2014 in Canadian music

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Events

• March 23 - Arcade Fire's video for "Afterlife", directed by Emily Kai Bock, wins the 2014 Prism Prize.^[1]
• March 30 – Juno Awards of 2014
• April - 2014 East Coast Music Awards
• June 19 - Prelimimary longlist for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize is announced.^[2]
• July 15 - Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.^[2]
• September 22 - Tanya Tagaq wins the Polaris Music Prize for her album Animism.^[3]
• November 29 - 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards

Bands on hiatus

• Hedley
• Crystal Castles

Bands reformed

• Stereos
• The Smalls

Albums released

A

• Matt Andersen, Weightless - January 28^[4]
• Jann Arden, Everything Almost - April 29
• Arkells, High Noon - August 5
• Rich Aucoin, Ephemeral - September 9^[5]
• Austra, Habitat (EP) - June 17
• Ayrad, Ayrad - October 28

B

• Philippe B, Ornithologie, la nuit - April^[4]
• BadBadNotGood, III - May 6^[4]
• Bahamas, Bahamas Is Afie - August 19^[6]
• Del Barber, Prairieography - February 4^[4]
• Jill Barber, Fool's Gold - June 17
• Matthew Barber, Big Romance - May 27^[4]
• The Barr Brothers, Sleeping Operator - October 7^[7]
• Barzin, To Live Alone in That Long Summer - February 24
• Bobby Bazini, Where I Belong - May 10
• Bend Sinister, Animals - March 11^[4]
• Art Bergmann, Songs for the Underclass - August 26^[8]
• Bidiniband, The Motherland - May 29^[9]
• Big Wreck, Ghosts - June 10
• Billy Talent, Hits - November 4^[10]
• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, South - January 14^[4]
• Blue Rodeo, A Merrie Christmas to You - November 4^[10]
• Isabelle Boulay, Merci Serge Reggiani
• Buck 65, Neverlove - September 30^[5]
• Buck 65 with Jorun Bombay, Laundromat Boogie - September 29

C

• Paul Cargnello, The Hardest Part Is You May Never Know
• Caribou, Our Love - October 7^[7]
• Jennifer Castle, Pink City - September 2^[11]
• Chromeo, White Women - April^[4]
• Cœur de pirate, Trauma: Chansons de la serie tele Saison 5 - January 14^[4]
• Adam Cohen, We Go Home - September 16^[5]
• Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems - September 23^[5]
• Cold Specks, Neuroplasticity - August 26
• Cousins, The Halls of Wickwire - May 13^[12]
• Rose Cousins, Stray Birds - September 2^[5]
• Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy - November 4^[10]

D

• Danko Jones, Garage Rock - April 8^[4]
• deadmau5, (1<2) - June 17
• Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World - September 9^[5]
• Tony Dekker, Sings 10 Years of Zunior - August 5^[13]
• Mac DeMarco, Salad Days - April 1^[4]
• Digging Roots, For the Light
• Celine Dion, Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 - May 16
• Dirty Beaches, Stateless - November 4^[14]
• Down With Webster, Party For Your Life - January 28
• Gordon Downie and The Sadies, And the Conquering Sun - April 15^[4]
• Kevin Drew, Darlings - March 18^[4]
• Victoria Duffield, Accelerate - June 3

E

• Eccodek, Singing in Tongues
• Elephant Stone, The Three Poisons - August 26
• Elliott Brood, Work and Love - October 21^[7]
• Quique Escamilla, 500 Years of Night

F

• Christine Fellows, Burning Daylight - September 23^[15]
• Michael Feuerstack, Singer Songer - April 29^[16]
• Serge Fiori, Serge Fiori - March 11
• Jeremy Fisher, The Lemon Squeeze - May 13^[4]
• Frazey Ford, Indian Ocean - October 14^[7]
• Fucked Up, Glass Boys - June 3^[4]

G

• Jenn Grant, Clairvoyant - May 9^[17]
• Jenn Grant, Compostela - October 21^[18]
• Emm Gryner, Torrential - April 8^[4]

