SOCAN Songwriting Prize

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
2007
  • Abdominal, "Pedal Pusher" (Andrew Bernstein, Rodney Pleasant)
  • The Besnard Lakes, "Devastation" (Stephen Raegele, Nicole Lizee, Jeremiah Bullied, Jonathan Cummins, Olga Goreas, Kevin Laing, Jace Lasek)
  • Feuermusik, "Doppelspiel" (Jeremy Strachan, Gus Weinkauf)
  • Nathan, "Scarecrow" (Keri Latimer)
  • Chad VanGaalen, "Graveyard" (Chad VanGaalen)
  • Tricot Machine, "L'Ours" (Catherine Leduc)
  • Xavier Caféïne, "Montréal (cette ville)" (Xavier Plante)
  • Dumas, "Au gré des saisons" (Steve Dumas)
  • Frank Martel et l'ouest céleste, "Les partitions de l'amour" (Frank Martel)
  • Numéro, "Chewing-gum fraise" (Jérôme Rocipon, Gabriel Lacombe, Simon Weiskopf, Louis-Philippe Jeanbart)
2008
  • Karkwa, "Oublie pas" (François Lafontaine, Louis-Jean Cormier)
  • Bonjour Brumaire, "Argèles" (Youri Zaragoza, Nathan Howard, Jordan Larocque, François Lessard)
  • El Motor, "Alinéa" (Alexis Dufresne, Pascal Gingras, Fred Filo, Pierre Bouchard, Guillaume Duclos)
  • Gatineau, "The Christ is Right ? Mange ta ville" (Éric Brousseau, Jean Cyr, Dominique Hamel, Jean Nicol)
  • Samian and Loco Locass, "La Paix des braves" (Samian, Biz, Chafiik, Batlam)
2009
2010
  • Brasstronaut, "Hearts Trompet" (Edo Van Breeman, Bryan Davies, Brennan Saul, John Walsh)
  • The Besnard Lakes, "Albatross" (Olga Goreas, Kevin Laing, Jace Lasek, Richard White)
  • Caribou, "Odessa" (Daniel Snaith)
  • Crystal Castles, "Celestica" (Ethan Kath, Alice Glass)
  • Young Galaxy, "Destroyer" (Catherine McCandless, Stephen Ramsay)
  • Vulgaires Machins, "Parasites" (Maxime Beauregard, Guillaume Beauregard, Patrick Landry, Marie-Eve Roy)
  • Fred Fortin, "Le cinéma des vieux garçons" (Fred Fortin)
  • Le Husky, "La maison hantée" (Alexandre Champigny, Yannick Duguay)
  • Damien Robitaille, "L’ermite dans la ville" (Damien Robitaille)
  • Geneviève Toupin, "Quelque part" (Geneviève Toupin)
2011
  • Galaxie, "Piste 1" (Olivier Langevin)
  • Jimmy Hunt, "Ça va de soi" (Jimmy Hunt)
  • Philippe B, "Petite leçon des ténèbres" (Philippe Bergeron)
  • Jérôme Minière, "Le Vrai le faux" (Jérôme Minière)
  • Géraldine, "Et les brochettes du buffet" (Géraldine Bureau, Jean-Philippe Fréchette)
2012
  • Koriass, "St-Eustache" (Emmanuel Dubois)
  • Avec pas d'casque, "Intuition #1" (Mathieu Charbonneau, Stéphane Lafleur, Nicolas Moussette, Joël Vaudreuil)
  • Lisa LeBlanc, "Lignes d'hydro" (Joël Vaudreuil)
  • Marie-Pierre Arthur, "Si tu savais" (Marie-Pierre Fournier, François Lafontaine, Gaële Tavernier)
  • Salomé Leclerc, "Dans la prairie" (Philippe Bergeron, Salomé Leclerc)
2013
  • Keith Kouna, "Batiscan" (Keith Kouna)[7]
