Charon Shemekia Copeland (born April 10, 1979)[2][3] is an American electric blues vocalist.

When her father's health began to decline, he took Shemekia on tour as his opening act, which helped establish her name on the blues circuit.

In 2008, Copeland signed with Telarc International,[8] and released her first album, Never Going Back, with that label in February 2009.

She won the "Rising Star - Blues Artist" in Down Beat magazine's critics poll announced in the December 2009 issue.

[14] In July 2022 she won the award Blues artist of the year at the annual Downbeat Critics Poll.

[15] She released her tenth studio album, Done Come Too Far, on August 19, 2022 [16] In 2023, Copeland triumphed in the 'Instrumentalist - Vocals' category at the Blues Music Awards.