​Here's the Full List of Winners from the 2016 Indies

BY Sarah MurphyPublished May 5, 2016

Canadian Music Week is currently underway in Toronto, and one of the festival's biggest events took place last night (May 4). The Indies were handed out at a ceremony at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, honouring some of the finest in Canadian and international independent music.
 
Grimes' took home Album of the Year for last year's effort Art Angels, while Wintersleep snagged the title for Single of the Year for "Amerika." The Stumbellas were awarded Group of the Year, while that award's solo artist counterpart went to Yoan.
 
In the specialty categories, Jazz Cartier took home Rap Artist of the Year, the Elwins were given Rock Group of the Year, and Dan Mangan took home the prize for Singer-Songwriter of the Year.
 
Find the full list of the night's winners listed below.
 
ALBUM OF THE YEAR  
       
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
Grimes - Art Angels
Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?
Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
Viet Cong - Viet Cong
                     
SINGLE OF THE YEAR  
                  
Arkells "Leather Jacket"
Coleman Hell "2 Heads"
Jocelyn Alice "Jackpot"
The Strumbellas "Spirits"
Wintersleep "Amerika"
                     
GROUP OF THE YEAR
                     
BADBADNOTGOOD
Metric
The Strumbellas
Whitehorse
Young Empires
                     
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
 
Carly Rae Jepsen
City and Colour
Grimes
Lights
YOAN
                      
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
 
City and Colour
Hayden
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Whitehorse
Young Empires
                     
ABORIGINAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
 
A Tribe Called Red
Buffy Sainte-Marie
City Natives
Drezus
Tanya Tagaq
                     
ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
 
Destroyer
Half Moon Run
Mac DeMarco
The Zolas
Yukon Blonde
                     
ELECTRONIC/DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
 
A-Trak
Braids
Keys N Krates
Pomo
Purity Ring
                     
FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
 
Chocolat
Galaxie
La Bronze
Louis-Jean Cormier
Marie-Pierre Arthur
                     
POP ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
 
Coleman Hell
Dan Talevski
Jocelyn Alice
Ria Mae
Tyler Shaw
                     
RAP/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
 
Daniel Caesar
Jazz Cartier
John River
SonReal
Spek Wo
                     
ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
 
Dilly Dally
Hey Rosetta!
Monster Truck
The Elwins
The Glorious Sons
                     
SINGER-SONGWRITER ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
 
Basia Bulat
Dan Mangan
Lindi Ortega
Patrick Watson
The Weather Station
                     
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
 
Alabama Shakes
Courtney Barnett
Major Lazer
Mumford & Sons
Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats

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