The long list for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize -- an annual award that celebrates the best Canadian album released over the past year -- was announced this week.
The 40-album list includes a mixture of high-profile, independent and emerging artists, including The Weeknd, Jessie Reyez, U.S.
Girls, dvsn, Daniel Caesar, Wares and Allie X. Previous Polaris winners who made the long list this year include Kaytranada, Caribou and Lido Pimienta, who were nominated for their albums Bubba, Suddenly and Miss Colombia, respectively.
To qualify for this year’s honor, albums must have been released between June 1, 2019, and May 31, 2020. A total of 223 albums were considered for the 2020 long list, as determined by a 201-member jury comprised of music