# 2016 in Canadian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2016 in music in Canada.

## Events

* April 3 – Juno Awards of 2016
* April 17 – Final concert by the influential folk-rock band Spirit of the West.
* April – East Coast Music Awards
* May 15 – Prism Prize presented.
* May 24 – The Tragically Hip announce that lead singer Gord Downie has been diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer.
* June 15 – Preliminary longlist for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize is announced.
* July – SOCAN Songwriting Prize is presented.
* July 14 – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.
* July 22 – The Tragically Hip play the first date of their Man Machine Poem Tour in Victoria, British Columbia.
* August 20 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts The Tragically Hip's concert at the K-Rock Centre in their hometown of Kingston, which may be the band's last-ever live concert due to Gord Downie's cancer diagnosis, as a live cross-platform broadcast on CBC Television, CBC Radio One, CBC Radio 2, CBC Music and YouTube.
* September 19 – Kaytranada's album 99.9% is named the winner of the Polaris Music Prize.
* December 3 – 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards

## Bands disbanded

* Nomeansno
* Spirit of the West

## Albums released
### A

* AHI, We Made It Through the Wreckage
* Alaskan Tapes, We All Speak in Poems
* Altameda, Dirty Rain
* Ammoye, Enter the Warrioress
* Amylie, Les Éclats
* Matt Andersen, Honest Man – February 26
* Ancient Shapes, Ancient Shapes
* Tafari Anthony, Die for You
* Anvil, Anvil Is Anvil – February 26

### B

* Badbadnotgood, IV – July 8
* Jason Bajada, Volcano – February 12
* Matthew Barber and Jill Barber, The Family Album – April 1
* Alexis Baro, Sugar Rush
* Bobby Bazini, Summer Is Gone
* Bear Mountain, BADU – September 9
* Daniel Bélanger, Paloma - November 25
* Art Bergmann, The Apostate – May 13
* The Besnard Lakes, A Coliseum Complex Museum – January 22
* Black Mountain, TBA
* Blackburn Brothers, Brothers in This World
* Jean-Michel Blais, Il
* Bleu Jeans Bleu, Franchement wow
* Blue Moon Marquee, Gypsy Blues
* Blue Rodeo, 1000 Arms – October 28
* Will Bonness, Halcyon
* Brasstronaut, Brasstronaut – November 11
* Alysha Brilla, Human
* Jim Bryson, Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – February 12
* Basia Bulat, Good Advice – February 12
* The Burning Hell, Public Library – April 1

### C

* Brendan Canning, Home Wrecking Years – August 12
* Charlotte Cardin, Big Boy
* Jazz Cartier, Hotel Paranoia
* Tanika Charles, Soul Run – May 10
* Classified, Greatful – January 15
* Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
* Jason Collett, Song and Dance Man – February 5
* Antoine Corriveau, Cette chose qui cognait au creux de sa poitrine sans vouloir s'arrêter
* Crown Lands, Mantra
* Lori Cullen, Sexsmith Swinghammer Songs

### D

* Dead Obies, Gestamtkunstwerk – March 4
* Del Barber & the No Regretzkys, The Puck Drops Here
* Art d'Ecco, Day Fevers
* Devours, Late Bloomers
* Céline Dion, Encore un soir – August 26
* The Dirty Nil, Higher Power – February 26
* Gord Downie, Secret Path – October 18
* Drake, Views – April 29

### E

* Earle and Coffin, Live at the Citadel House
* Micah Erenberg, Poor Mic's Toe

### F

* The Flatliners, TBA
* Luca Fogale, Safety
* Fond of Tigers, Uninhabit – October 7
* Fresh Snow, ONE

### G

* The Garrys, Warm Buds
* Karina Gauvin, Divine Karina – February 12
* Hannah Georgas, For Evelyn
* Matthew Good, I Miss New Wave: Beautiful Midnight Revisited – December 2
* Aaron Goodvin, Aaron Goodvin
* Great Lake Swimmers, Swimming Away

### H

* Harrison, Checkpoint Titanium
* Ron Hawkins, Spit Sputter and Sparkle – March 25
* Tim Hecker, TBA
* Angela Hewitt, Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas – February 12
* The Hidden Cameras, Home On Native Land
* Matt Holubowski, Solitudes
* Holy Fuck, TBA

### I

* Ice Cream, Love, Ice Cream

### J

* Sammy Jackson, Take Me Back
* July Talk, Touch – September 9
* Junior Boys, Big Black Coat – February 5

### K

* Kaytranada, 99.9% – May 6
* Aidan Knight, Each Other – January 22
* Koriass, Love Suprême
* Chantal Kreviazuk, Hard Sail – July 17
* Nicholas Krgovich, The Hills
* Patrick Krief, Automanic – September 30

### L

* Land of Talk, TBA
* k.d. lang with Neko Case and Laura Veirs, case/lang/veirs
* Salomé Leclerc, Live au Treatment
* Little Scream, TBA
* Les Louanges, Le Mercure

