2024 Juno Nominations Including Many Local Artists

As always, there are quite a number of local acts nominated for a Juno this year. We're keeping our fingers crossed for them. The main ceremony will be televised on March 24, 2024.

Below is a video of the official announcement.

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR

• Kit King (Illustrator), Vanessa Heins (Photographer/Photographe) for THE LOVE STILL HELD ME NEAR – City and Colour (St. Catharines)
• Carolyne De Bellefeuille (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Jessica Ledoux (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Mali Savaria-Ille (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Veronique Lafortune (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Leeor Wild (Photographer/Photographe) for INUKTITUT – Elisapie 
• Heather Goodchild (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Colby Richardson (Designer/Concepteur), Colin Fletcher (Illustrator /Illustrateur), Sara Melvin (Photographer/Photographe) for MULTITUDES – Feist 
• Nicolas Lemieux (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Mykaël Nelson (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Albert Zablit (Photographer/Photographe) for RIOPELLE SYMPHONIQUE – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal 
• Quinton Nyce (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Brodie Metcalfe (Designer/Concepteur), Davis Graham (Illustrator /Illustrateur), Kaylee Smoke (Photographer/Photographe) for I’M GOOD, HBU? – Snotty Nose Rez Kids 

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• See You In The Dark by Softcult (Kitchener)
• Here and Now by Aysanabee 
• Dizzy by Dizzy 
• To Learn by Leith Ross 
• Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees by TALK 

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Gettin’ Together by Michael Jerome Browne (on Waterdown's Borealis Records)
• SoulFunkn’BLUES by Blackburn Brothers 
• Scream, Holler & Howl by Blue Moon Marquee 
• One Step Closer by Brandon Isaak 
• The Big Bottle of Joy by Matt Andersen 

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN | GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Glory To God by Brooke Nicholls (Hamilton)
• ALL YE LEPERS by Joshua Leventhal
• Arrow by K-Anthony
• Where I’m Meant to Be by Stirling John
• Alive by Tuzee

CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Bekka Ma’iingan by Zoon (Hamilton)
• Here and Now by Aysanabee 
• Scream, Holler & Howl by Blue Moon Marquee
• Inuktitut by Elisapie 
• Revolution by Shawnee Kish

CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• A Light in the Attic by Logan Staats (Brantford)
• The Returner by Allison Russell 
• We Will Never Be The Same by Good Lovelies
• Beyond The Reservoir by Julian Taylor 
• Stand in the Joy by William Prince 

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

• I Go Dancing (feat. Ella Henderson - Grimsby) by Frank Walker 
• Eat Your Man by Dom Dolla & Nelly Furtado
• Crew Thang by DVBBS, Jeremih & Sk8 
• Need Your Love by Felix Cartal & Karen Harding 
• Next To You (feat. Kane Brown) by Loud Luxury & DVBBS 

FAN CHOICE 

• Walk off the Earth (Burlington)
• Josh Ross (Waterdown)
• Charlotte Cardin
• Daniel Caesar
• DVBBS
• Karan Aujla 
• Shubh 
• Tate McRae 
• The Weeknd
• ThxSoMch 

GROUP OF THE YEAR 

• Arkells (Hamilton)
• Walk off the Earth (Burlington)
• Loud Luxury 
• Nickelback 
• The Beaches 

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Electric Sounds by Danko Jones (on Hamilton's Sonic Unyon)
• As Gomorrah Burns by Cryptopsy 
• Goliath by Kataklysm 
• VOID by KEN mode 
• Morgöth Tales - Voivod 

TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

• Reverie by The Red River Ramblers (Halton Hills)
• Sing. Pray. Love. by Joel Wood
• LFS5 by Nimkii & the Niniis 
• Mitòòdebi (For My Relatives) by The Bearhead Sisters 
• Drum Nation by Young Scouts 

TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Paint Horse by Benjamin Dakota Rogers (Brantford)
• Second Hand by James Keelaghan (on Waterdown's Borealis Records)
• The Breath Between by David Francey 
• Roses Jackson by Hollow Mountain 
• Resilience by Morgan Toney

