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The Blues Music Awards are awards presented by the Blues Foundation , a non-profit organization set up to foster blues heritage. The awards, started in 1980, are according to Offbeat music magazine "universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded musicians and songwriters in blues music."[ 1]
The awards were formerly known as the W. C. Handy Awards (or "The Handys") but were renamed in 2006 in an effort to increase public appreciation of the significance of the awards.[ 2]
The awards had been presented annually in Memphis, Tennessee , where the Blues Foundation is located, although the 2008 award ceremony was held in Tunica, Mississippi .[ 3] The 39th Blues Music Awards was held on May 10, 2018, at the Memphis Cook Convention Center in Memphis. Two new award categories had been announced ('Instrumentalist - Vocals' and 'Blues Rock Artist of the Year') bringing the number of awards to be presented up to 26 in total.[ 4]
2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
Category
Winner
Acoustic Album of the Year
Timeless , John Hammond
Acoustic Artist of the Year
John Hammond
Album of the Year
Can't Even Do Wrong Right , Elvin Bishop
B.B King Entertainer of the Year
Bobby Rush
Band of the Year
Elvin Bishop Band
Best New Artist Debut
Don't Call No Ambulance , Selwyn Birchwood
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
BLUESAmericana , Keb' Mo'
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
Janiva Magness
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Gary Clark, Jr.
Historical Album of the Year
Soul & Swagger: The Complete “5” Royales 1951-1967 – The "5" Royales
Instrumentalist - Bass
Lisa Mann
Instrumentalist - Drums
Jimi Bott
Instrumentalist - Guitar
Joe Bonamassa
Instrumentalist - Harmonica
Charlie Musselwhite
Instrumentalist - Horn
Deanna Bogart
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Marcia Ball
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
Ruthie Foster
Rock Blues Album of the Year
Step Back , Johnny Winter
Song of the Year
"Can't Even Do Wrong Right", Elvin Bishop
Soul Blues Album of the Year
Memphis Grease , John Németh
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
Sista Monica
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
Bobby Rush
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
For Pops (A Tribute to Muddy Waters) , Mud Morganfield , Kim Wilson
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
Lurrie Bell
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2014
Category
Winner
Acoustic Album of the Year
There's A Time , Doug MacLeod
Acoustic Artist of the Year
Doug MacLeod
Album of the Year
Remembering Little Walter , Billy Boy Arnold , Charlie Musselwhite , Mark Hummel , Sugar Ray Norcia and James Harman
B.B King Entertainer of the Year
Buddy Guy
Band of the Year
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Best New Artist Debut
Daddy Told Me , Shawn Holt & the Teardrops
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
Badlands , Trampled Under Foot
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
Susan Tedeschi
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Gary Clark, Jr.
DVD
Songs From The Road , Royal Southern Brotherhood
Historical Album of the Year
The Sun Blues Box , Various artists
Instrumentalist - Bass
Danielle Schnebelen
Instrumentalist - Drums
Cedric Burnside
Instrumentalist - Guitar
Ronnie Earl
Instrumentalist - Harmonica
Charlie Musselwhite
Instrumentalist - Horn
Eddie Shaw
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Victor Wainwright
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
Diunna Greenleaf
Rock Blues Album of the Year
Made Up Mind , Tedeschi Trucks Band
Song of the Year
"Blues in My Soul", Lurrie Bell
Soul Blues Album of the Year
Down in Louisiana , Bobby Rush
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
Irma Thomas
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
John Németh
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
Remembering Little Walter , Billy Boy Arnold , Charlie Musselwhite , Mark Hummel , Sugar Ray Norcia and James Harman
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
James Cotton
2011
Category
Winner
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
On the Floor , Matt Hill
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
Harmonica Blues , Bob Corritore and Friends
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 and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
Charlie Musselwhite
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