Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer of the Year

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The Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer of the Year is an annual music award, presented by the Canadian Folk Music Awards to honour the best vocal performances in contemporary folk music by Canadian artists.

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2000s

YearNomineeAlbumRef
2005
1st Canadian Folk Music Awards
Lynn Miles Love Sweet Love [1]
Dave Gunning Two Bit World [2]
John Wort Hannam Dynamite and Dozers
Connie Kaldor Sky with Nothing to Get in the Way
Gordie Sampson Sunburn
2006
2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards
Jim Byrnes House of Refuge [3]
Bruce Cockburn Life Short Call Now [4]
Stephen Fearing Yellowjacket
Lennie Gallant When We Get There
Ron Hynes Ron Hynes
2007
3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards
David Francey Right of Passage [5]
Jill Barber For All Time [6]
Bruce Cockburn Life Short Call Now
Jeremy Fisher Goodbye Blue Monday
T. Nile At My Table
Dawn Tyler Watson En Duo
2008
4th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Tannis Slimmon Lucky Blue [7]
Dave Carroll Perfect Blue [8]
Rita Chiarelli Uptown Goes Downtown
Amos Garrett Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield
Wyckham Porteous 3AM
2009
5th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Jim Byrnes My Walking Stick [9]
Marianne Girard Pirate Days [10]
Melissa McClelland Victoria Day
Jessica Rhaye Good Things
Suzie Vinnick Happy Here

2010s

YearNomineeAlbumRef
2010
6th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Rose Cousins The Send Off [11]
James Keelaghan House of Cards
Lynn Miles Black Flowers Volume 1 & 2
Nathan Rogers The Gauntlet
Justin Rutledge The Early Widows
2011
7th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Suzie Vinnick Me 'n' Mabel [12]
Matthew Barber Matthew Barber [13]
Bruce Cockburn Small Source of Comfort
Cat Jahnke The Stories are Taking Their Toll
David Myles Live at the Carleton
2012
8th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Rose Cousins We Have Made a Spark [14]
Craig Cardiff Floods and Fires
Geraldine Hollett Row Upon Row of the People They Know
Keri Latimer Crowsfeet and Greyskull
Catherine MacLellan Silhouette
2013
9th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Ian Sherwood Live at the Hive [15]
Stephen Fearing Between Hurricanes [16]
John Wort Hannam Brambles and Thorns
Old Man Luedecke Tender Is the Night
Justin Rutledge Valleyheart
2014
10th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Matt Andersen Weightless [17]
Del Barber Prairieography [18]
Matthew Barber Big Romance
James Keelaghan History
Jadea Kelly Clover
2015
11th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Amelia Curran They Promised You Mercy [19]
Peter Katz We Are the Reckoning [20]
Sarah MacDougall Grand Canyon
Catherine MacLellan The Raven's Sun
Jory Nash The Many Hats of Jory Nash
2016
12th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Jadea Kelly Love & Lust [21]
Matt Andersen Honest Man [22]
Megan Bonnell Magnolia
Danny Michel Matadora
William Prince Earthly Days
2017
13th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Stephen Fearing Every Soul's a Sailor [23]
Coco Love Alcorn Wonderland [24]
Abigail Lapell Hide Nor Hair
Lisa LeBlanc Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
Oh Susanna A Girl in Teen City
2018
14th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Rob Lutes Walk in the Dark [25]
Kellie Loder Benefit of the Doubt [26]
Catherine MacLellan If It's Alright With You: The Songs of Gene MacLellan
Dylan Menzie As the Clock Rewinds
Dana Wylie The Earth That You're Made Of

2020s

YearNomineeAlbumRef
2020
15th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Matt Andersen Halfway Home By Morning [27]
Jenn Grant Love, Inevitable [28]
Dave Gunning Up Against the Sky
Lydia Persaud Let Me Show You
Andrea Ramolo Homage
2021
16th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Coco Love Alcorn Rebirth [29]
Basia Bulat Are You in Love? [30]
Tim Chaisson Yours to Break
Catherine MacLellan Coyote
William Prince Reliever
2022
17th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Rob Lutes Come Around [31]
Kelly Bado Hey Terre [32]
Craig Cardiff All This Time Running
Denise Flack Good Water
Terra Spencer Chasing Rabbits
2023
18th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Kyle McKearney Down-Home [33]
Barney Bentall Cosmic Dreamer [34]
Boy Golden Church of Better Daze
Angelique Francis Long River
Ken Yates Cerulean
2024
19th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Suzie Vinnick Fall Back Home [35]
Kaeley Jade Turpentine [36]
Joe Nolan Lost Verses
Terra Spencer Old News
Julian Taylor Beyond the Reservoir

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