Blues Music Award

The Blues Music Awards are presented by the Blues Foundation, an organization to promote the blues music. The Blues Foundation started the awards in 1980 under the name W. C. Handy Awards. In 2006 they were renamed Blues Music Awards. The Blues Music Award is one of the highest honors a blues musician can get in the USA.

Like the Grammys the Blues Music Award is given in different categories. The nominees are chosen by a group of people who are connected with Blues music. 

Blues Music Award 2009
 Acoustic Album of the Year 
Eden Brent - Mississippi Number One
 Acoustic Artist of the Year 
Eden Brent
 Album of the Year 
Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
 B.B. King Entertainer of the Year 
Janiva Magness
 Band of the Year 
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
 Best New Artist Debut 
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm - 2 Man Wrecking Crew
 Contemporary Blues Album of the Year 
Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
 Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year 
Janiva Magness
 Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year 
Buddy Guy
 DVD 
Broke & Hungry Records, Cathead Blues & Mudpuppy Recordings - M For Mississippi: A Road Trip Through The Birthplace of the Blues
 Historical Album of the Year
Eagle Records - Albert Collins Live At Montreux 1992
Instrumentalist-Bass
Mookie Brill
Instrumentalist-Drums
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Instrumentalist-Guitar
Sonny Landreth
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Billy Gibson
Instrumentalist-Horn
Deanna Bogart
Instrumentalist-Other
Otis Taylor - Banjo
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Marcia Ball

Rock Blues Album of the Year
Jeff Healey - Mess of Blues
Song of the Year
Kenny Neal - Let Life Flow (Kenny Neal)
Soul Blues Album of the Year
Irma Thomas - Simply Grand
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
Etta James
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
Bobby Rush
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
B. B. King - One Kind Favor

Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
Koko Taylor
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
B.B. King
Blues Music Award 2010
Acoustic Album of the Year
 David Maxwell & Louisiana Red, You Got to Move
Acoustic Artist of the Year
 Louisiana Red
Album of the Year
 Joe Louis Walker, Between a Rock and the Blues
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
 Tommy Castro
Band of the Year
 Tommy Castro Band
Best New Artist Debut
 Monkey Junk, Tiger in your Tank
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
 Tommy Castro, Hard Believer
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
 Ruthie Foster

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
 Tommy Castro
DVD
 Delmark Records, It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends
Historical Album of the Year
 Chess, Authorized Bootleg (Muddy Waters)
Instrumentalist-Bass
 Bob Stroger
Instrumentalist-Drums
 Cedric Burnside
Instrumentalist-Guitar
 Derek Trucks
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
 Jason Ricci
Instrumentalist-Horn
 Deanna Bogart
Instrumentalist-Other
 Buckwheat Zydeco (Akkordeon)
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
 Eden Brent
Rock Blues Album of the Year
 Derek Trucks Band, Already Free
Song of the Year
 Cyril Neville & Mike Zito, 'Pearl River' (Pearl River—Mike Zito)
Soul Blues Album of the Year
 Johnny Rawls, Ace Of Spades
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
 Irma Thomas
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
 Curtis Salgado
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
 Super Chikan, Chikadelic
Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
 Debbie Davies
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
 Duke Robillard
Blues Music Awards 2011
Acoustic Album of the Year
 Last Train to Bluesville, The Nighthawks

Acoustic Artist of the Year
 John Hammond
Album of the Year
 Living Proof, Buddy Guy
B.B King Entertainer of the Year
 Buddy Guy
Band of the Year
 The Derek Trucks Band
Best New Artist Debut
 Matt Hill, On the Floor
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
 Living Proof, Buddy Guy
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
 Robin Rogers
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
 Buddy Guy
DVD
 Ruf, Songs From The Road, Luther Allison
Historical Album of the Year
 Delta Groove, Harmonica Blues, Bob Corritore & Friends (Koko, Pinetop, Nappy Brown, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, et al.)
Instrumentalist-Bass
 Bob Stroger
Instrumentalist-Drums
 Cedric Burnside
Instrumentalist-Guitar
 Derek Trucks
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
 Charlie Musselwhite
Instrumentalist-Horn
 Eddie Shaw

Instrumentalist-Other
 Sonny Rhodes, Lap Steel Guitar
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
 Ruthie Foster
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
 Dr. John
Rock Blues Album of the Year
 Live! In Chicago, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee and Buddy Flett
Song of the Year
 Living Proof, Tom Hambridge/Buddy Guy, Living Proof, Buddy Guy
Soul Blues Album of the Year
 Nothing's Impossible, Solomon Burke
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
 Irma Thomas
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
 Solomon Burke
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
 Joined At the Hip, Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
 Charlie Musselwhite

Other websites
 Blues Music Awards Homepage 
 List of past winners of the Blues Music Awards 

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