Polaris Music Prize - Past Winners and Short List Nominees

Past Winners and Short List Nominees

Year	Winner	Shortlisted Nominees & Albums
2006	Final Fantasy – He Poos Clouds	Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene Cadence Weapon – Breaking Kayfabe The Deadly Snakes – Porcella Sarah Harmer – I'm a Mountain K'naan – The Dusty Foot Philosopher Malajube – Trompe-l'oeil Metric – Live It Out The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary
2007	Patrick Watson – Close to Paradise	Arcade Fire – Neon Bible The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse The Dears – Gang of Losers Julie Doiron – Woke Myself Up Feist – The Reminder Junior Boys – So This Is Goodbye Miracle Fortress – Five Roses Joel Plaskett Emergency – Ashtray Rock Chad VanGaalen – Skelliconnection
2008	Caribou – Andorra	Black Mountain – In the Future Basia Bulat – Oh, My Darling Kathleen Edwards – Asking for Flowers Holy Fuck – LP Plants and Animals – Parc Avenue Shad – The Old Prince Stars – In Our Bedroom After the War Two Hours Traffic – Little Jabs The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour
2009	Fucked Up – The Chemistry of Common Life	Elliott Brood – Mountain Meadows Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood) K'naan – Troubadour Malajube – Labyrinthes Metric – Fantasies Joel Plaskett – Three Chad VanGaalen – Soft Airplane Patrick Watson – Wooden Arms
2010	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
2011	Arcade Fire – The Suburbs	Austra – Feel it Break Braids – Native Speaker Destroyer – Kaputt Galaxie – Tigre et diésel Hey Rosetta! – Seeds Ron Sexsmith – Long Player Late Bloomer Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges Timber Timbre – Creep On Creepin' On The Weeknd – House of Balloons
2012	Feist – Metals	Cadence Weapon – Hope in Dirt City Cold Specks – I Predict a Graceful Expulsion Drake – Take Care Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur Fucked Up – David Comes to Life Grimes – Visions Handsome Furs – Sound Kapital Japandroids – Celebration Rock Yamantaka // Sonic Titan – YT//ST

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