2015 in Canadian music
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This is a summary of the year 2015 in the Canadian music industry.
- March 10 – Rapper Shad is announced as the new host of CBC Radio One's daily arts and culture magazine show Q
- March 15 – Juno Awards of 2015
- March 29 – Chad VanGaalen wins the Prism Prize for his music video for Timber Timbre's song "Beat the Drum Slowly".[1]
- April – East Coast Music Awards
- April 12 – Kevin Bazinet wins the third season of La Voix.
- June 16 – Prelimimary longlist for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize is announced.
- July 9 – Dear Rouge (English) and Antoine Corriveau (French) are announced as the winners of the 2015 SOCAN Songwriting Prize.
- July 16 – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.
- September 21 – Buffy Sainte-Marie wins the Polaris Music Prize for her album Power in the Blood.
- November 8 – 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Bands formed
Albums released
#
- 2Frères, Nous autres
A
- The Acorn, Vieux Loup – May 19
- Bryan Adams, Get Up! – October 16
- Bernard Adamus, Sorel Soviet So What
- a l l i e, Moonlust[2]
- Marie-Pierre Arthur, Si l'aurore – February[3]
- Astral Swans, All My Favorite Singers Are Willie Nelson
B
- BADBADNOTGOOD with Ghostface Killah, Sour Soul – February 17[4]
- Barenaked Ladies, Silverball – June 2
- Alexis Baro, Guilty Pleasure[5]
- Eric Bearclaw, Strains
- Justin Bieber, Purpose
- Big Brave, Au De La
- The Blue Stones, Black Holes - October 20
- Philippe Brach, Portraits de famine
- Braids, Deep in the Iris – April 28
- Dean Brody, Gypsy Road – April 21[6]
- Michael Jerome Browne, Sliding Delta
- Burnstick, Dream Big, Little One / Fais de beaux rêves, petit ange
- Spencer Burton, Some That Were, Some That Are and Some That Will Be
C
- Kathryn Calder, Kathryn Calder
- Cancer Bats, Searching for Zero – March 10[4]
- Cannon Bros., Dream City
- Alessia Cara, Four Pink Walls – August 28
- Casper Skulls, Lips & Skull
- Chic Gamine, Light a Match
- Ramon Chicharron, Uepaje
- Annabelle Chvostek, Be the Media – April 30
- Cindy Lee, Act of Tenderness
- Cindy Lee, Malenkost
- City and Colour, If I Should Go Before You – October 9
- Tom Cochrane, Take It Home – February 10
- Cœur de pirate, Roses – August 28
- Concealer, feted:fetid
- Louis-Jean Cormier, Les Grandes artères – March 23
- Corridor, Le Voyage Éternel
D
- Danko Jones, Fire Music – February 6[7]
- Thomas D'Arcy, Fooled You Twice
- Dear Rouge, Black to Gold[8]
- The Dears, Times Infinity Volume One – September 25
- Mac DeMarco, Demos Volume One – January 20
- Destroyer, Poison Season – August 28[8]
- Devours, Avalon
- Digawolf, Great Northern Man
- Dilly Dally, Sore
- Alan Doyle, So Let's Go
- Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late – February 14
E
- Eccodek, Remixing in Tongues
- The Elwins, Play for Keeps – February 24[8]
- Exco Levi, Country Man – March 17
F
- Michael Feuerstack, The Forgettable Truth – February 17[7]
- Flying Hórses, Tölt
- Foxtrott, A Taller Us
- Jeanick Fournier, Mes coups de cœur
- Fresh Snow, WON[9]
- Lily Frost, Too Hot for Words
G
- Galaxie, Zulu – February 24[3]
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress – March 31
- The Golden Dogs, 3 1/2 – February 17[7]
- Grand Analog, Roll Dub Soul Rap – October 8
- Great Lake Swimmers, A Forest of Arms – April 21[10]
- Grimes, Art Angels[8]
H
- Half Moon Run, Sun Leads Me On – October 23
- Harrison, Colors[11]
- Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins, Garden Songs – February 3[7]
- Hayden, Hey Love – March 24
- Hedley, Hello
- Hello, Blue Roses, WZO – February
- The High Dials, In the AM Wilds – February 3[7]
- Hilotrons, To Trip with Terpsichore[7]
- Hollerado, 111 Songs – March 24[7]
- Andrew Hyatt, Never Back Down
J
- Tobias Jesso Jr., Goon – March 17
- Carly Rae Jepsen, E•MO•TION – August 21
- Lyndon John X, Escape from the Mongoose Gang
K
- k-os, Can't Fly Without Gravity – September 4
- Andy Kim, It's Decided – February 24[12]
- The King Khan & BBQ Show, Bad News Boys
- Brett Kissel, Pick Me Up – September 11
- Koriass, Petit love
- Diana Krall, Wallflower – February 2
- Nicholas Krgovich, On Cahuenga[13]
L
- Jean Leloup, À Paradis City
- Library Voices, Lovish
- Limblifter, Pacific Milk – April 7[7]
M
- Majical Cloudz, Are You Alone?
