2015 in Canadian music
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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".[1]
- April - East Coast Music Awards
- June - Prelimimary longlist for the Polaris Music Prize to be announced.
- July - Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize to be announced.
- September - Winner of the Polaris Music Prize to be announced.
Albums released
A
- AroarA, TBA[2]
- Marie-Pierre Arthur, Si l'aurore - February[3]
B
- BADBADNOTGOOD with Ghostface Killah, Sour Soul - February 17[4]
- Bear Mountain, TBA[5]
- Braids, TBA[6]
- Brasstronaut, Brasstronaut
- Jim Bryson, TBA[2]
- Will Butler, Policy - March 10[5]
C
- Kathryn Calder, Kathryn Calder
- Cancer Bats, Searching for Zero - March 10[4]
- Tom Cochrane, Take It Home - February 10
- Cœur de pirate, TBA[3]
- Louis-Jean Cormier, Les Grandes artères - March 23
D
- Danko Jones, Fire Music - February 6[2]
- Thomas D'Arcy, Fooled You Twice
- Dear Rouge, Black to Gold[5]
- The Dears, Times Infinity Volume One[5]
- Mac DeMarco, Demos Volume One - January 20
- Destroyer, TBA[5]
- Alan Doyle, So Let's Go
- Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late - February 14
E
- The Elwins, Play for Keeps - February 24[5]
F
- Michael Feuerstack, The Forgettable Truth - February 17[2]
- Lily Frost, Too Hot for Words
G
- Galaxie, Zulu - February 24[3]
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress' - March 31
- The Golden Dogs, 3 1/2 - February 17[2]
- Grand Analog, War Paint[7]
- Great Lake Swimmers, A Forest of Arms - April 21[8]
- Grimes, TBA[5]
H
- Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins, Garden Songs - February 3[2]
- Hayden, Hey Love - March 24
- Hello, Blue Roses, WZO - February
- The High Dials, In the AM Wilds - February 3[2]
- Hilotrons, To Trip with Terpsichore[2]
- Hollerado, 111 Songs - March 24[2]
- Hooded Fang, TBA[2]
K
- k-os, Can't Fly Without Gravity[2]
- Andy Kim, It's Decided - February 24[9]
- Diana Krall, Wallflower - February 2
L
- Jean Leloup, À Paradis City
- Limblifter, Pacific Milk - April 7[2]
M
- Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, Club Meds - January 13[5]
- METZ, TBA[4]
- Ariane Moffatt, 22h22[3]
- Moka Only, Voice of the Misfits
O
- Karim Ouellet, TBA[3]
P
- Joel Plaskett, The Park Avenue Sobriety Test - March 3[5]
- Purity Ring, Another Eternity - March 3[2]
R
S
- Samantha Savage Smith, Fine Lines - January 27[5]
- Ivana Santilli, Late Night Light - March 10
- Saukrates, Season Two
- Lorraine Segato, Invincible Decency
- Ron Sexsmith, Carousel One - March 31
- Siskiyou, Nervous - January 20[4]
- Slim Twig, TBA[2]
T
V
W
- Patrick Watson, Love Songs for Robots
- Wax Mannequin, TBA
- The Weather Station, Loyalty - May 5
- The Wet Secrets, Tyranny of Objects[2]
- Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned - February 17[5]
- Donovan Woods, TBA[2]
Y
- Yoan, Yoan - March 25[10]
- Yukon Blonde, TBA[2]
Top hits on record
The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.
Albums
| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoan | Yoan | 1 | 50,000[11][12] | Gold[13] |
| 2 | Drake | If You're Reading This It's Too Late | 1 | 37,000[14] | TBA |
| 3 | Various Artists | Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 1 | 26,200[14][15] | Gold[16] |
| 4 | Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | 1 | 21,000[17] | TBA |
| 5 | Jean Leloup | À Paradis City | 1 | 21,000[18] | Gold[19] |
| 6 | Madonna | Rebel Heart | 1 | 20,400[20][11] | TBA |
| 7 | Louis-Jean Cormier | Les Grandes artères | 2 | 15,000[11] | TBA |
| 8 | Fall Out Boy | American Beauty/American Psycho | 1 | 14,000[21] | Gold[22] |
| 9 | Shawn Mendes | Handwritten | 1 | 14,000[23] | TBA |
| 10 | Diana Krall | Wallflower | 2 | 13,000[18] | Gold[24] |
Singles
| Rank | Artist | Song | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth | "See You Again" | Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 1 | 36,000[23] | TBA |
| 2 | Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney | "FourFiveSeconds" | TBA | 4 | 34,000[14] | TBA |
| 3 | Mumford & Sons | "Believe" | Wilder Mind | 11 | 19,000[25] | TBA |
| 4 | Maroon 5 | "Sugar" | V | 3 | TBA | Platinum[26] |
| 5 | Ellie Goulding | "Love Me like You Do" | Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 5 | TBA | Gold[27] |
| 6 | TBA | "TBA" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 7 | TBA | "TBA" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 8 | TBA | "TBA" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 9 | TBA | "TBA" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 10 | TBA | "TBA" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
References
- ↑ "Chad VanGaalen Wins 2015 Prism Prize for Timber Timbre Video". Exclaim!, March 29, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 "2015 Canadian indie album release list". CBC Music, January 5, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Dix albums québécois qu’on attend en 2015". BRBR, January 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Exclaim!'s 2014 in Lists: Top 20 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015". Exclaim!, January 2, 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 "The 15 most anticipated Canadian indie albums of 2015". CBC Music, December 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Braids to Release "Beautiful, Deeply Emotional" Album in 2015". Exclaim!, December 17, 2014.
- ↑ "Grand Analog: Wild Animal Print (video)". Exclaim!, December 8, 2014.
- ↑ Song Premiere: Great Lake Swimmers - "Zero In The City". Paste, February 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Andy Kim - "Longest Time" (audio) (Premiere)". PopMatters, January 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Un album comme un portrait pour Yoan Garneau". La Presse, March 25, 2015.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Cross, Alan (April 3, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 01 April 2015". Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ↑ Cross, Alan (April 9, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 08 April 2015". Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Yoan – Yoan". Music Canada.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Cross, Alan (February 18, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 18 February 2015". Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ↑ Cross, Alan (March 4, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 04 March 2015". Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Fifty Shades of Grey". Music Canada.
- ↑ Cross, Alan (March 26, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 26 March 2015". Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Cross, Alan (February 13, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 13 February 2013". Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Jean Leloup – A Paradis City". Music Canada.
- ↑ Cross, Alan (March 21, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 18 March 2015". Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ↑ Cross, Alan (February 1, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 28 January 2015 (Yes, Yes. I Know I’m Late This Week.)". Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Fall Out Boy – American Beauty / American Psycho". Music Canada.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Cross, Alan (April 25, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 22 April 2015". Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Diana Krall – Wallflower". Music Canada.
- ↑ Tuch, Paul (March 18, 2015). "MADONNA SCORES NUMBER ONE TOP ALBUM DEBUT". Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Maroon 5 – Sugar". Music Canada.
- ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do". Music Canada.
| Preceded by 2014 in Canadian music |
Canadian music 2015 |
Succeeded by 2016 in Canadian music |