Arcade Fire were winners of the Polaris award for their album ‘The Suburbs’ on Monday night.

The full nominees for the 2011 award were as follows:

‘The Suburbs’ – Arcade Fire
‘Feel It Break’ – Austra
‘Native Speaker’ – Braids
‘Kaputt’ – Destroyer 
‘Tigre Et Diesel’ – Galaxie
‘Seeds’ – Hey Rosetta! 
‘Long Player Late Bloomer’ – Ron Sexsmith
‘New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges’ – Colin Stetson 
‘Creep On Creepin’ On’ – Timber Timbre
‘House Of Balloons’ – The Weeknd 

The Polaris is the Canadian equivalent of the British Mercury prize.

‘The Suburbs’ was a worldwide success, scoring the band a #1 album in the US, UK, Portugal, Belgium, Ireland, Canada and Norway and broke the top 5 in Germany, Finland, Spain and The Netherlands.