{"id":119701,"date":"2026-07-07T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/119701\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T12:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:33:07","slug":"zale-marie-celeste-win-canadian-songwriters-hall-of-fame-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/119701\/","title":{"rendered":"ZALE, Marie C\u00e9leste win Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto hip-hop producer ZALE and Montreal indie-pop band Marie C\u00e9leste are the recipients of this year\u2019s Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame breakthrough songwriter award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The annual honour recognizes emerging Canadian talent shaping the future of songwriting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">ZALE, the non-French-language recipient, is a Grammy and Juno Award-winning songwriter and producer whose credits span artists including Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and PARTYNEXTDOOR. His work has generated hundreds of millions of global streams and includes recent releases by The Beaches, Nelly Furtado and Jessie Reyez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Marie C\u00e9leste, the French-language winners, are a five-member collective known for blending folk, indie pop, art rock and electronic influences. Their 2026 album \u201cTout ce qui brille\u201d surpassed one million Spotify streams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This year\u2019s award, presented by TikTok, includes a $7,500 cash prize and career development support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The winners will be recognized at the 2026 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Toronto Sept. 26, alongside inductees The Tragically Hip, Mike Reno and Paul Dean of Loverboy, Leslie Feist and Roch Voisine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Established in 2017, the breakthrough songwriter award has previously recognized artists including Jessie Reyez, Charlotte Cardin, Mustafa, Les Louanges and Ariane Roy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto hip-hop producer ZALE and Montreal indie-pop band Marie C\u00e9leste are the recipients of this year\u2019s Canadian Songwriters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[415,407,3925,50,389],"class_list":["post-119701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-arts","tag-entertainment","tag-human-interest","tag-montreal","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}