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

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

The Brampton-based rapper's '13th Floor' won the Album of the Year award.

One of 10 critically acclaimed Canadian albums will be chosen to win the annual Polaris Music Prize on Sept. 16.

Jeremy Dutcher's album, 'Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa,' is recorded entirely in the Wolastoq language.

Buffy Sainte-Marie has won this year's $50,000 Polaris Music Prize.

Buffy Sainte-Marie talks Drake, Polaris Music Prize and music critics in a Q&A session.

Drake and Buffy Sainte-Marie will compete for this year's Polaris Music Prize, it was announced Thursday.

The annual award for the best Canadian album of the year has boosted its prize purse from $30,000 to $50,000 for the winner.

The Polaris Music Prize has removed former host Jian Ghomeshi from its jury.