Polaris Music Prize - Past Winners and Short List Nominees

Past Winners and Short List Nominees

Year Winner Shortlisted Nominees & Albums
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
  • Galaxie – 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

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