2015 in Canadian music

none 2015 2015 Canadian music This is a summary of the year 2015 in the Canadian music industry. Events March 10 – Rapper Shad is announced as the new host of CBC Radio One's daily arts and culture magazine show Q March 15 – Juno Awards of 2015 March 29 – Chad VanGaalen wins the Prism Prize for his music video for Timber Timbre's song "Beat the Drum Slowly"."Chad VanGaalen Wins 2015 Prism Prize for Timber Timbre Video". Exclaim!, March 29, 2015. April – East Coast Music Awards April 12 – Kevin Bazinet wins the third season of La Voix. June 16 – Prelimimary longlist for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize is announced. July 9 – Dear Rouge (English) and Antoine Corriveau (French) are announced as the winners of the 2015 SOCAN Songwriting Prize. July 16 – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced. September 21 – Buffy Sainte-Marie wins the Polaris Music Prize for her album Power in the Blood. November 8 – 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards Bands formed Saint Asonia Albums released # 2Frères, Nous autres A The Acorn, Vieux Loup – May 19 Bryan Adams, Get Up! – October 16 Bernard Adamus, Sorel Soviet So What a l l i e, MoonlustAaron Zorgel, "The Best Canadian EPs Of 2015". Complex, December 16, 2015. Marie-Pierre Arthur, Si l'aurore – February"Dix albums québécois qu’on attend en 2015". BRBR, January 2015. Astral Swans, All My Favorite Singers Are Willie Nelson B BADBADNOTGOOD with Ghostface Killah, Sour Soul – February 17"Exclaim!'s 2014 in Lists: Top 20 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015". Exclaim!, January 2, 2015. Barenaked Ladies, Silverball – June 2 Alexis Baro, Guilty PleasureJack Kopstein, "Alexis Baro: Guilty Pleasure". !earshot, December 10, 2015. Eric Bearclaw, Strains Justin Bieber, Purpose Big Brave, Au De La The Blue Stones, Black Holes - October 20 Philippe Brach, Portraits de famine Braids, Deep in the Iris – April 28 Dean Brody, Gypsy Road – April 21Marchand Francois Album of the week: Dean Brody's Gypsy Road https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Album+week+Dean+Brody+Gypsy+Road/10995406/story.html April 23, 2015 The Vancouver Sun April 23, 2015 August 25, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160825012819/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/album+week+dean+brody+gypsy+road/10995406/story.html dead Michael Jerome Browne, Sliding Delta Burnstick, Dream Big, Little One / Fais de beaux rêves, petit ange Spencer Burton, Some That Were, Some That Are and Some That Will Be C Kathryn Calder, Kathryn Calder Cancer Bats, Searching for Zero – March 10 Cannon Bros., Dream City Alessia Cara, Four Pink Walls – August 28 Casper Skulls, Lips & Skull Chic Gamine, Light a Match Ramon Chicharron, Uepaje Annabelle Chvostek, Be the Media – April 30 Cindy Lee, Act of Tenderness Cindy Lee, Malenkost City and Colour, If I Should Go Before You – October 9 Tom Cochrane, Take It Home – February 10 Cœur de pirate, Roses – August 28 Concealer, feted:fetid Louis-Jean Cormier, Les Grandes artères – March 23 Corridor, Le Voyage Éternel D Danko Jones, Fire Music – February 6"2015 Canadian indie album release list" https://web.archive.org/web/20160301002442/http://music.cbc.ca/ 2016-03-01 . CBC Music, January 5, 2015. Thomas D'Arcy, Fooled You Twice Dear Rouge, Black to Gold"The 15 most anticipated Canadian indie albums of 2015" https://web.archive.org/web/20160301002442/http://music.cbc.ca/ 2016-03-01 . CBC Music, December 15, 2014. The Dears, Times Infinity Volume One – September 25 Mac DeMarco, Demos Volume One – January 20 Destroyer, Poison Season – August 28 Devours, Avalon Digawolf, Great Northern Man Dilly Dally, Sore Alan Doyle, So Let's Go Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late – February 14 E Eccodek, Remixing in Tongues The Elwins, Play for Keeps – February 24 Exco Levi, Country Man – March 17 F Michael Feuerstack, The Forgettable Truth – February 17 Flying Hórses, Tölt Foxtrott, A Taller Us Jeanick Fournier, Mes coups de cœur Fresh Snow, WONTom Beedham, "Fresh Snow: Won". Exclaim!, September 15, 2015. Lily Frost, Too Hot for Words G Galaxie, Zulu – February 24 Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress – March 31 The Golden Dogs, 3 1/2 – February 17 Grand Analog, Roll Dub Soul Rap – October 8 Great Lake Swimmers, A Forest of Arms – April 21Song Premiere: Great Lake Swimmers – "Zero In The City". Paste, February 2, 2015. Grimes, Art Angels H Half Moon Run, Sun Leads Me On – October 23 Harrison, ColorsScott Simpson, "Harrison, Colors EP". Exclaim!, April 1, 2015. Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins, Garden Songs – February 3 Hayden, Hey Love – March 24 Hedley, Hello Hello, Blue Roses, WZO – February The High Dials, In the AM Wilds – February 3 Hilotrons, To Trip with Terpsichore Hollerado, 111 Songs – March 24 Andrew Hyatt, Never Back Down J Tobias Jesso Jr., Goon – March 17 Carly Rae Jepsen, E•MO•TION – August 21 Lyndon John X, Escape from the Mongoose Gang K k-os, Can't Fly Without Gravity – September 4 Andy Kim, It's Decided – February 24"Andy Kim – "Longest Time" (audio) (Premiere)". PopMatters, January 26, 2015. The King Khan & BBQ Show, Bad News Boys Brett Kissel, Pick Me Up – September 11 Koriass, Petit love Diana Krall, Wallflower – February 2 Nicholas Krgovich, On CahuengaDave Heaton, "Nicholas Krgovich: On Cahuenga". PopMatters, March 19, 2015. L Jean Leloup, À Paradis City Library Voices, Lovish Limblifter, Pacific Milk – April 7 M Majical Cloudz, Are You Alone? Catherine Major, La maison du monde Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, Club Meds – January 13 Cory Marks, This Man – May 26Dawson Chris Marquardt releases first album today https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/marquardt-releases-first-album-today-18775 BayToday.ca May 26, 2015 Kalle Mattson, Avalanche Mauno, Rough MasterSarah Murphy, "Mauno, Rough Master". Exclaim!, August 17, 2015. Michelle McAdorey, Into Her Future – October 30"Crash Vegas' Michelle McAdorey Returns with New Solo Album". Exclaim!, September 16, 2015. Linda McRae, Shadow Trails Shawn Mendes, Handwritten Metric, Pagans in Vegas – September 18 METZ, METZ II Ariane Moffatt, 22h22 The Most Serene Republic, Mediac – November 13 N Laura Niquay, Waratanak Safia Nolin, Limoilou O Lindi Ortega, Faded Gloryville – August 7 P Dorothea Paas, Calm Your Body Down Philémon Cimon, Les femmes comme des montagnes Joel Plaskett, The Park Avenue Sobriety Test – March 3 William Prince, Earthly Days Purity Ring, Another Eternity – March 3 R Rah Rah, Vessels – March Rattlesnake Choir, The Prospector's CurseSarah Murphy, "Rattlesnake Choir Fall Under 'The Prospector's Curse' on New LP, Premiere First Single". Exclaim!, August 12, 2015. Lee Reed, The Butcher, the Banker, the Bitumen Tanker Sam Roberts Band, Counting the Days – April 18 Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Strong Man's Address to the Circus Crowd S Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power in the Blood – May 12"Buffy Sainte-Marie Returns with 'Power in the Blood'". Exclaim!, March 17, 2015. Natasha St-Pier, Mon Acadie – October 2"Acadian Singer Natasha St-Pier Criticized over Depiction of First Nations Culture". Exclaim!, September 15, 2015. Samantha Savage Smith, Fine Lines – January 27 Ivana Santilli, Late Night Light – March 10 Saint Asonia, Saint Asonia (album) – June 31 Sarahmée, Légitime Lorraine Segato, Invincible Decency Ron Sexsmith, Carousel One – March 31 Silverstein, I Am Alive in Everything I Touch - May 19 Siskiyou, Nervous – January 20 Zal Sissokho, Marcus Viana and Ibrahima Gaye, Famalé Slim Twig, Thank You for Sticking with Twig – August 7 Les Sœurs Boulay, 4488 de l'amour Jeffery Straker, North Star Falling T Three Days Grace, Human – March 31 Tire le coyote, Panorama Al Tuck, Fair Country Twin Flames, Jaaji and Chelsey June V Rosie Valland, Partir avant Chad VanGaalen and Seth Smith, Seed of Dorzon – September 18"Chad VanGaalen and Seth Smith Make "Experimental Techno" on 'Seed of Dorzon'". Exclaim!, September 2, 2015. Jennie Vee, Spying – October 15 Viet Cong, Viet Cong – January 20 Vile Creature, A Steady Descent Into the Soil Vision Eternel, Echoes from Forgotten Hearts – February 14Rojas John February 6, 2024 Vision Eternel's "Echoes from Forgotten Hearts": An In-Depth Journey Through Emotional Landscapes of Melogaze https://idioteq.com/vision-eternels-echoes-from-forgotten-hearts-an-in-depth-journey-through-emotional-landscapes-of-melogaze live https://web.archive.org/web/20240207004352/https://idioteq.com/vision-eternels-echoes-from-forgotten-hearts-an-in-depth-journey-through-emotional-landscapes-of-melogaze February 7, 2024 February 19, 2024 Idioteq en-US W The Wainwright Sisters (Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche), Songs in the Dark – November 13"Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche Deliver 'Songs in the Dark' as the Wainwright Sisters". Exclaim!, September 15, 2015. Patrick Watson, Love Songs for Robots The Weather Station, Loyalty – May 5 