2015_in_Canadian_music
2015 in Canadian music
Overview of the events of 2015 in Canadian music
This is a summary of the year 2015 in the Canadian music industry.
- 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".[1]
- 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
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- 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, Moonlust[2]
- Marie-Pierre Arthur, Si l'aurore – February[3]
- Astral Swans, All My Favorite Singers Are Willie Nelson
B
- BADBADNOTGOOD with Ghostface Killah, Sour Soul – February 17[4]
- Barenaked Ladies, Silverball – June 2
- Alexis Baro, Guilty Pleasure[5]
- Justin Bieber, Purpose
- The Blue Stones, Black Holes - October 20
- Philippe Brach, Portraits de famine
- Braids, Deep in the Iris – April 28
- Dean Brody, Gypsy Road – April 21[6]
- 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[4]
- Cannon Bros., Dream City
- Alessia Cara, Four Pink Walls – August 28
- Casper Skulls, Lips & Skull
- Chic Gamine, Light a Match
- 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[7]
- Thomas D'Arcy, Fooled You Twice
- Dear Rouge, Black to Gold[8]
- The Dears, Times Infinity Volume One – September 25
- Mac DeMarco, Demos Volume One – January 20
- Destroyer, Poison Season – August 28[8]
- 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[8]
- Exco Levi, Country Man – March 17
F
- Michael Feuerstack, The Forgettable Truth – February 17[7]
- Flying Hórses, Tölt
- Foxtrott, A Taller Us
- Jeanick Fournier, Mes coups de cœur
- Fresh Snow, WON[9]
- Lily Frost, Too Hot for Words
G
- Galaxie, Zulu – February 24[3]
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress – March 31
- The Golden Dogs, 3 1/2 – February 17[7]
- Grand Analog, Roll Dub Soul Rap – October 8
- Great Lake Swimmers, A Forest of Arms – April 21[10]
- Grimes, Art Angels[8]
H
- Half Moon Run, Sun Leads Me On – October 23
- Harrison, Colors[11]
- Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins, Garden Songs – February 3[7]
- Hayden, Hey Love – March 24
- Hedley, Hello
- Hello, Blue Roses, WZO – February
- The High Dials, In the AM Wilds – February 3[7]
- Hilotrons, To Trip with Terpsichore[7]
- Hollerado, 111 Songs – March 24[7]
- 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[12]
- 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 Cahuenga[13]
L
- Jean Leloup, À Paradis City
- Library Voices, Lovish
- Limblifter, Pacific Milk – April 7[7]
M
- Majical Cloudz, Are You Alone?
- Catherine Major, La maison du monde
- Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, Club Meds – January 13[8]
- Cory Marks, This Man – May 26[14]
- Kalle Mattson, Avalanche
- Michelle McAdorey, Into Her Future – October 30[15]
- Linda McRae, Shadow Trails
- Shawn Mendes, Handwritten
- Metric, Pagans in Vegas – September 18
- METZ, METZ II[4]
- Ariane Moffatt, 22h22[3]
- Moka Only, Voice of the Misfits – December 31
- 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[8]
- William Prince, Earthly Days
- Purity Ring, Another Eternity – March 3[7]
R
- Rah Rah, Vessels – March[8]
- 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[16]
- Natasha St-Pier, Mon Acadie – October 2[17]
- Samantha Savage Smith, Fine Lines – January 27[8]
- 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
- Siskiyou, Nervous – January 20[4]
- Zal Sissokho, Marcus Viana and Ibrahima Gaye, Famalé
- Slim Twig, Thank You for Sticking with Twig – August 7[7]
- Les Sœurs Boulay, 4488 de l'amour
T
- Three Days Grace, Human – March 31
- Tire le coyote, Panorama
- Al Tuck, Fair Country[7]
- Twin Flames, Jaaji and Chelsey June
V
- Rosie Valland, Partir avant
- Chad VanGaalen and Seth Smith, Seed of Dorzon – September 18[18]
- Jennie Vee, Spying – October 15
- Viet Cong, Viet Cong – January 20[8]
- Vile Creature, A Steady Descent Into the Soil
- Vision Eternel, Echoes from Forgotten Hearts – February 14[19]
W
- The Wainwright Sisters (Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche), Songs in the Dark – November 13[20]
- 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[7]
- Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned – February 17[8]
- Hawksley Workman, Old Cheetah
Y
- Yoan, Yoan – March 25[21]
- Yukon Blonde, On Blonde – June 16
The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.
