Overview of the events of 2014 in Canadian music
This is a summary of the year 2014 in the Canadian music industry .
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Top 10 Canada Chart Music Hits September 2014
Canadian Urban Music Press Conference 2014
Canadian Music Competition 2014 National Final Mozart Piano Concerto K467 in C Major
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Events Bands on hiatus Bands reformed Albums released A B Philippe B , Ornithologie, la nuit – April[4] BadBadNotGood , III [4] Bahamas , Bahamas Is Afie [6] Del Barber , Prairieography – February 4[4] Jill Barber , Fool's Gold – June 17Matthew Barber , Big Romance – May 27[4] The Barr Brothers , Sleeping Operator – October 7[7] Barzin , To Live Alone in That Long Summer – February 24Bobby Bazini , Where I Belong – May 10The Beaches , Heights Bend Sinister , Animals – March 11[4] Ridley Bent , Wildcard Art Bergmann , Songs for the Underclass [8] Bidiniband , The Motherland – May 29[9] Big Wreck , Ghosts – June 10Billy Talent , Hits – November 4[10] The Birthday Massacre , Superstition Blackie and the Rodeo Kings , South – January 14[4] Blue Moon Marquee , Lonesome Hearts and Last Dollar Blue Rodeo , A Merrie Christmas to You [10] Isabelle Boulay , Merci Serge Reggiani Philippe Brach , La foire et l'ordre Buck 65 , Neverlove [5] Buck 65 with Jorun Bombay, Laundromat Boogie Spencer Burton , Don't Let the World See Your Love Matthew Byrne , Hearts and Heroes C Steph Cameron , Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady Paul Cargnello , The Hardest Part Is You May Never Know Caribou , Our Love [7] Jennifer Castle , Pink City – September 2[11] Chic Gamine , Christmas, Vol. 1 Chromeo , White Women [4] Cœur de pirate , Trauma: Chansons de la serie tele Saison 5 [4] Adam Cohen , We Go Home [5] Leonard Cohen , Popular Problems [5] Cold Specks , Neuroplasticity Antoine Corriveau , Les Ombres longues 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 17Death From Above 1979 – The Physical World – September 9[5] Tony Dekker , Sings 10 Years of Zunior – August 5[13] Mac DeMarco , Salad Days [4] Devours , 24th & Main Digging Roots , For the Light Celine Dion , Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 Dirty Beaches , Stateless – November 4[14] Down With Webster , Party For Your Life – January 28Gordon Downie and The Sadies , And the Conquering Sun – April 15[4] Kevin Drew , Darlings [4] Victoria Duffield , Accelerate – June 3Durham County Poets , Chikkaboodah Stew E F G H I J K L M Madchild , Switched On Magic! , Don't Kill the Magic Jay Malinowski & the Deadcoast, Martel – February 11[4] Marie-Mai , M – May 12John Mann , The Waiting Room Kalle Mattson , Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold – February 11[4] Eamon McGrath , Exile, Part 2 – March 11[4] Sarah McLachlan , Shine On The Meligrove Band , Bones of Things – November 18[22] Patrice Michaud , Le Feu de chaque jour Millimetrik , Lonely Lights (LP), Remixed Lights (EP)Moist , Glory Under Dangerous Skies Monogrenade , Composite – February 4[23] Mother Mother , Very Good Bad Thing [10] Mounties , Thrash Rock Legacy – March 4[24] Miranda Mulholland , Whipping Boy N O P R Radio Radio , Ej feel zoo – March 18[4] Raised By Swans , Öxnadalur – November 1Alyssa Reid , Timebomb – February 11Reuben and the Dark , Funeral Sky Alejandra Ribera , La Boca – February 4[4] The Road Hammers , Wheels Sam Roberts Band , Lo-Fantasy – February 11[4] Benjamin Dakota Rogers , Wayfarer The Rural Alberta Advantage , Mended with Gold – September 30[28] Rush , R40 – November 11[10] Justin Rutledge , Daredevil [29] S Julien Sagot , Valse 333 Sargeant X Comrade , Salvage the Soul [30] Saukrates , Amani – September 23[5] Crystal Shawanda , The Whole World's Got the Blues Skinny Puppy , The Greater Wrong of the Right [4] Sloan , Commonwealth [5] Dallas Smith , Lifted Dallas Smith , Tippin' Point (EP) Meaghan Smith , Have a Heart Solvent , New Ways: Music from "I Dream of Wires" – February 11[4] Souldia , Krime grave 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 17T U V W Y 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
Sales
Certification
1
Bobby Bazini
Where I Belong
1
102,000[38]
Gold[39]
2
Serge Fiori
Serge Fiori
1
99,000[40]
Gold[41]
3
Nickelback
No Fixed Address 2
80,000[40] [42]
Platinum[43]
4
Leonard Cohen
Popular Problems 1
68,000[40] [44] [45]
Gold[46]
5
Sarah McLachlan
