2014 in Canadian music
This is a summary of the year 2014 in the Canadian music industry.
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| National anthem | "O Canada" |
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Events
- March 23 – Arcade Fire's video for "Afterlife", directed by Emily Kai Bock, wins the 2014 Prism Prize.[1]
- March 30 – Juno Awards of 2014
- April – 2014 East Coast Music Awards
- June 19 – Prelimimary longlist for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize is announced.[2]
- July 15 – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.[2]
- September 22 – Tanya Tagaq wins the Polaris Music Prize for her album Animism.[3]
- November 29 – 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Bands on hiatus
- Hedley
- Crystal Castles
Bands reformed
Albums released
A
- Alvvays, Alvvays – July 22
- Matt Andersen, Weightless – January 28[4]
- Jann Arden, Everything Almost – April 29
- Arkells, High Noon – August 5
- Rich Aucoin, Ephemeral – September 9[5]
- Austra, Habitat (EP) – June 17
- Ayrad, Ayrad – October 28
B
- Philippe B, Ornithologie, la nuit – April[4]
- BadBadNotGood, III – May 6[4]
- Bahamas, Bahamas Is Afie – August 19[6]
- Del Barber, Prairieography – February 4[4]
- Jill Barber, Fool's Gold – June 17
- Matthew Barber, Big Romance – May 27[4]
- The Barr Brothers, Sleeping Operator – October 7[7]
- Barzin, To Live Alone in That Long Summer – February 24
- Bobby Bazini, Where I Belong – May 10
- The Beaches, Heights
- Bend Sinister, Animals – March 11[4]
- Art Bergmann, Songs for the Underclass – August 26[8]
- Bidiniband, The Motherland – May 29[9]
- Big Wreck, Ghosts – June 10
- Billy Talent, Hits – November 4[10]
- Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, South – January 14[4]
- Blue Rodeo, A Merrie Christmas to You – November 4[10]
- Isabelle Boulay, Merci Serge Reggiani
- Philippe Brach, La foire et l'ordre
- Buck 65, Neverlove – September 30[5]
- Buck 65 with Jorun Bombay, Laundromat Boogie – September 29
- 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 – October 7[7]
- Jennifer Castle, Pink City – September 2[11]
- Chic Gamine, Christmas, Vol. 1
- Chromeo, White Women – April[4]
- Cœur de pirate, Trauma: Chansons de la serie tele Saison 5 – January 14[4]
- Adam Cohen, We Go Home – September 16[5]
- Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems – September 23[5]
- Cold Specks, Neuroplasticity – August 26
- 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 17
- Death From Above 1979 – The Physical World – September 9[5]
- Tony Dekker, Sings 10 Years of Zunior – August 5[13]
- Mac DeMarco, Salad Days – April 1[4]
- Devours, 24th & Main
- Digging Roots, For the Light
- Celine Dion, Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 – May 16
- Dirty Beaches, Stateless – November 4[14]
- Down With Webster, Party For Your Life – January 28
- Gordon Downie and The Sadies, And the Conquering Sun – April 15[4]
- Kevin Drew, Darlings – March 18[4]
- Victoria Duffield, Accelerate – June 3
E
- Eccodek, Singing in Tongues
- Elephant Stone, The Three Poisons – August 26
- Elliott Brood, Work and Love – October 21[7]
- Quique Escamilla, 500 Years of Night
F
- Christine Fellows, Burning Daylight – September 23[15]
- Michael Feuerstack, Singer Songer – April 29[16]
- Serge Fiori, Serge Fiori – March 11
- Jeremy Fisher, The Lemon Squeeze – May 13[4]
- Frazey Ford, Indian Ocean – October 14[7]
- Fucked Up, Glass Boys – June 3[4]
G
- Jenn Grant, Clairvoyant – May 9[17]
- Jenn Grant, Compostela – October 21[18]
- Emm Gryner, Torrential – April 8[4]
H
- Kevin Hearn, Days in Frames – November 25[10]
- Ryan Hemsworth, Alone for the First Time – November 4[10]
- Hey Rosetta!, Second Sight – October 21[7]
- The Hidden Cameras, Age – January 21[4]
