Lido Pimienta, The Weeknd and Caribou make Polaris Music Prize 2020 longlist

16 June 2020, 10:03 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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The longlist for this year's Polaris Music Prize has been announced, with Lido Pimienta, The Weeknd, and Caribou among those up for the prize.

40 albums have made the Polaris Music Perize 2020 longlist this year, after Haviah Mighty scooped last year's prize.

In total, 223 albums were considered for the longlist by the 201 member jury. The longlist will be narrowed down to just 10 albums on 15 July. This year's Polaris Music Prize winner will win $50,000, while the nine other shortlist acts will receive $3,000 each on behalf of Slaight Music.

The 2020 Polaris Music Prize Longlist:

Allie X – Cape God
Anachnid – Dreamweaver
Aquakultre – Legacy
Marie-Pierre Arthur – Des feux pour voir
Backxwash – God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It
Badge Époque Ensemble – Badge Époque Ensemble
Begonia – Fear
P’tit Belliveau – Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Caribou – Suddenly
Daniel Caesar – CASE STUDY 01
Chocolat – Jazz engagé
Louis-Jean Cormier – Quand la nuit tombe
Corridor – Junior
dvsn – A Muse In Her Feelings
Jacques Greene – Dawn Chorus
Sarah Harmer – Are You Gone
Ice Cream – FED UP
Junia-T – Studio Monk
Kaytranada – Bubba
Flore Laurentienne – Volume 1
Cindy Lee – What’s Tonight To Eternity?
Men I Trust – Oncle Jazz
nêhiyawak – nipiy
OBUXUM – Re-Birth
Owen Pallett – Island
Pantayo – Pantayo
Lido Pimienta – Miss Colombia
Joel Plaskett – 44
William Prince – Reliever
Jessie Reyez – BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US
Andy Shauf – The Neon Skyline
Riit – ataataga
Super Duty Tough Work – Studies in Grey
U.S. Girls – Heavy Light
Leif Vollebekk – New Ways
Wares – Survival
The Weeknd – After Hours
WHOOP-Szo – Warrior Down
Witch Prophet – DNA Activation
Zen Bamboo – GLU