{"id":93104,"date":"2020-10-20T04:54:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T01:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/backxwash-wins-2020-polaris-music-prize\/"},"modified":"2020-10-20T04:54:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T01:54:31","slug":"backxwash-wins-2020-polaris-music-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/backxwash-wins-2020-polaris-music-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"#Backxwash Wins 2020 Polaris Music Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Backxwash Wins 2020 Polaris Music Prize<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Backxwash has been awarded the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/polarismusicprize.ca\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/polarismusicprize.ca\/\">2020 Polaris Music Prize<\/a> for her latest LP <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/backxwash.bandcamp.com\/album\/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-this-leave-him-out-of-it&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/backxwash.bandcamp.com\/album\/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-this-leave-him-out-of-it\">God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It<\/a><\/em>. Watch the video for her song \u201cAmen\u201d below.<\/p>\n<p>This is the Montreal-based, Zambia-born artist\u2019s first Polaris Music Prize nomination and win. The award is presented annually to the best Canadian album as decided by a jury of Canadian journalists, broadcasters, bloggers and programmers. She beat out records from U.S. Girls (<em>Heavy Light<\/em>) and Jessie Reyez (<em>Before Love Came to Kill Us<\/em>), as well as previous winners Caribou (<em>Suddenly<\/em>), Kaytranada (<em>Bubba<\/em>), Lido Pimienta (<em>Miss Colombia<\/em>), and more.<br \/>\nThe long list of nominees was shared in June, and narrowed down to the short list in July. Prize winners receive $50,000 CAD, with those on the short list receiving $3,000 CAD.<\/p>\n<p>Read \u201cWhy You Need to Know Lido Pimienta, Who Just Won Canada\u2019s Most Important Music Prize\u201d on the Pitch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Backxwash - Amen\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lnhstW-lwdU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"cne-video-embed cne-video-embed--margins\"\/><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/backxwash-wins-2020-polaris-music-prize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Backxwash Wins 2020 Polaris Music Prize&#8221; Backxwash has been awarded the 2020 Polaris Music Prize for her latest LP God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It. Watch the video for her song \u201cAmen\u201d below. This is the Montreal-based, Zambia-born artist\u2019s first Polaris Music Prize nomination and win. 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