Shine On 1
45,000[47]
Gold[48]
6
Bryan Adams
Tracks of My Years 1
40,000[45]
Gold[49]
7
Isabelle Boulay
Merci Serge Reggiani
N/A 40,000
Gold[50]
8
Marie-Mai
M
2
40,000[51]
Gold[52]
9
Various Artists
Just the Hits 2014
N/A 40,000
Gold[53]
10
Various Artists
La Voix II
2
40,000[54]
Gold[55]
Top 10 International albums
Rank
Artist
Album
Peak
Sales
Certification
1
Taylor Swift
1989 1
314,000[38] [42] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63]
TBA
2
Ed Sheeran
x 1
240,000
3× Platinum[64]
3
Sam Smith
In the Lonely Hour 2
160,000
2× Platinum[65]
4
Coldplay
Ghost Stories 1
117,000[40] [54]
Platinum[66]
5
One Direction
Four 1
98,000[40] [42]
Platinum[67]
6
Pink Floyd
The Endless River 1
89,000[40]
Platinum[68]
7
Ariana Grande
My Everything 1
80,000
Platinum[69]
8
The Black Keys
Turn Blue 1
80,000
Platinum[70]
9
Maroon 5
V 1
80,000
Platinum[71]
10
Pharrell Williams
G I R L 2
80,000
Platinum[72]
Singles Top 10 Singles
Rank
Artist
Song
Album
Peak
Sales
Certification
1
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
"Uptown Funk "
Uptown Special 1
560,000
7× Platinum[73]
2
Hozier
"Take Me to Church "
Hozier 2
480,000
6× Platinum[74]
3
Meghan Trainor
"All About That Bass "
Title 1
480,000[44] [45] [57] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80]
6× Platinum[81]
4
Ed Sheeran
"Thinking Out Loud "
x 2
400,000
5× Platinum[82]
5
Sam Smith
"Stay with Me "
In the Lonely Hour 1
320,000
4× Platinum[83]
6
Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea
"Problem "
My Everything 3
240,000
3× Platinum[84]
7
Calvin Harris
"Summer "
Motion 3
240,000
3× Platinum[85]
8
Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX
"Fancy "
The New Classic 1
240,000
3× Platinum[86]
9
Jessie J featuring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
"Bang Bang "
Sweet Talker 3
240,000
3× Platinum[87]
10
Ariana Grande featuring Zedd
"Break Free "
My Everything
5
160,000
2× Platinum[88]
Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List Deaths References
^ "Emily Kai Bock wins Prism Prize for Arcade Fire video" . Global News , March 23, 2014.^ a b "Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list" Archived 2014-07-03 at the Wayback Machine . Aux ^ "Tanya Tagaq Wins 2014 Polaris Music Prize" Archived 2014-09-26 at the Wayback Machine . Exclaim! ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an "2014 Canadian album releases: the full list" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine . CBC Music , January 6, 2014.^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Leonard Cohen to Death from Above 1979, 15 albums you need to hear in September" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine . CBC Music , September 1, 2014.^ "Hear Bahamas Rip Soulful Harmonies on Falsetto-Filled 'All the Time'" . Spin ^ a b c d e f g h "Stars to Jenn Grant, 10 albums you need to hear in October" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine . CBC Music , October 1, 2014.^ "Art Bergmann, 'Songs for the Underclass' (EP stream)" . Exclaim! ^ "Stream The Motherland, the third album from BidiniBand" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine . CBC Music , May 12, 2014.^ a b c d e f g h "Blue Rodeo to Rush, 10 albums you need to hear in November" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine . CBC Music , November 3, 2014.^ "Jennifer Castle Returns with 'Pink City' LP, Shares New Track" . Exclaim! ^ "Cousins, 'The Halls of Wickwire'" Archived 2014-05-09 at the Wayback Machine . Exclaim! ^ "First Play: Tony Dekker sings 10 years of Zunior" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine . CBC Music , July 29, 2014.^ "Dirty Beaches calls it quits" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine . CBC Music , October 28, 2014.^ "Christine Fellows' latest work evolved from album to multimedia art project" . Winnipeg Free Press ^ "Michael Feuerstack & Associates, 'Singer Songer' (album stream)" Archived 2014-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Exclaim! ^ "Jenn Grant Collaborates with Buck 65, Covers Leonard Cohen on 'Clairvoyant' EP" . Exclaim! ^ "Jenn Grant Taps Ron Sexsmith, Rose Cousins, Sarah Harmer for 'Compostela'" . Exclaim! ^ "Jacksoul Details 'Greatest Hits' Compilation" . Exclaim! ^ "Diana Krall's New Album Will Hit Store Shelves This September" . ET Canada ^ Alex Hudson, "Nicholas Krgovich Explores Los Angeles with 'On Sunset'" . Exclaim!
