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Sturgill Simpson won the Grammy for Best Country Album with A Sailor's Guide to Earth, which was also nominated for Album of the Year, and he has six Grammy nominations in all. The Kentucky singer-songwriter and actor broke through with the independent albums High Top Mountain (2013) and Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014), the latter earning a Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album. The Americana Music Association named him Emerging Act of the Year in 2014 and Artist of the Year in 2015, and he also won the Libera Award for Best Breakthrough Artist. A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) was his major label debut on Atlantic Records. He followed with the hard-rocking SOUND & FURY (2019), nominated for Best Rock Album and paired with an anime film, then returned to independence with two Cuttin' Grass albums of bluegrass versions of his songs and the concept album The Ballad of Dood & Juanita (2021). Passage du Desir (2024) and Mutiny After Midnight (2026) came under his Johnny Blue Skies name. The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame inducted him in 2024, and he acted in Killers of the Flower Moon.
- Genres: country
- Active since 2004
- Born in Jackson
- Labels: Atlantic Records, Loose
- Category: Musician
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The estimated booking fee for Sturgill Simpson is $250K–$500K. The final figure depends on the date, location, event type and what's required, and travel, production and hospitality are usually extra.
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Milestones
- Released debut album High Top Mountain in 2013
- Released the album High Top Mountain
- Named Americana Award for Emerging Act of the Year
- Released the album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
- Named Americana Award for Artist of the Year
- Released the album A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
- Won the Grammy for Best Country Album ("A Sailor's Guide To Earth")
- Released the album SOUND & FURY
- Inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame
- Launched the Dark Clouds: Mutiny for the Masses Tour
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Our estimate puts Sturgill Simpson in the $250K–$500K range (estimate).
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The estimated booking fee for Sturgill Simpson is $250K–$500K (estimate).
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