2010 Polaris Music Prize

The 2010 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 20, 2010. The gala presentation was held at Toronto's Masonic Temple, and was hosted by Grant Lawrence of CBC Radio 3 and Sarah Taylor of MuchMusic.

The winning album, Karkwa's Les Chemins de verre, was the first French language album to win the award.

Jury

The grand jury for the 2010 award included Rob Bowman (York University), Jenny Charlesworth (The Georgia Straight), Leah Collins (Dose.ca), Del Cowie (Exclaim!), Jonathan Dekel (Spinner.ca), Amanda Farrell (Monday Magazine), Jian Ghomeshi (CBC Radio), Marc Xavier Leblanc (freelance journalist and DJ), François Marchand (Vancouver Sun), André Peloquin (BangBang) and Philippe Rezzonico (Rue Frontenac).

Shortlist

The prize's 10-album shortlist was announced on July 6.

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

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Polaris Music Prize

The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label. The award was established in 2006 with a $20,000 cash prize; the prize was increased to $30,000 for the 2011 award. In May 2015, it was announced the Polaris Music Prize winner will now receive $50,000, an additional $20,000, thanks to the sponsorship of Slaight Music. Additionally, second place prizes which go to the nine other acts on the Short List will increase from $2,000 to $3,000. Polaris officials also announced they will be creating The Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize, a sort of hall of fame award that "will annually honour five albums from the five decades before Polaris launched in 2006." Details about the selection process for this prize are still to be revealed.

The Polaris Music Prize is modeled after United Kingdom/Ireland's Mercury Prize and in turn, inspired the Atlantis Music Prize for Newfoundland and Labrador.

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2006 Polaris Music Prize

The inaugural edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize presented on September 18, 2006, at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre. The winning album was Final Fantasy's He Poos Clouds.

Nominees

The prize's list of 10 finalist albums, chosen from an initial list of 165 nominees, was announced on July 4.

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

Album

A compilation album featuring tracks from the ten nominated albums was also released.

Track listing

Broken Social Scene, "Fire Eye'd Boy"

Cadence Weapon, "Black Hand"

The Deadly Snakes, "Gore Veil"

Final Fantasy, "This Lamb Sells Condos"

Sarah Harmer, "Goin' Out"

K'naan, "Soobax"

Malajube, "Pâte filo"

Metric, "The Police and the Private"

The New Pornographers, "Sing Me Spanish Techno"

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2015 Polaris Music Prize

The 2015 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 21, 2015 at The Carlu event theatre in Toronto, Ontario. The event was hosted by children's entertainer Fred Penner.

In May 2015, Slaight Communications announced an additional contribution to the Polaris fund which saw the prize for the winning album increased to $50,000, as well as $3,000 to each of the non-winning nominees.