Polaris Music Prize
Awarded forBest full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label.
CountryCanada
First awarded2006
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The Polaris Music Prize is a music award given each year to the best full-length Canadian album. It is for artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label.[1] The award was formed in 2006 with a $20,000 cash prize.[2] the prize was increased to $30,000 for the 2011 award.[3]

This list of nominees is released in early July. A group of 11 jury members ("The Grand Jury") meet in Toronto at the Polaris Music Prize gala in late September. The winner is picked after the nominated bands perform.[2]

Past winners and short list nominees

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Year Winner Album Shortlisted Nominees & Albums[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
2006 Final Fantasy He Poos Clouds
  • Broken Social Scene, Broken Social Scene
  • Cadence Weapon, Breaking Kayfabe
  • The Deadly Snakes, Porcella
  • Sarah Harmer, I'm a Mountain
  • K'naan, The Dusty Foot Philosopher
  • Malajube, Trompe-l'oeil
  • Metric, Live It Out
  • The New Pornographers, Twin Cinema
  • Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary
2007 Patrick Watson Close to Paradise
  • Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
  • The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
  • The Dears, Gang of Losers
  • Julie Doiron, Woke Myself Up
  • Feist, The Reminder
  • Junior Boys, So This Is Goodbye
  • Miracle Fortress, Five Roses
  • Joel Plaskett Emergency, Ashtray Rock
  • Chad VanGaalen, Skelliconnection
2008 Caribou Andorra
  • Black Mountain, In the Future
  • Basia Bulat, Oh, My Darling
  • Kathleen Edwards, Asking for Flowers
  • Holy Fuck, LP
  • Plants and Animals, Parc Avenue
  • Shad, The Old Prince
  • Stars, In Our Bedroom After the War
  • Two Hours Traffic, Little Jabs
  • The Weakerthans, Reunion Tour
2009 Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life
  • Elliott Brood, Mountain Meadows
  • Great Lake Swimmers, Lost Channels
  • Hey Rosetta!, Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
  • K'naan, Troubadour
  • Malajube, Labyrinthes
  • Metric, Fantasies
  • Joel Plaskett, Three
  • Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
  • Patrick Watson, Wooden Arms
2010 Karkwa Les Chemins de verre
  • The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
  • Broken Social Scene, Forgiveness Rock Record
  • Caribou, Swim
  • Dan Mangan, Nice, Nice, Very Nice
  • Owen Pallett, Heartland
  • Radio Radio, Belmundo Regal
  • The Sadies, Darker Circles
  • Shad, TSOL
  • Tegan and Sara, Sainthood
2011 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
  • Austra, Feel it Break
  • Braids, Native Speaker
  • Destroyer, Kaputt
  • Galaxie, Tigre et diésel
  • Hey Rosetta!, Seeds
  • Ron Sexsmith, Long Player Late Bloomer
  • Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
  • Timber Timbre, Creep On Creepin' On
  • The Weeknd, House of Balloons
2012 TBA September 24, 2012[11] TBA July 17, 2012[11]
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References

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  1. ↑ Frere-Jones, Shasha (2009-09-22). "The Prize That Dare Not Speak Its Name". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Molotkow, Alexandra (2010-10-01). "The Indie Rock Swindle". The Walrus. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  3. ↑ "2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced". aux.tv, June 16, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Indie favourites among finalists for Polaris Music Prize". CBC News. 2010-07-04. Archived from the original on 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  5. ↑ "Feist, Fire get Polaris noms". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
  6. ↑ Love, Noah (2007-07-10). "Arcade Fire, Feist And The Dears Among Polaris Nominees". Chart. Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  7. ↑ "Rockers dominate Polaris prize short list". CBC News. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  8. ↑ "Ladies and Gentleman, the 2009 Short List" (Press release). Polaris Music Prize. 2009-07-07. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  9. ↑ "Polaris Prize short list unveiled". CBC News. 2010-07-06. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  10. ↑ "Polaris Music Prize Rolls Out 2011 Short List". Exclaim! Magazine. 2011-07-06. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Polaris Prize long list includes lots of Toronto bands" Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, June 14, 2012.

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