Polaris Music Prize

• Buffy Sainte-Marie loses honours including Junos, Hall of Fame induction

  Organizers at the Polaris Music Prize also say they've rescinded two awards.

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  Mar 7, 2025
  
• 10 acclaimed Canadian acts compete for 2024 Polaris Music Prize on Tuesday 

  The prestigious award anoints the best Canadian album of the year as decided by a jury of music critics based on its artistic merit.

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  Sep 17, 2024
  
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• Calgary rock project Cindy Lee among acts shortlisted for Polaris Music Prize

  The Polaris winner will be announced Sept. 17 during a gala presentation at Toronto's Massey Hall.

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  Jul 12, 2024
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• Winnipeg’s Begonia among 10 artists up for Polaris Music Prize on Tuesday

  The Polaris prize names the best Canadian album of the previous year — irrespective of genre or sales — as chosen by a group of journalists, broadcasters and music bloggers.

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  Sep 19, 2023
• Three artists with Manitoba roots nominated for 2023 Polaris Music Prize

  The long list of 40 albums will be shortened to a top 10 in mid-July, and the eventual winner (one of the 10 on the short list) will be announced at the Polaris Gala in September.

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  Jun 14, 2023
• Montreal musician Pierre Kwenders wins 2022 Polaris Music Prize

  The Congolese-Canadian's third album was selected for the $50,000 prize by an 11-member grand jury that named it best Canadian album of the year based on its artistic merit.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2022
• Cadence Weapon captures Polaris Music Prize for hip-hop album ‘Parallel World’

  Cadence Weapon has won the 2021 Polaris Music Prize — considered one of the country's most prestigious music awards — for his album "Parallel World."

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  Sep 27, 2021
• Two Manitoba artists make 2021 Polaris Music Prize long list

  A Winnipeg metal band and a solo artist originally from Selkirk have been nominated on the long list for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.

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  Jun 15, 2021
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• Montreal rapper Backxwash wins Polaris Music Prize for best Canadian album

  Backxwash, the stage name of performer Ashanti Mutinta, beat out nine other contenders.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2020
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• Polaris Music Prize 2020 long list: The Weeknd, Jessie Reyez, Daniel Caesar among artists

  The short list for the upcoming and prestigious Canadian music awards ceremony will follow on July 15.

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  Jun 16, 2020