2012_in_Canadian_music
2012 in Canadian music
Overview of the events of 2012 in Canadian music
This is a summary of the year 2012 in the Canadian music industry.
- February 13 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation launches CBC Music, a digital music service which offers streaming audio broadcasts of 40 different music genre channels, in addition to the existing CBC Radio 2 and CBC Radio 3 services, on both the Internet and iOS devices.[1]
- April 1 – Juno Awards of 2012
- June 14 – Prelimimary longlist for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize is announced.[2]
- July 17 – Shortlist for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize is announced.[2]
- September 24 – Feist's album Metals is announced as the winner of the Polaris Music Prize.[2]
A
- Amos the Transparent, Goodnight My Dear, I'm Falling Apart (February 14)
- Amylie, Le Royaume
- Androgynous Mind, Nightstalker
- Apollo Ghosts, Landmark
- Marie-Pierre Arthur, Aux alentours
- Azari & III, Azari & III
B
- Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers, Bone Soldier (March 6)
- Bahamas, Barchords (February 7)[4]
- Del Barber, Headwaters
- Bidiniband, In the Rock Hall (January 24)[5]
- Justin Bieber, Believe
- Billy Talent, Dead Silence, September 9, 2012
- The Birthday Massacre, Hide and Seek (October 9)
- Blue Moon Marquee, Stainless Steel Heart
- Boxer the Horse, French Residency
- Brasstronaut, Mean Sun (May 15)
C
- Cadence Weapon, Hope in Dirt City (May 29)
- Cancer Bats, Dead Set on Living[4]
- Caracol, Shiver
- Paul Cargnello, Papa Paul
- Change of Heart, There You Go '82 – '97 (September 18, 2012)[6]
- Tim Chaisson, The Other Side (September 25)
- The City Streets, White Lightning (spring)
- The City Streets, Sawdust & Rum (spring)
- Leonard Cohen, Old Ideas (January 31)[4]
- Cold Specks, I Predict a Graceful Expulsion (May 21)
- Cookie Duster, When Flying Was Easy (June)[7]
- Ève Cournoyer, Le labeur d'une fleur
- Rose Cousins, We Have Made a Spark
- Cuff the Duke, In Our Time (April 12)
- Cuff the Duke, Union (October 2)
- Amelia Curran, Spectators (October 2)
D
- Daphni, Jiaolong
- Diamond Rings, Free Dimensional
- Digawolf, Naka De
- Céline Dion, Sans attendre
- Julie Doiron, So Many Days (October 23)[8]
- Dumas, L'Heure et l'endroit
- Durham County Poets, Where the River Flows
- Dusted, Dusted
E
- Kathleen Edwards, Voyageur (January 17)[4]
- Coral Egan, The Year He Drove Me Crazy[9]
- The Elwins, And I Thank You (February 21)[4]
- Quique Escamilla, Quique Escamilla
- Esthero, Everything Is Expensive (October 30)[10]
- Evening Hymns, Spectral Dusk
F
- Jeremy Fisher, Mint Juleps
- Front Line Assembly, AirMech (November 13)
- Nelly Furtado, The Spirit Indestructible (September 18)
G
- Gentleman Reg, Leisure Life
- Hannah Georgas, Hannah Georgas[11]
- Ghostkeeper, Horse Chief! War Thief!
- Jenn Grant, The Beautiful Wild (September 25)
- Great Lake Swimmers, New Wild Everywhere (April 3)[12]
- Grey Kingdom, The Weeping Suns; Light, I'll Call Your Name Out "Darkness"
- Grimes, Visions (February 21)[4]
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (October 1)
H
- Hot Panda, Go Outside
- Joshua Hyslop, Where the Mountain Meets the Valley
I
J
- JBM, Stray Ashes
- Japandroids, Celebration Rock[4]
- Carly Rae Jepsen, Curiosity
- Carly Rae Jepsen, Kiss
- July Talk, July Talk
K
- Kalle Mattson, Lives in Between
- Karkwa, Karkwa Live[3]
- Peter Katz, Still Mind Still
- Mo Kenney, Mo Kenney
- Kid Koala, 12 Bit Blues, (September 18)[4]
- Keith Kouna, Du plaisir et des bombes
- K'naan, Country, God or the Girl, (October 16) [13]
- K'naan, More Beautiful Than Silence (January 31)[14]
- Kristina Maria, Tell the World
L
- Zachary Lucky, Saskatchewan
M
- Madison Violet, The Good in Goodbye
- Maestro Fresh Wes, Black Tuxedo EP (September 18)
- Carolyn Mark, The Queen of Vancouver Island
- Masia One, Bootleg Culture (June 19)
- Matt Mays, Coyote
- Eamon McGrath, Young Canadians
- Loreena McKennitt, Troubadours on the Rhine
- Holly McNarland, Run Body Run
- Memoryhouse, The Slideshow Effect (February 28)[4]
- Metric, Synthetica (June 12)
- METZ, METZ
- Millimetrik, Read Between the Rhymes
- Ariane Moffatt, MA
- Mother Mother, The Sticks
N
- Northern Haze, Sinaaktuq
O
- Mike O'Neill, Wild Lines
- Octoberman, Waiting in the Well
- Ohbijou, Metal Meets
- Karim Ouellet, Fox
- Our Lady Peace, Curve (April 3)
P
- Dorothea Paas, Same Sun
- Doug Paisley, Golden Embers
- Parlovr, Kook Soul
- Pascale Picard Band, Trauma: Chansons de la série télé Saison 3
- Dany Placard, Démon vert
