Barbados’ most famous soca band. Since 1995, they have released one album every year for Crop Over. Formed in 1989 by Edwin Yearwood, Michael Agard, Felix Forde and Anthony Bailey, Krosfyah has established itself as one of the premier soca acts in the world today.
In 1994, Krosfyah released their debut album, Ultimate Party, which propelled the group from obscurity to the most popular soca band on the island of Barbados and won them the coveted Band of the Year title.
In 1995, the group released Ultimate Party - Pump Me Up. Not only did this album produce the hit song, Pump Me Up, which became the national anthem for the youth of Barbados but it travelled across the seas to Canada where it achieved the coveted Gold status in January 1997. The album bestowed unprecedented honours upon its lead vocalist Edwin Yearwood: Party Monarch, Road Monarch Champion and Calypso King in 1995. The triple-crown win by one artist would mark the first and only time to date, in the history of Barbados' annual Crop Over festival, that such a feat has ever been accomplished.
In 1996, the success of Krosfyah''s third album, Aim High, led to more awards. The album also produced the hit song, Wet Me, which dominated the music chart in the neighbouring island of Trinidad and Tobago.
1997 brought a 6-track album entitled Fyah Riddums, of which 3 tracks had a good run, those being Road Block, Highway Robbery and Redemption of Me.
During 1998, Krosfyah produced a new album, Hot Zone, and a new co-lead vocalist, Ray Armstrong. Hot Zone, like all of its predecessors, produced hit songs which enabled the band to tour across the US and Europe performing at music showcases and festivals.
In 1999, Krosfyah released yet another album, krosfyah.com. 2000 marked their return to Crop Over with lead singer Yearwood winning his 4th Party Monarch title. The return to Crop Over has indeed proven to be one of their best decisions ever. Following the trend of the past years, in 2001 Krosfyah released yet another award winning album. Kool Under Fire, which included the Barbados 2001 Road March tune, Sak Pasé, sung by Yearwood and Khiomal Nurse, who also joined the band that same year.