Angine de Poitrine Wins 2026 Polaris Music Prize

Angine de Poitrine won the 2026 Polaris Music Prize with its second album, Vol.II. The duo received the $30,000 prize for the album. The Polaris Music Prize is awarded to the best Canadian album of the year by a jury of Canadian music experts.

Group members Khn and Klek use an invented language and do not speak with their own voices in order to maintain their anonymity. Vol.II was selected from a 10-album shortlist by a jury made up of more than 200 Canadian music critics and journalists. Angine de Poitrine also won the $10,000 Song Prize for the song Fabienk.

The Song Prize is presented in partnership with SOCAN and Polaris and is in only its second year. The Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize honors albums released before the prize began in 2006. Willie Dunn’s 1971 self-titled album won the jury selection for the Heritage Prize.