{"id":2069155,"date":"2025-10-04T19:11:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T19:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2069155"},"modified":"2025-10-04T19:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T19:11:48","slug":"heres-the-inaugural-2025-polaris-song-prize-short-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/heres-the-inaugural-2025-polaris-song-prize-short-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s the inaugural 2025 Polaris Song Prize short list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The\u00a0short list for the\u00a0Polaris Song Prize, which will go to\u00a0the Canadian song of the year, has just been announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian performers and songwriters of the winning song will split the\u00a0$10,000 prize money, and the winner will be determined based on artistic merit, without regard to musical genre or commercial popularity, by the Polaris jury.<\/p>\n<p>The brand new prize is presented by Polaris, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary,\u00a0and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes a little more than two weeks after\u00a0Polaris announced its short list for the annual Polaris Music Prize, which goes to the best Canadian album of the year. Past winners include\u00a0Tanya Tagaq, Feist, Kaytranada, Caribou, Jeremy Dutcher and Debby Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH | <em>Debby Friday gives her acceptance speech after winning the\u00a02023 Polaris Music Prize:<\/em> <\/strong><span><span class=\"youtube\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cProtect your strangeness\u201d: Debby Friday wins the 2023 Polaris Music Prize\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sypEklcgPn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a musical landscape where more and more artists are releasing singles rather than full-length albums, the Polaris and SOCAN teams decided to launch the\u00a0new Polaris Song Prize\u00a0to provide artists with more opportunities for recognition. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/music\/polaris-music-prize-socan-song-prize-1.7569470\" target=\"_blank\">20-song long list was revealed in June<\/a>, and the winning song \u2014 and album \u2014 will be announced at the Polaris award ceremony on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full list of nominees for the Polaris Song Prize:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dis-moi dis-moi dis-moi<\/em>, Lou-Adriane Cassidy (written by Lou-Adriane Cassidy and Alexandre Martel)<\/li>\n<li><em>Shell (Of a Man)<\/em>, Saya Gray\u00a0(written by Saya Gray and John Mavro)<\/li>\n<li><em>Gold Filigree<\/em>, Yves Jarvis\u00a0(written by Yves Jarvis)<\/li>\n<li><em>Gaza Is Calling<\/em>, Mustafa (written by Mustafa Ahmed, Emmanuel Hailemariam, Simon Hessman and Nicolas Jaar)<\/li>\n<li><em>Wrong Planet<\/em>, Ribbon Skirt (written by Tashiina Buswa and Billy Riley)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each shortlisted song this year is also from a shortlisted album, which means CBC Music&#8217;s radio series\u00a0<em>The Ten\u00a0<\/em>will perfectly prepare you by giving an in-depth look at each of this year&#8217;s nominated records. Hosted by\u00a0Odario Williams and featuring guests from the Polaris jury, the\u00a0episodes will be broadcast each Sunday on CBC Music and CBC Listen at 6 p.m. (6:30 NT) running until Sept. 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the episodes that have <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio\/1-1028-the-ten\" target=\"_blank\">already aired via CBC Listen<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cbc.ca \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0short list for the\u00a0Polaris Song Prize, which will go to\u00a0the Canadian song of the year, has just been announced.\u00a0 The Canadian performers and songwriters of the winning song will split the\u00a0$10,000 prize money, and the winner will be determined based on artistic merit, without regard to musical genre or commercial popularity, by the Polaris jury. 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