H

• Kevin Hearn, Days in Frames - November 25^[10]
• Ryan Hemsworth, Alone for the First Time - November 4^[10]
• Hey Rosetta!, Second Sight - October 21^[7]
• The Hidden Cameras, Age - January 21^[4]

I

• In-Flight Safety, Conversationalist - September 9^[5]

J

• jacksoul, Greatest Hits - November 25^[19]

K

• Mo Kenney, In My Dreams
• Kiesza, Sound of a Woman - October 21^[7]
• Diana Krall, Wallflower - September 9^[20]
• Kyprios, Midnight Sun

L

• Lisa LeBlanc, Highways, Heartaches and Time Well Wasted - November 4^[10]
• Library Voices, For John
• Lights, Little Machines - September 23^[5]
• Lowell, I Killed Sara V - February
• Lowell, We Loved Her Dearly - September

M

• Madchild, Switched On
• Magic!, Don't Kill the Magic - July 1
• Jay Malinowski & the Deadcoast, Martel - February 11^[4]
• Marie-Mai, M - May 12
• Kalle Mattson, Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold - February 11^[4]
• Eamon McGrath, Exile, Part 2 - March 11^[4]
• Sarah McLachlan, Shine On - May 6
• The Meligrove Band, Bones of Things - November 18^[21]
• Moist, Glory Under Dangerous Skies - October 7
• Monogrenade, Composite - February 4^[22]
• Mother Mother, Very Good Bad Thing - November 4^[10]
• Mounties, Thrash Rock Legacy - March 4^[23]
• Miranda Mulholland, Whipping Boy

N

• The New Mendicants, Into the Lime - January 28^[24]
• The New Pornographers, Brill Bruisers - August 26^[25]
• Justin Nozuka, Ulysees - April 15
• NQ Arbuckle, The Future Happens Anyway - April 29^[26]

O

• Oh Susanna, Namedropper - October 7^[7]
• Old Man Luedecke, I Never Sang Before I Met You - February 4^[4]
• The Olympic Symphonium, Chance to Fate - March 18^[4]

P

• The Pack A.D., Do Not Engage - January 28^[4]
• Owen Pallett, In Conflict - May 13^[4]
• Pascale Picard Band, All Things Pass - April 18
• Pink Mountaintops, Get Back - April 29^[4]
• The Provincial Archive, It's All Shaken Wonder
• PS I Love You, For Those Who Stay - July 22

R

• Radio Radio, Ej feel zoo - March 18^[4]
• Raised By Swans, Öxnadalur - November 1
• Alyssa Reid, Timebomb - February 11
• Alejandra Ribera, La Boca - February 4^[4]
• The Road Hammers, Wheels - June 1
• Sam Roberts Band, Lo-Fantasy - February 11^[4]
• The Rural Alberta Advantage, Mended with Gold - September 30^[27]
• Rush, R40 - November 11^[10]
• Justin Rutledge, Daredevil - April 22^[28]

S

• Saukrates, Amani - September 23^[5]
• Skinny Puppy, The Greater Wrong of the Right (reissue) - January 28^[4]
• Sloan, Commonwealth - September 9^[5]
• Dallas Smith, Tippin' Point (EP) - March 4
• Meaghan Smith, Have a Heart
• Solvent, New Ways: Music from “I Dream of Wires” - February 11^[4]
• The Stanfields, For King and Country
• Stars, No One Is Lost - October 14^[7]
• Sunparlour Players, The Living Proof - April 8^[4]
• Swollen Members, Brand New Day - June 17

T

• Tanya Tagaq, Animism - May 27^[29]
• The Tea Party, The Ocean at the End - June 24^[30]
• Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything - January 21^[4]
• Theory of a Deadman, Savages - July 29
• Thus Owls, Turning Rocks - April 8^[4]
• Timber Timbre, Hot Dreams - April 1^[4]
• Tokyo Police Club, Forcefield - March 25^[4]
• The Tragically Hip, Fully Completely (reissue) - November 17^[31]
• The Trews, The Trews - April 22

U

• Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, Advanced Basics - February 11

