Year-End Lists

Polaris Music Prize: 2026 Award

Winner

• Angine de Poitrine
  Vol. II

Shortlist

• Aquakultre
  1783
• Begonia
  Fantasy Life
• Beverly Glenn-Copeland
  Laughter in Summer
• Bibi Club
  Amaro
• Charlotte Cornfield
  Hurts Like Hell
• Les Louanges
  Alouette!
• Peaches
  No Lube So Rude
• Rochelle Jordan
  Through the Wall
• Tanya Tagaq
  Saputjiji

Longlist

• Arielle Soucy
  Passages
• Baby Nova
  Shhugar
• Boy Golden
  Best of Our Possible Lives
• Catherine Leduc
  Les jours où il neige à tous les postes
• Charlotte Day Wilson
  Patchwork
• Cootie Catcher
  Something We All Got
• Daphni
  Butterfly
• Dominique Fils-Aimé
  My World Is the Sun
• Foxwarren
  2
• Holy Fuck
  Event Beat
• Home Front
  Watch It Die
• JayWood
  Leo Negro
• Julianna Riolino
  Echo in the Dust
• Katie Tupper
  Greyhound
• Kaytranada
  Ain't No Damn Way!
• Lou-Adriane Cassidy
  Triste Animal
• Mariel Buckley
  Strange Trip Ahead
• Men I Trust
  Equus Caballus
• Nadah El Shazly
  Laini Tani
• No Joy
  Bugland
• Ora Cogan
  Hard Hearted Woman
• Ouri
  Daisy Cutter
• Pony
  Clearly Cursed
• Propagandhi
  At Peace
• PUP
  Who Will Look After the Dogs?
• Shad
  Start Anew
• Slash Need
  Sit & Grin
• Tami Neilson
  Neon Cowgirl
• The Beaches
  No Hard Feelings
• Tobi
  For Good Measure (at Dreamhouse Studios)