Blues Music Award
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."
The awards were formerly known as the W. C. Handy Awards but were renamed in 2006 in an effort to increase public appreciation of the significance of the awards.
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. 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 bringing the number of awards to be presented up to 26 in total. The 40th Blues Music Awards took place on May 9, 2019.
The 41st ceremony was scheduled for May 7, 2020, but the live event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 winners were announced at a 'virtual' event.2020
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