The video went viral, garnering over one million views. She then put up a GoFundMe page, quickly reaching the $8,000 goal to record her debut album Samara Joy (Whirlwind, 2021). A year later, Verve ...

Linger Awhile earned 8,500 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 9 (up 319%), according to Luminate. Of that sum, traditional album sales comprise 6,500 (up 316%).

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with 22-year-old jazz singer Samara Joy, who recently took to the stage of legendary club Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. Her album, Linger Awhile, is out now.

Joy’s last album, Linger Awhile, peaked at No. 158 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Samara Joy accepts the award for Best New Artist at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. Christopher Polk/PMC ...

“This is a young music,” Samara Joy said of jazz. “It deserves to be talked about and shared. And as long as I’m passionate about it, that’s my goal — to share it.” ...

Samara Joy, a 23-year-old jazz singer from the Bronx, was named best new artist at the 65th Grammy Awards on Sunday night, a rare victory by an artist from a relatively specialized field in a ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with jazz singer Samara Joy, who recently took to the legendary Blues Alley Club stage in Washington, D.C. She and her album, Linger Awhile, won two Grammys.