### M

* The Maddigans, No Place Like Here – April 4
* Ria Mae, Ria Mae – June 3
* Magic!, Primary Colours – July 1
* Majid Jordan, Majid Jordan – February 5
* Kate Maki, Head in the Sand – May 20
* Dan Mangan, Unmake – June 17
* Carolyn Mark, Come! Back! Special!
* Shawn Mendes, Illuminate
* Dylan Menzie, Adolescent Nature
* Millimetrik, Fog Dreams
* Ryland Moranz, Hello New Old World

### N

* Nap Eyes, Thought Rock Fish Scale
* Sarah Neufeld, The Ridge – February 26

### O

* The Oot n' Oots, Songs and Tales from the Great Blue Whale
* Karim Ouellet, Trente – March 11

### P

* Dorothea Paas, No Loose Ends
* PartyNextDoor, PartyNextDoor 3 – August 12
* Philémon Cimon, Psychanalysez-vous avec Philémon Cimon
* Lido Pimienta, La Papessa
* Plants and Animals, Waltzed in from the Rumbling – April 29
* Protest The Hero, Pacific Myth – November 18

### R

* Radio Radio, Light the Sky – February 19
* Allan Rayman, Hotel Allan
* Corin Raymond, Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams
* Amanda Rheaume, Holding Patterns
* River Tiber, Indigo - June 24
* Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Whisky & Pine
* Royal Canoe, Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit
* Rum Ragged, Rum Ragged
* Justin Rutledge, East – September 30
* Serena Ryder, Utopia

### S

* Sam Roberts Band, Terraform – October 28
* John K. Samson, Winter Wheat – October 21
* SATE, RedBlack&Blue
* Ségala, Plato Hess
* Andy Shauf, The Party – May 20
* Crystal Shawanda, Fish Out of Water
* Shotgun Jimmie, Field of Trampolines
* Simple Plan, Taking One for the Team – February 19
* Dallas Smith, Side Effects - September 2
* So Loki, V
* Solids, Else
* Souldia, Sacrifice
* Rae Spoon, Armour – February 19
* Frederick Squire, Spooky Action at a Distance – May 27
* The Strumbellas, Hope – February 5
* Sussex, Parade Day
* Suuns, Hold/Still

### T

* Tanya Tagaq, Retribution – October 21
* Tasha the Amazon, Die Every Day
* Tegan and Sara, Love You to Death – June 3
* Tory Lanez, I Told You – August 19
* The Tragically Hip, Man Machine Poem – June 17
* A Tribe Called Red, We Are the Halluci Nation
* Tuns, Tuns – August 26

### U

* Un Blonde, Good Will Come to You

### V

* Mathew V, Sounds
* Rosie Valland, Nord-Est
* Venetian Snares, Traditional Synthesizer Music – February 20
* Lindy Vopnfjörð, Frozen in Time – October 28

### W

* Martha Wainwright, Goodnight City
* Frank Walker, Nocturnal
* Dawn Tyler Watson, Jawbreaker!
* Weaves, Weaves
* The Weeknd, Starboy – November 25
* White Lung, Paradise
* WHOOP-Szo, Citizen's Ban(ne)d Radio
* Wild Rivers, Wild Rivers
* Wintersleep, The Great Detachment – March 4
* Woodpigeon, TROUBLE
* Royal Wood, Ghost Light
* Donovan Woods, Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled – February 26
* Roy Woods, Nocturnal – December 23
* Roy Woods, Waking at Dawn – July 1

### Y

* Ken Yates, Huntsville
* You Say Party, You Say Party – February 12
* Your Boy Tony Braxton, Adult Contempt – July 15