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness – August 28 The Wet Secrets, Tyranny of Objects Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned – February 17 Hawksley Workman, Old Cheetah Y Yoan, Yoan – March 25"Un album comme un portrait pour Yoan Garneau". La Presse, March 25, 2015. Yukon Blonde, On Blonde – June 16 Top hits on record The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan. Albums RankArtistAlbumPeakpositionSalesCertification1YoanYoan190,000Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-01-april-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 01 April 2015 April 3, 2015 April 4, 2015Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-08-april-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 08 April 2015 April 9, 2015 April 11, 2015Kelly Brendan https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/local-arts/quebecs-love-affair-with-yoan-deepens Quebec's love affair with Yoan deepens Montreal Gazette May 11, 2015 June 2, 2015GoldCanada album Yoan Yoan2Mumford & SonsWilder Mind140,000Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-13-may-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 13 May 2015 May 14, 2015 June 2, 2015TBA3DrakeIf You're Reading This It's Too Late137,000Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-18-february-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 18 February 2015 February 18, 2015 February 20, 2015TBA4Various ArtistsFifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack126,200Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-04-march-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 04 March 2015 March 4, 2015 March 6, 2015GoldCanada album Fifty Shades of Grey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack5Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly121,000Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-26-march-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 26 March 2015 March 26, 2015 March 29, 2015TBA6Jean LeloupÀ Paradis City121,000Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-analysis-13-february-2013/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 13 February 2013 February 13, 2015 February 15, 2015GoldCanada album A Paradis City Jean Leloup7MadonnaRebel Heart120,400Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-18-march-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 18 March 2015 March 21, 2015 March 29, 2015TBA8Florence and the MachineHow Big, How Blue, How Beautiful119,000Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-10-june-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 10 June 2015 June 10, 2015 June 11, 2015TBA9Of Monsters and MenBeneath the Skin116,000https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-17-june-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 17 June 2015 – Alan Cross June 18, 2015TBA10Various ArtistsLa Voix III115,300Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-20-may-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 20 May 2015 May 21, 2015 June 2, 2015TBA Singles RankArtistSongAlbumPeakpositionSalesCertification1Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth"See You Again"Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack1117,000Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-22-april-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 22 April 2015 April 25, 2015 April 30, 2015Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-06-may-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 06 May 2015 May 6, 2015 May 10, 20153× PlatinumCanada digital download See You Again (Feat. Charlie Puth) Wiz Khalifa2Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney"FourFiveSeconds"TBA334,000TBA3Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar"Bad Blood"1989124,000Cross Alan http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-and-analysis-04-june-2015/ Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 04 June 2015 June 4, 2015 June 4, 2015TBA4Mumford & Sons"Believe"Wilder Mind1119,000Tuch Paul https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67270545/Canadian%20Newsletters/2015/nielsen_music_canadian_update_Mar18_2015.pdf MADONNA SCORES NUMBER ONE TOP ALBUM DEBUT March 18, 2015 March 29, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080843/https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67270545/Canadian%20Newsletters/2015/nielsen_music_canadian_update_Mar18_2015.pdf March 4, 2016 TBA5David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack"Hey Mama"Listen9TBAPlatinumCanada digital