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21st Annual SOCAN Awards
Montreal 2010 – Winners List

To view photos of award winners, simply click on the name of the winning song or person. Because photos displayed here are large files intended for media use, they may require a few seconds longer than usual to open. All Awards photos by Michel Gagné photography.

Lifetime Achievement Award
International Achievement Award
Special Achievement Award
The Most Performed Francophone Songs in Quebec
Chanson Révélation 
International Song
Anglophone Song
Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award
Hagood Hardy Music Award
International Television Music Award
Domestic Television Music Award
Film Music Award
SOCAN Classics
Patron of Music



Lifetime Achievement Award

Édith Butler


The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to SOCAN members who have had outstanding success throughout their musical career.

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International Achievement Award

Cœur de pirate


The International Achievement Award is given to SOCAN members who have brought international recognition to Canada through their music.

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Special Achievement Award

Luc Plamondon


The Special Achievement Award is given to people who have greatly contributed to Canada’s musical industry and/or musical heritage over the course of their careers.

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The Most Performed
Francophone Songs in Quebec


"À moitié moins heureux"
Composer: Steve Veilleux
Publisher: Éditions LLP
 
"Beau comme on s’aime"
Composer: Yann Perreau
Publisher: Houramahi Musique
 
"Ce soir"
Composers: Jean-François Breau
Marc Dupré
Fred St-Gelais
Publishers: Éditions Bloc-Notes
Éditions Dama
Macadef International Inc
 
"Le Déni de l’évidence"
Composers: Benoît Archambault
Stéphane Archambault
Éric Desranleau
Marie-Hélène Fortin
Frédéric Giroux
Marc-André Paquet
 
"Le Kid"
Composer: Jonathan Painchaud
Publisher: Les Éditions Sphère inc.
 
"Moisi, moé’ssi"
Composer: Fred Fortin
 
"La plus belle fille de la prison"
Composer: Jean Leloup
Publishers: Les Éditions Dare to Care Inc.
Les Éditions Roi Ponpon
 
"Pourquoi"
Composers: Marie-Pierre Arthur
Gaële
François Lafontaine
Publisher: Les Éditions gratte-moi l’do
 
"Tant qu’on aura de l’amour" \
Composers: Jérôme Dupras
Marie-Annick Lépine
Jean-François Pauzé
Publishers: JFP Éditions inc.
Éditions La Tribu
 
"La Tête haute"
Composers: Jérôme Dupras
Marie-Annick Lépine
Jean-François Pauzé
Publishers: JFP Éditions inc.
Éditions La Tribu
 

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Chanson Révélation

"Apprendre à danser"
Composers: Toby Cayouette
Félix Dyotte
Pierre-Alain Faucon
Julien Fargo
Gabriel Rousseau
Publisher: Les Éditions Tacca
 

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International Song

"La Première fois"
Composers: Louis Côté
K.Maro
Publishers: K Pone Publishing
Recto Verso Publishing
 

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Anglophone Song

"Africa"
Composers: Karl Wolf
David Paich (ASCAP)
Jeff Porcaro (ASCAP)
Publisher: Red Riding Hood Publishing
 

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The following SOCAN Awards were presented to members whose complete repertoire of creative works achieved the highest number of performances in their respective categories during 2009:

Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award

Gilles Tremblay

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Hagood Hardy Music Award
For excellence in the genre of jazz, instrumental, or world music.

Steve Barakatt

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International Television Music Award

Raymond Fabi
Éric Ranzenhofer /Jean-François Fabiano (SACEM)
Kevin Tighe

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Domestic Television Music Award

Philippe Leduc
Rudy Toussaint
Guy Trépanier

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Film Music Award

Normand Corbeil

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SOCAN Classics

The following Canadian songs received SOCAN Classic Awards for achieving the 25,000-airplay mark on domestic radio:

"Aux portes du matin"
Composer: Richard Séguin
Publisher: Les Éditions de la Roche Éclatée
 
"Pleure à ma place"
Composer: Richard Séguin
Publisher: Les Éditions de la Roche Éclatée
 
"C’est notre fête aujourd’hui"
Composer: Stéphane Venne
Publisher: Les Éditions Musicobec
 
"C’est pour ça que je t’aime"
Composer: Jim Corcoran
Publisher: Gog et Magog Musique
 
"J’ai la tête en gigue"
Composer: Jim Corcoran
Publisher: Gog et Magog Musique
 
"J’vais changer le monde"
Composer: Jim Corcoran
Publisher: Gog et Magog Musique
 
"Ton amour est trop lourd"
Composer: Jim Corcoran
Publisher: Gog et Magog Musique
 
"Chanson pour durer toujours"
Composers: Louky Bersianik
Richard Séguin
Publisher: Les Éditions de la Roche Éclatée
 
"Ste-Adèle P.Q."
Composer: Jean-Pierre Ferland
Publishers: Avenue Éditorial
Les Éditions Renlec
 
"Ses yeux"
Composers: Michel Hinton
Pierre Huet
Paul Piché
Publisher: Éditions de la Minerve
 
"T’es belle"
Composers: François Cousineau
Jean-Pierre Ferland
Publishers: Avenue Éditorial
Les Éditions Prorata
Les Éditions Renlec
 

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Patron of music

Poste d'écoute.ca


The Patron of Music Award is given to the SOCAN customer who most recognizes the value and importance in paying SOCAN’s licence fee or to a representative of or advisor to music users who actively informs and educates other music users about the need to respect the rights of music creators and copyright owners.

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About SOCAN

At SOCAN, we understand that the Canadian music industry is only as strong as the sum of its parts. We are proud to play a leading role, working with other organizations to ensure the long-term health of our members’ livelihoods and the Canadian music industry as a whole. SOCAN is the Canadian copyright collective for the communication and performance of musical works. We administer these rights on behalf of our members (composers, lyricists, songwriters and their publishers) and those of affiliated international organizations by licensing this use of their music in Canada. The fees collected are distributed as royalties to our members and to affiliated organizations throughout the world. We also distribute royalties received from those organizations to our members for the use of their music worldwide. SOCAN has offices in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton and Dartmouth.

For more information, please contact :


Joanne Pouliot/Anne Richard
Member Services/Communications & Marketing SOCAN
Tel: (514) 844-8377
Fax: (514) 849-8446

E-mail: pouliotj@socan.ca or richarda@socan.ca