The SOCAN Awards is an annual event, held in both Toronto and Montréal, which celebrates the songwriting, composing and music publishing achievements of our Anglophone and Francophone members alike. Since 1990 – the inaugural year of the SOCAN Awards – the Canadian music industry has gathered each year to pay tribute to the most-performed songs from the previous year by SOCAN members; honour exceptional film and television music; recognize iconic songs that have reached the 100,000-airplay mark (or 25,000 for Francophone songs) on domestic radio; and present individual SOCAN members with special achievement awards for their impressive career accomplishments. Over the years, more than 4,000 awards have been presented in various categories to songwriters, composers and music publishers whose music has garnered a great deal of success, both in Canada and abroad.
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2017 | Pop/Rock Music | Lost Boy | Ruth B |
Toronto |
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2017 | Pop/Rock Music | Starboy | Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye |
Toronto |
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2017 | Pop/Rock Music | Hello | Jacob Hoggard |
Toronto |
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2017 | Pop/Rock Music | One Dance | Aubrey Drake Graham |
Toronto |
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2017 | Pop/Rock Music | 2 Heads | Coleman Hell |
Toronto |
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2017 | Pop/Rock Music | Treat You Better | Shawn Mendes |
Toronto |
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2017 | Pop/Rock Music | Wild Things | Alessia Cara |
Toronto |
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2016 | Songwriter(s) of the year | Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye |
Toronto | |
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2016 | Cultural Impact Award | Dolores Claman |
Toronto | |
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2016 | International Achievement | Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye |
Toronto | |
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2016 | Special Achievement | Gary Slaight |
Toronto | |
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2016 | National Achievement | Johnny Reid |
Toronto | |
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2016 | Most Performed Foreign Song Award | Uptown Funk | Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars |
Toronto |
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2016 | SOCAN Classic | Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm | Brad Roberts |
Toronto |
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2016 | SOCAN Classic | Afternoons and Coffee Spoons | Brad Roberts |
Toronto |
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2016 | SOCAN Classic | Your Daddy Don't Know | Geoffrey Iwamoto |
Toronto |
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2016 | SOCAN Classic | Let Go The Line | Terry Watkinson |
Toronto |
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2016 | SOCAN Classic | This Beat Goes On / Switchin' To Glide | David Broadbent |
Toronto |
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2016 | Folk/Roots Music | Amelia Curran |
Toronto | |
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2016 | SOCAN Breakout Award | Tobias Jesso Jr. |
Toronto | |
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2016 | SOCAN Breakout Award | Alessia Cara |
Toronto | |
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2016 | Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music | Dinuk Wijeratne |
Toronto | |
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2016 | Hagood Hardy Award | Robi Botos |
Toronto | |
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2016 | Licensed to Play Award | Canadian Music Week |
Toronto | |
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2016 | Online Streaming Award | Sugar | Henry "Cirkut" Walter |
Toronto |
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