  • Avec pas d'casque, "Walkie-talkie" (Mathieu Charbonneau, Stéphane Lafleur, Nicolas Moussette, Joel Vaudreuil)
  • Gros Mené, "Vénus" (Fred Fortin)
  • Dany Placard, "Parc'qui m'fallait" (Dany Placard)
  • Les sœurs Boulay, "Mappemonde" (Stéphanie Boulay)
2014
  • Alejandra Ribera, "I Want" (Alejandra Ribera)[8]
  • Louise Burns, "Emeralds Shatter" (Louise Burns)
  • July Talk, "Having You Around" (Peter Dreimanis, Leah Goldstein, Eamon McGrath, Daniel Miles, Josh Warburton)
  • Pup, "Reservoir" (Stefan Babcock, Nestor Chumack, Zachary Mykula, Steven Sladkowski)
  • Wake Owl, "Gold" (Colyn Cameron)
  • Patrice Michaud, "Mécaniques générales" (Patrice Michaud)[8]
  • Philémon Cimon, "Soleil blanc" (Philémon Cimon)
  • Louis-Philippe Gingras, "Andromède" (Louis-Philippe Gingras)
  • Jimmy Hunt, "Nos corps" (Jimmy Hunt, Emmanuel Éthier, Christophe Lamarche Ledoux)
  • Klô Pelgag, "La fièvre des fleurs" (Klô Pelgag)
2015
  • Dear Rouge, "I Heard I Had" (Andrew McTaggart, Danielle McTaggart)[9]
  • Cold Specks, "Old Knives" (James Anderson, Cold Specks)
  • Kiesza, "Hideaway" (Rami Afuni, Kiesza)
  • Samantha Savage Smith, "It's a Burn" (Samantha Savage Smith)
  • Alvvays, "Archie, Marry Me" (Alec O'Hanley, Molly Rankin)
  • Shi Wisdom, "Young Gunner" (Joel Chambers, Nevon Sinclair, Renee Wisdom)
  • Del Bel, "In My Solitude" (Laura Bates, Tyler Belluz, Aaron Brooks, Lisa Conway, Karen Ng, Chris Sandes, Ira Zingraff)
  • Lowell, "The Bells" (Lowell, Justin Broad, Paul Herman)
  • Lisa Leblanc, "You Look Like Trouble (But I Guess I Do Too)" (Lisa Leblanc)
  • 2nd Son feat. Allie, "Private Island" (Daniel Jacques, Allie Ho-Sang)
  • Antoine Corriveau, "Le Nouveau vocabulaire" (Antoine Corriveau)[9]
  • Pierre Kwenders, "Mardi Gras" (Alexandre Bilodeau, Jacques Alphonse Doucet, Pierre Kwenders)
  • Fanny Bloom, "Piscine" (Fanny Grosjean, Étienne Dupuis Cloutier)
  • Julien Sagot, "Ficelle" (Julien Sagot, Antoine Binette Mercier)
  • Les Hay Babies, "Néguac and Back" (Julie Aubé, Katrine Noel)
  • Eman & Vlooper, "Publi sac" (Louis-Nicolas Imbeau, Emmanuel Blouin Lajoie)
  • Tire le coyote, "Jolie Anne" (Benoît Pinette)
  • Bernhari, "Kryuchkova" (Alexandre Bernier Leclerc)
  • Salomé Leclerc, "Arlon" (Salomé Leclerc, Philippe Brault)
  • Guillaume Beauregard, "De pluie et de cendres" (Guillaume Beauregard)
2016
  • Fast Romantics, "Julia" (Matthew McLeod)[2]
  • Spek Won feat. Shi Wisdom, "Black Body" (Benjamin Addy, Renee Wisdom)
  • Jazz Cartier, "Dead or Alive" (Jahmarie Adams, Michael Lantz)
  • Dilly Dally, "Desire" (Kathleen Monks, Benjamin Reinhartz, James Rowlinson, Elizabeth Ball)
  • Tobias Jesso Jr., "How Could You Babe" (Tobias Jesso, Jr.)
