Polaris Prize Releases Long List

The Polaris Music Prize Long List was revealed, and it includes “obvious” picks like Drake, Justin Bieber, and The Weeknd, along with a few newbies and some tried-and-true mainstays.

Presented by CBC Music and produced by Blue Ant Media, the 40 Long List albums were unveiled at the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse, Yukon in association with the Yukon Film & Sound Commission and the assistance of Music Yukon.

Here is the 2016 Polaris Music Prize Long List:

Art Bergmann — The Apostate

Justin Bieber — Purpose

Black Mountain — IV

Jean-Michel Blais — II

Basia Bulat — Good Advice

Daniel Caesar — Pilgrim’s Paradise

Tanika Charles — Soul Run

City and Colour — If I Should Go Before You

Coeur 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

Grimes — Art Angels

Half Moon Run — Sun Leads Me On

Veda Hille — Love Waves

Jazz Cartier — Hotel Paranoia

Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION

Junior Boys — Big Black Coat

Kaytranada — 99.90%

Jessy Lanza — Oh No

Majid Jordan — Majid Jordan

Michelle McAdorey — Into Her Future

Nap Eyes — Thought Rock Fish Scale

Safia Nolin — Limoilou

Operators — Blue Wave

Peaches — Rub

PUP — The Dream Is Over

Daniel Romano — Mosey

Andy Shauf — The Party

The Strumbellas — HOPE

Suuns — Hold/Still

U.S. Girls — Half Free

Un Blonde — Good Will Come To You

The Weeknd — Beauty Behind the Madness

White Lung — Paradise

Donovan Woods — Hard Settle, Ain’t Troubled

In all, 183 titles made the first ballots of the 192-member jury.

This year’s Long List features 19 returning and 21 new nominees. With their newest nominations, Basia Bulat (2008, 2010, 2014, 2016) and Drake (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016) now join The New Pornographers, Joel Plaskett and Patrick Watson as the only acts who’ve ever been Polaris-nominated on four separate occasions. This is the third time Black Mountain, Coeur de pirate, Destroyer, Junior Boys, Daniel Romano and The Weeknd have had Polaris-nominated albums.

Photo: Polaris Prize

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