SHEMEKIA COPELAND is a 5x-GRAMMY® Award Nominated, 15x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 47x-Blues Music Award Nominated Vocalist.
Copeland is a 7x-winner of “Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year” at the Blues Music Awards – winning the award most recently in 2020 & 2021! Copeland was also recently Nominated for a 2023 GRAMMY® Award - her 5th GRAMMY® Award Nomination for “Best Contemporary Blues Album” – for the album ‘Done Come Too Far’ (2022).
Since 1998, critically acclaimed & award-winning vocalist Shemekia Copeland has grown to become one of the most talented and passionate artists on today’s roots music scene. With each subsequent release, Copeland’s music has continued to grow, cementing her reputation as a singer who, according to NPR’s All Things Considered, “embodies the blues with her powerful vocal chops..." Copeland never holds back and her instantly recognizable voice—capable of being sultry, assertive and roaring—delivers every song with unparalleled honesty and passion.
In 2021, Shemekia received her 4th GRAMMY® Award Nomination for “Best Contemporary Blues Album” (‘Uncivil War’) as well as 5 Blues Music Awards Nominations - Winning 3 of them: “Contemporary Blues Album of the Year” (‘Uncivil War’); “Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year”; and the most prestigious and coveted Blues Music Award every year – the “BB King Entertainer of the Year” Award.
Copeland has received 5 GRAMMY® Award Nominations for “Best Contemporary Blues Album” for the following albums: ‘Wicked’ (2000); ’33 1/3’ (2012); ‘Outskirts Of Love’ (2015); ‘Uncivil War’ (2021); ‘Done Come Too Far’ (2023).
Copeland has a stunning 47 Blues Music Award Nominations – winning 15 of them. Highlights include: 6x-“Song of the Year” Nominee – Winning the Award in 2001 (“It’s 2 AM”); 7x-“Contemporary Blues Album of the Year” Nominee – Winning the Award in 2003 (‘Talking to Strangers’), 2019 (‘Americas Child’), 2021 (‘Uncivil War’); 19x-“Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year” Nominee – Winning the Award 7 times (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2016, 2020 & 2021); and 7x-“B.B. King Entertainer of the Year” Nominee (which is the most prestigious and coveted Blues Music Award every year) – 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 “amazing.” Santana says, “She’s incandescent...a diamond.” Copeland can even be heard hosting her own popular daily blues radio show on SiriusXM's Bluesville.