V

• Chad VanGaalen, Shrink Dust - April 29^[4]
• Various Artists, Native North America, Vol. 1 - November 25^[32]
• Roch Voisine, My Very Best - February 11

W

• Rufus Wainwright, Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright - March 4^[4]
• Wake Owl, The Private World of Paradise - March 4^[33]
• Bry Webb, Free Will - May 20^[4]
• The Wet Secrets, Free Candy - February 4^[4]
• Whitehorse, Éphémère sans repère - April 1^[34]
• Royal Wood, The Burning Bright - March 4^[4]
• The Wooden Sky, Let's Be Ready - September 2^[35]

Y

• Nikki Yanofsky, Little Secret - May 6
• You+Me, rose ave. - October 14
• Neil Young, A Letter Home - April 19

Z

• Zeus, Classic Zeus - September 2^[5]

Top hits on record

The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.

Albums

Top 10 Canadian albums

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak position	Sales	Certification
1	Bobby Bazini	Where I Belong	1	102,000[36]	Gold[37]
2	Serge Fiori	Serge Fiori	1	99,000[38]	Gold[39]
3	Nickelback	No Fixed Address	2	80,000[40][38]	Platinum[41]
4	Leonard Cohen	Popular Problems	1	68,000[42][43][38]	Gold[44]
5	Sarah McLachlan	Shine On	1	45,000[45]	Gold[46]
6	Bryan Adams	Tracks of My Years	1	40,000[43]	Gold[47]
7	Isabelle Boulay	Merci Serge Reggiani	N/A	40,000	Gold[48]
8	Marie-Mai	M	2	40,000[49]	Gold[50]
9	Various Artists	Just the Hits 2014	N/A	40,000	Gold[51]
10	Various Artists	La Voix II	2	40,000[52]	Gold[53]

Top 10 International albums

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak position	Sales	Certification
1	Taylor Swift	1989	1	314,000[54][55][56][40][57][58][59][60][61][36]	TBA
2	Ed Sheeran	x	1	240,000	3× Platinum[62]
3	Sam Smith	In the Lonely Hour	2	160,000	2× Platinum[63]
4	Coldplay	Ghost Stories	1	117,000[52][38]	Platinum[64]
5	One Direction	Four	1	98,000[40][38]	Platinum[65]
6	Pink Floyd	The Endless River	1	89,000[38]	Platinum[66]
7	Ariana Grande	My Everything	1	80,000	Platinum[67]
8	The Black Keys	Turn Blue	1	80,000	Platinum[68]
9	Maroon 5	V	1	80,000	Platinum[69]
10	Pharrell Williams	G  I  R  L	2	80,000	Platinum[70]

Singles

Top 10 Singles

Rank	Artist	Song	Album	Peak position	Sales	Certification
1	Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars	"Uptown Funk"	Uptown Special	1	560,000	7× Platinum[71]
2	Hozier	"Take Me to Church"	Hozier	2	480,000	6× Platinum[72]
3	Meghan Trainor	"All About That Bass"	Title	1	480,000[73][74][75][42][43][76][77][78][55]	6× Platinum[79]
4	Ed Sheeran	"Thinking Out Loud"	x	2	400,000	5× Platinum[80]
5	Sam Smith	"Stay with Me"	In the Lonely Hour	1	320,000	4× Platinum[81]
6	Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea	"Problem"	My Everything	3	240,000	3× Platinum[82]
7	Calvin Harris	"Summer"	Motion	3	240,000	3× Platinum[83]
8	Iggy Azalea Feat. Charli XCX	"Fancy"	The New Classic	1	240,000	3× Platinum[84]
9	Jessie J Feat. Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj	"Bang Bang"	Sweet Talker	3	240,000	3× Platinum[85]
10	Ariana Grande feat. Zedd	"Break Free"	My Everything	5	160,000	2× Platinum[86]

Deaths

• February 25 – Angèle Arsenault, singer-songwriter^[87]
• February 26 - Georges Hamel, country music singer and songwriter^[88]
• March 23 - Dave Brockie, heavy metal singer (Gwar)^[89]
• March 25 - Bill Merritt, rock bassist and festival director, director of the Winnipeg Folk Festival, co-founder of the Winnipeg International Children's Festival^[90]
• March 29 - Dave Gregg, punk guitarist (D.O.A.)^[91]
• May 10 - Nash the Slash (Jeff Plewman), progressive rock musician^[92]

