Angine de Poitrine and Les Louanges Lead 2026 Premier Gala ADISQ Winners: See the Full List
The Quebec math rock duo and indie pop singer have already racked up four wins each following last night’s industry gala (Nov. 4), and will vie for additional honours during the main ceremony this Sunday (Nov. 8).
Angine de Poitrine Manager Sébastien Collin at the Premier Gala ADISQ 2026
Angine de Poitrine and Les Louanges have taken the lead as the 2026 ADISQ Gala's first big winners.
The ADISQ Gala’s industry gala (Premier Gala ADISQ) took place last night (Nov. 4), and many Quebec musicians went home with one of the province’s top musical honours. Ahead of the main ceremony at Montreal’s Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier on Sunday (Nov. 8), 46 trophies in the primary and industry categories were handed out, with many of the top honours still up for grabs.
Viral math rock breakthrough Angine de Poitrine and indie pop sensation Les Louanges are currently leading the race with three wins each, plus an additional win in the industry categories.
Angine de Poitrine’s global breakthrough continues, and their new ADISQ wins add to the impressive Polaris Prize double win they pulled off in September. After taking home the Polaris Music Prize and the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize, they have earned two Félix awards for their breakthrough album Vol. II, winning for album of the year - critic’s choice category and rock album of the year. The duo also won for best arrangements, which was credited to Khn and Klek de Poitrine as songwriters, while their engineers Gabriel Gagné Gaudreault and Dany Lemay received the industry honour for best recording, mixing and mastering.
The polka-dotted pair also won a $5,000 cash prize from Cogeco Media after garnering the highest number of fan votes in the “My first nomination”contest, which exclusively features first-time nominees.
After delivering a triumphant performance of his Polaris-nominated album Alouette! at the massive Festival d’été de Québec (FEQ) this summer, Les Louanges took home a Félix award for the record, which was crowned alternative album of the year. His track “Je confirme ma présence” won music video of the year, and he was honoured for best album production under his real name, Vincent Roberge, alongside Montreal instrumentalist-composer Félix Petit, and the album’s cover was named album cover of the year.
Singer-songwriter Lou-Adriane Cassidy swept last year’s gala with a staggering 12 wins, and she has extended her winning streak into 2026. Her recent LP, Triste Animal won best adult contemporary album and picked up two industry trophies for lighting and projection design of the year, and sound design of the year. JF Pauzé of Les Cowboys Fringants has also taken home one of his six potential wins, earning the Félix for best folk album with his Billboard Canadian Albums top 10 album, Les Amours de Seconde Main.
Other winners from this year's gala include Blynk, who took home r&b/soul album of the year for his EP Softboy Actif 2 and earned a high-profile collaboration with Belgian rapper Damso in May, jazz sensation Dominique Fils-Aimé winning jazz album of the year and Alicia Moffet winning show of the year - anglophone.
As this year's top nominees, Angine de Poitrine, Cassidy and Pauzé will compete with each other for many of the top honours at the primary ADISQ Gala this Sunday (Nov. 8), including album of the year - popular success, artist of the year - international recognition, song of the year and many more.
See the full list of Premier Gala ADISQ winners below and find the full list of nominees here.
Premier Gala de l’ADISQ 2026 — Winners List
Album of the Year – Adult Contemporary
Triste Animal — Lou-Adriane Cassidy
Album of the Year – Alternative
Alouette! — Les Louanges
Album of the Year – Anglophone
Let It Hiss — The Barr Brothers
Album of the Year – Bilingual and Other Languages
Passages — Arielle Soucy
Album of the Year – Critics' Choice
Vol. II — Angine de Poitrine
Album of the Year – Classical
Berlioz: Le carnaval romain - Symphonie fantastique — Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Album of the Year – Country
Un dernier je t’aime — Paul Daraîche
Album of the Year – Folk
Les amours de seconde main — JF Pauzé
Album of the Year – Jazz
My World Is the Sun — Dominique Fils-Aimé
Album of the Year – Indigenous Languages
Inuit Legend — Beatrice Deer
Album of the Year – Electronic Music
Clé en main — Qualité Motel
Album of the Year – Global Music
Makaya — Wesli
Album of the Year – Instrumental Music
Volume III — Flore Laurentienne
Album of the Year – Pop
Record n° V — Bleu Jeans Bleu
Album of the Year – R&B/Soul
Softboy Actif 2 — Blynk
Album of the Year – Rap
Douze sur douze — Loud
Album of the Year – Reinterpretations
REPRISES — Beyries
Album of the Year – Rock
Vol. II — Angine de Poitrine
Album of the Year – Traditional
Voisinages — Le Vent du Nord
Album or DVD of the Year – Children's Music
Ari Cui Cui et les jeux d’rôles – Les contes classiques en musique — Ari Cui Cui
Show of the Year – Anglophone
No I’m Not Crying — Alicia Moffet
Show of the Year – Comedy
Une année en un an — Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais
Show of the Year – Variety / Reinterpretations / Musicals
Peter Pan — Various Artists
Video of the Year
Je confirme ma présence — Les Louanges