- Plants and Animals, The End of That (February 28)[15]
- Joel Plaskett, Scrappy Happiness (March 27)[16]
- Chad Price, In This Dream
- PS I Love You, Death Dreams
- Purity Ring, Shrines
R
- Radio Radio, Havre de Grace (April 17)
- Rah Rah, The Poet's Dead
- Johnny Reid, Fire It Up
- Rush, Clockwork Angels
S
- Julien Sagot, Piano mal
- Said the Whale, Little Mountain (March 6)[17]
- John K. Samson, Provincial (January 24)[18]
- Saukrates, Season One (April 24)[4]
- Crystal Shawanda, Just Like You
- Shout Out Out Out Out, Spanish Moss and Total Loss (June 19)[19]
- Zal Sissokho, Le Partage
- Skydiggers, Northern Shore (April 17)[20]
- The Slakadeliqs, The Other Side of Tomorrow
- Smash Brovas, Think It's a Game?
- Dallas Smith, Jumped Right In - May 22
- Rae Spoon, I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets (January 10)[21]
- Stars, The North
- Jeffery Straker, Vagabond – October 2
- Serena Ryder, Harmony
T
- The Tragically Hip, Now for Plan A
- A Tribe Called Red, A Tribe Called Red
V
- Chad VanGaalen, The Green Corridor
- Various Artists, Have Not Been the Same – November 13[22]
W
- Martha Wainwright, Come Home to Mama
- Rufus Wainwright, Out of the Game
- Patrick Watson, Adventures in Your Own Backyard (April 17)
- Wax Mannequin, No Safe Home
- Whitehorse, The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss
- Wintersleep, Hello Hum
- Royal Wood, We Were Born to Glory
- The Wooden Sky, Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun (February 28)[23]
- Woodpigeon, For Paolo
- Wool on Wolves, Measures of Progress
Y
- Neil Young, Americana
- Yukon Blonde, Tiger Talk – March 20[4]
Z
- Zeus, Busting Visions
The lists are updated weekly through Jam! and Nielsen Soundscan.[24]
Top 10 Canadian albums
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| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celine Dion | Sans attendre | 1 | 209,000[25] | 3× Platinum[26] |
| 2 | Justin Bieber | Believe | 1 | 179,000[25][27][28] | 2× Platinum[29] |
| 3 | Various Artists | Star Académie 2012 | 1 | 156,000[25][30] | 2× Platinum[31] |
| 4 | Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas | 1 | 132,000[25][32][33] | Platinum[34] |
| 5 | Johnny Reid | Fire It Up | 2 | 80,000 | Platinum[35] |
| 5 | Marie-Mai | Miroir | 2 | 80,000 | Platinum[36] |
| 5 | Serena Ryder | Harmony | 11 | 80,000 | Platinum[37] |
| 5 | The Sheepdogs | The Sheepdogs | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum[38] |
| 5 | The Tenors | Lead With Your Heart | 3 | 80,000 | Platinum[39] |
| 5 | Various Artists | Star Académie Noël | TBA | 80,000 | Platinum[40] |
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Top 10 American albums
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| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Swift | Red | 1 | 320,000[41] | 4× Platinum[42] |
| 2 | Bruno Mars | Unorthodox Jukebox | 2 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum[43] |
| 3 | Imagine Dragons | Night Visions | 4 | 240,000[44] | 3× Platinum[45] |
| 4 | Pink | The Truth About Love | 1 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum[46] |
| 5 | Lana Del Rey | Born to Die | 3 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum[47] |
| 6 | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | 5 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum[48] |
| 7 | Carrie Underwood | Blown Away | 1 | 80,000[49][50][51] | Platinum{[52] |
| 8 | Florida Georgia Line | Here's to the Good Times | 8 | 80,000 | Platinum[53] |
| 9 | fun. | Some Nights | 5 | 80,000 | Platinum[54] |
| 10 | Jack White | Blunderbuss | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum[55] |
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Top 10 British albums
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| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumford & Sons | Babel | 1 | 400,000[25][56] | 5× Platinum[57] |
| 2 | One Direction | Take Me Home | 1 | 240,000[25] | 3× Platinum[58] |
| 3 | Rod Stewart | Merry Christmas, Baby | 1 | 240,000[25] | 3× Platinum[59] |
| 4 | One Direction | Up All Night | 1 | 234,000[25] | 3× Platinum[60] |
| 5 | Ed Sheeran | + | 5 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum[61] |
| 6 | Led Zeppelin | Celebration Day | 4 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum[62] |
| 7 | Muse | The 2nd Law | 2 | 80,000 | Platinum[63] |
| 8 | One Direction | Up All Night: The Live Tour | 1 | 60,000 | 5× Platinum[64] |
| 9 | Alt-J | An Awesome Wave | TBA | 40,000 | Gold[65] |
| 9 | Calvin Harris | 18 Months | 8 | 40,000 | Gold[66] |
