Polaris Music Prize

Il Polaris Music Prize è un premio musicale canadese assegnato annualmente al miglior album discografico canadese, selezionato sulla base del merito artistico, a prescindere dal genere, dalle vendite e dall'etichetta discografica.^[1] Il premio è stato istituito nel 2006.

Può essere paragonato al Mercury Prize per il Regno Unito.

Edizioni e vincitori

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Anno	Vincitore	Nomination finalisti e album
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 Galaxiie – 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	Feist – Metals	Cadence Weapon – Hope in Dirt City Cold Specks – I Predict a Graceful Expulsion Drake – Take Care Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur Fucked Up – David Comes to Life Grimes – Visions Handsome Furs – Sound Kapital Japandroids – Celebration Rock Yamantaka // Sonic Titan – YT//ST
2013	Godspeed You! Black Emperor – 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!	Zaki Ibrahim – Every Opposite Metric – Synthetica METZ – METZ Purity Ring – Shrines Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob A Tribe Called Red – Nation II Nation Whitehorse – The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss Young Galaxy – Ultramarine
2014	Tanya Tagaq – Animism	Arcade Fire – Reflektor Basia Bulat – Tall Tall Shadow Mac DeMarco – Salad Days Drake – Nothing Was the Same Jessy Lanza – Pull My Hair Back Owen Pallett – In Conflict Shad – Flying Colours Timber Timbre – Hot Dreams Yamantaka // Sonic Titan – UZU
2019	Haviah Mighty – 13th Floor	Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman Elisapie – The Ballad of the Runaway Girl FET.NAT – Le mal Dominique Fils-Aimé – Stay Tuned! Les Louanges – La nuit est une panthère PUP – Morbid Stuff Jessie Reyez – Being Human in Public Shad – A Short Story About a War Snotty Nose Rez Kids – Trapline