Polaris Music Prize

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.  The award was formed in 2006 with a $20,000 cash prize. the prize was increased to $30,000 for the 2011 award.

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.

## Past winners and short list nominees

|Year|class="unsortable"|Winner|class="unsortable"|Album|class="unsortable"|Shortlisted Nominees & Albums|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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|colspan="2"|TBA September 24, 2012|TBA July 17, 2012||||

## Related pages

- Choice Music Prize (Ireland)
- Mercury Music Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland)
- Australian Music Prize (Australia)
- Prix Constantin (France)
- Shortlist Prize (United States)

## Other websites

- Polaris Music Prize

## Infobox (award)

- **name**: Polaris Music Prize
- **awarded for**: Best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label.
- **country**: Canada
- **year**: 2006