MELODY MCARTHUR IS AN INDIE MELODIC HIP HOP AND R&B ARTIST HAILING ORIGINALLY FROM TREATY 8 TERRITORY, CURRENTLY BASED IN TREATY 6, EDMONTON, AB. MCARTHUR HAS THREE FULL LENGTH ALBUMS UNDER HER BELT INCLUDING HER MOST RECENT RELEASE RISING WATERS; DESCRIBED AS A MIX BETWEEN DOJA CAT MEETS DEMI LOVATO AND THE WEEKND AND FEATURED IN THE EDMONTON JOURNAL'S LIST OF 2020 LOCAL RELEASES.
MCARTHUR IS A TWO-TIME EDMONTON MUSIC AWARD NOMINEE (2018, 2019) FOR INDIGENOUS RECORDING OF THE YEAR, A 2019 INDIGENOUS ARTIST OF THE YEAR RECIPIENT (INDIGENOUS WOMENS BUSINESS PANEL), A TWO-TIME YOUTH ROLE MODEL AWARD RECIPIENT, AND MOST RECENTLY RECEIVED A NOMINATION FOR R&B SINGLE OF THE YEAR AT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS HIP HOP AWARDS.
MCARTHUR HAS TRAVELED ACROSS CANADA AND INTO THE U.S. PERFORMING ORIGINAL MUSIC FROM HER DEBUT AND SOPHOMORE ALBUM AND INTENDS TO SET FORTH ON A SMALL WESTERN CANADA TOUR PENDING LIFTED RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE COVID19 PANDEMIC. SINCE HER DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE IN 2018, MCARTHUR HAS HAD SEVERAL SINGLES CHART THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS MUSIC COUNTDOWN AND IS SET TO RELEASE MULTIPLE COLLABORATIONS IN 2021 AND HER FIRST EP TITLE "KIZMET".