CBC Music Awards 2014

Top of the Class Award for artist of the year
Alex Nevsky
Alvvays
Arcade Fire
bahamas
Blue Rodeo
Brett Kissel
Celine Dion
Cold Specks
Drake
Fucked Up
JULY TALK
Kiesza
Leonard Cohen
MAGIC!
PUP
Royal Canoe
Sam Roberts Band
Shad
Tanya Tagaq Gillis
Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Earworm of the Year Award for best song
3-2-1 - Brett Kissel
Adam Cohen - We Go Home
Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Arkells - Come to Light
bahamas - Stronger Than That
Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow
Chromeo - Jealous (I Ain’t With It)
Dominique Fricot - I miss the 80's
Hedley - Heaven in our Headlights
Hideaway - Kiesza
Jeremy Fisher - Uh-Oh (feat. Serena Ryder)
Jill Barber - Broken For Good
Kira Isabella - Quarterback
MAGIC! - Rude
Mo Kenney - Telephones
Reuben and the Dark - Rolling Stone
Sam Roberts Band - Shapeshifters
Tokyo Police Club - Hot Tonight
Wil - Make Make

“I Left Home to Buy This” Award for album of the year
Bahamas is Afie - Bahamas, Brushfire/Universal
Brill Bruisers - The New Pornographers, Last Gang
Commonwealth - Sloan, Yep Roc Records
Devil’s Tale - Adrian Raso and Fanfare Ciocarlia, Asphalt Tango
Flying Colours - Shad, Black Box Recordings
Little Secret - Nikki Yanofsky, Universal
Lo-Fantasy - Sam Roberts Band, Paper Bag/Universal
Martel - Jay Malinowski & The Deadcoast, Sony Music
Mended With Gold - Rural Alberta Advantage, Paper Bag Records
Nothing Was the Same - Drake, Cash Money Records
Popular Problems - Leonard Cohen, Columbia
Reflektor - Arcade Fire, Merge
Serge Fiori - Serge Fiori, GSI Musique
Shine On - Sarah McLachlan, The Verve Music Group
Tall Tall Shadow - Basia Bulat, Secret City
The Burning Bright - Royal Wood, Royal Wood Music
Today We're Believers - Royal Canoe, Nevado Records
Tokyo Police Club - Hot Tonight
Warring - The Darcys, Arts & Crafts
Weightless - Matt Andersen, True North Records
Wil - Make Make
Winterreise - Gerald Finley, Hyperion Records

Proof You Heard Them First Award for rising star
Alvvays
Alysha Brilla
Annie Zhou
Brave Shores
Harlan Pepper
isKwé
Jess Moskaluke
Kandle
KING REIGN
Koriass
Lindsay Ell
Lowell
Motel Raphael
Reuben and the Dark
Robyn Dell'Unto
Royal Tusk
Scott Helman
The Strumbellas
The Walkervilles
Tire Le Coyote

Best Reason to Buy a Concert Ticket Award for best live show
A Tribe Called Red
Arcade Fire
Big Wreck
Constantines
Corb Lund
David Marin
Drake
Headstones
JULY TALK
Leonard Cohen
Mac DeMarco
Michael Kaeshammer
Owen Pallett
PUP
Rich Aucoin
Sam Roberts Band
Shad
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir
Tanya Tagaq Gillis
The Pack A.D.

Homegrown Hero Award for best independent artist
Alvvays
Death from Above 1979
In-Flight Safety
King Khan and The Shrines
Library Voices
Lydia Ainsworth
Mac DeMarco
Napalmpom
Operators
Pink Mountaintops
PS I Love You
Rich Aucoin
The Courtneys
The Darcys
The Pack A.D.
The Rural Alberta Advantage
The Wet Secrets
Timber Timbre
White Lung
YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN

Best Way to Spend Three Minutes on YouTube Award for best music video
A Tribe Called Red - Sisters feat. Northern Voice
Arcade Fire - Afterlife
Brett Kissel - 3-2-1
Buck 65 - Super Pretty Naughty
Cold Specks - Absisto
Fanny Bloom - Piscine
Hedley - Heaven in our Headlights
Jason Blaine - Friends of Mine
July Talk - Summer Dress
Kevin Drew - You in Your Were
Kiesza - Hideaway
Lights - Up We Go
Lowell - The Bells
Mounties - Tokyo Summer
Owen Pallett - Song for Five & Six
PUP - Mabu
Rich Aucoin - Yelling in Sleep
Sam Roberts Band - Shapeshifters
Shad - Remember to Remember feat. Lights

Most Likely to Follow You Back Award for best fan engagement
Aaron Pritchett
Arkells
Big Wreck
Brett Kissel
Buck 65
Current Swell
Gryphon Trio
Hedley
Hey Rosetta
Jenn Grant
Jill Barber
Johnny Reid
Lights
Matt Mays
Michael Buble
Rich Aucoin
Said the Whale
Tegan and Sara
The Darcys
Walk Off the Earth

Heart of Gold Award
Arcade Fire
Bruce Cockburn
Bryan Adams
City and Colour
Danny Michel
Gord Bamford
Hannah Georgas
Hedley
Hey Ocean
Jim Cuddy
Justin Hines
Lights
Meredith Shaw
Molly Johnson
Neil Young
Simple Plan
Tenille
The Darcys
The Wooden Sky
Tom Cochrane

Wish You Were Here Award for best international artist
Alt-J, Leeds, UK
Arctic Monkeys, Sheffield, UK
Beck, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Beyonce, Houston, Texas, USA
Boy & Bear, Sydney, Australia
Coldplay, London, UK
Ed Sheeran, Suffolk, UK
First Aid Kit, Stockholm, Sweden
Haim, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Hozier, County Wicklow, Ireland
Jack White, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Jake Bugg, Nottingham, UK
Lang Lang, Shenyang, China
Lorde, Auckland, NZ
Passenger, Brighton, UK
Pharrell Williams, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Sam Smith, London, UK
Spoon, Austin, TX, USA
The Black Keys, Akron, Ohio, USA
Vance Joy, Melbourne, Australia