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2010 Polaris Music Prize

Karkwa at the 2010 Polaris Music Prize gala

Tegan and Sara at the 2010 Polaris Music Prize gala

The 2010 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 20, 2010.^[1] The gala presentation was held at Toronto's Masonic Temple, and was hosted by Grant Lawrence of CBC Radio 3 and Sarah Taylor of MuchMusic.^[2]

The winning album, Karkwa's Les Chemins de verre, was the first French language album to win the award.^[3]

Jury

The grand jury for the 2010 award included Rob Bowman (York University), Jenny Charlesworth (The Georgia Straight), Leah Collins (Dose.ca), Del Cowie (Exclaim!), Jonathan Dekel (Spinner.ca), Amanda Farrell (Monday Magazine), Jian Ghomeshi (CBC Radio), Marc Xavier Leblanc (freelance journalist and DJ), François Marchand (Vancouver Sun), André Peloquin (BangBang) and Philippe Rezzonico (Rue Frontenac).^[2]

Shortlist

The prize's 10-album shortlist was announced on July 6.^[4]

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

Longlist

The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 17.^[1]

Apollo Ghosts, Mount Benson
Bahamas, Pink Strat
The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
Blue Rodeo, The Things We Left Behind
Brasstronaut, Mt. Chimaera
Broken Social Scene, Forgiveness Rock Record
Basia Bulat, Heart of My Own
By Divine Right, Mutant Message
Caribou, Swim
Jason Collett, Rat a Tat Tat
Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
Amelia Curran, Hunter, Hunter
Fred Fortin, Plastrer la lune
Frog Eyes, Paul's Tomb: A Triumph
Hannah Georgas, This Is Good
Ghostkeeper, Ghostkeeper
Holy Fuck, Latin
Karkwa, Les Chemins de verre
Lee Harvey Osmond, A Quiet Evil
Greg MacPherson, Mr. Invitation
Dan Mangan, Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Misteur Valaire, Golden Bombay
The New Pornographers, Together
Owen Pallett, Heartland
Plants and Animals, La La Land
Radio Radio, Belmundo Regal
Justin Rutledge, The Early Widows
The Sadies, Darker Circles
Shad, TSOL
Elizabeth Shepherd, Heavy Falls the Night
The Slew, 100%
Meaghan Smith, The Cricket's Orchestra
South Rakkas Crew, The Stimulus Package
Tegan and Sara, Sainthood
The Wooden Sky, If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone
Hawksley Workman, Meat
You Say Party! We Say Die!, XXXX
Young Galaxy, Invisible Republic
Yukon Blonde, Yukon Blonde
Zeus, Say Us

References

^ ^a ^b "Blue Rodeo, BSS on Polaris long list" Archived 2010-09-01 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, June 17, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Polaris Music Prize Gala Details Announced"^[usurped]. chartattack.com, August 25, 2010.
^ Harper, Kate (2010-09-20). "Karkwa Win The 2010 Polaris Music Prize". CHARTattack. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
^ "Polaris Prize short list unveiled". CBC News. 2010-07-06. Retrieved 2010-09-18.

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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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