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.^[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]

Polaris Music Prize
Awarded for	Best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label.
Country	Canada
First awarded	2006
Website	polarismusicprize.ca

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

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]

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

1. Frere-Jones, Shasha (2009-09-22). "The Prize That Dare Not Speak Its Name". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
2. 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. "Polaris Prize long list includes lots of Toronto bands" Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, June 14, 2012.

Other websites

• Polaris Music Prize