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Powder Blue by Begonia 
• Multitudes by Feist 
• Are We Good by Hayden 
• Motewolonuwok by Jeremy Dutcher 
• Revolution by Shawnee Kish 

ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Heavy Lifting by Amanda Marshall 
• I Wish I Was Flawless, I’m Not by BANNERS 
• To Be Loved, Vol. 1 by Josh Sahunta 
• Run Where the Light Calls by Luca Fogale 
• Wildflower by Steph La Rochelle 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Néo-Romance by Alexandra Stréliski 
• 99 Nights by Charlotte Cardin 
• NEVER ENOUGH by Daniel Caesar 
• Mirror by Lauren Spencer Smith
• Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees by TALK

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

• Charlotte Cardin
• Daniel Caesar
• Lauren Spencer Smith
• Shania Twain 
• Tate McRae

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

• Connor Price 
• Karan Aujla
• LU KALA 
• Shubh
• TALK 

BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Busty and the Bass 
• Crash Adams
• Good Kid 
• Men I Trust
• New West 

CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Big Words by ABC Singsong 
• Going Back: Remembered and Remixed Family Folk Songs, Vol. 1 
• Love-a-By by Splash’N Boots 
• Welcome to the Flea Circus by The Swinging Belles Independent
• Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro Stick To Your Vision For Young Athletes

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE)

• Bekah Simms: Bestiaries Cryptid Ensemble conducted byby Brian Current 
• Maxime Goulet: Symphonie de la tempête de verglas Orchestre classique de Montréal, conducted by Jacques Lacombe 
• Sibelius 3 & 4 Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted byYannick Nézet-Séguin 
• Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, conducted by Rafael Payare
• Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE)

• Mythes by Andrew Armstrong & James Ehnes
• Portrait: Alex Baranowski by Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà 
• Portrait by Cheng² Duo 
• Il Ponte di Leonardo byConstantinople 
• Basta parlare! by Les Barocudas 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST)

• Infinite Voyage by Barbara Hannigan 
• Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4 by James Ehnes
• Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles by Marc-André Hamelin
• De Hartmann: Cello Concerto by Matt Haimovitz
• mouvance by Suzie LeBlanc 

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

• Simulacra by Amy Brandon
• Portrait of an Imaginary Sibling by Dinuk Wijeratne
• …and the Higher Leaves of the Trees Seemed to Shimmer in the Last of the Sunlight’s Lingering Touch of Them… by Emilie Cecilia LeBel
• Shāhīn-nāmeh, for Voice and Orchestra by Iman Habibi 
• Don’t Throw Your Head in Your Hands by Nicole Lizée

COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Life of Leisure by Derek Seguin 
• Never Was by Graham Clark 
• A Lylebility by Kyle Brownrigg 
• Sexiest Fish in the Lake by Laurie Elliott
• SAP by Mae Martin

CONTEMPORARY R&B RECORDING OF THE YEAR

• For the Better by Aqyila
• Never Enough by Daniel Caesar 
• Heartbreak Hill by Jon Vinyl 
• When It Blooms by Nonso Amadi
• FACETS by Shay Lia

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• The Compass Project – South Album by Brett Kissel 
• Right Round Here by Dean Brody
• Do It Anyway by Jade Eagleson 
• Ahead Of Our Time by James Barker Band 
• Spillin’ My Truth by Tyler Joe Miller 

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• INFINITY CLUB by Bambii 
• Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees by Harrison 
• Creatures of the Late Afternoon by Kid Koala 
• Synthetic Season 2 by Rich Aucoin 
• No Highs by Tim Hecker 

FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Zayon by FouKi 
• Dans la seconde by Karkwa 
• En concert avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (sous la direction du chef Simon Leclerc) by Les Cowboys Fringants & l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
• À boire deboutte by Salebarbes 
• Non conventionnel by Souldia 

GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Donte sann yo by Bel and Quinn 
• Kizavibe by Kizaba 
• SMS for Location Vol. 5 by Moonshine 
• Okantomi by OKAN 
• Soap Box by Waahli