- Matt Holubowski, Ogen, Old Man
I
- In-Flight Safety, Conversationalist – September 9[5]
K
- Mo Kenney, In My Dreams
- Kiesza, Sound of a Woman – October 21[7]
- Diana Krall, Wallflower – September 9[20]
- Kyprios, Midnight Sun
L
- Lisa LeBlanc, Highways, Heartaches and Time Well Wasted – November 4[10]
- Salomé Leclerc, 27 fois l'aurore
- Library Voices, For John
- Lights, Little Machines – September 23[5]
- Lowell, I Killed Sara V – February
- Lowell, We Loved Her Dearly – September
M
- Madchild, Switched On
- Magic!, Don't Kill the Magic – July 1
- Jay Malinowski & the Deadcoast, Martel – February 11[4]
- Marie-Mai, M – May 12
- John 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 – May 6
- The Meligrove Band, Bones of Things – November 18[21]
- Patrice Michaud, Le Feu de chaque jour
- Moist, Glory Under Dangerous Skies – October 7
- Monogrenade, Composite – February 4[22]
- Mother Mother, Very Good Bad Thing – November 4[10]
- Mounties, Thrash Rock Legacy – March 4[23]
- Miranda Mulholland, Whipping Boy
N
- The New Mendicants, Into the Lime – January 28[24]
- The New Pornographers, Brill Bruisers – August 26[25]
- Justin Nozuka, Ulysees – April 15
- NQ Arbuckle, The Future Happens Anyway – April 29[26]
O
- Oh Susanna, Namedropper – October 7[7]
- Old Man Luedecke, I Never Sang Before I Met You – February 4[4]
- The Olympic Symphonium, Chance to Fate – March 18[4]
- Orange O'Clock, Crazy Carnival
P
- The Pack A.D., Do Not Engage – January 28[4]
- Owen Pallett, In Conflict – May 13[4]
- Pascale Picard Band, All Things Pass – April 18
- Pink Mountaintops, Get Back – April 29[4]
- The Provincial Archive, It's All Shaken Wonder
- PS I Love You, For Those Who Stay – July 22
R
- Radio Radio, Ej feel zoo – March 18[4]
- Raised By Swans, Öxnadalur – November 1
- Alyssa Reid, Timebomb – February 11
- Reuben and the Dark, Funeral Sky
- Alejandra Ribera, La Boca – February 4[4]
- The Road Hammers, Wheels – June 1
- Sam Roberts Band, Lo-Fantasy – February 11[4]
- The Rural Alberta Advantage, Mended with Gold – September 30[27]
- Rush, R40 – November 11[10]
- Justin Rutledge, Daredevil – April 22[28]
S
- Saukrates, Amani – September 23[5]
- Skinny Puppy, The Greater Wrong of the Right (reissue) – January 28[4]
- Sloan, Commonwealth – September 9[5]
- Dallas Smith, Tippin' Point (EP) – March 4
- Meaghan Smith, Have a Heart
- Solvent, New Ways: Music from "I Dream of Wires" – February 11[4]
- 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 17
T
- Tanya Tagaq, Animism – May 27[29]
- The Tea Party, The Ocean at the End – June 24[30]
- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything – January 21[4]
- Theory of a Deadman, Savages – July 29
- Thus Owls, Turning Rocks – April 8[4]
- Timber Timbre, Hot Dreams – April 1[4]
- Tokyo Police Club, Forcefield – March 25[4]
- The Tragically Hip, Fully Completely (reissue) – November 17[31]
- The Trews, The Trews – April 22
U
- Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, Advanced Basics – February 11
- Un Blonde, Tenet
V
- Rosie Valland, Rosie Valland
- Chad VanGaalen, Shrink Dust – April 29[4]
- Various Artists, Native North America, Vol. 1 – November 25[32]
- Roch Voisine, My Very Best – February 11
W
- Rufus Wainwright, Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright – March 4[4]
- Wake Owl, The Private World of Paradise – March 4[33]
- Weaves, Weaves EP
- Bry Webb, Free Will – May 20[4]
- The Wet Secrets, Free Candy – February 4[4]
- Whitehorse, Éphémère sans repère – April 1[34]
- Royal Wood, The Burning Bright – March 4[4]
- The Wooden Sky, Let's Be Ready – September 2[35]
Y
- Nikki Yanofsky, Little Secret – May 6
- You+Me, rose ave. – October 14
- Neil Young, A Letter Home – April 19
Top hits on record
The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.
