Samara Joy
ABOUT SAMARA JOY
American jazz singer who rose to fame on the back of her 2021 self-titled debut album. She followed up in 2022 with Linger Awhile, which won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album. She also won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist that same year.
She was a voice major at the State University of New York at Purchase .
She was named Best New Artist by JazzTimes in 2021. Her samarajoysings TikTok account, where she shares highlights from her music career, has gained upwards of 650,000 followers.
Her birth name is Samara Joy McLendon. Her father has toured with Andrae Crouch .
She collaborated with Gerald Clayton on "Sweet Pumpkin (Duo Version)."
