Jessie Reyez and Caribou are among the acts who have made the 2020 Polaris Music Prize short list.The nominees for the annual award, which celebrates the best Canadian album of the year, much like Britain’s Mercury prize, were announced on Wednesday night, with the singer-songwriter and electronica star, real name Dan Snaith, making the list of ten records released from June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020.Jessie’s nominated for her album Before Love Came to Kill Us, while Caribou’s Suddenly earned him recognition.
The other nominees are Backxwash’s God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out of It, Junia-T’s Studio Monk, Kaytranada’s Bubba, nehiyawak’s nipiy, Pantayo’s self-titled album, Lido Pimienta’s Miss Colombia, U.S.
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