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."2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced" . aux.tv, June 16, 2011.

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
YearWinnerAlbumShortlisted 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 TBA September 24, 2012"Polaris Prize long list includes lots of Toronto bands" . Toronto Star, June 14, 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)

References

Other websites
 Polaris Music Prize

Category:Music awards
Category:Entertainment in Canada