Arcade Fire, Tanya Tagaq, The Weeknd and more make Polaris Music Prize 2022 longlist

15 June 2022, 10:04 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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The 2022 Polaris Music Prize longlist has been unveiled, featuring 40 albums from Aracde Fire, Tanya Tagaq, The Weeknd and more.

After Cadence Weapon’s Parallel World album was named 2021's Canadian Album of the Year, the 40-album longlist for 2022 has been revealed, featuring Arcade Fire, Tanya Tagaq, The Weeknd, Orville Peck, Ada Lea, Destroyer, Chiiild, Luna Li and many more.

223 albums were considered for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize longlist by the 197 member jury. The winning album will be revealed at the Polaris Gala in September, and will receive $50,000 "judged solely on artistic merit, without consideration for genre or record sales." The nine other albums that make the 2022 shortlist will also receive $3,000 each.

The 2022 Polaris Music Prize Longlist:

AHI – Prospect
Arcade Fire – WE
Backxwash – I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES
BADBADNOTGOOD – Talk Memory
Jean-Michel Blais – aubades
Basia Bulat – The Garden
Tanika Charles – Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly
Chiiild – Hope For Sale
Destroyer – LABYRINTHITIS
Julie Doiron – I Thought Of You
The Garrys – Get Thee To A Nunnery
The Halluci Nation – One More Saturday Night
Joyful Joyful – Joyful Joyful
Adria Kain – When Flowers Bloom
Lydia Képinski – Depuis
Pierre Kwenders – José Louis And The Paradox Of Love
Ada Lea – one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden
Lisa Leblanc – Chiac Disco
Hubert Lenoir – PICTURA DE IPSE : Musique directe
Luna Li – Duality
Les Louanges – Crash
LOONY – soft thing
Kelly McMichael – Waves
Men I Trust – Untourable Album
Haviah Mighty – Stock Exchange
myst milano. – Shapeshyfter
Cedric Noel – Hang Time
Ombiigizi – Sewn Back Together
Orville Peck – Bronco
Ouri – Frame of a Fauna
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
Tanya Tagaq – Tongues
The Weeknd – Dawn FM
Charlotte Day Wilson – Alpha

The Polaris Music Prize 2022 shortlist will be announced on 14 July, and the Polaris Music Prize 2022 winner will be revealed on 19 September at the Polaris Gala. Visit polarismusicprize.ca for more information.