Polaris Music Prize 2025: Selection of the best Canadian albums
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Toronto hosted the long-awaited Polaris Music Prize, celebrating its 20th anniversary – an award recognized as the Canadian equivalent of the Mercury Prize. An authoritative jury of 205 people, reviewing 189 albums released from April 2024 to May 2025 by Canadian artists, selected the top 40, guided solely by artistic value, not genre features or commercial success.
The longlist includes Caribou (“Honey”), Backxwash (“Only Dust Remains”), and Mustafa (“Dunya”), Klô Pelgag (“Abracadabra”), Destroyer, Men I Trust, The Weather Station and Yoo Doo Right. A significant number of albums (20) were released by artists from Montreal.
A month later, on July 10, the long list will be reduced to a shortlist of 10 positions. A gala featuring the nominees will take place on September 16 at Massey Hall in Toronto, and in 2025 the Polaris Song Prize will be awarded for the first time, also rated on the same criteria as the album award.