# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sue-foley
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:29:37.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sue-foley"
name: "Sue Foley"
slug: "sue-foley"
description: "Sue Foley is a Canadian blues guitarist and singer/songwriter known for her Texas blues style and acoustic touch. A five-time Blues Music Award winner for Traditional Blues Female, and a Juno recipient, she has shared the stage with musicians including B.B. King and Buddy Guy. In 2024 she released One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to The Female Pioneers of Guitar which earned a 2025 Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album. Foley also holds a PhD in Musicology, and is the author of the forthcoming book Guitar Women, exploring the lives and legacies of trailblazing female guitarists."
tagline: "Canadian artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sue_Foley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1968-03-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.31
  momentum:             15
  historical:           12.40505066666667
  currentAttention:     81.81818181818181
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  180
  category: null
totalFollowers: 21800
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/suefoleyofficial/"
    handle:    "suefoleyofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/suefoleyofficial"
    handle:    "suefoleyofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1227538/"
    handle:    "nm1227538"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6bp17u6Ya0RGnEobNVGvwS"
    handle:    "6bp17u6Ya0RGnEobNVGvwS"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://suefoley.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKDD1eLiMGB74ZvLmOzcNjA"
    handle:    "@suefoleyofficial"
    followers: 21800
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "سو فولي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "سو فولى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "سو فولی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Foley"
    title: "Sue Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Foley"
    title: "Sue Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Foley"
    title: "Sue Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "سو فولی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Foley"
    title: "Sue Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "スー・フォーリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Foley"
    title: "Sue Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8C%D1%8E"
    title: "Фоули, Сью"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Foley"
    title: "Sue Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7699f64f-9a90-4291-902e-afeeed3e138f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432411"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1372989"
    title: "Sue Foley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump