2015 in Canadian music

This is a summary of the year 2015 in the Canadian music industry.

Events

 * 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".
 * 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

Bands formed

 * Saint Asonia

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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
 * Marie-Pierre Arthur, Si l'aurore – February
 * Astral Swans, All My Favorite Singers Are Willie Nelson

B

 * BADBADNOTGOOD with Ghostface Killah, Sour Soul – February 17
 * Barenaked Ladies, Silverball – June 2
 * Alexis Baro, Guilty Pleasure
 * Justin Bieber, Purpose
 * Big Brave, Au De La
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Thomas D'Arcy, Fooled You Twice
 * Dear Rouge, Black to Gold
 * The Dears, Times Infinity Volume One – September 25
 * Mac DeMarco, Demos Volume One – January 20
 * Destroyer, Poison Season – August 28
 * 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
 * Exco Levi, Country Man – March 17

F

 * Michael Feuerstack, The Forgettable Truth – February 17
 * Flying Hórses, Tölt
 * Foxtrott, A Taller Us
 * Jeanick Fournier, Mes coups de cœur
 * Fresh Snow, WON
 * Lily Frost, Too Hot for Words

G

 * Galaxie, Zulu – February 24
 * Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress – March 31
 * The Golden Dogs, 3 1/2 – February 17
 * Grand Analog, Roll Dub Soul Rap – October 8
 * Great Lake Swimmers, A Forest of Arms – April 21
 * Grimes, Art Angels

H

 * Half Moon Run, Sun Leads Me On – October 23
 * Harrison, Colors
 * Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins, Garden Songs – February 3
 * Hayden, Hey Love – March 24
 * Hedley, Hello
 * Hello, Blue Roses, WZO – February
 * The High Dials, In the AM Wilds – February 3
 * Hilotrons, To Trip with Terpsichore
 * Hollerado, 111 Songs – March 24
 * 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
 * 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

L

 * Jean Leloup, À Paradis City
 * Library Voices, Lovish
 * Limblifter, Pacific Milk – April 7

M

 * Majical Cloudz, Are You Alone?
 * Catherine Major, La maison du monde
 * Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, Club Meds – January 13
 * Cory Marks, This Man – May 26
 * Kalle Mattson, Avalanche
 * Mauno, Rough Master
 * Michelle McAdorey, Into Her Future – October 30
 * Linda McRae, Shadow Trails
 * Shawn Mendes, Handwritten
 * Metric, Pagans in Vegas – September 18
 * METZ, METZ II
 * Ariane Moffatt, 22h22
 * 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
 * William Prince, Earthly Days
 * Purity Ring, Another Eternity – March 3

R

 * Rah Rah, Vessels – March
 * 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
 * Natasha St-Pier, Mon Acadie – October 2
 * Samantha Savage Smith, Fine Lines – January 27
 * 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
 * Zal Sissokho, Marcus Viana and Ibrahima Gaye, Famalé
 * Slim Twig, Thank You for Sticking with Twig – August 7
 * Les Sœurs Boulay, 4488 de l'amour

T

 * Three Days Grace, Human – March 31
 * Tire le coyote, Panorama
 * Al Tuck, Fair Country
 * Twin Flames, Jaaji and Chelsey June

V

 * Rosie Valland, Partir avant
 * Chad VanGaalen and Seth Smith, Seed of Dorzon – September 18
 * Jennie Vee, Spying – October 15
 * Viet Cong, Viet Cong – January 20
 * Vile Creature, A Steady Descent Into the Soil
 * Vision Eternel, Echoes from Forgotten Hearts – February 14

W

 * The Wainwright Sisters (Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche), Songs in the Dark – November 13
 * 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
 * Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned – February 17
 * Hawksley Workman, Old Cheetah

Y

 * Yoan, Yoan – March 25
 * Yukon Blonde, On Blonde – June 16

Top hits on record
The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.

Deaths

 * June 8 – Archie Alleyne, 82, jazz drummer
 * November 19 – Ron Hynes, 64, singer-songwriter