed by Jbreazy, with mastering by PM Studio. “Bouwéy” was written by 1T1 and Theomaa, who sings on the record.

“Bouwéy” has become the signature record of 1T1. quel-dj describes it as a festive track, released in December 2024 on the “CHORD” EP, which quickly established itself as an essential of festive playlists, and notes that its lyrics, sensual but never vulgar according to the site, mark an evolution of the bouyon genre towards a more refined aesthetic. His Qobuz biography says the same thing more shortly: “Bouwéy”, included on the 2024 “Chord” EP, is very popular on social networks. The record was also picked up in bouyon selections outside the Guadeloupe scene, for example in a trending bouyon and soca songs roundup published in April 2025 by the English speaking soca press, where “Bouwéy” sat alongside the Dominican records of the moment.

Shazam data give that path a public measure. According to the artist data published by Shazam, “Bouwéy”, with Theomaa, reached number 48 on the Shazam Global Chart, where it spent 7 days in the Top 50, with a Top 50 debut dated 22 March 2025, for a total of searches around the track that the platform then counted in the hundreds of thousands. This profile reports those figures as platform data, dated and attributed, and not as a sales chart. They nevertheless say something clear: in spring 2025, listeners around the world were searching the name of this Guadeloupean Creole record on their phones, at the moment it played around them. That is the modern form of bouyon gwada circulation.

One point circulating online needs a clarification. Social media posts present “Bouwéy” as certified gold single in France and as number one in Nigeria on a streaming platform in 2025. During the research for this profile, no official source from the SNEP, the French certification body, confirming that certification was found in the sources opened and verified. This profile therefore does not present “Bouwéy” as a certified gold single. If the certification is confirmed by the SNEP, this page will be updated with the exact reference. In the meantime, the verified facts are enough: an EP, a signature record, a measured presence in a global chart and a durable place in bouyon playlists.

Leave Me Alone, Bay Li, Best Friend: the collective and the CHORD sequel

Around the EP, the 2024 year of 1T1 is also the year of collective records. On 12 January 2024, “Mas La Rivé” brought together 1T1 with Theomaa, Aknose, DJ Softee, Dj TKrys, Bismok, Jicypie, Dj Kylled and Lejuh: nine names on one record, the widest documented gathering of his circle. On 7 June 2024, “Oui Nou Monss” came out with Lejuh and LGC. On 10 June 2024, “Party Rocking” brought together 1T1, Theomaa and RvF. Those records are not filler between two singles: they maintain the network that gives the scene its strength, and they explain why the names on the CCN list, Lejuh, 1T1, Theomaa, Aknose, keep appearing in each other credits.

The most durable collective record of that period is “Leave Me Alone”, released on 6 September 2024 according to Qobuz, credited to 1T1 with Dinho, Lejuh, Theomaa and Binksdrick. On Shazam, it ranks among the most searched tracks of both 1T1 and Lejuh, and it turned up in bouyon mixes of the carnival season, alongside “Bouwéy” and the Dominican records of Reo, Asa Bantan and Signal Band. A Guadeloupe record picked up in lists from Dominica, the island where bouyon was born with WCK, is a reminder that the exchange between the two scenes is not one way: Guadeloupe regionalised the genre, and its records now travel back towards Roseau through DJs and platforms.

On 27 November 2024, two weeks before the EP, 1T1 released “Bay Li” as a dancehall single according to Qobuz. That record matters for another reason: it shows the range of labels the artist crosses, from bouyon to soca and dancehall, exactly the three specialities his biography attributes to him. Then “CHORD” came out on 13 December, with “Best Friend” as the second record given a video. Where “Bouwéy” carries the duet with Theomaa, “Best Friend” shows 1T1 as headline artist of his own project, with the same workshop credits. The EP therefore works as a complete calling card: the producer, the singer, the signature duet and the network, gathered in one dated format.

After “CHORD”, the documented releases continue. On 5 December 2025, “Ouba” came out as a single by 1T1 and Theomaa according to Qobuz, with an official visualizer whose credits state: composed by Qwann and 1T1, written by 1T1 and Theomaa, recorded by 1T1 and mixed by Jbreazy. The founding duet is therefore still active more than a year after the EP. On 30 January 2026, “In Di Corner” came out, with Miimii KDS featured according to the official video: composed by 1T1, written by 1T1 and Miimii KDS, mixed by Jbreazy. On Shazam, “In Di Corner” has become the artist’s second most searched track after “Bouwéy”, a sign that the recent period of 1T1 does not live on his 2024 EP alone.

