Awards
- Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album – 1985
- Howlin' Wolf Award – 1996
- Blues Hall of Fame – Inducted 1997
- Blues Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award – 1999
- NEA National Heritage Fellowship – 2004
- Blues Music Award (formerly the W. C. Handy Award) – 24 times, including the following categories:
- Contemporary Blues Female Artist
- Entertainer of the Year
- Female Artist
- Traditional Blues Female Artist
- Vocalist of the Year
- At age 76 in 2004, she appeared as a special guest with Taj Mahal on an episode of Arthur.
- At age 80 in 2008, she appeared as a special guest with Umphrey's McGee at their New Year's Eve performance at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago.
- Taylor won for Best Blues Album in The 7th Annual Independent Music Awards
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