(1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 30)[1] Ndola, Zambia
Genres
Hip hop
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
rapper
poet
Years active
2014–present
Labels
Wondercore Island
Big Dada
Ninja Tune
Website
sampathegreat.com
Musical artist
Sampa Tembo (born 9 August 1993), known professionally as Sampa the Great, is a Zambian singer, rapper and songwriter. Between 2014 and 2020, she was based in Australia.[2][3] Her debut solo album, The Return (September 2019), peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 she won Best Hip Hop Release for her second single, "Final Form". In the following year she won the same category for The Return, as well as Best Female Artist and Best Independent Release. In March 2020 Sampa became the first artist to win the Australian Music Prize twice: for Birds and the Bee9 (November 2017) and The Return. The artist was based back in Zambia from late 2020, where she issued her second studio album, As Above, So Below (September 2022).
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^"Sampa the Great". Niche Productions. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2021. Note: this source was an agency for the artist.
^"Sampa the Great". Sampa the Great Official Website. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
up SAMPA or Sampa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sampa may refer to: Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet, for European languages X-SAMPA, an...
from the album I Went to Hell and Back "IDGAF", a song by SampatheGreat from the album As Above, So Below I Don't Give a Fuck (disambiguation) "The F Bomb...
Association. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Boulton, Martin (5 March 2020). "AMP winner SampaTheGreat creates history". The Sydney Morning Herald...
vocalists Denzel Curry, SampatheGreat, and Tricky. Curry's verse was recorded in 2019 with the others recording in 2020. The album features many collaborators:...
lauded the winning album by saying that Where I'm Meant To Be "stirs together Afro-Cuban rhythms and post-bop with rap – both SampatheGreat and 2022...
2020). "The Avalanches share collab w/ Denzel Curry, Tricky & SampatheGreat from new LP". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 14 September 2020. The Avalanches...
handled by his frequent producer Ruff. The album also features artists such as Emtee, Saudi, Anzo, SampatheGreat, Lolli Native, Delayde, Nontokozo Mkhize...
Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2022. Robinson, Ellie (June 29, 2022). "SampatheGreat shares enchanting new single "Never Forget", details second album"...
that the series would be dubbed into isiZulu, and have Zambian rapper and singer-songwriter SampatheGreat, creating the theme song, with the help of...
received the most nominations with eight and SampatheGreat received six nominations, while winning three. Archie Roach was inducted into the ARIA Hall...
2020). "Baker Boy set to drop 'Better Days' with Dallas Woods and SampatheGreat this week". NME Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2020. Iorio, Kelsie...
vegan, and it inspired some of the songs on the album Fishing for Fishies. Lim, Eddy (21 October 2020). "SampaTheGreat, Jaguar Jonze and more honoured...
the 2012 Icelandic Eurovision entry Never Forget (1991 film), a TV film starring Leonard Nimoy Never Forget (SampatheGreat song), a song from the 2022...
States. The three headlining acts were Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Swedish House Mafia with the Weeknd. The 2022 edition of Coachella was the first...
Open!". Music Victoria. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020. "SampaTheGreat Walks Off With a Stack of Music Victoria Awards". noise11. 10 December...
Open!". Music Victoria. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020. "SampaTheGreat Walks Off With a Stack of Music Victoria Awards". noise11. 10 December...
Slaves. Upon the premiere of "Momentary Bliss", Albarn revealed that the group had been in the studio with Schoolboy Q and SampatheGreat among others...
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