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The SOCAN Songwriting Prize, formerly known as the ECHO Songwriting Prize,[1] is an annual competition recognizing the best in Canadian emerging music, both anglophone and francophone.

Established in 2006, the competition was designed to recognize some of the most innovative, creative and artistic songs created in the year preceding the award by emerging songwriters in Canada.

Songs are selected by a competition panel composed of 10 music experts from the Canadian music scene, who each nominate two songs based on a set of criteria they believe are the best songs by emerging artists from the past year. The songs are narrowed down to a set of 10 finalists and announced publicly. Fans then vote for the winner over the course of two weeks in June.[2][3] Once the winners (one anglophone and one francophone) are determined after the voting period, they each are awarded a $10,000 cash prize from SOCAN and an assortment of prizes from the yearly sponsors.

Beginning in 2015, the shortlist of nominees was increased from five to ten.[4]

Award nominees and winners

Year Anglophone Francophone
2006
  • Blue ribbon Christopher Hannah, Todd Kowalski, Jordan Samolesky — Propagandhi, "A Speculative Fiction"[5]
  • Laura Barrett — Laura Barrett, "Deception Island Optimists Club"
  • Owen Pallett — Final Fantasy, "This Lamb Sells Condos"
  • Olivier Corbeil, Timothy Fletcher, David Hamelin, Liam O'Neil — The Stills, "Destroyer"
  • Hadji Bakara, Dan Boeckner, Spencer Krug, Arlen Thompson — Wolf Parade, "You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son"
  • Blue ribbon Ève Cournoyer — Ève Cournoyer, "Tout arrive"[5]
  • Thomas Hellman — Thomas Hellman, "Foutez-moi la paix"
  • Louis-Jean Cormier, Michel Gagnon — Karkwa, "Le coup d'état"
  • Thomas Augustin, Mathieu Cournoyer, Francis Mineau, Julien Mineau — Malajube, "La Monogamie"
  • Thomas Augustin, Mathieu Cournoyer, Francis Mineau, Julien Mineau - Malajube, "Pâte Filo"
2007
2008
  • Blue ribbon François Lafontaine, Louis-Jean CormierKarkwa, "Oublie pas"
  • Youri Zaragoza, Nathan Howard, Jordan Larocque, François Lessard — Bonjour Brumaire, "Argèles"
  • Alexis Dufresne, Pascal Gingras, Fred Filo, Pierre Bouchard, Guillaume Duclos — El Motor, "Alinéa"
  • Éric Brousseau, Jean Cyr, Dominique Hamel, Jean Nicol — Gatineau, "The Christ is Right ? Mange ta ville"
  • Samuel Tremblay, Sébastien Fréchette, Mathieu Farhoud-Dionne, Sébastien Ricard — Samian and Loco Locass, "La Paix des braves"
2009
  • Blue ribbon Derek Christoff, Rob Bakker — D-Sisive, "Nobody With a Notepad"
  • Sebastien Grainger — Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains, "Love Can Be So Mean"
  • Elizabeth Powell — Land of Talk, "Some Are Lakes"
  • Joel Plaskett — Joel Plaskett, "Through and Through and Through"
  • Taylor Kirk — Timber Timbre, "Lay Down in the Tall Grass"
  • Blue ribbon Bernard Adamus — Bernard Adamus, "La question à 100 piasses"
  • Marie-Pierre Fournier, François Lafontaine, Gaële Tavernier — Marie-Pierre Arthur, "Pourquoi"
  • Thomas Augustin, Mathieu Cournoyer, Francis Mineau, Julien Mineau — Malajube, "Porté disparu"
  • Paul Cargnello — Paul Cargnello and the Frontline, "Bras coupé"
  • Yann Perreau — Yann Perreau, "Beau comme on s'aime"
2010
  • Blue ribbon Maxime Beauregard, Guillaume Beauregard, Patrick Landry, Marie-Eve Roy — Vulgaires Machins, "Parasites"
  • Fred Fortin — Fred Fortin, "Le cinéma des vieux garçons"
  • Alexandre Champigny, Yannick Duguay — Le Husky, "La maison hantée"
  • Damien Robitaille — Damien Robitaille, "L’ermite dans la ville"
  • Geneviève Toupin — Geneviève Toupin, "Quelque part"
2011
2012
2013
2014
  • Blue ribbon Alejandra Ribera — Alejandra Ribera, "I Want"[8]
  • Louise Burns — Louise Burns, "Emeralds Shatter"
  • Peter Dreimanis, Leah Goldstein, Eamon McGrath, Daniel Miles, Josh Warburton — July Talk, "Having You Around"
  • Stefan Babcock, Nestor Chumack, Zachary Mykula, Steven Sladkowski — Pup, "Reservoir"
  • Colyn Cameron — Wake Owl, "Gold"
2015
2016
2017
  • Blue ribbon Klô Pelgag, Karl Gagnon — Klô Pelgag, "Les ferrofluides-fleurs"
  • Alexandre Leclerc-Bernier — Bernhari, "Je pense à toi"
  • Amélie Beyries, Maxime Le Flaguais — Beyries feat. Louis-Jean Cormier, "J'aurai 100 ans"
  • Charlotte Cardin — Charlotte Cardin, "Faufile"
  • Vincent Banville, Gregory Beaudoin, Jonathan Quirion, Jean-François Ruel, Pierre Savu-Massé, Charles-André Vincelette — Dead Obies, "Explosif"
  • John Nathaniel, Mariane Cossette Bacon, Alexe Gaudreault — Alexe Gaudreault, "Éclat"
  • Xavier Dufour Thériault, Jean-Philippe Godbout, Marc-André Landry, Julien Mineau, Ryan Battistuzzi, Jean-Cimon Tellier-Dubé — Gazoline, "L'amour véritable est aux rebelles"
  • Lydia Képinski — Lydia Képinski, "Apprendre à mentir"
  • Pierre-Luc Bégin, Éliane Préfontaine, Julia Daigle, Vincent Lévesque — Paupière, "Rex"
  • Rosie Valland, Jessie MacCormack — Rosie Valland, "Nord-Est"
2018
2019
  • Blue ribbon Teddy Laguerre, Shawn Volcy, Marc Casseus, Vladimi Methelus — Tizzo feat. Shreez and Soft, "On fouette"[11]
  • Simon Bolduc — Bolduc tout croche, "Manche ouverte"
  • Tommy Bélisle, Philippe Gauthier Boudreau, Thierry Malépart, Marc-Antoine Barbier, Félix Bélisle — Choses Sauvages, "La valse des trottoirs"
  • Léo Fougère, Clément Langlois-Légaré, Tom St-Laurent — FouKi, "Zaybae"
  • Lydia Képinski — Lydia Képinski, "Premier juin"
  • Hubert Chiasson — Hubert Lemoir, "Fille de personne II"
  • Vincent Roberge, Félix Petit, Simon Saint Hillier — Les Louanges, "Tercel"
  • Brandon Mignacca, John Nathaniel, Mariane Cossette-Bacon — Brandon Mig, "Best I'll Never Have (version française)"
  • Obia Magloire Pierre-Louis, Amhed Saghir — Obia le chef, "Pas né"
  • Sarahmée Ouellet, Thomas Lapointe, Diego Montenegro, Ingrid Phd Prifti — Sarahmée, "T'as pas cru"
2020
2021
  • Blue ribbon Thierry Larose, Alexandre Martel, Charles-Antoine Olivier — Thierry Larose, "Les amants de pompéi"[14]
  • Laurence-Anne Gagné-Charest — Laurence-Anne, "Accident"[15]
  • Maude Audet — Maude Audet, "Demande-moi"[15]
  • Jonah Richard Guimond — P'tit Belliveau, "Income Tax"[15]
  • Gary Derussy, Sarahmée Nicole Ouellet, Clément Langlois-Légaré, Thomas Lapointe, Diego Montenegro — Sarahmée, "Le cœur a ses raisons"[15]
  • Micheal Christopher Mlakar, Adel Aoual Kazi, Émile Desilet, Clément Langlois-Légaré, Sébastien Pascal Boisseau — Clay and Friends, "OK"[15]
  • Léo Fougères, Clément Langlois-Légaré, Tom St-Laurent, Adel Aoual Kazi — FouKi, "Oui Toi"[15]
  • Ariane Roy, Pierre Emmanuel Beaudoin, Vincent Gagnon, Dominique Plante, Cédric Martel, Roxane Azzaria — Ariane Roy, "Ta main"[15]
  • Emerik St-Cyr Labbe — Mon Doux Saigneur, "Tempérance"[15]
  • Gabriel Bouchard — Gab Bouchard, "Tu m'connais trop bien"[15]
2022

