CMW 2013 – SIRIUSXM INDIE AWARDS
SiriusXM Indies took over the Kool Haus in Toronto on March 22nd, 2013 for a sold-out presentation of awards and performances by some of Canada’s breakthrough artists.
From Metric to Marianas Trench, and Matt Mays to Cold Specks, indie stars came out to celebrate the year in independent music. Artists Canailles and Poor Young Things came out the biggest winners taking the titles of SiriusXM Emerging Artist of the Year in the French and English categories, respectively, and taking home a $5,000 bursary each from SiriusXM Canada.
And the winners are:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Japandroids – Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl Recording Co.)
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe (604 Records)
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Metric (Metric Music International Inc.)
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen (604 Records)
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cold Specks (Arts & Crafts)
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Matt Mays (Sonic Records)
LIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
deadmau5 (Ultra Music)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Josh Ramsay (604 Records)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Marianas Trench – Fallout (604 Records)
MUST FOLLOW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Said The Whale (Hidden Pony Records)
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Artists Against Bullying – True Colors (Wax)
MOST PLAYED INDEPENDENT ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen (604 Records)
BEST-SELLING INDEPENDENT RELEASE OF THE YEAR
Metric – Synthetica (Metric Music International Inc.)
ALTERNATIVE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Yukon Blonde (Dine Alone Records)
BLUES ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer (Independent)
CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Jennifer Gasoi (Sparkling Productions)
COUNTRY ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Dallas Smith (604 Records)
DANCE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Massari (CP Records)
ELECTRONIC ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Grimes (4AD/Arbutus Records)
FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Wooden Sky (Black Box Recordings Inc)
FRANCOPHONE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lisa LeBlanc (Bonsound)
JAZZ ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Emilie-Claire Barlow (Empress Music Group Inc.)
METAL ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Devin Townsend Project (eOne Music Canada)
POP ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Marianas Trench (604 Records)
PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
METZ (Sub Pop Records)
RAP/HIP-HOP ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Cadence Weapon (Upper Class Recordings)
ROCK ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Big Wreck (SRO Anthem)
SOUL/R&B ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Weeknd (XO&co.)
WORLD ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Souljazz Orchestra (Solidarity)
INTERNATIONAL GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
The Black Keys (Nonesuch)
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records)
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Mumford & Sons – Babel (Glassnote)
INTERNATIONAL SINGLE OF THE YEAR
fun. – We Are Young (Fueled By Ramen)
INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Lumineers (Dine Alone Records)
INTERNATIONAL VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop (Macklemore)
SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR? (English)
Poor Young Things
SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR? (French)
Canailles
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