Watch Tanya Tagaq, Babyface, Win Butler and more praise this year's Polaris Music Prize nominees

Past Polaris winners, big-name producers, directors and broadcasters show their support for this year's shortlisted acts in these exclusive testimonial videos.

Editorial Staff · Posted: Sep 18, 2018 12:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: April 10, 2019

Babyface, Tanya Tagaq, Arcade Fire's Win Butler and more discuss this year's Polaris Music Prize short listed artists.

While the Polaris Music Prize's jury of more than 200 journalists and broadcasters determines the short-list nominees each year, the artists who make it to the top 10 often have some very big supporters outside of the jury. These can be the directors who make their music videos, the producers who help them put the final touches on their nominated albums, or even fellow musicians who have fallen in love with their sound over the years.

This year, CBC Music and Polaris Music Prize have gathered 10 people to speak on the nominated artists. These video segments aired during the live broadcast of the gala on Monday night, and featured exclusive testimonials from Babyface, Tanya Tagaq, Arcade Fire's Win Butler, Safia Nolin, Karkwa's Louis-Jean Cormier, Matt Johnson, George Stroumboulopoulos, Gang Gang Dance's Lizzi Bougatsos, Jesse Wente and Shamir.

If you missed these clips during the big show, you can re-watch them all below. To see CBC Music's full coverage of the Polaris Music Prize, head over to cbcmusic.ca/polaris.

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