WINNERS

ALBUM OF THE YEAR Grimes – Art Angels (4AD / Crystal Math) SINGLE OF THE YEAR Wintersleep – “Amerika” (Dine Alone Records) GROUP OF THE YEAR The Strumbellas (Six Shooter Records) ARTIST OF THE YEAR YOAN (Productions J) SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR City and Colour (Dine Alone Records) ABORIGINAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR A Tribe Called Red (Pirates Blend Records / Sony Music Canada) ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR The Zolas (Light Organ Records) ELECTRONIC/DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Purity Ring (Last Gang Records) FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Chocolat (Grosse Boite) POP ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Coleman Hell (604 Records) RAP/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Jazz Cartier (Safe & Sound) ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR The Elwins (Hidden Pony Records) SINGER-SONGWRITER ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Dan Mangan (Arts and Crafts) INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Alabama Shakes (Cadence Music / ATO Records)

NOMINEES

ALBUM OF THE YEAR Carly Rae Jepsen – Emotion (604 Records) Grimes – Art Angels (4AD / Crystal Math) Majical Cloudz – Are You Alone? (Arts and Crafts) Tobias Jesso Jr. – Goon (Arts and Crafts) Viet Cong – Viet Cong (Flemish Eye) SINGLE OF THE YEAR Arkells – “Leather Jacket” (Arkells Music Inc. / Universal Music Canada) Coleman Hell – “2 Heads” (604 Records) Jocelyn Alice – “Jackpot” (Disruptor Records / Sony Music Canada) The Strumbellas – “Spirits” (Six Shooter Records) Wintersleep – “Amerika” (Dine Alone Records) GROUP OF THE YEAR BADBADNOTGOOD (Innovative Leisure) Metric (Metric Music International Inc. / Universal Music Canada) The Strumbellas (Six Shooter Records) Whitehorse (Six Shooter Records) Young Empires (Pirates Blend Records / Sony Music Canada) ARTIST OF THE YEAR Carly Rae Jepsen (604 Records) City and Colour (Dine Alone Records) Grimes (4AD / Crystal Math) Lights (LIGHTS Music Inc. / Universal Music Canada) YOAN (Productions J) SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR City and Colour (Dine Alone Records) Hayden (Arts and Crafts) Tobias Jesso Jr. (Arts and Crafts) Whitehorse (Six Shooter Records) Young Empires (Pirates Blend Records / Sony Music Canada) ABORIGINAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR A Tribe Called Red (Pirates Blend Records / Sony Music Canada) Buffy Sainte-Marie (True North Records) City Natives (Unsigned) Drezus (Drezus Music) Tanya Tagaq (Six Shooter Records) ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Destroyer (Merge) Half Moon Run (Indica Records / Glassnote Music) Mac DeMarco (Captured Tracks) The Zolas (Light Organ Records) Yukon Blonde (Dine Alone Records) ELECTRONIC/DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR A-Trak (Last Gang Records) Braids (Flemish Eye) Keys N Krates (Dim Mak) Pomo (HW&W / Ultra Music Canada) Purity Ring (Last Gang Records) FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Chocolat (Grosse Boite) Galaxie (La Meute) La Bronze (Kartel Musik) Louis-Jean Cormier (Simone Records) Marie-Pierre Arthur (Simone Records) POP ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Coleman Hell (604 Records) Dan Talevski (eOne Music Canada) Jocelyn Alice (Disruptor Records / Sony Music Canada) Ria Mae (Ria Mae Media / Sony Music Canada) Tyler Shaw (Tyler Ip / Sony Music Canada) RAP/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Daniel Caesar (Independent) Jazz Cartier (Safe & Sound) John River (Independent) SonReal (Black Box) Spek Won (Independent) ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Dilly Dally (Buzz Records) Hey Rosetta! (HR Music Inc. / Sonic Records) Monster Truck (Dine Alone Records) The Elwins (Hidden Pony Records) The Glorious Sons (Black Box) SINGER-SONGWRITER ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Basia Bulat (Secret City Records) Dan Mangan (Arts and Crafts) Lindi Ortega (Grand Tour Records / Last Gang) Patrick Watson (Secret City Records) The Weather Station (Outside Music) INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Alabama Shakes (Cadence Music / ATO Records) Courtney Barnett (Mom + Pop) Major Lazer (Mad Decent) Mumford & Sons (Glassnote Music) Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats (Bottleneck Music / Concord Music Group)