Erja Lyytinen is nominated in the Canadian Maple Blues Awards in the international artist category. This category of the prestigious Canadian music industry award, the local blues music Grammy, is named after the legendary blues pioneer and ambassador B.B.King. Erja is the first Finn to be nominated at the Maple Blues Awards, so her nomination is historic.

The following artists or bands are nominated in the category of
”B.B. King International Artist of the Year”:

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

Erja Lyytinen

Ghost Town Blues Band

Larkin Poe

Mavis Staples

The award is given by The Toronto Blues Society and its gala will be held on January 30, 2023 in Toronto.