### Z

* The Zolas, Swooner – March 4

## Year-End List

| № | Artist(s) | Title |
| 1 | Justin Bieber | "Sorry" |
| 2 | Justin Bieber | "Love Yourself" |
| 3 | Sia featuring Sean Paul | "Cheap Thrills" |
| 4 | Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | "One Dance" |
| 5 | Mike Posner | "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" |
| 6 | Twenty One Pilots | "Stressed Out" |
| 7 | Lukas Graham | "7 Years" |
| 8 | The Chainsmokers featuring Daya | "Don't Let Me Down" |
| 9 | Adele | "Hello" |
| 10 | The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey | "Closer" |
| 11 | Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna | "This Is What You Came For" |
| 12 | Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign | "Work from Home" |
| 13 | Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" |
| 14 | Justin Timberlake | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" |
| 15 | DNCE | "Cake by the Ocean" |
| 16 | Desiigner | "Panda" |
| 17 | Flo Rida | "My House" |
| 18 | Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ | "Cold Water" |
| 19 | Justin Bieber | "What Do You Mean?" |
| 20 | Zayn | "Pillowtalk" |
| 21 | G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha | "Me, Myself & I" |
| 22 | Twenty One Pilots | "Heathens" |
| 23 | Shawn Mendes | "Treat You Better" |
| 24 | The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes | "Roses" |
| 25 | Drake | "Hotline Bling" |
| 26 | Drake featuring Rihanna | "Too Good" |
| 27 | Alessia Cara | "Wild Things" |
| 28 | Twenty One Pilots | "Ride" |
| 29 | Adele | "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" |
| 30 | Ariana Grande | "Into You" |
| 31 | DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber | "Let Me Love You" |
| 32 | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" |
| 33 | Meghan Trainor | "Me Too" |
| 34 | Charlie Puth featuring Selena Gomez | "We Don't Talk Anymore" |
| 35 | Pink | "Just Like Fire" |
| 36 | The Weeknd | "Can't Feel My Face" |
| 37 | Kungs vs. Cookin' on 3 Burners | "This Girl" |
| 38 | Rihanna | "Needed Me" |
| 39 | The Weeknd | "The Hills" |
| 40 | Selena Gomez | "Hands to Myself" |
| 41 | Ariana Grande | "Dangerous Woman" |
| 42 | Meghan Trainor | "No" |
| 43 | Shawn Mendes | "Stitches" |
| 44 | Selena Gomez | "Same Old Love" |
| 45 | Zara Larsson and MNEK | "Never Forget You" |
| 46 | Ruth B | "Lost Boy" |
| 47 | Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend | "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" |
| 48 | DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine | "Middle" |
| 49 | Nick Jonas featuring Tove Lo | "Close" |
| 50 | Gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien | "I Hate U, I Love U" |
| 51 | Flume featuring Kai | "Never Be like You" |
| 52 | Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ | "Lean On" |
| 53 | Kiiara | "Gold" |
| 54 | Coleman Hell | "2 Heads" |
| 55 | Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj | "Side to Side" |
| 56 | Charlie Puth | "One Call Away" |
| 57 | Alan Walker | "Faded" |
| 58 | Coldplay | "Adventure of a Lifetime" |
| 59 | Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz | "679" |
| 60 | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | "Light It Up" |
| 61 | One Direction | "Perfect" |
| 62 | Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar | "The Greatest" |
| 63 | Kent Jones | "Don't Mind" |
| 64 | Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons featuring Logic, Ty Dolla Sign and X Ambassadors | "Sucker for Pain" |
| 65 | Florida Georgia Line | "H.O.L.Y." |
| 66 | Drake | "Controlla" |
| 67 | The Weeknd | "In the Night" |
| 68 | Selena Gomez | "Kill Em with Kindness" |
| 69 | Daya | "Hide Away" |
| 70 | Taylor Swift | "Wildest Dreams" |
| 71 | X Ambassadors | "Renegades" |
| 72 | Future featuring The Weeknd | "Low Life" |
| 73 | Adele | "When We Were Young" |
| 74 | Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap | "All in My Head (Flex)" |
| 75 | James Bay | "Let It Go" |
| 76 | Drake featuring The Throne | "Pop Style" |
| 77 | The Strumbellas | "Spirits" |
| 78 | Ellie Goulding | "On My Mind" |
| 79 | Alessia Cara | "Here" |
| 80 | R. City featuring Adam Levine | "Locked Away" |
| 81 | Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha | "In the Name of Love" |
| 82 | Tory Lanez | "Luv" |
| 83 | Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | "See You Again" |
| 84 | Jonas Blue featuring Dakota | "Fast Car" |
| 85 | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | "Broccoli" |
| 86 | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | "I Know What You Did Last Summer" |
| 87 | Ariana Grande | "Focus" |
| 88 | Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd | "Starving" |
| 89 | Coleman Hell | "Fireproof" |
| 90 | Magic! featuring Sean Paul | "Lay You Down Easy" |
| 91 | Hedley | "Lose Control" |
| 92 | Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber | "Where Are Ü Now" |
| 93 | Belly featuring The Weeknd | "Might Not" |
| 94 | Hedley | "Hello" |
| 95 | Elle King | "Ex's & Oh's" |
| 96 | Keith Urban | "Wasted Time" |
| 97 | Omi | "Cheerleader" |
| 98 | OneRepublic | "Wherever I Go" |
| 99 | Silentó | "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" |
| 100 | Calvin Harris and Disciples | "How Deep Is Your Love" |

## Deaths

* January 3 – Paul Bley, jazz pianist
* January 14 – René Angélil, 73, entertainment manager (Celine Dion)
* February 3 – Brad Kent, musician (D.O.A., Avengers)
* February 6 – Gilles Brown [fr], singer
* February 15 – Vanity, 57, singer
* March 9 – Ray Griff, 75, country music singer and songwriter
* March 30 – Howard Cable, conductor, composer and arranger
* April 3 – Don Francks, 84, jazz vocalist and actor
* April 27 – Philip Kives, founder of K-tel
* June 4 – Bobby Curtola, 73, singer
* June 8 – Brian Rading, 69, bassist Five Man Electrical Band
* June 21 – Pierre Lalonde, singer and television host
* July 4 – William Hawkins, songwriter and poet
* July 9 – Geneviève Castrée, musician and comic book artist
* July 29 – Lucille Dumont, singer
* July 31 – Penny Lang, folk musician
* September 3 – Raymond Daveluy, composer and organist
* October 29 – Paul Demers, singer-songwriter
* November 7 – Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter