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.
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
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
The opening night of the 2023 Junos saw two local acts awarded with the coveted statuettes. The rest of the awards will be handed our at a televised ceremony on Monday, March 13 at 8pm on CBC.
Nominees for the 2023 Junos were recently announced and lots of local artists are in the running. Good luck on March 12-13 during the ceremony in Edmonton.
Below is a complete list of winners. Local acts are bolded.
Lights (Art Director & Illustrator), Virgilio Tzaj (Designer), Matt Barnes (Photographer): PEP – Lights
Artist
Avril Lavigne
Lauren Spencer-Smith
Michael Bublé
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Breakthrough Artist
Dax
Devon Cole
Preston Pablo
RealestK
Rêve
Classical Album (Small Ensemble)
Nagamo - Andrew Balfour and musica intima
Hemsi: Chamber Works - ARC Ensemble
Vagues et ombres - collectif9
Early Italian Cello Concertos - Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca, conducted by Claude Lapalme
De la cour de Louis XIV à Shippagan! Chants traditionnels acadiens et airs de cour du XVIIe siècle - Suzie LeBlanc, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay, Vincent Lauzer, and Sylvain Bergeron
Classical Album (Solo)
Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021 - Bruce Liu
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 - David Jalbert
La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland - Isabel Bayrakdarian
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin - James Ehnes
Fables - Philip Chiu
Classical Composition
An Overall Augmented Sense of Well-being - Anthony Tan
Bestiary I & II - Bekah Simms
The Black Fish - Keyan Emami
Prayers for Ruins - Nicole Lizée
Supervillain Études - Vincent Ho
Comedy Album
Let Me Hold Your Baby - Courtney Gilmour
Splash Pad - Jackie Pirico
A Person Who Is Gingerbread - Jon Dore
Here Live, Not A Cat - Matt Wright
Things Black Girls Say – The Album - Zabrina Douglas
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album
Into The Wild - Dan Bremnes
TRUST - Daniel Ojo
Jordan St. Cyr - Jordan St. Cyr
Only Ever Always - Love & The Outcome
The Church Will Rise - Tehillah
Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group
Watin - Aysanabee
Zhawenim - Digging Roots
Code Red - Indian City
Beyond The Reservoir - Julian Taylor
The Crossing - Susan Aglukark
Contemporary R&B Recording
When Flowers Bloom - Adria Kain
If I Get Caught - dvsn
No Longer in the Suburbs - Dylan Sinclair
YESSIE - Jessie Reyez
WTF - Savannah Ré
Francophone Album
medium plaisir - Ariane Roy
Mercure en mai - Daniel Bélanger
PICTURA DE IPSE : Musique directe - Hubert Lenoir
Crash Les - Louanges
Chiac Disco - Lisa LeBlanc
Global Music Album
In the Footsteps of Rumi - Ghalia Benali Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian
Thieves of Dreams - Lenka Lichtenberg
José Louis And The Paradox Of Love - Pierre Kwenders
Vox.Infold - Ruby Singh
Tradisyon - Wesli
International Album
= - Ed Sheeran
Harry’s House - Harry Styles
MONTERO - Lil Nas X
Midnights - Taylor Swift
Red (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift
Jazz Album (Group)
Semantics - Andrew Rathbun Quintet
Talk Memory - BADBADNOTGOOD
The History of Us - Carn Davidson 9
Desert Bloom - Florian Hoefner Trio
The Dragon’s Tail - Mark Kelso & the Jazz Exiles
Jazz Album (Solo)
Joy - Ernesto Cervini
A Little Louder Now - Lauren Falls
El Tinajon - Luis Deniz
Rumba - Rafael Zaldivar
Kinds of Love - Renee Rosnes
Metal/Hard Music Album
Psychic Jailbreak - Cancer Bats
Merciless Destruction - Get The Shot
Paid In Full - Skull Fist
Synchro Anarchy - VOIVOD
Thought Form Descent - WAKE
Music Video
Fraud - Jessie Reyez (directed by Emma Higgins)
Unholy feat. Kim Petras - Sam Smith and Kim Petras (directed by Floria Sigismondi)
Have Mercy - Chlöe (directed by Karena Evans)
Different Than Before - Amanda Sum (directed by Mayumi Yoshida)
Remember Me For Me feat. Lily Moore - SonReal and Lily Moore (directed by Sterling Larose)
Pop Album
In The Meantime - Alessia Cara
Love Sux - Avril Lavigne
The Loneliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen
i used to think i could fly - Tate McRae
Dawn FM - The Weeknd
Rap Album/EP
GONZO - Boslen
Retrospected (Acoustic) - Classified
The Fleur Print Vol. 2 - Jazz Cartier
Demons Protected By Angels - NAV
Shall I Continue? - TOBi
Recording Engineer
Derek Hoffman
George Seara
Gus van Go
Jason Dufour
Serban Ghenea
Reggae Recoding
Water Ammoye - Lulaword
Like A Star - Celena
Jah Love - Exco Levi
In The Streets - Kairo McLean
Reggae Party feat. Kairo McLean & Finn - Kirk Diamond, Kairo McLean and Finn
Rock Album
Otherness - Alexisonfire
Crisis Of Faith - Billy Talent
Get Rollin’ - Nickelback
Outta Sight - The Sheepdogs
EXPLOSIONS - Three Days Grace
Single
Bite Me - Avril Lavigne
Flowers Need Rain - Preston Pablo and Banx & Ranx
When You’re Gone - Shawn Mendes
she’s all i wanna be - Tate McRae
Sacrifice - The Weeknd
Songwriter
The Weeknd
CITIZENS
Tate McRae
Tenille Townes
TOBi
Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group
kâkîsimo ᑳᑮᓯᒧᐤ - Cikwes
Katajjausiit - Iva & Angu
Mikwanak Kamôsakinat - Joel Wood
Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning - Northern Cree
Unbreakable - The Bearhead Sisters
Traditional R&B/Soul Recording
Please Do Not Lean feat. BADBADNOTGOOD - Daniel Caesar
PALISADE - Jon Vinyl
All I Need - SAFE
Last One feat. Dylan Sinclair - Savannah Ré
HOW TO MAKE LOVE - THEHONESTGUY
Traditional Roots Album
Hurricane Clarice - Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
Mykaël Nelson, Nicolas Lemieux , Albert Zablit - HISTOIRES SANS PAROLES – HARMONIUM SYMPHONIQUE – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Simon Leclerc
Roberta Landreth - WOULDN’T YOU LOVE TO KNOW? – Steve Bell
Sarah Marcotte-Boislard: LA CIEL EST AU PLANCHER – Louis-Jean Cormier
Sarah Marcotte-Boislard , Jules Boislard-Gauthier: ASTRONOMIE(SUITE) – Dany Placard
The 50th Juno Awards will be broadcast from Toronto on Sunday, May 16, 2021. We'll be cheering on our local artists as many of them have been nominated.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
Below is a complete list on nominees. Local acts are bolded.
A Beautiful Place to Drown by Silverstein (Burlington)
Juno Fan Choice
Ali Gatie
Curtis Waters
JP Saxe
Justin Bieber
Lennon Stella
Les Cowboys Fringants
NAV
Shawn Mendes
Tate McRae
The Weeknd
Single
Drink About Me by Brett Kissel
If The World Was Ending' by JP Saxe ft Julia Michaels
Intentions by Justin Bieber ft Quavo
Kissing Other People by Lennon Stella
Blinding Lights by The Weeknd
Album
YOU by Ali Gatie
Courage by Céline Dion
Changes by Justin Bieber
Thanks for the Dance by Leonard Cohen
After Hours by The Weeknd
Artist
Ali Gatie
Celine Dion
Jessie Reyez
Justin Bieber
The Weeknd
Breakthrough Artist
Curtis Waters
JP Saxe
Powfu
Ryland James
Tate McRae
Breakthrough Group
2Freres
Crown Lands
MANILA GREY
Peach Pit
Young Bombs
Songwriter
Alanis Morissette
Alessia Cara
Jessie Reyez
JP Saxe
The Weeknd
French Language Album
A tous les vents by 2Freres
Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs by Klo Pelgag
Les antipodes by Les Cowboys Fringants
Quand la nuit tombe by Louis-Jean Cormier
Pour dejouer l'ennui by- Pierre Lapointe
Indigenous Artist or Group
Burnstick
Crystal Shawanda
Julian Taylor
Leela Gilday
Terry Uyarak
Contemporary R&B Recording
Before Love Came to Kill Us by Jessie Reyez
Where You Are by Savannah Ré
After Hours by The Weeknd
Holiday by TOBi
Country Album
Timeless by Dallas Smith
Jade Eagleson by Jade Eagleson
heart theory by Lindsay Ell
Drinkin’ Songs: The Collection by MacKenzie Porter
The Lemonade Stand by Tenille Townes
Alternative Album
Pity Party vy Curtis Waters
The Sun and Her Scorch by Dizzy
Pray For It by July Talk
This Place Sucks Ass by PUP
Heavy Light by U.S. Girls
Pop Album
It’s Never Really Over by Johnny Orlando
Hold It Together by JP Saxe
Changes by Justin Bieber
Three. Two. One. by Lennon Stella
Ryland James by Ryland
Jazz Album: Solo
Gang of Three by Andrés Vial
Básico, No Básico y Dirigido by Elmer Ferrer
Elegant Traveler by Jocelyn Gould
Conpambiche by Junior Santos
VENA by Rachel Therrien
Jazz Album: Group
The reMission by Andy Milne and Unison
Surfboard by Brandi Disterheft Trio with George Coleman
Rythme de passage by Emie R Roussel Trio
First Spring by Florian Hoefner Trio
Trane of Thought, Live at the Rex by Pat LaBarbera/Kirk MacDonald Quintet
Children's Album
Letters and Numbers by ABC Singsong
Goodnight to You All: Traditional Lullabies from Ireland & the UK by Charlie Hope
Small But Mighty by Ginalina
J’aime mon école by Njacko Backo and Kalimbas at Work
Heart Parade by Splash’N Boots
Classical Album: Solo/Chamber
MOSAÏQUE by Ensemble Made In Canada
Bach & Brahms Reimagined by James Ehnes, Jon Kimura Parker, Jens Lindemann
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 4, 5 & 8 by James Ehnes with Andrew Armstrong
La Peste by Les Barocudas
Ana Sokolović: Short Stories by Quatuor Bozzini
Classical Album: Large Ensemble
Mozart: Concertos pour piano / Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24 by Les Violons du Roy, conducted by Jonathan Cohen, feat. Charles Richard-Hamelin
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 5, & Other Works by Louis Lortie with BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Edward Gardner
Jacques Hétu: Concertos byOrchestre symphonique de Laval, conducted by Alain Trudel, feat. Jean-Philippe Sylvestre
Ginastera – Bernstein – Moussa: Œuvres pour violon et orchestre / Works for Violin and Orchestra by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano, feat. Andrew Wan
Penderecki: St. Luke Passion by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal with Kraków Philharmonic Choir & Warsaw Boys’ Choir, conducted by Kent Nagano
Classical Album: Vocal or Choral
La passione by Barbara Hannigan with Ludwig Orchestra
Massenet: Thaïs by Erin Wall, Joshua Hopkins, Andrew Staples, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir with Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis
Nuits blanches: Airs d’opéra à la cour de Russie au XVIIe siècle / Opera Arias at the Russian Court of the 18th Century by Karina Gauvin with Pacific Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Weimann
Sea Dreams by Luminous Voices, conducted by Timothy Shantz
Sarah Slean and Symphony Nova Scotia by Sarah Slean with Symphony Nova Scotia, conducted by Bernhard Gueller
Classical Composition
Take The Dog Sled by Alexina Louie
Commedia dell’arte by Ana Sokolović
Harbour by Anna Höstman
Violin Concerto “Adrano” by Samy Moussa
Tachitipo by Zosha Di Castri
Rap Recording
New Mania by 88GLAM
Baby Gravy 2 by bbno$ & Yung Gravy
Cold World by
Good Intentions (Brown Boy 2 Deluxe Version) by NAV
ELEMENTS Vol. 1 by TOBi
Reggae Recording
Give It All by Ammoye
Black Man by Blessed
Roots Rock (ft. Micah Shemaiah, Lasai & Big Sugar) by Dubmatix
Let It Be Done by Kirk Diamond
I Pray by TOME x Sean Kingston
Contemporary Roots Album
The Ridge by JULIAN TAYLOR
North Star Calling by LEELA GILDAY
Bravado by ROSE COUSINS
CHICKABOOM! by TAMI NEILSON
Reliever by WILLIAM PRINCE
Traditional Roots Album
All Hands by BEÒLACH
Debout! by LE DIABLE À CINQ
13 or So by NICK HORNBUCKLE
Bet On Love by PHARIS & JASON ROMERO
The Thing About Fish by RUM RAGGED
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album
All Things New by ALLEN FROESE
The Cure by K-ANTHONY
Alive & Breathing by MATT MAHER
THE WAY by SHAWNA CAIN
Wouldn't You Love to Know? by STEVE BELL
World Music Album
VelkomBak by GYPSY KUMBIA ORCHESTRA
The Gold Diggers by LENGAÏA SALSA BRAVA
Patria by MAZACOTE
Espiral by OKAN
Kora Flamenca by ZAL SISSOKHO
Album Artwork
JUST WORDS – Lynne Hanson
NOTRE-DAME-DES-SEPT-DOULEURS – Klô Pelgag
MISS COLOMBIA – Lido Pimienta
PALIMPSEST – Protest The Hero
PRAY FOR IT – July Talk
Music Video
Wait No More - Scott Helman
Wrap Me Up - Sheenah Ko
NO ONE'S IN THE ROOM - Jessie Reyez
INTRUDERS - Jessie Reyez
Pomegranate - deadmau5 & The Neptunes
Adult Contemporary Album
Such Pretty Forks in the Road by ALANIS MORISSETTE
Courage by CÉLINE DION
Starlit Afternoon by CRAIG STICKLAND
Pour déjouer l'ennui by PIERRE LAPOINTE
CH III: The Come Up by STORRY
Traditional R&B/Soul Recording
Take Care of You (feat. Syd) by CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON
Proverb by DYLAN SINCLAIR
Alt Therapy Session 1: Disillusion by EMANUEL
In This Thing Called Life by IAMTHELIVING
Solid by SAVANNAH RÉ
Comedy Album
PanDerek (1st Wave!) by DEREK SEGUIN
Horse Power by JACOB SAMUEL
Existing Is Exhausting by MATT WRIGHT
The Pursuit of Comedy Has Ruined My Life by NICK NEMEROFF
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