- Catherine Major, La maison du monde
- Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, Club Meds – January 13[8]
- Cory Marks, This Man – May 26[14]
- Kalle Mattson, Avalanche
- Mauno, Rough Master[15]
- Michelle McAdorey, Into Her Future – October 30[16]
- Linda McRae, Shadow Trails
- Shawn Mendes, Handwritten
- Metric, Pagans in Vegas – September 18
- METZ, METZ II[4]
- Ariane Moffatt, 22h22[3]
- The Most Serene Republic, Mediac – November 13
N
- Laura Niquay, Waratanak
- Safia Nolin, Limoilou
O
- Lindi Ortega, Faded Gloryville – August 7
P
- Dorothea Paas, Calm Your Body Down
- Philémon Cimon, Les femmes comme des montagnes
- Joel Plaskett, The Park Avenue Sobriety Test – March 3[8]
- William Prince, Earthly Days
- Purity Ring, Another Eternity – March 3[7]
R
- Rah Rah, Vessels – March[8]
- Rattlesnake Choir, The Prospector's Curse[17]
- Lee Reed, The Butcher, the Banker, the Bitumen Tanker
- Sam Roberts Band, Counting the Days – April 18
- Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Strong Man's Address to the Circus Crowd
S
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power in the Blood – May 12[18]
- Natasha St-Pier, Mon Acadie – October 2[19]
- Samantha Savage Smith, Fine Lines – January 27[8]
- Ivana Santilli, Late Night Light – March 10
- Saint Asonia, Saint Asonia (album) – June 31
- Sarahmée, Légitime
- Lorraine Segato, Invincible Decency
- Ron Sexsmith, Carousel One – March 31
- Silverstein, I Am Alive in Everything I Touch - May 19
- Siskiyou, Nervous – January 20[4]
- Zal Sissokho, Marcus Viana and Ibrahima Gaye, Famalé
- Slim Twig, Thank You for Sticking with Twig – August 7[7]
- Les Sœurs Boulay, 4488 de l'amour
- Jeffery Straker, North Star Falling
T
- Three Days Grace, Human – March 31
- Tire le coyote, Panorama
- Al Tuck, Fair Country[7]
- Twin Flames, Jaaji and Chelsey June
V
- Rosie Valland, Partir avant
- Chad VanGaalen and Seth Smith, Seed of Dorzon – September 18[20]
- Jennie Vee, Spying – October 15
- Viet Cong, Viet Cong – January 20[8]
- Vile Creature, A Steady Descent Into the Soil
- Vision Eternel, Echoes from Forgotten Hearts – February 14[21]
W
- The Wainwright Sisters (Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche), Songs in the Dark – November 13[22]
- Patrick Watson, Love Songs for Robots
- The Weather Station, Loyalty – May 5
- The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness – August 28
- The Wet Secrets, Tyranny of Objects[7]
- Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned – February 17[8]
- Hawksley Workman, Old Cheetah
Y
- Yoan, Yoan – March 25[23]
- Yukon Blonde, On Blonde – June 16