download Hey Mama David Guetta6Deorro featuring Chris Brown"Five More Hours"TBA57TBAPlatinumCanada single Five Hours/five More Hours (Ft. Chris Brown) Deorro7Maroon 5"Sugar"V3TBAPlatinumCanada single Sugar Maroon 58Carly Rae Jepsen"I Really Like You"Emotion14TBAGoldCanada digital download I Really Like You Carly Rae Jepsen9Ed Sheeran"Photograph"x38TBAGoldCanada single Photograph Ed Sheeran10Ellie Goulding"Love Me like You Do"Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack3TBAGoldCanada single Love Me Like You Do Ellie Goulding Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List No.Artist(s)Title1Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars"Uptown Funk"2Ed Sheeran"Thinking Out Loud"3Omi"Cheerleader"4Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth"See You Again"5Maroon 5"Sugar"6Taylor Swift"Blank Space"7Hozier"Take Me to Church"8The Weeknd"Can't Feel My Face"9Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ"Lean On"10Walk the Moon"Shut Up and Dance"11Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar"Bad Blood"12Jason Derulo"Want to Want Me"13Ellie Goulding"Love Me like You Do"14Andy Grammer"Honey, I'm Good."15Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber"Where Are Ü Now"16Ed Sheeran"Photograph"17Taylor Swift"Shake It Off"18The Weeknd"The Hills"19Justin Bieber"What Do You Mean?"20Fetty Wap"Trap Queen"21X Ambassadors"Renegades"22Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney"FourFiveSeconds"23Rachel Platten"Fight Song"24David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack"Hey Mama"25Adele"Hello"26Taylor Swift"Style"27Shawn Mendes"Stitches"28Sam Smith"I'm Not the Only One"29The Weeknd"Earned It"30Selena Gomez featuring ASAP Rocky"Good for You"31R. City featuring Adam Levine"Locked Away"32Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink"Worth It"33Sam Hunt"Take Your Time"34Meghan Trainor"Lips Are Movin"35Elle King"Ex's & Oh's"36Meghan Trainor"All About That Bass"37Vance Joy"Riptide"38Sia"Elastic Heart"39Taylor Swift"Wildest Dreams"40Shawn Mendes"Something Big"41Maroon 5"Animals"42Silentó"Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"43Drake"Hotline Bling"44Nick Jonas"Jealous"45Pitbull and Ne-Yo"Time of Our Lives"46Lillywood and Robin Schulz"Prayer in C"47Shawn Hook"Sound of Your Heart"48Ella Henderson"Ghost"49George Ezra"Budapest"50Tove Lo"Talking Body"51Flo Rida featuring Sage the Gemini and Lookas"G.D.F.R."52One Direction"Drag Me Down"53AronChupa"I'm an Albatraoz"54Demi Lovato"Cool for the Summer"55Tove Lo"Habits (Stay High)"56Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz"Downtown"57Ariana Grande"One Last Time"58Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding"Outside"59Mr Probz"Waves"60Alessia Cara"Here"61Ariana Grande and The Weeknd"Love Me Harder"62Sia"Chandelier"63Selena Gomez"The Heart Wants What It Wants"64Sam Smith"Stay with Me"65Calvin Harris and Disciples"How Deep Is Your Love"66Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz"679"67Justin Bieber"Sorry"68Walk off the Earth"Rule the World"69Imagine Dragons"I Bet My Life"70Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj"Bang Bang"71Coleman Hell"2 Heads"72Ed Sheeran"Don't"73Pharrell Williams"Happy"74John Legend"All of Me"75DJ Snake and AlunaGeorge"You Know You Like It"76Rihanna"Bitch Better Have My Money"77Magic!"No Way No"78Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor"Marvin Gaye"79Hailee Steinfeld"Love Myself"80Jocelyn Alice"Jackpot"81Scott Helman"Bungalow"82Kelly Clarkson"Heartbeat Song"83James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence"The Hanging Tree"84Maroon 5"This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a MotherFucker"85Little Big Town"Girl Crush"86Pitbull featuring Chris Brown"Fun"87Natalie La Rose featuring Jeremih"Somebody"88Carly Rae Jepsen"I Really Like You"89Luke Bryan"Kick the Dust Up"90Keith Urban"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"91Magic!"Let Your Hair Down"92Sam Hunt"House Party"93Zedd featuring Selena Gomez"I Want You to Know"94Magic!"Rude"95Francesco Yates"Better to Be Loved"96Meghan Trainor"Dear Future Husband"97Calvin Harris featuring John Newman"Blame"98Sam Smith"Lay Me Down"99Mumford & Sons"Believe"100Nick Jonas"Chains"http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/canadian-hot-100 Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2015 Billboard 2017-07-19 Deaths June 8 – Archie Alleyne, 82, jazz drummer November 19 – Ron Hynes, 64, singer-songwriter References 2 2014 in Canadian music Canadian music 2015 2016 in Canadian music