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
Music awards
Blues music