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Shemekia Copeland (born April 10, 1979)〔("Today in History - April 10" ), Fox News, April 10, 2008. Accessed November 22, 2008.〕 is an American electric blues vocalist. ==Career== Copeland was born in Harlem, New York City, United States. She is the daughter of Texas blues guitarist and singer Johnny Copeland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Metroactive Music - Santa Cruz Blues Festival )〕 She began singing at an early age and her first public performance was at the Cotton club when she was about 10. She began to pursue a singing career in earnest at age 16. When her father's health began to decline, he took Shemekia on tour as his opening act, which helped establish her name on the blues circuit. Copeland graduated in 1997 from Teaneck High School in Teaneck, New Jersey.〔() 〕 She landed a recording contract with Alligator Records, which issued her debut album, ''Turn the Heat Up!'' in 1998, following it up with a tour of the blues festival circuit in America and Europe. Her second album, ''Wicked'', was released in 2000 and featured a duet with one of her heroes, Ruth Brown. It earned her three Blues Music Awards. The follow-up record, ''Talking to Strangers'', was produced by Dr. John, and in 2005 she released ''The Soul Truth'', produced by Steve Cropper. In 2008, Copeland signed with Telarc International,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Telarc )〕 and released her first album, ''Never Going Back'' with that label in February 2009. She won the "Rising Star - Blues Artist" in ''Down Beat'' magazine's critics poll announced in the December 2009 issue. Copeland participated in the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival in 2009. On June 12, 2011 at the 2011 Chicago Blues Festival, Copeland was presented Koko Taylor's crown, and officially given the honor as the new "Queen of the Blues" by Koko Taylor's daughter, Cookie Taylor. In 2013, Copeland was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the Contemporary Blues Female Artist' category.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Blues Music Awards Nominees - 2013 - 34th Blues Music Awards )〕 In October 2015, her album ''Outskirts of Love'' peaked at number 6 in the ''Billboard'' Top Blues Albums chart. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shemekia Copeland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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