Celeigh Cardinal
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Celeigh Cardinal is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter from Alberta.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]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.”[4]
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.[5] The album received a nomination for Best Pop Album at the Indigenous Music Awards in 2018,[6] and seven nominations at that year's Edmonton Music Awards.[1] She won two Edmonton Music Awards, for Female Artist and Indigenous Recording.[7] She received a second Indigenous Music Award nomination in 2019, in the category Best Radio Single for her song "There Ain't No Way".[8]
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.[4][9]
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.[10]
Discography
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- Everything and Nothing at All (2017)
- Stories from a Downtown Apartment (2019)
- Boundless Possibilities (2024)[12]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b "Celeigh Cardinal rakes in 7 nominations for Edmonton Music Awards". CBC News Edmonton, April 19, 2018.
- ^ Shakiel Mahjouri, "2020 Juno Awards Winners List: Find Out Who Came Out On Top". ET Canada, June 29, 2020.
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- ^ Anna Borowiecki, "Celeigh Cardinal rides crest of fame". St. Albert Today, May 1, 2018.
- ^ Josiah Hughes, "Here Are the Nominees for the 2018 Indigenous Music Awards". Exclaim!, March 20, 2018.
- ^ Fish Griwkowsky, "Lyra Brown, Celeigh Cardinal, Tommy Banks win big at Edmonton Music Awards". Edmonton Journal, June 29, 2018.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Here Are the Winners of the 2019 Indigenous Music Awards". Exclaim!, May 21, 2019.
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- ^ Kerry Doole, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Turn 20: Full Winners List". Billboard, April 8, 2025.
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External links
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