Nominees for the 2022 Junos were announced recently. The televised ceremony will take place on May 15.
Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR LOCAL NOMINEES!
Below is a complete list of nominees. Local nominees are bolded.
Album Artwork
- Lyle Bell: STRIKE ME DOWN – Whitehorse (Hamilton)
- 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
Blues Album
- Open Road - Colin James (released by Waterdown's Stony Plain Records & featuring Hamilton's Jesse O'Brien)
- Hope Dies Last - Steve Marriner (released by Waterdown's Stony Plain Records & featuring Hamilton's Jesse O'Brien)
- Pinky’s Blues - Sue Foley (released by Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
- bLOW - Colin Linden
- LIVE at The Isabel - Miss Emily
Breakthrough Artist
- 347aidan (Cambridge)
- Faouzia
- JESSIA
- Pressa
- Tesher
Children's Album
- Walk Off the Earth (Burlington) & Romeo Eats Vol. 1 - Walk Off the Earth & Romeo Eats
- Words Words Words - ABC Singsong
- Falling in Africa - Garth Prince
- Ponderosa Bunchgrass and the Golden Rule - The Oot n’ Oots
- Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro “School Days”
Comedy Album
- All Inclusive Coma - Gavin Stephens (Hamilton)
- Grandma’s Girl - Andrea Jin
- Tigre King - Hisham Kelati
- Trillipino - Keith Pedro
- Airports, Animals - Seán Devlin
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album
- Moments - Movement Worship (Woodstock)
- Songs Of The Lord - Jennifer Lewin
- For The Kingdom - Kevin Adams & Voices of Praise
- Vol 1 - Manic Drive
- No Greater Love - The Color
Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group
- War Club - DJ Shub (Six Nations)
- When The Magic Hits - Adrian Sutherland
- Wild Whisper - Jayli Wolf
- Shawnee Kish - Shawnee Kish
- Life After - Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Country Album
- Sophomore Slump - The Reklaws (Cambridge)
- Campfire Troubadour - Tim Hicks (St. Catharines)
- What Is Life? - Brett Kissel
- Boys - Dean Brody
- Girl To Girl - Tenille Arts
Dance Recording
- Hypnocurrency - Rezz (Niagara Falls) & deadmau5
- see - Ceréna
- Sleep - DVBBS
- Get Away (Radio Edit) - Karl Wolf
- Caution - Kaytranada
Group
- Arkells (Hamilton)
- The Reklaws (Cambridge)
- Loud Luxury
- Mother Mother
- Valley
Juno Fan Choice
- 347aidan (Cambridge)
- bbno$
- Charlotte Cardin
- Forest Blakk
- JESSIA
- Justin Bieber
- Loud Luxury
- Pressa
- Shawn Mendes
- The Weeknd
Metal/Hard Music Album
- Power Trio - Danko Jones (released by Hamilton's Sonic Unyon)
- Bleed the Future - Archspire
- Lifeblood - Brand of Sacrifice
- Eternal Blue - Spiritbox
- Days Before The World Wept - The Agonist
Recording Engineer
- John ‘Beetle’ Bailey (New Hamburg)
- Evan Miles
- George Seara
- Hill Kourkoutis
- Serban Ghenea
Rock Album
- Blink Once - Arkells (Hamilton)
- Fuck Art - The Dirty Nil (Hamilton)
- Look Alive - Black Pistol Fire
- Sisters Not Twins (The Professional Lovers Album)- The Beaches
- Hidden Gems - The Blue Stones
Traditional Roots Album
- Chinook Waltz - Over The Moon (released by Waterdown's Borealis Records)
- Back to the Harbour - Alan Doyle
- New Time & Old Acoustic - John Reischman
- Joyful Banner Blazing - Maria Dunn
- Trench Songs - The Fugitives
Adult Alternative Album
- Wilds - Andy Shauf
- Live To Tape: Volume I – EP - Bahamas
- Inwards & Onwards - Half Moon Run
- All That Emotion - Hannah Georgas
- Ignorance - The Weather Station
Adult Contemporary Album
- Meet You at The Light - Desirée Dawson
- Nothing is Lost - Luca Fogale
- The Outer Circle - Mathew V
- The Art of Falling Apart - Serena Ryder
- The Way You See Me - Tafari Anthony
Alternative Album
- Hope For Sale - Chiiild
- Death Of An Optimist - grandson
- When Smoke Rises - Mustafa
- If It Comes Down To It - Ruby Waters
- The Fool - SATE