Albums
Top 10 Canadian albums
| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Bazini | Where I Belong | 1 | 102,000[36] | Gold[37] |
| 2 | Serge Fiori | Serge Fiori | 1 | 99,000[38] | Gold[39] |
| 3 | Nickelback | No Fixed Address | 2 | 80,000[40][38] | Platinum[41] |
| 4 | Leonard Cohen | Popular Problems | 1 | 68,000[42][43][38] | Gold[44] |
| 5 | Sarah McLachlan | Shine On | 1 | 45,000[45] | Gold[46] |
| 6 | Bryan Adams | Tracks of My Years | 1 | 40,000[43] | Gold[47] |
| 7 | Isabelle Boulay | Merci Serge Reggiani | N/A | 40,000 | Gold[48] |
| 8 | Marie-Mai | M | 2 | 40,000[49] | Gold[50] |
| 9 | Various Artists | Just the Hits 2014 | N/A | 40,000 | Gold[51] |
| 10 | Various Artists | La Voix II | 2 | 40,000[52] | Gold[53] |
Top 10 International albums
| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Swift | 1989 | 1 | 314,000[54][55][56][40][57][58][59][60][61][36] | TBA |
| 2 | Ed Sheeran | x | 1 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum[62] |
| 3 | Sam Smith | In the Lonely Hour | 2 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum[63] |
| 4 | Coldplay | Ghost Stories | 1 | 117,000[52][38] | Platinum[64] |
| 5 | One Direction | Four | 1 | 98,000[40][38] | Platinum[65] |
| 6 | Pink Floyd | The Endless River | 1 | 89,000[38] | Platinum[66] |
| 7 | Ariana Grande | My Everything | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum[67] |
| 8 | The Black Keys | Turn Blue | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum[68] |
| 9 | Maroon 5 | V | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum[69] |
| 10 | Pharrell Williams | G I R L | 2 | 80,000 | Platinum[70] |
Singles
Top 10 Singles
| Rank | Artist | Song | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | "Uptown Funk" | Uptown Special | 1 | 560,000 | 7× Platinum[71] |
| 2 | Hozier | "Take Me to Church" | Hozier | 2 | 480,000 | 6× Platinum[72] |
| 3 | Meghan Trainor | "All About That Bass" | Title | 1 | 480,000[73][74][75][42][43][76][77][78][55] | 6× Platinum[79] |
| 4 | Ed Sheeran | "Thinking Out Loud" | x | 2 | 400,000 | 5× Platinum[80] |
| 5 | Sam Smith | "Stay with Me" | In the Lonely Hour | 1 | 320,000 | 4× Platinum[81] |
| 6 | Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea | "Problem" | My Everything | 3 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum[82] |
| 7 | Calvin Harris | "Summer" | Motion | 3 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum[83] |
| 8 | Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX | "Fancy" | The New Classic | 1 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum[84] |
| 9 | Jessie J featuring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | "Bang Bang" | Sweet Talker | 3 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum[85] |
| 10 | Ariana Grande featuring Zedd | "Break Free" | My Everything | 5 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum[86] |
Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List
Deaths
- February 25 – Angèle Arsenault, singer-songwriter[88]
- February 26 – Georges Hamel, country music singer and songwriter[89]
- March 23 – Dave Brockie, heavy metal singer (Gwar)[90]
- March 25 – Bill Merritt, rock bassist and festival director, director of the Winnipeg Folk Festival, co-founder of the Winnipeg International Children's Festival[91]
- March 29 – Dave Gregg, punk guitarist (D.O.A.)[92]
- May 10 – Nash the Slash (Jeff Plewman), progressive rock musician[93]
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- "Light in the Attic Unearths the Forgotten History of First Nations Music with 'Native North America' Compilation". Exclaim!, October 8, 2014.
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| Preceded by 2013 in Canadian music |
Canadian music 2014 |
Succeeded by 2015 in Canadian music |
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