A total of 223 records were considered for the 2020 Long List by 201 music journalists, broadcasters, and bloggers from across the country, and the 10-album Short List will be announced live on July 15, on a CBC Music radio special. Eleven members of this expanded jury will then be selected to serve on the Grand Jury. The winning album will be revealed live on CBC’s Gem online viewing service, and on CBCMusic.ca\/Polaris, at a special filmed event this fall, rather than at a grand gala as is customary. The Polaris Prize offers $50,000 to the artist(s) who created the Canadian Album of the Year, judged solely on artistic merit, with no consideration of musical genre or commercial popularity. The other nine artists on the 2020 Short List will receive $3,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For this 2020 edition, 12 Quebec artists have been selected. Anachnid, Marie-Pierre Arthur, Backxwash, Chocolat, Louis-Jean Cormier, Corridor, Flore Laurentienne, Jacques Greene, Kaytranada, Men I Trust, Leif Vollebekk, and Zen Bamboo are part of this Long List, which is a good ratio. It remains to be seen if any of the Quebec artists on the list will make it to the end. In the entire history of the Polaris, only one has won the great honour, namely Karkwa in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Previous winners are Haviah Mighty (2019), Jeremy Dutcher (2018), Lido Pimienta (2017), Kaytranada (2016), Buffy Sainte-Marie (2015), Tanya Tagaq (2014), Godspeed You! Black Emperor (2013), Feist (2012), Arcade Fire (2011), Karkwa (2010), Fucked Up (2009), Caribou (2008), Patrick Watson (2007) and Final Fantasy\/Owen Pallett (2006).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are the 40 artists selected for the Long List for the Polaris 2020 Music Prize: A total of 223 records were considered for the 2020 Long List by 201 music journalists, broadcasters, and bloggers from across the country, and the 10-album Short List will be announced live on July 15, on a CBC Music radio special. Eleven members of this expanded jury will then be selected to serve on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":""},"categories":[5192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21921","dossiers","type-dossiers","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dossiers-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Allie X \u2013 Cape God<\/em>
Anachnid \u2013 Dreamweaver<\/em>
Aquakultre \u2013 Legacy<\/em>
Marie-Pierre Arthur \u2013 Des feux pour voir<\/em>
Backxwash \u2013 God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It<\/em>
Badge \u00c9poque Ensemble \u2013 Badge \u00c9poque Ensemble<\/em>
Begonia \u2013 Fear<\/em>
P’tit Belliveau \u2013 Greatest Hits Vol. 1<\/em>
Caribou \u2013 Suddenly<\/em>
Daniel Caesar \u2013 CASE STUDY 01<\/em>
Chocolat \u2013 Jazz engag\u00e9<\/em>
Louis-Jean Cormier \u2013 Quand la nuit tombe<\/em>
Corridor \u2013 Junior<\/em>
dvsn \u2013 A Muse In Her Feelings<\/em>
Jacques Greene \u2013 Dawn Chorus<\/em>
Sarah Harmer \u2013 Are You Gone<\/em>
Ice Cream \u2013 FED UP<\/em>
Junia-T \u2013 Studio Monk<\/em>
Kaytranada \u2013 Bubba<\/em>
Flore Laurentienne \u2013 Volume 1<\/em>
Cindy Lee \u2013 What’s Tonight To Eternity?<\/em>
Men I Trust \u2013 Oncle Jazz<\/em>
N\u00eahiyawak \u2013 nipiy<\/em>
OBUXUM \u2013 Re-Birth<\/em>
Owen Pallett \u2013 Island<\/em>
Pantayo \u2013 Pantayo<\/em>
Lido Pimienta \u2013 Miss Colombia<\/em>
Joel Plaskett \u2013 44<\/em>
William Prince \u2013 Reliever<\/em>
Jessie Reyez \u2013 BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US <\/em>
Riit \u2013 ataataga<\/em>
Andy Shauf \u2013 The Neon Skyline<\/em>
Super Duty Tough Work \u2013 Studies in Grey<\/em>
U.S. Girls \u2013 Heavy Light<\/em>
Leif Vollebekk \u2013 New Ways<\/em>
Wares \u2013 Survival<\/em>
The Weeknd \u2013 After Hours<\/em>
WHOOP-Szo \u2013 Warrior Down<\/em>
Witch Prophet \u2013 DNA Activation<\/em>
Zen Bamboo \u2013 GLU<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"