Artist
- Charlotte Cardin
- JP Saxe
- Justin Bieber
- Shawn Mendes
- The Weeknd
Breakthrough Group
- Black Pistol Fire
- cleopatrick
- MONOWHALES
- Ocie Elliott
- Spiritbox
Classical Album (Solo)
- Remote Together - Catherine Lee
- enargeia - Emily D’Angelo
- Chopin: Complete Nocturnes - Jan Lisiecki
- Songs for Murdered Sisters - Joshua Hopkins
- Introspection: Solo Piano Sessions - Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Classical Album (Small Ensemble)
- Beethoven: Sonates pour violon et piano / Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 5 and Charles Richard-Hamelin
- Immersion - Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà
- Klebanov: Chamber Works - ARC Ensemble
- No Time for Chamber Music - Collectif9
- 20C Remix - Standing Wave
Classical Album (Large Ensemble)
- Messiah/Complex - Against the Grain Theatre with Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Johannes Debus
- Solfeggio L’Harmonie des saisons, conducted by Eric Milnes ft. Hélène Brunet
- Sibelius 3 Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- L’HOMME ARMÉ Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, conducted by Andrew McAnerney
- Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 & Symphonic Dances The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Classical Composition
- Flight - Dorothy Chang
- Chamber Symphony No. 2 “Children’s War Diaries” - Jaap Nico Hamburger
- Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra - Kati Agócs
- Arras - Keiko Devaux
- Breathing in the Shadows - Saman Shahi
Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording
- Tabula Rasa - a l l i e
- Vibe for Me (Bob for Me) - Aqyila
- Gifted - KALLITECHNIS
- Supernovas - k-os
- Take My Breath - The Weeknd
Contemporary Roots Album
- Prospect - AHI
- Outside Child - Allison Russell
- Without People - Donovan Woods
- My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider - Suzie Ungerleider
- Open House - The Fretless
Electronic Album
- Out Here With You - ATTLAS
- Conviction - Sydney Blu Blu
- One More Saturday Night - The Halluci Nation
- Oasis Sky - TOR
- Catching Z’s - Zeds Dead
Francophone Album
- Impossible à aimer - Cœur de pirate
- Grignotines de Luxe - FouKi
- Le ciel est au plancher - Louis-Jean Cormier
- Acrophobie - Roxane Bruneau
- Toute beauté n’est pas perdue - Vincent Vallières
Global Music Album
- Kalasö Afrikana - Soul Sister
- Mendó - Alex Cuba
- Northside Kuisi, A New Tradition VOL.3 - Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music
- OYA - Donné Roberts
- SMS for Location Vol.4 - Moonshine
Instrumental Album
- Perséides - Cœur de pirate
- That Tall Distance - David Myles
- Madison Archives - Frank Evans & Ben Plotnick
- Then is Now Rhapsody in Blue - Jens Lindemann with Jon Kimura Parker, Matt Catingub & Canadian All Star JazzPops Orchestra Riverdale
- Hemenetset - Jorane L-A
International Album
- 30 - Adele
- Planet Her - Doja Cat
- SOUR - Olivia Rodrigo
- evermore - Taylor Swift Universal
- F*ck Love 3+: Over You The Kid - LAROI
Jazz Album (Group)
- Worldview - Avataar
- Voyage intérieur - Christine Tassan Quintette
- The Prophet Esteban - Herrera Quintet
- Vegetables - Lina Allemano Four
- Arancina - The David Restivo Trio
Jazz Album (Solo)
- When Is Ancient? - Andrés Vial
- Aesthetics - Efajemue
- Bridges - Jesse Ryan
- Stranger Than Fiction- Jon Gordon
- Change of Plans - Will Bonness
Music Video
- Ta main - Adrian Villagomez Ariane Roy
- Meaningless - Norman Wong Charlotte Cardin
- Neeye - Oli Shan Vincent de Paul & Kalainithan Kalaichelvan Shan Vincent de Paul, Navz-47 & Santhosh Narayanan
- La nuée - Vincent René-Lortie Simon Leoza
- Easy On Me - Xavier Dolan Adele
- Album
- Phoenix - Charlotte Cardin
- Dangerous Levels of Introspection - JP Saxe
- