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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 and includes a C$20,000 cash prize. The Polaris Music Prize is modelled after the Mercury Music Prize, which is handed to the best British or Irish album over the past year[1]. The award is sponsored by Rogers, Sirius Satellite Radio, Radio Starmaker Fund, and the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
There is no submission process or entry fee for the Polaris Music Prize. Jurors select what they consider to be the five best Canadian albums released in the previous year. The ballots are tabulated with each number one pick awarded five points, a number two pick awarded four point and so on. A “long list” of every eligible album is then sent back to the jury. The jurors then re-submit five top picks from this "long list." These ballots are retabulated and the top ten titles form the Polaris shortlist.
The ultimate winner is decided by a smaller group of 11 jury members who convene in Toronto, where the winner is announced at the Polaris Music Prize Gala in late September.
Jurors are selected by the Polaris Music Prize board of directors. The jury list includes more than 170 Canadian music journalists, bloggers and broadcasters. To ensure an impartial outcome no one with direct financial relationships with artists is eligible to become a jury member. The organization itself is a registered, not-for-profit corporation. Another key benefit of enlisting only music journalists as judges is the increased media coverage and it boosts the ultimate goal of drawing attention to quality music in a cluttered commercial landscape and increasingly fractured music scene.[2]
Notable jurors have included former MuchMusic VJ Hannah Sung, ''Toronto Star'' music columnists Ben Rayner and John Sakamoto, CFNY-FM program director Alan Cross, CBC Radio personalities Jowi Taylor, ''Voir'' music journalists Patrick Baillargeon and Olivier Robillard-Laveaux, Patti Schmidt, Jian Ghomeshi, Grant Lawrence and Amanda Putz, and '' host George Stroumboulopoulos.
The 2006 shortlist was announced on July 4, 2006, and the winner was announced on September 18 at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre. A compilation album, ''2006 Polaris Music Prize'', was released in the summer featuring tracks from all ten nominated albums.
★ 'Final Fantasy – ''He Poos Clouds''' (winner)
★ 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''
The shortlist for the Second Annual Polaris Music Prize was announced on July 10, 2007, with the winner to be announced at a gala celebration on September 24, 2007 in Toronto.[3][4] According to CBC News, "finalists were drawn from submissions by more than 170 music journalists, reviewers and broadcasters across Canada."[5]
As in 2006, a compilation album, ''2007 Polaris Music Prize'', was released to promote the nominees. The album did not, however, include a track by Arcade Fire — although media initially reported that the Polaris committee had snubbed the band by excluding them, the committee and the band issued a joint press release confirming that the band ''chose'' not to have a track included on the album as they prefer not to participate in compilation albums. [6]
★ 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''
★ Patrick Watson – ''Close to Paradise''
★ Mercury Music Prize (United Kingdom)
★ New Pantheon Music Award (United States)
1. The Polaris Music Prize Will Go To Canada's Best Album
2. Follow the North Star
3. Feist, Fire get Polaris noms
4. Arcade Fire, Feist And The Dears Among Polaris Nominees
5. Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list
6. Joint Statement by Arcade Fire and the Polaris Music Prize
★ Official site
★ MySpace site
| Contents |
| Jury and selection process |
| 2006 |
| 2007 |
| See also |
| Notes and references |
| External links |
Jury and selection process
There is no submission process or entry fee for the Polaris Music Prize. Jurors select what they consider to be the five best Canadian albums released in the previous year. The ballots are tabulated with each number one pick awarded five points, a number two pick awarded four point and so on. A “long list” of every eligible album is then sent back to the jury. The jurors then re-submit five top picks from this "long list." These ballots are retabulated and the top ten titles form the Polaris shortlist.
The ultimate winner is decided by a smaller group of 11 jury members who convene in Toronto, where the winner is announced at the Polaris Music Prize Gala in late September.
Jurors are selected by the Polaris Music Prize board of directors. The jury list includes more than 170 Canadian music journalists, bloggers and broadcasters. To ensure an impartial outcome no one with direct financial relationships with artists is eligible to become a jury member. The organization itself is a registered, not-for-profit corporation. Another key benefit of enlisting only music journalists as judges is the increased media coverage and it boosts the ultimate goal of drawing attention to quality music in a cluttered commercial landscape and increasingly fractured music scene.[2]
Notable jurors have included former MuchMusic VJ Hannah Sung, ''Toronto Star'' music columnists Ben Rayner and John Sakamoto, CFNY-FM program director Alan Cross, CBC Radio personalities Jowi Taylor, ''Voir'' music journalists Patrick Baillargeon and Olivier Robillard-Laveaux, Patti Schmidt, Jian Ghomeshi, Grant Lawrence and Amanda Putz, and '' host George Stroumboulopoulos.
2006
The 2006 shortlist was announced on July 4, 2006, and the winner was announced on September 18 at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre. A compilation album, ''2006 Polaris Music Prize'', was released in the summer featuring tracks from all ten nominated albums.
★ 'Final Fantasy – ''He Poos Clouds''' (winner)
★ 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
The shortlist for the Second Annual Polaris Music Prize was announced on July 10, 2007, with the winner to be announced at a gala celebration on September 24, 2007 in Toronto.[3][4] According to CBC News, "finalists were drawn from submissions by more than 170 music journalists, reviewers and broadcasters across Canada."[5]
As in 2006, a compilation album, ''2007 Polaris Music Prize'', was released to promote the nominees. The album did not, however, include a track by Arcade Fire — although media initially reported that the Polaris committee had snubbed the band by excluding them, the committee and the band issued a joint press release confirming that the band ''chose'' not to have a track included on the album as they prefer not to participate in compilation albums. [6]
★ 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''
★ Patrick Watson – ''Close to Paradise''
See also
★ Mercury Music Prize (United Kingdom)
★ New Pantheon Music Award (United States)
Notes and references
1. The Polaris Music Prize Will Go To Canada's Best Album
2. Follow the North Star
3. Feist, Fire get Polaris noms
4. Arcade Fire, Feist And The Dears Among Polaris Nominees
5. Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list
6. Joint Statement by Arcade Fire and the Polaris Music Prize
External links
★ Official site
★ MySpace site
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