The Polaris Music Prize, awarded annually to the best Canadian album of the year, has revealed its 2021 shortlist, 10 albums that were picked from the 40-album long list that was revealed last month. The nominees include the Weather Station’s Ignorance (also on our AOTY so far list), Cadence Weapon’s Parallel World, and Mustafa’s When Smoke Rises. Check out the full list of nominees below.

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson – Theory Of Ice
Cadence Weapon – Parallel World
DijahSB – Head Above The Waters
Dominique Fils-Aimé – Three Little Words
Mustafa – When Smoke Rises
The OBGMs – The Ends
Klô Pelgag – Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs
TOBi – Elements Vol. 1
The Weather Station – Ignorance
Zoon – Bleached Wavves

The winner will be revealed on 9/27, though the Polaris Prize will not have an in-person gala this year to announce it.