The Weeknd’s Dawn FM is among 40 album on the Long List of 2022 Polaris Music Prize contenders.
The list also includes releases from four past Polaris Music Prize winners – Arcade Fire, Tanya Tagaq, Haviah Mighty and Backxwash.
The Polaris Music Prize goes to the best Canadian album of the year, “judged solely on artistic merit, without consideration for genre or record sales,” according to a release. A jury of 197 music industry insiders considered 223 albums this year.
The Short List of 10 finalists will be announced on July 14.
At a gala ceremony on Sept. 19, the winner will receive $50,000 and the nine runners-up will get $3,000 each.
Last year's winning album was Parallel World by Cadence Weapon.
2022 Polaris Music Prize Long List:
Ada Lea – One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a GardenAdria Kain – When Flowers BloomAhi – ProspectArcade Fire – WEBackxwash – I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My DressesBadBadNotGood – Talk MemoryBasia Bulat – The GardenCedric Noel – Hang TimeCharlotte Day Wilson – AlphaChiiild – Hope for SaleDestroyer – LabyrinthitisThe Garrys – Get Thee to a NunneryThe Halluci Nation – One More Saturday NightHaviah Mighty – Stock ExchangeHubert Lenoir – Pictura de Ipse : Musique DirecteJean-Michel Blais – AubadesJoyful Joyful – Joyful JoyfulJulie Doiron – I Thought of YouKelly McMichael – WavesLes Louanges – CrashLisa Leblanc – Chiac DiscoLoony – soft thingLuna Li – DualityLydia Képinski – DepuisMen I Trust – Untourable AlbumMyst Milano – ShapeshyfterOmbiigizi – Sewn Back TogetherOrville Peck – BroncoOuri – Frame of a FaunaPierre Kwenders – José Louis and the Paradox of LoveP’tit Belliveau – Un homme et son pianoPUP – The Unraveling of PUPTheBandSate – The FoolShad – TaoSister Ray – CommunionSnotty Nose Rez Kids – Life AfterStars – From Capelton HillTanika Charles – Papillon de Nuit: The Night ButterflyTanya Tagaq – TonguesThe Weeknd – Dawn FM