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Top 10 International albums
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| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Of Monsters and Men | My Head Is an Animal | 5 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum[67] |
| 2 | Rihanna | Unapologetic | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum[68] |
| 2 | Various Artists | 2012 Grammy Nominees | TBA | 80,000 | Platinum[69] |
| 4 | Gotye | Making Mirrors | 5 | 40,000 | Gold[70] |
| 4 | Various Artists | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | TBA | 40,000 | Gold[71] |
| 4 | Various Artists | Rock of Ages: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | TBA | 40,000 | Gold[72] |
| 7 | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded | 1 | 17,300[73] | TBA |
| 8 | The Cranberries | Roses | 6 | 3,100[74] | TBA |
| 9 | Various Artists | Now! 20 | 2 | TBA | TBA |
| 10 | Sigur Rós | Valtari | 4 | TBA | TBA |
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Top 10 Singles
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| Rank | Artist | Song | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carly Rae Jepsen | "Call Me Maybe" | Curiosity & Kiss | 1 | 640,000 | 8× Platinum[75] |
| 2 | Imagine Dragons | "Radioactive" | Night Visions | 5 | 560,000 | 7× Platinum[76] |
| 3 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | "Thrift Shop" | The Heist | 1 | 560,000 | 7× Platinum[77] |
| 4 | Maroon 5 | "One More Night" | Overexposed | 2 | 480,000 | 6× Platinum[78] |
| 5 | Bruno Mars | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Unorthodox Jukebox | 1 | 400,000 | 5× Platinum[79] |
| 6 | Flo Rida | "Whistle" | Wild Ones | 1 | 400,000 | 5× Platinum[80] |
| 7 | fun. | "Some Nights" | Some Nights | 4 | 400,000 | 5× Platinum[81] |
| 8 | The Lumineers | "Ho Hey" | The Lumineers | 2 | 400,000 | 5× Platinum[82] |
| 9 | Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa | "Payphone" | Overexposed | 1 | 400,000 | 5× Platinum[83] |
| 10 | Mumford & Sons | "I Will Wait" | Babel | 9 | 400,000 | 5× Platinum[84] |
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Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List
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- January 2 – Ian Bargh, jazz pianist
- January 25 – Andrew MacNaughtan, photographer and music video director
- February 21 – Christopher Reimer, rock guitarist (Women)
- April 23 – Billy Bryans, percussionist and record producer (Parachute Club)[86]
- September 23 – Sam Sniderman, founder of the Sam the Record Man chain[87]
- "CBC digital music service launched". CBC News, February 13, 2012.
- "Polaris Prize long list includes lots of Toronto bands". Toronto Star, June 14, 2012.
- "Karkwa Plot Live Album, Announce Hiatus". Exclaim!, December 14, 2011.
- "Exclaim!'s 20 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2012". Exclaim!, January 3, 2012.
- "Dave Bidini's Bidiniband Reveal 'In the Rock Hall'". Exclaim!, December 12, 2011.
- "Change of Heart Reveal 'There You Go '82–'97' Retrospective". Exclaim!, August 8, 2012.
- "Brendan Canning on Cookie Duster and Life After BSS: 'I Wanted a Fresh Perspective'" Archived 2018-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. Spinner, June 26, 2012.
- "Julie Doiron Announces 'So Many Days' Album". Exclaim!, September 17, 2012.
- Bernard Pérusse, "Rekindling a love affair with her music and life; A new romance helped awaken Montreal singer Coral Egan's creativity after a period of self-doubt". Montreal Gazette, September 11, 2012.
- "Hannah Georgas Details Sophomore Album, Premieres New Track". Exclaim!, August 22, 2012.
- Great Lake Swimmers: "Easy Come Easy Go" Archived 2012-01-28 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, January 9, 2012.
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- "Plants and Animals to release The End of That on February 28, 2012; first single Lightshow" Archived December 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Hour Community, November 30, 2011.
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- "John K. Samson Reveals Canadian Tour, Premieres New Track". Exclaim!, December 12, 2011.
- "Skydiggers 'Northern Shore' (album stream)" Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, April 9, 2012.
- "The Wooden Sky Unveil New LP, North American Tour". Exclaim!, December 13, 2011.
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- "Sam the Record Man funeral today". CBC News, September 25, 2012.
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