2016 Polaris Music Prize
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The 2016 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 19, 2016 at The Carlu event theatre in Toronto, Ontario.[1] The hosts of the gala were broadcasters Tom Power and Amanda Parris.
The ten-album shortlist was announced on July 14.[2]
Longlist
The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 15 at the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse, Yukon.[1] It includes the 10 shortlisted albums above, as well as the following 30.
- Art Bergmann, The Apostate
- Justin Bieber, Purpose
- Jean-Michel Blais, II
- Daniel Caesar, Pilgrim's Paradise
- Tanika Charles, Soul Run
- City and Colour, If I Should Go Before You
- Cœur de pirate, Roses
- Dead Obies, Gesamtkunstwerk
- Destroyer, Poison Season
- Dilly Dally, Sore
- Drake, Views
- Essaie pas, Demain est une autre nuit
- Fred Fortin, Ultramarr
- Foxtrott, A Taller Us
- Half Moon Run, Sun Leads Me On
- Veda Hille, Love Waves
- Jazz Cartier, Hotel Paranoia
- Junior Boys, Big Black Coat
- Majid Jordan, Majid Jordan
- Michelle McAdorey, Into Her Future
- Nap Eyes, Thought Rock Fish Scale
- Safia Nolin, Limoilou
- Operators, Blue Wave
- Peaches, Rub
- Daniel Romano, Mosey
- The Strumbellas, Hope
- Suuns, Hold/Still
- Un Blonde, Good Will Come to You
- The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
- Donovan Woods, Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled
In August 2016, for the first time in the history of the awards the Polaris committee released the full list of all 232 albums that had received at least one vote in the preliminary balloting.[4]