Celeigh Cardinal
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Celeigh Cardinal is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter from Alberta.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/celeigh-cardinal-edmonton-music-awards-1.4627056 "Celeigh Cardinal rakes in 7 nominations for Edmonton Music Awards"]. CBC News Edmonton, April 19, 2018. She is most noted for her 2019 album Stories from a Downtown Apartment, which won the Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020.Shakiel Mahjouri, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200630020746/https://etcanada.com/news/662589/2020-juno-awards-winners-list-find-out-who-came-out-on-top/ "2020 Juno Awards Winners List: Find Out Who Came Out On Top"]. ET Canada, June 29, 2020. On June 25, 2020, the album also earned Cardinal two Western Canadian Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year and Indigenous Artist of the Year.{{Cite web|last=Garner |first=Ryan |date=June 25, 2020|title=Best in the west: 2020 Western Canadian Music Award nominees announced |publisher=Edmonton Journal |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/music/best-in-the-west-2020-western-canadian-music-award-nominees-announced |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626025346/https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/music/best-in-the-west-2020-western-canadian-music-award-nominees-announced |archive-date=June 26, 2020 }}
Life and career
Celeigh has been singing on stages since she was four years old. She started performing professionally at 19. “I grew up singing in church,” she says, “I always knew I wanted to be a singer.”{{cite web |title=Celeigh Cardinal |url=https://ckua.com/host/ccardinalckua-com/ |website=CKUA.com |publisher=CKUA Radio Network |access-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019191033/https://ckua.com/host/ccardinalckua-com/ |url-status=dead }}
Based in Edmonton, she released an EP in 2011 before following up with her full-length debut album Everything and Nothing at All in 2017.Anna Borowiecki, [https://www.stalberttoday.ca/entertainment-news/celeigh-cardinal-rides-crest-fame-1298568 "Celeigh Cardinal rides crest of fame"]. St. Albert Today, May 1, 2018. The album received a nomination for Best Pop Album at the Indigenous Music Awards in 2018,Josiah Hughes, [http://exclaim.ca/music/article/here_are_the_nominees_for_the_2018_indigenous_music_awards "Here Are the Nominees for the 2018 Indigenous Music Awards"]. Exclaim!, March 20, 2018. and seven nominations at that year's Edmonton Music Awards. She won two Edmonton Music Awards, for Female Artist and Indigenous Recording.Fish Griwkowsky, [https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/music/lyra-brown-celeigh-cardinal-win-big-at-edmonton-music-awards "Lyra Brown, Celeigh Cardinal, Tommy Banks win big at Edmonton Music Awards"]. Edmonton Journal, June 29, 2018. She received a second Indigenous Music Award nomination in 2019, in the category Best Radio Single for her song "There Ain't No Way".Calum Slingerland, [http://exclaim.ca/music/article/here_are_the_winners_of_the_2019_indigenous_music_awards "Here Are the Winners of the 2019 Indigenous Music Awards"]. Exclaim!, May 21, 2019.
Celeigh Cardinal is currently recording from Maskwacis just south of Edmonton, as a host on the CKUA Radio Network for the show "Full Circle", which celebrates Indigenous music from around the globe.{{cite web |title=Celeigh Cardinal |url=https://ckua.com/contact/ |website=CKUA.com |publisher=CKUA Radio Network |access-date=October 19, 2021}}
At the 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2025, she won the award for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year for Boundless Possibilities, in a tie with Alan Syliboy.Kerry Doole, [https://ca.billboard.com/music/awards/canadian-folk-music-awards-2025-2671695454 "Canadian Folk Music Awards Turn 20: Full Winners List"]. Billboard, April 8, 2025.
Discography
- Everything and Nothing at All (2017)
- Stories from a Downtown Apartment (2019)
- Boundless Possibilities (2024){{Cite web|url=https://canadianbeats.ca/2024/01/26/celeigh-cardinal-shares-new-single-light-of-the-moon/|title=Celeigh Cardinal shares new single, "Light Of The Moon"|last=Melanson|first=Jenna|date=January 26, 2024|publisher=Canadian Beats|accessdate=March 6, 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.celeighcardinal.com/}}
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Category:Canadian women singer-songwriters
Category:Canadian folk singer-songwriters
Category:Musicians from Edmonton
Category:Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year winners
Category:21st-century Canadian women singers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century First Nations musicians
Category:Canadian Folk Music Award winners
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