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Organizers of The Polaris Prize, Canada's annual event crowning the best album to come out of the country that year, have revealed the projects longlisted for this year's prize. Among the artists long-listed for 2022 include Arcade Fire and The Weeknd, previous winners Tanya Tagaq and Backxwash, plus BadBadNotGood, Charlotte Day Wilson, Luna Li, Orville Peck, PUP, Hubert Lenoir, Men I Trust, and Destroyer.
The longlist, see in full below, will be cut down to a smaller selection of nominees in July before the winner is revealed at a ceremony in September. The winner picks up $50,000 and is determined by a group of writers, programmers, and broadcasters. Last year, Cadence Weapon won for his album Parallel World.
Polaris Music Prize Long List 2022:
Ada Lea, One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden
Adria Kain, When Flowers Bloom
Ahi, Prospect
Arcade Fire, WE
Backxwash, I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses
BadBadNotGood, Talk Memory
Basia Bulat, The Garden
Cedric Noel, Hang Time
Charlotte Day Wilson, Alpha
Chiiild, Hope for Sale
Destroyer, Labyrinthitis
The Garrys, Get Thee to a Nunnery
The Halluci Nation, One More Saturday Night
Haviah Mighty, Stock Exchange
Hubert Lenoir, Pictura de Ipse : Musique Directe
Jean-Michel Blais, Aubades
Joyful Joyful, Joyful Joyful
Julie Doiron, I Thought of You
Kelly McMichael, Waves
Les Louanges, Crash
Lisa Leblanc, Chiac Disco
Loony, soft thing
Luna Li, Duality
Lydia Képinski, Depuis
Men I Trust, Untourable Album
Myst Milano, Shapeshyfter
Ombiigizi, Sewn Back Together
Orville Peck, Bronco
Ouri, Frame of a Fauna
Pierre Kwenders, José Louis and the Paradox of Love
P’tit Belliveau, Un homme et son piano
PUP, The Unraveling of PUPTheBand
Sate, The Fool
Shad, Tao
Sister Ray, Communion
Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Life After
Stars, From Capelton Hill
Tanika Charles, Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly
Tanya Tagaq, Tongues
The Weeknd, Dawn FM
