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The CASBY Award is a Canadian award for independent and alternative music, presented annually by Toronto, Ontario radio station CFNY. The name CASBY stands for Canadian Artists Selected By You.

The awards were first presented in 1981 under the name U-Knows, a pun on Canada's mainstream Juno Awards. The concept was developed by David Marsden, the program director at CFNY at the time, when he heard the Juno nominations announced on CBC radio, and included was Long John Baldry as most promising vocalist ^[1]. They were renamed the CASBYs in 1986, after a listener contest.

[edit] Winners

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1981

Album of the Year: Teenage Head, Frantic City
Single of the Year: Martha and the Muffins, "Echo Beach"
Group of the Year: Teenage Head
Female Vocalist of the Year: Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
Male Vocalist of the Year: B.B. Gabor

[edit] 1982

Album of the Year: Bruce Cockburn, Inner City Front
Single of the Year: Blue Peter, "Chinese Graffiti"
Group of the Year: Martha and the Muffins
Female Vocalist of the Year: Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
Male Vocalist of the Year: B.B. Gabor

[edit] 1983

Album of the Year: Rough Trade, Shaking the Foundations
Single of the Year: The Payolas, "Eyes of a Stranger"
Group of the Year: Spoons
Female Vocalist of the Year: Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
Male Vocalist of the Year: Leroy Sibbles

[edit] 1984

Album of the Year: Parachute Club, Parachute Club
Single of the Year: Men Without Hats, "The Safety Dance"
Group of the Year: Parachute Club
Female Vocalist of the Year: Lorraine Segato (Parachute Club)
Male Vocalist of the Year: Paul Humphrey (Blue Peter)

[edit] 1985

Album of the Year: Parachute Club, At the Feet of the Moon
Single of the Year: Spoons, "Tell No Lies"
Group of the Year: Parachute Club
Female Vocalist of the Year: Jane Siberry
Male Vocalist of the Year: Bruce Cockburn
Most Promising Non-Recording Group: Chalk Circle

[edit] 1986

Album of the Year: Jane Siberry, The Speckless Sky
Single of the Year: Images in Vogue, "In the House"
Group of the Year: Images in Vogue
Female Vocalist of the Year: Luba
Male Vocalist of the Year: Bruce Cockburn
Most Promising Group: Chalk Circle
International Album of the Year: Peter Gabriel, So

[edit] 1987

Album of the Year: Parachute Club, Small Victories
Single of the Year: Luba, "How Many Rivers to Cross"
Group of the Year: Parachute Club
Female Vocalist of the Year: Luba
Male Vocalist of the Year: Corey Hart
Most Promising Group: The Pursuit of Happiness
International Album of the Year: Paul Simon, Graceland

[edit] 1988

Album of the Year: Robbie Robertson, Robbie Robertson
Single of the Year: Blue Rodeo, "Try"
Group of the Year: Blue Rodeo
Female Vocalist of the Year: K.D. Lang
Male Vocalist of the Year: Robbie Robertson
Most Promising Group: The Razorbacks
International Album of the Year: INXS, Kick

[edit] 1989

Album of the Year: Jeff Healey, See the Light
Single of the Year: Jeff Healey, "Angel Eyes"
Group of the Year: Blue Rodeo
Female Vocalist of the Year: K.D. Lang
Male Vocalist of the Year: Jeff Healey
Most Promising Group: Sons of Freedom
International Album of the Year: Fine Young Cannibals, The Raw & The Cooked

[edit] 1990s

[edit] 1990

Album of the Year: The Tragically Hip, Up to Here
Single of the Year: The Tragically Hip, "New Orleans is Sinking"
Group of the Year: The Tragically Hip
Female Vocalist of the Year: Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
Male Vocalist of the Year: Gordon Downie (The Tragically Hip)
Most Promising Group: Skydiggers
International Album of the Year: Sinéad O'Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

[edit] 1991

Favourite Album: Crash Test Dummies, The Ghosts That Haunt Me
Favourite Song: Crash Test Dummies, "Superman's Song"
Favourite Group/Artist: Barenaked Ladies
Most Promising Female Vocalist: Sarah McLachlan
Most Promising Male Vocalist: Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies)
Next Big Thing: Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
Most Outstanding Musician: Bruce Cockburn

[edit] 1992

Favourite Album: The Grapes of Wrath, These Days
Favourite Song: The Grapes of Wrath, "I Am Here"
Favourite Group/Artist: Barenaked Ladies
Favourite Female Vocalist: Sarah McLachlan
Favourite Male Vocalist: Gordon Downie (The Tragically Hip)
Special Achievement Award: Teenage Head

[edit] 1995

Favourite New Album: Our Lady Peace, Naveed
Favourite New Song: Our Lady Peace, "Naveed"
Favourite Artist: Our Lady Peace

[edit] 1996

Favourite New Album: I Mother Earth, Scenery and Fish
Favourite New Song: I Mother Earth, "One More Astronaut"
Favourite New Artist: Limblifter

[edit] 2000s

[edit] 2004

Favourite New Artist: The Trews
Favourite New Single: Billy Talent, "River Below"
Favourite New Album: Billy Talent, Billy Talent
NXNE Favourite Indie Band: Alexisonfire

[edit] 2005

Favourite New Artist: Arcade Fire
Favourite New Single: Bedouin Soundclash, "When the Night Feels My Song"
Favourite New Album: Arcade Fire, Funeral
NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: BOY, Every Page You Turn

[edit] 2006

Favourite New Artist: City and Colour
Favourite New Single: Billy Talent, "Devil in a Midnight Mass"
Favourite New Album: Billy Talent, Billy Talent II
NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: Alexisonfire, Crisis

[edit] 2007

Favourite New Artist: Attack in Black
Favourite New Single: Alexisonfire, "Boiled Frogs"
Favourite New Album: Finger Eleven, Them vs. You vs. Me
NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: Attack in Black, Marriage

[edit] 2008

Favourite New Artist: Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
Favourite New Single: Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, "Hollow Point Sniper Hyperbole"
Favourite New Album: Tokyo Police Club, Elephant Shell
NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: City and Colour, Bring Me Your Love

[edit] 2009

Favourite New Artist: Arkells
Favourite New Single: City and Colour, "Sleeping Sickness"
Favourite New Album: Metric, Fantasies
NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: Metric, Fantasies

[edit] References

Music of Canada portal

^ http://thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com/2009/08/episode-6-spirit-of-radio-part-two.html

[edit] External links

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