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Home Town of Throat Singer Tanya Tagaq

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Tanya Tagaq

Inuit throat singer and artist Tanya Tagaq won the Polaris Prize for best Canadian album in 2014, for Animism.

Tagaq was born in 1975 in Cambridge Bay. She first became widely known both in Canada and internationally for her collaborations with Björk.

In December 2016, Tagaq was named a Member of the Order of Canada.

 

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