2011 Polaris Music Prize

Annual Canadian music award ceremony thumb|right|alt=See caption|Arcade Fire at the 2011 Polaris Music Prize Gala The 2011 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 19, 2011"2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced" https://web.archive.org/web/20151002045233/http://www.aux.tv/2011/06/2011-polaris-music-prize-long-list-announced/ 2015-10-02 at Toronto's Masonic Temple. aux.tv, June 16, 2011. The winner was Arcade Fire, for the album The Suburbs, making it the only album in history to win the Polaris Music Prize, the Juno Award for Album of the Year, and the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in the same year. For the 2011 award, the prize was increased to $30,000 for the winning musician. Shortlist The prize's 10-album shortlist was announced on July 6."Arcade Fire, Ron Sexsmith shortlisted for Polaris Prize". CBC News, July 6, 2011. 30em Arcade Fire, The Suburbs Austra, Feel It Break Braids, Native Speaker Destroyer, Kaputt Galaxie, Tigre et diésel Hey Rosetta!, Seeds Ron Sexsmith, Long Player Late Bloomer Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges Timber Timbre, Creep on Creepin' On The Weeknd, House of Balloons Longlist The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 16. 30em Arcade Fire, The Suburbs Austra, Feel It Break Black Mountain, Wilderness Heart Braids, Native Speaker Buck 65, 20 Odd Years Louise Burns, Mellow Drama D-Sisive, Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye The Dears, Degeneration Street Destroyer, Kaputt Diamond Rings, Special Affections Dirty Beaches, Badlands Luke Doucet and the White Falcon, Steel City Trawler Eternia & MoSS, At Last Galaxie, Tigre et diésel Jenn Grant, Honeymoon Punch Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972 Hey Rosetta!, Seeds Hooded Fang, Album Imaginary Cities, Temporary Resident Land of Talk, Cloak and Cipher Little Scream, The Golden Record The Luyas, Too Beautiful to Work Malajube, La caverne Miracle Fortress, Was I the Wave? One Hundred Dollars, Songs of Man Doug Paisley, Constant Companion PS I Love You, Meet Me at the Muster Station Daniel Romano, Sleep Beneath the Willow The Rural Alberta Advantage, Departing Ron Sexsmith, Long Player Late Bloomer Shotgun Jimmie, Transistor Sister Sloan, The Double Cross Frederick Squire, March 12 Stars, The Five Ghosts Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges Timber Timbre, Creep on Creepin' On The Weeknd, House of Balloons Women, Public Strain Neil Young, Le Noise Young Galaxy, Shapeshifting References External links Polaris Music Prize Category:2011 in Canadian music Category:2011 music awards 2011