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Néo-Romance by Alexandra Stréliski 
• When we were that what wept for the sea by Colin Stetson
• Calibrating Friction by Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis 
• Fourth Album by Markus Floats 
• Tesseract by Meredith Bates 

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Gettin’ Old by Luke Combs 
• HEROES & VILLAINS by Metro 
• One Thing At A Time by Morgan Wallen 
• SOS by SZA 
• 1989 (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift 

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP)

• Migrations by Allison Au with the Migrations Ensemble 
• Septology-The Black Forest Session by Canadian Jazz Collective
• Cry Me A River by Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band 
• Recent History by Mike Murley & Mark Eisenman Quartet 
• Convergence Nick Maclean Quartet feat. Brownman Ali Browntasauras/Independent

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)

• Day Moon by Christine Jensen 
• Walls Made of Glass Gentiane MG TPR*Propagande/A-Train
• Sonic Bouquet by Jocelyn Gould 
• Twelve by Noam Lemish 
• The South Detroit Connection by Russ Macklem 

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR 

• Of Woods and Seas by Alaskan Tapes (Andrew De Zen - Director)
• Demons by  Allison Russell (Ethan Tobman - Director)
• onetwostep (feat. juicelover) by des hume (Jordan Clarke - Director)
• DAMN RIGHT by Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Sterling Larose - Director)
• feral canadian scaredy cat by young friend (Sterling Larose & Zachary Vague  - Directors)

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• 99 Nights by Charlotte Cardin 
• Mirror by Lauren Spencer Smith 
• Saturn Return by Rêve 
• Queen Of Me by Shania Twain 
• Lost In Translation by Valley

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 

• Hill Kourkoutis
• Jason Brando, Lubalin, Mathieu Sénéchal & Sam Avant
• Joel Stouffer
• Shawn Everett
• Wondagur

RAP ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR

• bag or die by bbno$ 
• Spin the Globe by Connor Price 
• Crying Crystals by Haviah Mighty 
• KAYTRAMINÉ by KAYTRAMINÉ 
• PANIC by TOBi 

RAP SINGLE OF THE YEAR

• American Nightmare by Belly 
• Spinnin (feat. Bens) by Connor 
• Honey Bun by Haviah Mighty 
• Minimum Wage by Pressa 
• Someone I Knew  by TOBi 

RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR 

• Denis Tougas
• George Seara
• Matty Green
• Serban Ghenea
• Shawn Everett

REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

• Stir This Thing by Ammoye 
• Feel Like Home by Exco Levi 
• Roots Girl by Jah’Mila
• Dread by Kirk Diamond & Finn
• Rush Dem (feat. 4Korners, Haviah Mighty) by Omega Mighty 

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Fearless by Crown Lands 
• Formentera II by Metric
• Blame My Ex by The Beaches 
• Pretty Monster by The Blue Stones 
• Glory by The Glorious Sons

SINGLE OF THE YEAR 

• Confetti by Charlotte Cardin
• Always by Daniel Caesar Republic*Universal
• Pretty Girl Era by LU KALA 
• A Little Bit Happy by TALK
• greedy by Tate McRae 

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

• Allison Russell
• Aysanabee
• Charlotte Cardin, Jason Brando & Lubalin
• Nicholas Durocher & Connor Riddell
• William Prince

TRADITIONAL R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

• Hello by Aqyila
• Unbreakable by Jhyve
• Where To Find Me by Katie Tupper
• 9 to 5 by Luna Elle
• Real World by RealestK

UNDERGROUND DANCE SINGLE OF THE YEAR

• Call My Name by BLOND:ISH Warner
• Mad Mess by DJ Karaba
• Could Be Wrong by LOSTBOYJAY
• Eclipse by Peach 
• Concorde Groove by Smalltown DJs 

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Songwriter by Alex Bird & Ewen Farncombe
• You’re Alike, You Two by Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher 
• Little Bit a’ Love by Denielle Bassels 
• Our Roots Run Deep by Dominique Fils-Aimé 
• Your Requests by Laila Biali 

---

Previous (Grammy Winners) - - - Next (Year of the Dragon Videos)