References

  1. ^ "Japandroids, Sloan, Kathleen Edwards, Dan Mangan and John K. Samson Nominated for SOCAN ECHO Songwriting Prize". Exclaim!, September 10, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Home". SOCAN Songwriting Prize. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. ^ And The Winner of the Canadian Songwriting Prize Is.... Seattle Weekly, October 19, 2012.
  4. ^ "Cold Specks, Alvvays, Kiesza Nominated for SOCAN Songwriting Prize". Exclaim!, June 17, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Punk band wins award with anti-U.S. anthem". The Globe and Mail, October 30, 2006.
  6. ^ Kathleen Edwards wins $5K songwriting prize. CBC News, October 19, 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Mo Kenney claims SOCAN songwriting prize". CBC News, July 10, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Alejandra Ribera wins SOCAN Songwriting Prize". CBC News, July 9, 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Dear Rouge Wins 2015 SOCAN Songwriting Prize". Exclaim!, July 9, 2015.
  10. ^ "Accueil". Prix Chanson SOCAN. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Politically Charged 'Blood // Water' Wins SOCAN Songwriting Prize". FYI Music News, June 24, 2019.
  12. ^ a b Calum Slingerland, "William Prince Wins 2020 SOCAN Songwriting Prize". Exclaim!, August 5, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Allie Gregory, "SOCAN Announces 2020 Songwriting Prize Finalists". Exclaim!, July 16, 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Billy Raffoul soars with "Western Skies" 2021 SOCAN Songwriting Prize winner". Cision, July 28, 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Megan LaPierre, "SOCAN Songwriting Prize Announces 2021 Finalists". Exclaim!, June 17, 2021.
  16. ^ a b Allie Gregory, "Emily Steinwall and Hubert Lenoir Win 2022 SOCAN Songwriting Prize". Exclaim!, June 15, 2022.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Myriam Bercier, "Les finalistes du Prix de la chanson SOCAN 2022". Le Canal Auditif, June 1, 2022.