Artist Bio

MELODY MCARTHUR IS A MELODIC POP-R&B ARTIST HAILING FROM TREATY 8 TERRITORY IN NORTHERN ALBERTA, CANADA/TURTLE ISLAND CURRENTLY BASED IN EDMONTON, AB (TREATY 6 TERRITORY). MCARTHUR HAS 4 FULL LENGTH ALBUMS UNDER HER BELT INCLUDING HER MOST RECENT RELEASE KIZMET (2022). MCARTHUR’S SOUND IS COMPARABLE TO LIZZO COLLIDING WITH ARIANA GRANDE.

MELODY'S HAD OVER 10 SINGLES CHART THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS MUSIC COUNTDOWN (IMC) & IN MAY 2021 SHE HIT THE #1 SPOT ON THE JUKASA RADIO TOP 40 ALONGSIDE THE LIKES OF JUSTIN BEIBER, 24KGOLDN, & BRITNEY SPEARS FOR HER SINGLE LEARN TO BREATHE OFF THE RISING WATERS ALBUM AND AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER 2021 HIT #1 ON THE IMC FOR HER SINGLE UNCEDED OFF THE KIZMET ALBUM. 

MCARTHUR IS THE RECENT RECIPIENT OF THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS HIP HOP AWARDS FOR R&B SINGLE OF THE YEAR FOR HER TRACK WILDLING FT. JAH'KOTA. MCARTHUR 1ST STARTED RECORDING & DISTRIBUTING ORIGINAL WORKS FOR WORLD-WIDE DISTRIBUTION IN 2014 & BY 2018 SHE SELF-RELEASED HER DEBUT ALBUM, REDNECK RESERVATION, OF WHICH SIX SINGLES CHARTED THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS MUSIC COUNTDOWN (IMC); 2 SINGLES FROM REDNECK RESERVATION HIT TOP 3 & ALL BUT 1 SINGLE REACHED THE TOP 10.

MELODY  SET FORTH ON HER 1ST TOUR IN MARCH 2022 FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF KIZMET. THE WESTERN CANADIAN TOUR SOLDOUT MULTIPLE SHOWS HITTING EDMONTON, SASKATOON, RED DEER, GRANDE PRAIRIE, and SLAVE LAKE, A SHOW THAT SOLDOUT X3! CURRENTLY MELODY IS SET TO FEATURE ON MULTIPLE RELEASE INCLUDING - BUT NOT LIMITED TO - REDROCKERZ, VIOLENT GROUND, GERONIMO, JUQ, & LAWRENCE PAUL. SHE HAS ALSO MOST RECENLTY JOINED THE CAST OF BEAR GREASE, THE INDIGENIZED RE-TELLING OF THE RENOWNED MUSICAL GREASE! CURRENTLY MELODY IS NOMINATED FOR 5 NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED NOV 19 2022 IN NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, USA.