  • Terra Lightfoot, "No Hurry" (Terra Lightfoot)
  • Daniel Caesar feat. BADBADNOTGOOD, "Paradise" (Ashton Simmonds, Matthew Burnett, Jordan Evans, Alexander Sowinski, Matthew Tavares, Leland Whitty, Chester Hansen, Keaven Yazdani)
  • Modern Space, "Pen to Paper" (Sean Graham, Thomas “Tawgs” Salter)
  • The Strumbellas, "Spirits" (Simon Ward, Jeremy Drury, Jonathan Hembrey, Darryl G.J. James, Brian Leigh Pickett, David Ritter, Joanne Setterington, Isabel Cunningham Ritchie)
  • Andy Shauf, "Wendell Walker" (Andy Shauf)
  • Laurence Nerbonne, "Rêves d’été" (Laurence Nerbonne)[10]
  • Félix Dyotte, "Avalanches" (Félix Dyotte)
  • Claude Bégin, "Avant de disparaître" (Claude Bégin)
  • Philippe Brach, "Crystel" (Philippe Brach)
  • Safia Nolin, "Igloo" (Safia Nolin)
  • Les sœurs Boulay, "Les coûteaux à beurre" (Melanie Boulay. Jean Sebastien Houle)
  • Charlotte Cardin, "Les échardes" (Charlotte Cardin)
  • Rosie Valland, "Olympe" (Rosie Valland)
  • Alexe Gaudreault, "Placebo" (Alexe Gaudreault, John Nathaniel)
  • Saratoga, "Saratoga" (Chantal Archambault, Michel Olivier Gasse)
2017
  • PUP, "DVP" (Stefan Babcock, Nestor Chumak, Zachary Mykula, Steve Sladkowski)
  • Daniel Caesar, "Won't Live Here" (Ashton Simmonds, Jordan Evans, Matthew Burnett, Tommy Paxton-Beesley, Ian Culley, Alexander Ernewein)
  • Charlotte Cardin, "Big Boy" (Charlotte Cardin)
  • July Talk, "Push + Pull" (Thomas D'Arcy, Ian Docherty, Peter Dreimanis, Leah Goldstein, Danny Miles, Josh Warburton)
  • Kaytranada feat. Anderson.Paak, "Glowed Up" (Kevin Celestin, Brandon Anderson)
  • Jessie Reyez, "Figures" (Jessie Reyez, Bjoran Johan, Tobias Frelin, Blake Carter)
  • River Tiber, "Acid Test" (Tommy Paxton-Beesley, Thadeus Gardwood, Johnathan Mavrogiannis, Dan Voicu)
  • The Strumbellas, "We Don't Know" (Jeremy Drury, Jonathan Hembrey, Darryl James, Brian Pickett, David Ritter, Isabel Ritchie, Joanne Setterington)
  • Weaves, "Shithole" (Jasmyn Burke, Morgan Waters)
  • Charlotte Day Wilson, "Work" (Charlotte Day Wilson)
  • Klô Pelgag, "Les ferrofluides-fleurs" (Klô Pelgag, Karl Gagnon)
  • Bernhari, "Je pense à toi" (Bernhari)
  • Beyries feat. Louis-Jean Cormier, "J'aurai 100 ans" (Amélie Beyries, Maxime Le Flaguais)
  • Charlotte Cardin, "Faufile" (Charlotte Cardin)
  • Dead Obies, "Explosif" (Vincent Banville, Gregory Beaudoin, Jonathan Quirion, Jean-François Ruel, Pierre Savu-Massé, Charles-André Vincelette)
  • Alexe Gaudreault, "Éclat" (John Nathaniel, Mariane Cossette Bacon, Alexe Gaudreault)
  • Gazoline, "L'amour véritable est aux rebelles" (Xavier Dufour Thériault, Jean-Philippe Godbout, Marc-André Landry, Julien Mineau, Ryan Battistuzzi, Jean-Cimon Tellier-Dubé)
  • Lydia Képinski, "Apprendre à mentir" (Lydia Képinski)
  • Paupière, "Rex" (Pierre-Luc Bégin, Éliane Préfontaine, Julia Daigle, Vincent Lévesque)
  • Rosie Valland, "Nord-Est" (Rosie Valland, Jessie MacCormack)
2018
  • Partner, "Play the Field" (Josée Caron, Lucy Niles)
  • Alvvays, "Dreams Tonite" (Alec O'Hanley, Molly Rankin)
