Sampa the Great

Not to be confused with Sampha.

Sampa the Great
Sampa the Great at Glastonbury Festival 2019
Background information
Birth nameSampa Tembo
Born (1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 31)[1]
Ndola, Zambia
GenresHip hop
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • rapper
  • poet
Years active2014–present
Labels
Websitesampathegreat.com

Sampa Tembo (born August 9, 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).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference magik was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Sampa the Great". Sampa the Great Official Website. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.