Original Post: May 8, 2009
Updated & Expanded Post: July 10, 2025
The late Jeff Healey's CD, Mess of Blues, won for best Rock Blues Album. He was the only Canadian winner.
Here is a full list of winners Canadian Artists are bolded.
- Blues Rock Album: Jeff Healey – Mess of Blues
Links: Jeff Healey, More Jeff Healey Stories, Album above courtesy of miguel9388 - Acoustic Blues Album: Eden Brent – Mississippi Number One
- Acoustic Blues Artist: Eden Brent
- Album of the Year: Buddy Guy – Skin Deep
- Band of the Year: Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
- Contemporary Blues Album: Buddy Guy – Skin Deep
- Contemporary Blues Female Artist: Janiva Magness
- Contemporary Blues Male Artist: Buddy Guy
- DVD: Broke & Hungry Records, Cathead Blues & Mudpuppy Recordings – M For Mississippi: A Road Trip Through The Birthplace of the Blues
- Entertainer: Janiva Magness
- Historical Blues Album: Albert Collins Live At Montreux 1992
- Instrumentalist - Bass: Mookie Brill
- Instrumentalist - Drums: Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith
- Instrumentalist - Guitar: Sonny Landreth
- Instrumentalist - Harmonica: Billy Gibson
- Instrumentalist - Horns: Deanna Bogart
- Instrumentalist - Other: Otis Taylor – Banjo
- Instrumentalist - Piano: Marcia Ball
- New Artist Debut: Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcolm – 2 Man Wrecking Crew
- Soul Blues Album: Irma Thomas – Simply Grand
- Soul Blues Female Artist: Etta James
- Soul Blues Male Artist: Bobby Rush
- Song of the Year: Kenny Neal – Let Life Flow
Links: Kenny Neal, Video above courtesy of Kenny Neal - Topic - Traditional Blues Male Artist: B.B. King
- Traditional Blues Female Artist: Koko Taylor
- Traditional Blues Album: B.B. King – One Kind Favor
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