Albums
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| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoan | Yoan | 1 | 90,000[22][23][24] | Gold[25] |
| 2 | Mumford & Sons | Wilder Mind | 1 | 40,000[26] | TBA |
| 3 | Drake | If You're Reading This It's Too Late | 1 | 37,000[27] | TBA |
| 4 | Various Artists | Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 1 | 26,200[27][28] | Gold[29] |
| 5 | Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | 1 | 21,000[30] | TBA |
| 6 | Jean Leloup | À Paradis City | 1 | 21,000[31] | Gold[32] |
| 7 | Madonna | Rebel Heart | 1 | 20,400[22][33] | TBA |
| 8 | Florence and the Machine | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful | 1 | 19,000[34] | TBA |
| 9 | Of Monsters and Men | Beneath the Skin | 1 | 16,000[35] | TBA |
| 10 | Various Artists | La Voix III | 1 | 15,300[36] | TBA |
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Singles
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| Rank | Artist | Song | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | "See You Again" | Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 1 | 117,000[26][36][37][38] | 3× Platinum[39] |
| 2 | Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney | "FourFiveSeconds" | TBA | 3 | 34,000[27] | TBA |
| 3 | Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar | "Bad Blood" | 1989 | 1 | 24,000[40] | TBA |
| 4 | Mumford & Sons | "Believe" | Wilder Mind | 11 | 19,000[41] | TBA |
| 5 | David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack | "Hey Mama" | Listen | 9 | TBA | Platinum[42] |
| 6 | Deorro featuring Chris Brown | "Five More Hours" | TBA | 57 | TBA | Platinum[43] |
| 7 | Maroon 5 | "Sugar" | V | 3 | TBA | Platinum[44] |
| 8 | Carly Rae Jepsen | "I Really Like You" | Emotion | 14 | TBA | Gold[45] |
| 9 | Ed Sheeran | "Photograph" | x | 38 | TBA | Gold[46] |
| 10 | Ellie Goulding | "Love Me like You Do" | Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 3 | TBA | Gold[47] |
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Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List
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- June 8 – Archie Alleyne, 82, jazz drummer
- November 19 – Ron Hynes, 64, singer-songwriter
- "Chad VanGaalen Wins 2015 Prism Prize for Timber Timbre Video". Exclaim!, March 29, 2015.
- Aaron Zorgel, "The Best Canadian EPs Of 2015". Complex, December 16, 2015.
- "Dix albums québécois qu’on attend en 2015". BRBR, January 2015.
- "Exclaim!'s 2014 in Lists: Top 20 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015". Exclaim!, January 2, 2015.
- Jack Kopstein, "Alexis Baro: Guilty Pleasure". !earshot, December 10, 2015.
- Marchand, Francois (April 23, 2015). "Album of the week: Dean Brody's Gypsy Road". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- "2015 Canadian indie album release list" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, January 5, 2015.
- "The 15 most anticipated Canadian indie albums of 2015" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, December 15, 2014.
- Tom Beedham, "Fresh Snow: Won". Exclaim!, September 15, 2015.
- Song Premiere: Great Lake Swimmers – "Zero In The City". Paste, February 2, 2015.
- Scott Simpson, "Harrison, Colors EP". Exclaim!, April 1, 2015.
- "Andy Kim – "Longest Time" (audio) (Premiere)". PopMatters, January 26, 2015.
- Dave Heaton, "Nicholas Krgovich: On Cahuenga". PopMatters, March 19, 2015.
- Dawson, Chris (May 26, 2015). "Marquardt releases first album today". BayToday.ca.
- "Crash Vegas' Michelle McAdorey Returns with New Solo Album". Exclaim!, September 16, 2015.
- "Buffy Sainte-Marie Returns with 'Power in the Blood'". Exclaim!, March 17, 2015.
- Rojas, John (February 6, 2024). "Vision Eternel's "Echoes from Forgotten Hearts": An In-Depth Journey Through Emotional Landscapes of Melogaze". Idioteq. Archived from the original on February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- "Un album comme un portrait pour Yoan Garneau". La Presse, March 25, 2015.
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- Kelly, Brendan (May 11, 2015). "Quebec's love affair with Yoan deepens". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
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- Tuch, Paul (March 18, 2015). "MADONNA SCORES NUMBER ONE TOP ALBUM DEBUT" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
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