Terry Blade is an American singer-songwriter based in Chicago, Illinois. Since 2020, he has received more than 100 music, film and video awards, nominations and honors. His 2020 debut single The Unloveable received a singer-songwriter nomination at the 11th Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
In 2021, Blade's debut album American Descendant of Slavery, the Album was named in the Archives of African American Music & Culture's "February 2021 Black Music Releases of Note" alongside R&B and Soul releases by Jose James, Joshua Henry, Kelly Rowland, Nat Turner Rebellion, Pink Sweats, The Chi-Lites, The Jacksons, and Trippie Redd. The album also received an accolade from Something Else Reviews, which ranked it second on its "Best of 2021 Rock, Pop and R&B"—a list that included albums by Alan Clark, Joseph Williams, Peter Frampton, Tony Kaye, and Yes. The album and its lead single Black Hurts went on to win nineteen awards, including awards for Best Original Song and Best Black Music Video at the Munich Music Video Awards, the Gold Medal of Excellence Award for Lyrics/Songwriting at the Global Music Awards, and the Bronze Telly Award for Non-Broadcast-Craft:Use of Music.
In 2022, Blade's second studio album Neo Queer won the Gold Medal of Excellence Award for Neo soul at the Global Music Awards. In 2023, his Blues single Won't Be Around entered the Spotify Local Pulse Charts for New York City and Houston. The song won Best Blues Recording at the 2023 Radio Music Awards; received an inaugural nomination at the 2023 Hollywood Independent Music Awards in the Americana/Roots category; and received a nomination at the 2023 InterContinental Music Awards in the Blues category. The song also appears on Blade's third studio album Ethos: Son of a Sharecropper, which received a nomination for Best Folk/Americana Album of the Year at the 2023 Josie Music Awards, and was featured on The Boot.com's "Most Wanted Music: 2023's Country and Americana Album Releases" along with album releases by Shania Twain, Margo Price, John-Allison Weiss, Elle King, and Mark Erelli.
Blade's album won the Gold Medal of Excellence Award for Americana at the Global Music Awards. He won Best Vocalist at the 2023 Music Video Awards for the album's closing Gospel blues track In My House. The track also won the award for Best Gospel Recording at the 2023 Radio Music Awards. On April 1, 2023, Apple Music Radio Host Hunter Kelly featured Blade and his album's fourth track Rainbow Child on Apple Music's Proud Radio show, naming him and his track as the show's Proud Pick for April 2023.
Personal life
Blade is originally from Washington, DC. He identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Discography
Studio albums
American Descendant of Slavery, the Album (2021) Neo Queer (2022) Ethos: Son of a Sharecropper (2023)
Extended plays
Misery (2020) Unmastered: The Demo Sessions (2021) The 4 Miseries (2021)
Singles
The Unloveable (2020) Brooms & Mops (2020) Strange Fruit (2020) (Cover) That's Alright Mama (2020) (Cover) The Karen Blues (2020) Gibberish (2021) Elixir (2021) Railroad Tracks (2022) For You (2022) Blue feat. Charlie J (2022) Brutus (2023) Won't Be Around (2023) Black Cowboys (2023)
Videography
Music videos
The Unloveable (Directed by Terry Blade) (2020) The Widow (Directed by Hibiscus Cloudberry) (2020) The Last Macbeth (Directed by Terry Blade) (2020) Crawling (Directed by Jay Carney) (2020) (Cover) Tomorrow (Directed by Terry Blade) (2020) Mr. Robertson (Directed by Terry Blade) (2020) Black Hurts (Directed by Terry Blade) (2021) Gibberish (Directed by Terry Blade) (2021) Eaten Alive (Directed by Terry Blade) (2022) Blue feat. Charlie J (Directed by Terry Blade) (2023) Won't Be Around (Directed by Terry Blade) (2023)
Awards, Nominations and Honors
See also
List of singer-songwriters
List of crooners
List of LGBT African-Americans
List of LGBT people from Chicago
List of baritones in non-classical music
List of African-American singers
2021 in American music
2023 in American music
References
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Chicago Singer-songwriters from Illinois American LGBT singers American LGBT songwriters African-American LGBT people African-American musicians American baritones Queer singers Queer songwriters African-American male singer-songwriters African-American male singers 21st-century American LGBT people 21st-century African-American male singers