The producer for others, and why 1T1 matters for bouyon

1T1 cannot be fully understood through his headline records alone, because he also produces for others, and first of all for Lejuh. The official credits of the Lejuh video “Air Force 1” name 1T1 as composer and producer of the record, and the Lejuh video “Lolita” carries “Prod. By 1T1” in its very title, for a release dated 27 June 2024 on the 1T1 Qobuz page. Yet “Air Force 1” is precisely the record NRJ Antilles presented as a new hit and that Shazam ranks among the reference tracks of Lejuh. The producer of that reference record by another artist on the CCN list is therefore 1T1 himself: the current Guadeloupe scene is, in part, a scene he builds from both sides of the console.

That double position has an editorial consequence for this site. When CCN names Lejuh first and 1T1 second among the emblematic bouyon artists of Guadeloupe, the two names are not only neighbours in a list: they are linked by published credits, in both directions. 1T1 produces the solo records of Lejuh, Lejuh sings on the collective records of 1T1. Documenting one without the other would tell half the scene. That is why BouyonMusique.com publishes their two profiles in the same wave, with the same sources and the same standard, and why each one points to the other.

Why 1T1 matters for bouyon, in short: because he concentrates, in one documented path, the three functions that keep current bouyon gwada alive. The singer, with a signature duet with Theomaa and a record, “Bouwéy”, measured in a global chart. The producer, with credits for Lejuh and a stable, identifiable studio workshop. The network host, finally, with collective records that gather as many as nine names of his generation and set the whole scene in circulation. Add the converging recognition of CCN and Air Caraïbes, and the portrait is complete: 1T1 is one of the obligatory passage points for understanding bouyon in Guadeloupe today.

This profile also states its limits. No full name, no date of birth and no consolidated streaming figure was published in the verified sources for 1T1, and none is therefore printed here. The gold certification sometimes lent to “Bouwéy” on social media was not confirmed in the official sources consulted, and it is not presented as a fact. If his label or the SNEP publishes those elements, this profile will be completed and dated. In the meantime, listening follows the order of this profile: “Wa wa waaw” for the arrival, “Moustik” for 2023, “Bouwéy” and “Best Friend” for the “CHORD” EP, “Leave Me Alone” for the collective, then “Ouba” and “In Di Corner” for the recent period, all placed back inside our history of bouyon and our bouyon playlist.

Frequently asked questions

How is the name 1T1 written?

The name is written 1T1, with the digit 1 at the start and at the end. It is under that form that he signs his releases on the platforms, his 2024 CHORD EP and his official channel @1t1beats. Platforms sometimes write it 1t1 in lower case, but the artist’s form is 1T1.

Where is 1T1 from and what is his job?

1T1 is from Guadeloupe, according to his Qobuz biography written by Music Story, which presents him as a French speaking singer from the French West Indies specialising in bouyon, soca and dancehall. His label AB BOYZ Music also describes him as a Guadeloupe composer and producer.

What is the best known record by 1T1?

“Bouwéy”, with Theomaa, taken from the CHORD EP released on 13 December 2024, is his signature record. quel-dj describes it as a fusion of bouyon, soca and dancehall that became an essential of festive playlists, and Shazam data place it at number 48 on the platform global chart, with 7 days in the Top 50 in spring 2025.

When was “Moustik” by 1T1 and Aknose released?

“Moustik” was released in September 2023: Qobuz dates the release to 28 September 2023 and quel-dj to 29 September 2023. The specialist site presents it as a collaboration between producer 1T1 and Aknose, in the modern bouyon wave, with lyrics in Guadeloupean Creole.

Does 1T1 produce for other artists?

Yes. Official credits name 1T1 as composer and producer of “Air Force 1” by Lejuh, the record NRJ Antilles presented as a new hit, and as producer of “Lolita” by Lejuh, released in June 2024. Lejuh sings in return on several 1T1 records, including “Leave Me Alone” and “Mas La Rivé”.

Is “Bouwéy” certified gold single in France?

Social media posts present “Bouwéy” as a gold single certified by the SNEP. During the research for this profile, no confirmation was found in the official SNEP sources consulted, so this site does not present that certification as verified. The established facts are the December 2024 CHORD EP, the description of the record by quel-dj and its presence on the Shazam global chart.

Read next

More bouyon artists

David Campana · Smokiller · G’z Up · DJ Softee · HYPNO · Miimii KDS · Derek Rah Peters · Bilix · All-Star Band · Tallyboy · Savion · DJ Blax · Dcamp & Lewismelo · Killa Laurent · HollyG · Letin Sylia · Fallon · Aknose · Pudaz · Midnight Groovers · Artists from Guadeloupe · Nils · Tolly Boys · Mathieu Richardson