The inaugural edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize presented on September 18, 2006, at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre.[1] The winning album was Final Fantasy's He Poos Clouds.[2][3]
The prize's list of 10 finalist albums, chosen from an initial list of 165 nominees, was announced on July 4.[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
2006 Polaris Music Prize |
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Released | 2006 |
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A compilation album featuring tracks from the ten nominated albums was also released.
- 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"
- Wolf Parade, "Shine a Light"
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Winners |
- Owen Pallett, He Poos Clouds (2006)
- Patrick Watson, Close to Paradise (2007)
- Caribou, Andorra (2008)
- Fucked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life (2009)
- Karkwa, Les Chemins de verre (2010)
- Arcade Fire, The Suburbs (2011)
- Feist, Metals (2012)
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2013)
- Tanya Tagaq, Animism (2014)
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power in the Blood (2015)
- Kaytranada, 99.9% (2016)
- Lido Pimienta, La Papessa (2017)
- Jeremy Dutcher, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (2018)
- Haviah Mighty, 13th Floor (2019)
- Backxwash, God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It (2020)
- Cadence Weapon, Parallel World (2021)
- Pierre Kwenders, José Louis and the Paradox of Love (2022)
- Debby Friday, Good Luck (2023)
- Jeremy Dutcher, Motewolonuwok (2024)
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