References

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2. "Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list". Aux, June 19, 2014.
3. "Tanya Tagaq Wins 2014 Polaris Music Prize". Exclaim!, September 22, 2014.
4. "2014 Canadian album releases: the full list". CBC Music, January 6, 2014.
5. "Leonard Cohen to Death from Above 1979, 15 albums you need to hear in September". CBC Music, September 1, 2014.
6. "Hear Bahamas Rip Soulful Harmonies on Falsetto-Filled 'All the Time'". Spin, May 29, 2014.
7. "Stars to Jenn Grant, 10 albums you need to hear in October". CBC Music, October 1, 2014.
8. "Art Bergmann, 'Songs for the Underclass' (EP stream)". Exclaim!, August 13, 2014.
9. "Stream The Motherland, the third album from BidiniBand". CBC Music, May 12, 2014.
10. "Blue Rodeo to Rush, 10 albums you need to hear in November". CBC Music, November 3, 2014.
11. "Jennifer Castle Returns with 'Pink City' LP, Shares New Track". Exclaim!, June 26, 2014.
12. "Cousins, 'The Halls of Wickwire'". Exclaim!, May 6, 2014.
13. "First Play: Tony Dekker sings 10 years of Zunior". CBC Music, July 29, 2014.
14. "Dirty Beaches calls it quits". CBC Music, October 28, 2014.
15. "Christine Fellows' latest work evolved from album to multimedia art project". Winnipeg Free Press, September 23, 2014.
16. "Michael Feuerstack & Associates, 'Singer Songer' (album stream)". Exclaim!, April 21, 2014.
17. "Jenn Grant Collaborates with Buck 65, Covers Leonard Cohen on 'Clairvoyant' EP". Exclaim!, April 25, 2014.
18. "Jenn Grant Taps Ron Sexsmith, Rose Cousins, Sarah Harmer for 'Compostela'". Exclaim!, September 9, 2014.
19. "Jacksoul Details 'Greatest Hits' Compilation". Exclaim!, September 30, 2014.
20. "Diana Krall's New Album Will Hit Store Shelves This September". ET Canada, June 18, 2014.
21. "The Meligrove Band Unveil 'Bones of Things' LP, Share New Track". Exclaim!, July 30, 2014.
22. "L’homme composite de Monogrenade". Le Devoir, February 1, 2014.
23. "Mounties, 'Thrash Rock Legacy'". Exclaim!, February 25, 2014.
24. "The New Mendicants 'Into the Lime' (album stream)". Exclaim!, January 20, 2014.
25. "The New Pornographers Announce New Album Brill Bruisers, Share Title Track, Tour". Pitchfork, June 10, 2014.
26. "NQ Arbuckle’s latest release reflects on mortality, dreams, loathing and life’s gravity". The Globe and Mail, April 25, 2014.
27. "The Rural Alberta Advantage Announce 'Mended with Gold,' Premiere New Track". Exclaim!, July 8, 2014
28. "Justin Rutledge Ropes In Brendan Canning, Jenn Grant, Andy Maize for Tragically Hip Covers Album". Exclaim!, January 30, 2014.
29. "First Play: Tanya Tagaq, Animism". CBC Music, May 20, 2014.
30. "The Tea Party Are Ready To Release Their First New Album In A Decade". ET Canada, June 19, 2014.
31. "The Tragically Hip Treat 'Fully Completely' to Deluxe Reissue, Perform Album in Full on Tour". Exclaim!, October 6, 2014.
32. "Light in the Attic Unearths the Forgotten History of First Nations Music with 'Native North America' Compilation". Exclaim!, October 8, 2014.
33. "Wake Owl Explore 'The Private World of Paradise' on Debut Album, Premiere New Single". Exclaim!, December 10, 2013.
34. "Whitehorse, 'Éphémère sans repère'". Exclaim!, March 25, 2014.
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