Overview of the events of 2015 in Canadian music
This is a summary of the year 2015 in the Canadian music industry .
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Events
Bands formed
Albums released
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BADBADNOTGOOD with Ghostface Killah , Sour Soul – February 17[4]
Barenaked Ladies , Silverball – June 2
Alexis Baro , Guilty Pleasure [5]
Justin Bieber , Purpose
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
C
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
D
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
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G
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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
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L
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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
Michelle McAdorey , Into Her Future – October 30[15]
Linda McRae , Shadow Trails
Shawn Mendes , Handwritten
Metric , Pagans in Vegas – September 18
METZ , METZ II [4]
Ariane Moffatt , 22h22 [3]
Moka Only , Voice of the Misfits – December 31
The Most Serene Republic , Mediac – November 13
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Buffy Sainte-Marie , Power in the Blood – May 12[16]
Natasha St-Pier , Mon Acadie – October 2[17]
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
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Top hits on record
The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan .
Albums
Rank
Artist
Album
Peak position
Sales
Certification
1
Yoan
Yoan
1
90,000[22] [23] [24]
Gold[25]
2
Mumford & Sons
Wilder Mind
1
40,000[26]
TBA
3
Drake
If You're Reading This It's Too Late
1
37,000[27]
TBA
4
Various Artists
Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1
26,200[27] [28]
Gold[29]
5
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
1
21,000[30]
TBA
6
Jean Leloup
À Paradis City
1
21,000[31]
Gold[32]
7
Madonna
Rebel Heart
1
20,400[22] [33]
TBA
8
Florence and the Machine
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
1
19,000[34]
TBA
9
Of Monsters and Men
Beneath the Skin
1
16,000[35]
TBA
10
Various Artists
La Voix III
1
15,300[36]
TBA
Singles
Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List
Deaths
References
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
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