^ "The Meligrove Band Unveil 'Bones of Things' LP, Share New Track" . Exclaim! ^ "L'homme composite de Monogrenade" . Le Devoir ^ "Mounties, 'Thrash Rock Legacy'" . Exclaim! ^ "The New Mendicants 'Into the Lime' (album stream)" Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine . Exclaim! ^ "The New Pornographers Announce New Album Brill Bruisers, Share Title Track, Tour" . Pitchfork ^ "NQ Arbuckle's latest release reflects on mortality, dreams, loathing and life's gravity" . The Globe and Mail ^ "The Rural Alberta Advantage Announce 'Mended with Gold,' Premiere New Track" . Exclaim! ^ "Justin Rutledge Ropes In Brendan Canning, Jenn Grant, Andy Maize for Tragically Hip Covers Album" Archived 2014-04-09 at the Wayback Machine . Exclaim! ^ Thomas Quinlan, "Sargeant & Comrade: Salvage the Soul EP" . Exclaim!
^ "First Play: Tanya Tagaq, Animism" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine . CBC Music , May 20, 2014.^ "The Tea Party Are Ready To Release Their First New Album In A Decade" . ET Canada ^ "The Tragically Hip Treat 'Fully Completely' to Deluxe Reissue, Perform Album in Full on Tour" Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine . Exclaim! ^ "Light in the Attic Unearths the Forgotten History of First Nations Music with 'Native North America' Compilation" . Exclaim! ^ "Wake Owl Explore 'The Private World of Paradise' on Debut Album, Premiere New Single" . Exclaim! ^ "Whitehorse, 'Éphémère sans repère'" Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine . Exclaim! ^ "Album Stream: The Wooden Sky – Let's Be Ready" . CIND-FM , August 26, 2014.^ a b "Year-End Music Market Results for Canada by the Numbers | So where did the Canadian music market finish in 2014? FYI Music News lays it out like this: 1 - The number of Canadian artists that sold more than" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Canadian album certifications – Bobby Bazini – Where I Belong" . Music Canada .^ a b c d e f "Nielsen: Taylor Swift Ruled Canada Despite Sagging Sales, Streaming Boom in 2014 | Billboard" . Billboard . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Canadian album certifications – Serge Fiori – Serge Fiori" . Music Canada .^ a b c Cross, Alan (November 26, 2014). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 26 November 2014" . A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved November 28, 2014 . ^ "Canadian album certifications – Nickelback – No Fixed Address" . Music Canada .^ a b "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 02 October 2014 | Yes, I'm late, but I spend all day yesterday flying back from London. Sorry about that. Here in Canada, year-to-date sales are now down by 6% over last" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ a b c "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 08 October 2014 | Yep, we're a couple of days late. Blame it on my travel schedule. It's always nice to see five debuts in the top ten (and hey, three from Canadian" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Canadian album certifications – Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems" . Music Canada .^ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: May 14, 2014 | Last week, I talked to a lot of record guys at Canadian Music Week and most of them had the same lament: "All our bloody records are coming out in Q4! No" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Canadian album certifications – Sarah McLachlan – Shine On" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian album certifications – Bryan Adams – Tracks of My Years" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian album certifications – Isabelle Boulay – Merci Serge Reggiani" . Music Canada .^ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 23 May 2014 | I'm a bit late again, but this time my excuse is that I'm on the other side of the International Date Line this week, which means I have no idea what day" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Canadian album certifications – Marie-Mai – M" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian album certifications – Just the Hits 2014 – Various Artists" . Music Canada .^ a b "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: May 28, 2014 | Wow! I'm on time this week! It can't last... The first half of the year has been tough when it comes to music sales, but considering that there's been a" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Canadian album certifications – La Voix II – Various Artists" . Music Canada .^ "Yeah, Taylor Swift is Having a Good Day | I'll have more to say about this week's chart action in a separate post later today, but since I know you're concerned about the fortunes of Ms Taylor and" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ a b "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 12 November 2014 | The six weeks leading up to Christmas is the most important sales period of the entire year. So how's it going so far? Not well. Year-to-date album sales" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 19 November 2014 | It was a big week for music sales. But was it big enough. First, to Canada. There are five new albums in the Top 10, providing a nice boost over last week" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ Cross, Alan (December 3, 2014). