2011 Polaris Music Prize

The 2011 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 19, 2011^[1] The winner was Arcade Fire, for the album The Suburbs, making it the only album to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Arcade Fire at the 2011 Polaris Music Prize Gala

For the 2011 award, the prize was increased to $30,000 for the winning musician.^[1]

Shortlist

The prize's 10-album shortlist was announced on July 6.^[2]

• Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
• Austra, Feel It Break
• Braids, Native Speaker
• Destroyer, Kaputt
• Galaxie, Tigre et diésel
• Hey Rosetta!, Seeds
• Ron Sexsmith, Long Player Late Bloomer
• Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
• Timber Timbre, Creep on Creepin' On
• The Weeknd, House of Balloons

Longlist

The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 16.^[1]

• Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
• Austra, Feel It Break
• Black Mountain, Wilderness Heart
• Braids, Native Speaker
• Buck 65, 20 Odd Years
• Louise Burns, Mellow Drama
• D-Sisive, Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye
• The Dears, Degeneration Street
• Destroyer, Kaputt
• Diamond Rings, Special Affections
• Dirty Beaches, Badlands
• Luke Doucet and the White Falcon, Steel City Trawler
• Eternia & MoSS, At Last
• Galaxie, Tigre et diésel
• Jenn Grant, Honeymoon Punch
• Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972
• Hey Rosetta!, Seeds
• Hooded Fang, Album
• Imaginary Cities, Temporary Resident
• Land of Talk, Cloak and Cipher
• Little Scream, The Golden Record
• The Luyas, Too Beautiful to Work
• Malajube, La caverne
• Miracle Fortress, Was I the Wave?
• One Hundred Dollars, Songs of Man
• Doug Paisley, Constant Companion
• PS I Love You, Meet Me at the Muster Station
• Daniel Romano, Sleep Beneath the Willow
• The Rural Alberta Advantage, Departing
• Ron Sexsmith, Long Player Late Bloomer
• Shotgun Jimmie, Transistor Sister
• Sloan, The Double Cross
• Frederick Squire, March 12
• Stars, The Five Ghosts
• Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
• Timber Timbre, Creep on Creepin' On
• The Weeknd, House of Balloons
• Women, Public Strain
• Neil Young, Le Noise
• Young Galaxy, Shapeshifting