Music Awards: Music and Prize

music awards: Other artists competing for the 50,000 prize include Toronto R&B duo Dvsn pronounced division avant-garde pop singer Allie X and alt-rock musician Joel Plaskett, according to CTV. An array of Indigenous performers, both established and relative newcomers, are also in the running. The projects are among 40 records that will progress to the next stage of consideration, a short list of 10 contenders to be revealed on July 16. Among them, Winnipeg-based folk musician William Prince and Inuk electro-pop throat singer Riit. The Polaris Music Prize is considered one of the country's most prestigious music awards and, beyond its cash prize, it puts the winner's music in the global spotlight. A few past Polaris winners also made the list with their newest albums, including Kaytranada and Owen Pallett, who was the first Polaris winner back in 2006 under his performance name Final Fantasy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.