Angine de Poitrine Sweeps 2026 Polaris Awards

Angine de Poitrine won both the 2026 Polaris Album Prize for Vol. II and the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize for Fabienk at a ceremony at Massey Hall in Toronto on Tuesday, September 22. The Quebec duo received recognition for album and song in the same ceremony, a sweep reported as the first since the Song Prize was introduced in 2025. The Album Prize carried C$30,000, while the Song Prize carried C$10,000, according to most reports of the awards. The Album Prize amount is not consistent across the supplied accounts: one gives C$50,000, while the others specify C$30,000. The available information does not resolve the discrepancy. Reports say the album award was funded by the Slaight Family Foundation and the song award by SOCAN; the Song Prize money is shared between songwriters and performers, according to one account. Angine de Poitrine performed Fabienk during the ceremony, and the awards were accepted on the duo’s behalf by manager Sébastien Collin. The masked musicians maintain an onstage persona in which they communicate without speaking in their ordinary voices.