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Women in bouyon: voices that count

Bouyon has long been told in the masculine, bands and producers. But women’s voices are everywhere in the genre in 2026: headlining, in collaboration, and at the heart of the tracks that travel the furthest.

Maurane Voyer and the collaboration generation

Maurane Voyer from Martinique, the voice of Joli BB with Reo, represents this new reality: collaborations where the singer is not a decorative guest but half of the track, with her audience and her island.

A female audience driving it

On social media as at carnival, the female audience does a large part of the work of spreading bouyon: dances, covers, shares. Bouyon dance, in particular, lives through its women creators as much as through its producers.

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