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The 40 albums on the 2026 Polaris Music Prize long list, presented by Canada Council for the Arts, have been revealed, with albums from the Beaches, Angine de Poitrine and more making the cut.
The Polaris Music Prize is awarded to the best Canadian album of the year, regardless of genre or album sales. It has been handed out every year since 2006 to past winners such as Jeremy Dutcher, Kaytranada, Feist, Arcade Fire and more.
This year’s longlisted albums were selected from 202 records by 205 Canadian jurors (including several CBC Music producers). The winning artist will receive a $30, 000 cash prize courtesy of the Slaight Family Foundation.
Among the nominees are previous winners Tanya Tagaq and Kaytranada, who won in 2014 and 2016 respectively. Caribou who won in 2008, is nominated this year under his alter-ego Daphni. Peaches, who previously won the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize in 2015, and Beverly Glenn-Copeland, who won it in 2020, are also on this year’s long list.
Several artists have landed on the list for the first time, including Baby Nova, No Joy, Angine de Poitrine, Foxwarren, Julianna Riolino, Catherine Leduc, Pony, Nadah El Shazly, Slash Need, Boy Golden, Katie Tupper, Ora Cogan and Cootie Catcher.
Ten albums will be selected by the jury for the Polaris short list, which will be announced on July 9. Then, the winning album will be announced at a gala at Toronto’s Massey Hall on Sept. 22.
See the full list below:
Angine de Poitrine, Vol. II
Aquakultre, 1783
Baby Nova, Shhugar
The Beaches, No Hard Feelings
Begonia, Fantasy Life
Bibi Club, Amaro
Boy Golden, Best of Our Possible Lives
Mariel Buckley, Strange Trip Ahead
Lou-Adriane Cassidy, Triste Animal
Ora Cogan, Hard Hearted Woman
Cootie Catcher, Something We All Got
Charlotte Cornfield, Hurts Like Hell
Daphni, Butterfly
Nadah El Shazly, Laini Tani
Dominique Fils-Aimé, My World Is The Sun
Foxwarren, 2
Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Laughter In Summer
Holy F–k, Event Beat
Home Front, Watch It Die
JayWood, Leo Negro
Rochelle Jordan, Through the Wall
Kaytranada, Ain’t No Damn Way!
Catherine Leduc, Les jours où il neige à tous les postes
Les Louanges, Alouette!
Men I Trust, Equus Caballus
Tami Neilson, Neon Cowgirl
No Joy, Bugland
Ouri, Daisy Cutter
Peaches, No Lube So Rude
Pony, Clearly Cursed
Propagandhi, At Peace
Pup, Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Julianna Riolino, Echo in the Dust
Shad, Start Anew
Slash Need, Sit & Grin
Arielle Soucy, Passages
Tanya Tagaq, Saputjiji
Tobi, For Good Measure (at Dreamhouse Studios)
Katie Tupper, Greyhound
Charlotte Day Wilson, Patchwork
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