CASBY Award

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The CASBY Award is a Canadian award for independent and alternative music, presented annually by Toronto, Ontario radio station CFNY, currently branded as 102.1 The Edge. The name CASBY stands for Canadian Artists Selected By You.

The awards were first presented in 1981 under the name U-Knows, a pun on Canada's mainstream Juno Awards. The concept was developed by David Marsden, the program director at CFNY at the time, when he heard the Juno nominations announced on CBC radio, and included was Long John Baldry — who was newly resident in Canada but had already been in the music business for almost 20 years — as most promising vocalist.[1] They were renamed the CASBYs in 1986, after a listener contest.

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Winners [edit]

1980s [edit]

1981 [edit]

1982 [edit]

1983 [edit]

1984 [edit]

1985 [edit]

  • Album of the Year: Parachute Club, At the Feet of the Moon
  • Single of the Year: Spoons, "Tell No Lies"
  • Group of the Year: Parachute Club
  • Female Vocalist of the Year: Jane Siberry
  • Male Vocalist of the Year: Bruce Cockburn
  • Most Promising Non-Recording Group: Chalk Circle
  • Most Promising Group of the Year: Pukka Orchestra

1986 [edit]

1987 [edit]

  • Album of the Year: Parachute Club, Small Victories
  • Single of the Year: Luba, "How Many Rivers to Cross"
  • Group of the Year: Parachute Club
  • Female Vocalist of the Year: Luba
  • Male Vocalist of the Year: Corey Hart
  • Most Promising Group: The Pursuit of Happiness
  • Best Non-Recording Act: Basic English
  • International Album of the Year: Paul Simon, Graceland

1988 [edit]

1989 [edit]

1990s [edit]

1990 [edit]

1991 [edit]

1992 [edit]

1995 [edit]

  • Favourite New Album: Our Lady Peace, Naveed
  • Favourite New Song: Our Lady Peace, "Naveed"
  • Favourite Artist: Our Lady Peace

1996 [edit]

2000s [edit]

2004 [edit]

2005 [edit]

2006 [edit]

2007 [edit]

2008 [edit]

2009 [edit]

2010 [edit]

2011 [edit]

2012 [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Rosenhek, Eric (2009-08-14). "This Is Toronto: Episode 6: The Spirit of Radio (Part two)". Thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-10-30. 

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