SHEMEKIA COPELAND is a 5x-GRAMMYÂŽ Award Nominated, 15x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 47x-Blues Music Award Nominated Vocalist.
Copeland is a 7x-winner of âContemporary Blues Female Artist of the Yearâ at the Blues Music Awards â winning the award most recently in 2020 & 2021! Copeland was also recently Nominated for a 2023 GRAMMYÂŽ Award - her 5th GRAMMYÂŽ Award Nomination for âBest Contemporary Blues Albumâ â for the album âDone Come Too Farâ (2022).
Since 1998, critically acclaimed & award-winning vocalist Shemekia Copeland has grown to become one of the most talented and passionate artists on todayâs roots music scene. With each subsequent release, Copelandâs music has continued to grow, cementing her reputation as a singer who, according to NPRâs All Things Considered, âembodies the blues with her powerful vocal chops..." Copeland never holds back and her instantly recognizable voiceâcapable of being sultry, assertive and roaringâdelivers every song with unparalleled honesty and passion.
In 2021, Shemekia received her 4th GRAMMYÂŽ Award Nomination for âBest Contemporary Blues Albumâ (âUncivil Warâ) as well as 5 Blues Music Awards Nominations - Winning 3 of them: âContemporary Blues Album of the Yearâ (âUncivil Warâ); âContemporary Blues Female Artist of the Yearâ; and the most prestigious and coveted Blues Music Award every year â the âBB King Entertainer of the Yearâ Award.
Copeland has received 5 GRAMMYÂŽ Award Nominations for âBest Contemporary Blues Albumâ for the following albums: âWickedâ (2000); â33 1/3â (2012); âOutskirts Of Loveâ (2015); âUncivil Warâ (2021); âDone Come Too Farâ (2023).
Copeland has a stunning 47 Blues Music Award Nominations â winning 15 of them. Highlights include: 6x-âSong of the Yearâ Nominee â Winning the Award in 2001 (âItâs 2 AMâ); 7x-âContemporary Blues Album of the Yearâ Nominee â Winning the Award in 2003 (âTalking to Strangersâ), 2019 (âAmericas Childâ), 2021 (âUncivil Warâ); 19x-âContemporary Blues Female Artist of the Yearâ Nominee â Winning the Award 7 times (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2016, 2020 & 2021); and 7x-âB.B. King Entertainer of the Yearâ Nominee (which is the most prestigious and coveted Blues Music Award every year) â Winning the Award in 2021!
Shemekia Copeland has sung with Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Keith Richards, Carlos Santana, James Cotton and many others. She opened for The Rolling Stones and entertained U.S. troops in Iraq and Kuwait. Jeff Beck calls her âamazing.â Santana says, âSheâs incandescent...a diamond.â Copeland can even be heard hosting her own popular daily blues radio show on SiriusXM's Bluesville.