2020 in Canadian music

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List of years in Canadian music

The following musical events and releases that happened in 2020 in Canada.

Events[]

Albums released[]

#[]

A[]

B[]

  • Backxwash, God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It[8]
  • Badge Époque Ensemble, Self-Help[9]
  • Bahamas, Sad Hunk - October 9[10]
  • Jason Bajada, Elizabeth
  • Tim Baker, Survivors - July 10[11]
  • Jill Barber, Entre nous
  • Gary Beals, Bleed My Truth - October 23
  • Daniel Bélanger, Travelling - October 2[12]
  • Belinda (Lisa LeBlanc), It's Not a Game, It's a Lifestyle[13]
  • Beòlach, All Hands
  • Beyries, Encounter[14]
  • Laila Biali, Out of Dust
  • Justin Bieber, Changes - February 14[15]
  • Billy Talent, TBA
  • The Birthday Massacre, Diamonds - March 27
  • Bob Moses, Desire (EP) - August 28
  • Born Ruffians, JUICE - April 3
  • Braids, Shadow Offering - June 19[15]
  • Dean Brody, Boys - November 18[16]
  • Bruce Peninsula, No Earthly Sound - April 17[17]
  • Roxane Bruneau, Acrophobie[18]
  • Basia Bulat, Are You in Love? - March 27[15]

C[]

D[]

  • The Darcys, Fear & Loneliness - November 13
  • Sophie Day, Clémence
  • The Dears, Lovers Rock - May 15
  • Helena Deland, Someone New - October 16[24]
  • Destroyer, Have We Met - January 31[15]
  • Dizzy, The Sun and Her Scorch
  • Dog Day, Present
  • Gord Downie, Away Is Mine - October 16[25]
  • Alan Doyle, Rough Side Out - February 14
  • Drake, Dark Lane Demo Tapes - May 1
  • Dvsn, A Muse in Her Feelings - April 17

E[]

  • Fred Eaglesmith and Tif Ginn, Alive[26]
  • Jade Eagleson, Jade Eagleson - July 24[27]
  • Kathleen Edwards, Total Freedom - August 14[28]
  • Elephant Stone, Hollow - February 14[29]
  • Lindsay Ell, Heart Theory - August 14[30]
  • Elliott Brood, Keeper - September 18[31]
  • Emanuel, Alt Therapy Session 1: Disillusion (June); Alt Therapy Session 2: Transformation (December)
  • Eric Ethridge, Good with Me - October 30
  • Evening Hymns, Heavy Nights - June 26

F[]

G[]

  • Hannah Georgas, All That Emotion
  • Matthew Good, Moving Walls - February 21
  • Grandson, Death of an Optimist - December 4
  • Great Lake Swimmers, When Last We Shook Hands: Cover Songs, Vol. 1
  • Great Lake Swimmers, Live in Ottawa at the 27 Club, October 3, 2019
  • Grimes, Miss Anthropocene - February 21[15]
  • Matthew Grimson, Prize for Writing

H[]

  • Half Moon Run, The Covideo Sessions
  • Half Moon Run, Seasons of Change
  • Sarah Harmer, Are You Gone - February 21[32]
  • High Valley, Grew Up On That - May 8[33]
  • Matt Holubowski, Weird Ones
  • Holy Fuck, Deleter - January 17[15]

J[]

K[]

  • K-Anthony, The Cure
  • Peter Katz, City of Our Lives
  • Brett Kissel, Now or Never - January 1[39]
  • Kiwi Jr., Football Money
  • k-os, Boshido - May 29
  • Krief, Chemical Trance - August 14

L[]

  • Land of Talk, Indistinct Conversations
  • Jessy Lanza, All the Time - July 24[15]
  • Laurence-Anne, Accident
  • Shay Lia, Solaris - September 25
  • Gordon Lightfoot, Solo - March 20
  • Loud Luxury, Nights Like This - March 27
  • Corb Lund, Agricultural Tragic - July 26

M[]

  • Catherine Major, Carte mère
  • Dan Mangan, Thief
  • Cory Marks, Who I Am - August 7[40]
  • Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty, Visions - March 20
  • Matt Mays, Dog City - August 28[41]
  • Shawn Mendes, Wonder - December 4
  • Tyler Joe Miller, Sometimes I Don't, But Sometimes I Do - November 6[42]
  • Ryland Moranz, XO, 1945[43]
  • Alanis Morissette, Such Pretty Forks in the Road - July 31[15]
  • MSTRKRFT, Black Gloves - October 30
  • David Myles, Leave Tonight - May 8

O[]

P[]

Q[]

R[]

  • Billy Raffoul, International Hotel
  • Allan Rayman, Christian - April 3
  • Savannah Ré, Opia
  • Regina Gently, Don't Wait to Love Me - September 18[47]
  • Noah Reid, Gemini - May 28
  • The Reklaws, Sophomore Slump - October 16[48]
  • Jessie Reyez, Before Love Came to Kill Us - March 27
  • Daniel Romano, Content to Point the Way
  • Daniel Romano, Dandelion
  • Daniel Romano, Forever Love's Fool
  • Daniel Romano, Okay Wow
  • Daniel Romano, Spider Bite
  • Daniel Romano, Super Pollen
  • Daniel Romano, Visions of the Higher Dream - March 17[49]
  • Daniel Romano, Daniel Romano's Outfit Do (What Could Have Been) Infidels By Bob Dylan & the Plugz
  • Daniel Romano, White Flag
  • Rum Ragged, The Thing About Fish

S[]

  • Sam Roberts Band, All Of Us - October 16
  • Sargeant X Comrade, Magic Radio - June 20[50]
  • Seaway, Big Vibe - October 16[51]
  • Shabason, Krgovich and , Philadelphia[52]
  • Andy Shauf, The Neon Skyline - January 24[53]
  • Crystal Shawanda, Church House Blues - April 17
  • Silverstein, A Beautiful Place to Drown - March 6
  • Dylan Sinclair, Proverb
  • Gord Sinclair, Taxi Dancers - February 28[54]
  • Zal Sissokho, Kora Flamenca
  • Dallas Smith, Timeless - August 28[55]
  • Storry, CH III: The Come Up
  • Storry, Interlude-19
  • Summersets, Small Town Saturday[56]

T[]

  • Julian Taylor, The Ridge - June 19
  • Theory of a Deadman, Say Nothing - January 31
  • Tobi, ELEMENTS Vol. 1 - October 21

U[]

V[]

W[]

Y[]

  • Nikki Yanofsky, Turn Down the Sound - July 10
  • Yukon Blonde, Vindicator - November 13

Z[]

  • Zen Bamboo, Glu
  • Zoon, Bleached Wavves[61]

Deaths[]

  • January 7 - Neil Peart, 67, drummer for Rush[62]
  • February 1 - George Blondheim, 63, pianist and composer[63]
  • March 7 - Laura Smith, 67, folk singer-songwriter[64]
  • April 4 - Barry Allen, rock singer
  • May 12 - Renée Claude, 80, pop singer ("Tu trouveras la paix", "C'est toi, c'est moi, c'est lui, c'est nous autres")
  • June 26 - Graeme Williamson, rock singer (Pukka Orchestra).[65]
  • August 10 - Salome Bey, 86, blues singer[66]

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