The Polaris Music Prize, which honors the best Canadian album of the year, has revealed its 2025 shortlist. Here the 10 nominees as voted on by 205 Canadian music industry professionals and journalists:
- Bibi Club – Feu de garde
- Lou-Adriane Cassidy – Journal d’un Loup-Garou
- Marie Davidson – City of Clowns
- Saya Gray – SAYA
- Yves Jarvis – All Cylinders
- Mustafa – Dunya
- Nemahsis – Verbathim
- The OBGMs – SORRY, IT’S OVER
- Population II – Maintenant Jamais
- Ribbon Skirt – Bite Down
Bibi Club’s Feu de garde came in at #4 on our Indie Basement Best Albums of 2024 list, and Marie Davidson’s City of Clowns is on BV’s 40 Favourite Albums of 2025 So Far list we published last week. Good luck to all the nominees!
The 2025 Polaris Music Prize, which comes with a $30,000 cash prize, will be awarded at the gala ceremony on September 16 at Massey Hall. Also being awarded at the gala will be the first-ever Polaris Song Prize and the shortlist for that will be out July 29.
The 2024 Polaris Music Prize went to Jeremy Dutcher’s Motewolonuwok.