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: December 3, 2014" . A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved December 6, 2014 . ^ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 17 December 2014 | There's no way around it: 2014 will be a down year for the music industry. But we already knew that, right? Yes, there's an upward holiday blip, be" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Weekly Music Sales and Analysis: 25 December 2014 | To the surprise of absolutely no one, this year will go into the books as a down year for the music industry. Canadian sales will be down around 6%" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 31 December 2014 | That's it for 2014. And it's another down year for music sales on both sides of the border, although it was less worse in Canada than it was in the US" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 08 January 2015 | After a rough year, it's nice to see 2015 start off with some positive news. Let's start with Canada. Overall sales for the first week of the year are up" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Canadian album certifications – Ed Sheeran – X" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian album certifications – Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian album certifications – Coldplay – Ghost Stories" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian album certifications – One Direction – Four" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian album certifications – Pink Floyd – The Endless River" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian album certifications – Ariana Grande – My Everything" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian album certifications – The Black Keys – Turn Blue" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian album certifications – Maroon 5 – V" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian album certifications – Pharrell Williams – GIRL" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Hozier – Take Me to Church" . Music Canada .^ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 10 September 2014 | Too bad the U2 album won't count towards any chart positions this week. The industry could use a boost. This was the worst week of the year. Year-to-date" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 17 Sept 2014 | How bad was it this week? Let's take a look. Actually, it's not terrible--at least in Canada. There were six new entries in the Top 10 this past week" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 25 September 2014 | First of all, let's establish once and for all why we're not going to see U2's Songs of Innocence on any charts until it gets a physical release on" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ Cross, Alan (October 15, 2014). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 15 October 2014" . A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved October 15, 2014 . ^ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 29 October 2014 | I actually had this information last night, but I was too wrapped up in watching game seven of the World Series. Sorry about that. There are five debuts" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Weekly Music Sales and Analysis: 05 November 2014 | What a difference one superstar album release can make. Taylor Swift, the music industry thanks you. Overall album sales are 18% over last week, which is" . ajournalofmusicalthings.com . Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Sam Smith – Stay With Me" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Ariana Grande – Problem (Ft. Iggy Azalea)" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Calvin Harris – Summer" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Iggy Azalea – Fancy (Ft. Charli XCX)" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Jessie J – Bang Bang (Ft. Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Ariana Grande – Break Free (Ft. Zedd)" . Music Canada .^ "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2014" . Billboard . Retrieved July 19, 2017 .^ Angèle Arsenault dies in Quebec Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine . Journal Pioneer ^ Georges Hamel s'éteint à 66 ans [usurped] canoe.ca , February 27, 2014. (in French) ^ UPDATE: GWAR founder Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus, found dead in Richmond home . WTVR-TV , March 24, 2014.^ Children's festival founder 'had a wonderful life' . Winnipeg Free Press ^ Former D.O.A. guitarist Dave Gregg reportedly dead . The Georgia Straight ^ "Bandaged rock violinist Nash the Slash, a.k.a. Jeff Plewman, dead at 66" Archived 2019-10-14 at the Wayback Machine . canada.com , May 12, 2014.
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