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Overview of the events of 2015 in Canadian music
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This is a summary of the year 2015 in the Canadian music industry.
- BADBADNOTGOOD with Ghostface Killah, Sour Soul – February 17[4]
- Barenaked Ladies, Silverball – June 2
- Alexis Baro, Guilty Pleasure[5]
- Justin Bieber, Purpose
- Big Brave, Au De La
- The Blue Stones, Black Holes - October 20
- Philippe Brach, Portraits de famine
- Braids, Deep in the Iris – April 28
- Dean Brody, Gypsy Road – April 21[6]
- Burnstick, Dream Big, Little One / Fais de beaux rêves, petit ange
- Spencer Burton, Some That Were, Some That Are and Some That Will Be
- Kathryn Calder, Kathryn Calder
- Cancer Bats, Searching for Zero – March 10[4]
- Cannon Bros., Dream City
- Alessia Cara, Four Pink Walls – August 28
- Casper Skulls, Lips & Skull
- Chic Gamine, Light a Match
- Annabelle Chvostek, Be the Media – April 30
- Cindy Lee, Act of Tenderness
- Cindy Lee, Malenkost
- City and Colour, If I Should Go Before You – October 9
- Tom Cochrane, Take It Home – February 10
- Cœur de pirate, Roses – August 28
- Concealer, feted:fetid
- Louis-Jean Cormier, Les Grandes artères – March 23
- Corridor, Le Voyage Éternel
- Danko Jones, Fire Music – February 6[7]
- Thomas D'Arcy, Fooled You Twice
- Dear Rouge, Black to Gold[8]
- The Dears, Times Infinity Volume One – September 25
- Mac DeMarco, Demos Volume One – January 20
- Destroyer, Poison Season – August 28[8]
- Devours, Avalon
- Digawolf, Great Northern Man
- Dilly Dally, Sore
- Alan Doyle, So Let's Go
- Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late – February 14
- Half Moon Run, Sun Leads Me On – October 23
- Harrison, Colors[11]
- Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins, Garden Songs – February 3[7]
- Hayden, Hey Love – March 24
- Hedley, Hello
- Hello, Blue Roses, WZO – February
- The High Dials, In the AM Wilds – February 3[7]
- Hilotrons, To Trip with Terpsichore[7]
- Hollerado, 111 Songs – March 24[7]
- Andrew Hyatt, Never Back Down
- Majical Cloudz, Are You Alone?
- Catherine Major, La maison du monde
- Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, Club Meds – January 13[8]
- Cory Marks, This Man – May 26[14]
- Kalle Mattson, Avalanche
- Mauno, Rough Master[15]
- Michelle McAdorey, Into Her Future – October 30[16]
- Linda McRae, Shadow Trails
- Shawn Mendes, Handwritten
- Metric, Pagans in Vegas – September 18
- METZ, METZ II[4]
- Ariane Moffatt, 22h22[3]
- The Most Serene Republic, Mediac – November 13
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power in the Blood – May 12[17]
- Natasha St-Pier, Mon Acadie – October 2[18]
- Samantha Savage Smith, Fine Lines – January 27[8]
- Ivana Santilli, Late Night Light – March 10
- Saint Asonia, Saint Asonia (album) – June 31
- Sarahmée, Légitime
- Lorraine Segato, Invincible Decency
- Ron Sexsmith, Carousel One – March 31
- Siskiyou, Nervous – January 20[4]
- Zal Sissokho, Marcus Viana and Ibrahima Gaye, Famalé
- Slim Twig, Thank You for Sticking with Twig – August 7[7]
- Les Sœurs Boulay, 4488 de l'amour
The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.
| Rank
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Artist
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Album
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Peak
position
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Sales
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Certification
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| 1
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Yoan
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Yoan
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1
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90,000[23][24][25]
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Gold[26]
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| 2
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Mumford & Sons
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Wilder Mind
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1
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40,000[27]
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TBA
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| 3
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Drake
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If You're Reading This It's Too Late
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1
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37,000[28]
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TBA
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| 4
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Various Artists
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Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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1
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26,200[28][29]
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Gold[30]
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| 5
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Kendrick Lamar
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To Pimp a Butterfly
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1
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21,000[31]
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TBA
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| 6
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Jean Leloup
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À Paradis City
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1
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21,000[32]
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Gold[33]
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| 7
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Madonna
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Rebel Heart
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1
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20,400[23][34]
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TBA
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| 8
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Florence and the Machine
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How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
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1
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19,000[35]
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TBA
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| 9
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Of Monsters and Men
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Beneath the Skin
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1
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16,000[36]
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TBA
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| 10
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Various Artists
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La Voix III
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1
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15,300[37]
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TBA
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Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List
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- ^ "Chad VanGaalen Wins 2015 Prism Prize for Timber Timbre Video". Exclaim!, March 29, 2015.
- ^ Aaron Zorgel, "The Best Canadian EPs Of 2015". Complex, December 16, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Dix albums québécois qu’on attend en 2015". BRBR, January 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Exclaim!'s 2014 in Lists: Top 20 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015". Exclaim!, January 2, 2015.
- ^ Jack Kopstein, "Alexis Baro: Guilty Pleasure". !earshot, December 10, 2015.
- ^ Marchand, Francois (April 23, 2015). "Album of the week: Dean Brody's Gypsy Road". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "2015 Canadian indie album release list" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, January 5, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The 15 most anticipated Canadian indie albums of 2015" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, December 15, 2014.
- ^ Tom Beedham, "Fresh Snow: Won". Exclaim!, September 15, 2015.
- ^ Song Premiere: Great Lake Swimmers – "Zero In The City". Paste, February 2, 2015.
- ^ Scott Simpson, "Harrison, Colors EP". Exclaim!, April 1, 2015.
- ^ "Andy Kim – "Longest Time" (audio) (Premiere)". PopMatters, January 26, 2015.
- ^ Dave Heaton, "Nicholas Krgovich: On Cahuenga". PopMatters, March 19, 2015.
- ^ Dawson, Chris (May 26, 2015). "Marquardt releases first album today". BayToday.ca.
- ^ Sarah Murphy, "Mauno, Rough Master". Exclaim!, August 17, 2015.
- ^ "Crash Vegas' Michelle McAdorey Returns with New Solo Album". Exclaim!, September 16, 2015.
- ^ "Buffy Sainte-Marie Returns with 'Power in the Blood'". Exclaim!, March 17, 2015.
- ^ "Acadian Singer Natasha St-Pier Criticized over Depiction of First Nations Culture". Exclaim!, September 15, 2015.
- ^ "Chad VanGaalen and Seth Smith Make "Experimental Techno" on 'Seed of Dorzon'". Exclaim!, September 2, 2015.
- ^ Rojas, John (February 6, 2024). "Vision Eternel's "Echoes from Forgotten Hearts": An In-Depth Journey Through Emotional Landscapes of Melogaze". Idioteq. Archived from the original on February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche Deliver 'Songs in the Dark' as the Wainwright Sisters". Exclaim!, September 15, 2015.
- ^ "Un album comme un portrait pour Yoan Garneau". La Presse, March 25, 2015.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Kelly, Brendan (May 11, 2015). "Quebec's love affair with Yoan deepens". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Yoan – Yoan". Music Canada.
- ^ a b Cross, Alan (May 14, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 13 May 2015". Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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 (June 10, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 10 June 2015". Retrieved June 11, 2015.
- ^ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 17 June 2015 – Alan Cross". June 18, 2015.
- ^ a b Cross, Alan (May 21, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 20 May 2015". Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ^ Cross, Alan (April 25, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 22 April 2015". Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- ^ Cross, Alan (May 6, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 06 May 2015". Retrieved May 10, 2015.
- ^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Wiz Khalifa – See You Again (Feat. Charlie Puth)". Music Canada.
- ^ Cross, Alan (June 4, 2015). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 04 June 2015". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ Tuch, Paul (March 18, 2015). "MADONNA SCORES NUMBER ONE TOP ALBUM DEBUT" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ "Canadian digital download certifications – David Guetta – Hey Mama". Music Canada.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Deorro – Five Hours/five More Hours (Ft. Chris Brown)". Music Canada.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Maroon 5 – Sugar". Music Canada.
- ^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You". Music Canada.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Ed Sheeran – Photograph". Music Canada.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do". Music Canada.
- ^ "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
