COOLEST CANADIANA ARTISTS

With a sexy new Prime Minister and proud Canadians topping the charts, 2015 has ushered in the rise of Cool Canadiana. Below are 10 of the scene’s sunniest wayers and biggest buzz harshers.

1. Drake Between dropping two mixtapes, renaming Toronto The 6 and Hotline Blinging his way to cultural dominance, the 6 God is Cool Canadiana’s hype man par excellence. 2. The Weeknd After years toiling in enigmatic indie hype, The Weeknd teamed up with pop’s biggest hitmaker to produce the song of the summer. 3. Grimes Montreal’s pop mistress came out of nowhere to release one of this year’s most critically lauded pop records. 4. Justin Bieber Is it too late to say sorry? Turns out all Bieber needed to regain our love was good songs. 5. Tobias Jesso Jr. Adele’s new secret weapon, the Vancouver singer-songwriter also managed to get nominated for a Polaris this year. 6. Alessa Cara The Brampton, Ont., singer gained notoriety by covering Drake and Taylor Swift but has her very own hit with Here. 7. Carly Rae Jepsen Her album may have tanked but Carley Rae is still a Canadiana queen. 8. Shawn Mendes Canada’s very own Vine star is only getting started. 9. The Arcade Fire They may not have released an album this year, but Arcade Fire are still kings of the indie kids. 10. Justin Trudeau OK, he’s not an artist per se but he is a global pop star and can crush ‘Jingle Bells’ for charity.