Samara Joy McLendon is an American jazz singer. She released her self-titled debut album in 2021 and was subsequently named Best New Artist by JazzTimes. Her second album, Linger Awhile (2022), reached number one on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. She has received five Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist in 2023 and two wins each for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Jazz Performance in 2024 and 2025.
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Live with Kelly & Mark (2023)
Guest starring as Samara Joy
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x168: Stanley Tucci, Samara Joy (Apr 29, 2025)
- Episode 2x59: Bryant Gumbel, Jennifer Garner, Samara Joy (Nov 28, 2023)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Guest starring as Samara Joy
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x18: Offset, Samara Joy (Oct 8, 2025)
- Episode 1x87: Katharine McPhee Foster, Samara Joy (Jan 27, 2023)
CBS Saturday Morning (2021)
Guest starring as Samara Joy
- Episode 3x116: Samara Joy, Chef Jae Lee, Peter Turnley (Dec 27, 2025)
CBS Mornings (2021)
Guest starring as Samara Joy
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2024-12-23: Samara Joy, Chef Masako Morishita, James Brown (Dec 23, 2024)
- Episode 2023-01-30: Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Nic Stone, Samara Joy (Jan 30, 2023)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Samara Joy
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x21: Uma Thurman, Samara Joy (Oct 21, 2024)
- Episode 4x63: Amy Poehler, Gabriel LaBelle, Samara Joy, Tamera Mowry-Housley (Dec 13, 2022)
Today with Hoda & Jenna (2019)
Guest starring as Samara Joy
- Episode 5x07: Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner, Mitch Albom, Samara Joy (Sep 27, 2022)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Samara Joy
- Episode 2023-02-16: Travis Kelce, Jay Hernandez, Samara Joy (Feb 16, 2023)
National Christmas Tree Lighting (2009)
Guest starring as Samara Joy
- Episode 2023-12-15: The National Christmas Tree Lighting 2023 (Dec 15, 2023)
Live from E! (2007)
Guest starring as Interviewed
- Episode 2025-02-02: The E! Grammy Awards 2025 (Feb 2, 2025)
NAACP Image Awards (1984)
Guest starring as Interviewed
- Episode 2025 Special: 56th Annual NAACP Image Awards Red Carpet Live (Feb 22, 2025)
60 Minutes (1968)
Guest starring as Samara Joy
- Episode 57x15: The Pager Plot | The Iron River | Joy to the World (Dec 22, 2024)
Grammy Awards (1959)
Guest starring as Samara Joy
- Episode 2024-02-04: The 66th Annual Grammy Awards (Feb 4, 2024)
Today (1952)
Guest starring as Samara Joy
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2024-10-11: Nicholas Braun, Samara Joy (Oct 11, 2024)
- Episode 2023-03-29: Miroslav Volf, Samara Joy, Grant Gustin (Mar 29, 2023)