  • The Beaches, "Money" (Leandra Earl, Eliza Enman-McDaniel, Jordan Miller, Kylie Miller, Garrett Lee)
  • Birthday Boy and Trish, "Magic" (Eoin Killeen, Timothy Law, Patrisha Sanna Campbell)
  • Charlotte Cardin, "Main Girl" (Charlotte Cardin)
  • Casper Skulls, "Lingua Franca" (Neil Bednis, Christopher Laurignano, Fraser McClean, Melanie St. Pierre)
  • Iskwé, "Healers" (Benjamin McCarthy, Iskwé, Ryan Somerville)
  • James Barker Band, "Chills" (James Barker, Gavin Slate, Travis Wood, Donovan Woods)
  • Jessie Reyez, "Cotton Candy" (Jessie Reyez)
  • Weaves, "Walkaway" (Jasmyn Burke, Morgan Waters)
  • Loud, "56k" (Simon Cliche Trudeau, Jeff Martinez, Marc Vincent)
  • Maude Audet, "Gallaway Road" (Maude Audet)
  • Beyries, "Au-delà des mots" (Amélie Beyries)
  • Philippe Brach, "La fin du monde" (Philippe Bouchard, Gabriel Desjardins)
  • Lou-Adriane Cassidy, "Ça va ça va" (Philémon Cimon)
  • Félix Dyotte and Évelyne Brochu, "Je cours" (Félix Dyotte)
  • La Famille Ouellette, "Tout ce vacarme" (Simon Beaudoin, Christian David, Antoine Dumoulin Drolet, Sebastien Jean Houle, David Lagace, Christian Renaud)
  • Andréanne A, Malette, "Fou" (Andréanne A. Malette, Manuel Gasse)
  • Mon Doux Saigneur, "Primitif" (Emerik St-Cyr Labbé, Etienne Dupré, Eliott Bundock Durocher, David Marchand, Mandela Dalgeish Coupal)
  • Émile Proulx-Cloutier, "Petite valise" (Émile Proulx-Cloutier)
2019
  • Tizzo feat. Shreez, "On fouette" (Teddy Laguerre, Shawn Volcy, Marc Casseus, Vladimi Methelus)[11]
  • Bolduc tout croche, "Manche ouverte" (Simon Bolduc)
  • Choses Sauvages, "La valse des trottoirs" (Tommy Bélisle, Philippe Gauthier Boudreau, Thierry Malépart, Marc-Antoine Barbier, Félix Bélisle)
  • FouKi, "Zaybae" (Léo Fougère, Clément Langlois-Légaré, Tom St-Laurent)
  • Lydia Képinski, "Premier juin" (Lydia Képinski)
  • Hubert Lenoir, "Fille de personne II" (Hubert Chiasson)
  • Les Louanges, "Tercel" (Vincent Roberge, Félix Petit, Simon Saint Hillier)
  • Brandon Mig, "Best I'll Never Have (version française)" (Brandon Mignacca, John Nathaniel, Mariane Cossette-Bacon)
  • Obia le chef, "Pas né" (Obia Magloire Pierre-Louis, Amhed Saghir)
  • Sarahmée, "T'as pas cru" (Sarahmée Ouellet, Thomas Lapointe, Diego Montenegro, Ingrid Phd Prifti)

References
  1. "Japandroids, Sloan, Kathleen Edwards, Dan Mangan and John K. Samson Nominated for SOCAN ECHO Songwriting Prize". Exclaim!, September 10, 2012.
  2. "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. "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. "Mo Kenney claims SOCAN songwriting prize". CBC News, July 10, 2013.
  8. "Alejandra Ribera wins SOCAN Songwriting Prize". CBC News, July 9, 2014.
  9. "Dear Rouge Wins 2015 SOCAN Songwriting Prize". Exclaim!, July 9, 2015.
  10. "Accueil". Prix Chanson SOCAN. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  11. "Politically Charged 'Blood // Water' Wins SOCAN Songwriting Prize". FYI Music News, June 24, 2019.
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