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SOCAN has announced its 2026 Special Achievement Award winners. The awards will be handed out at the 2026 SOCAN Awards ceremony on Oct. 26 at Rebel in Toronto.

Drake will receive his fifth consecutive accolade for songwriter of the year – performer. In May, the famed Toronto star dropped three albums — Iceman, Maid of Honour and Habibti — breaking multiple records in his home country, and his hit “Janice STFU” became his longest-running No. 1 single in the 2020s. He will be honoured in the category “for his unmatched influence on music worldwide.” He won last year, but was not there to accept the award.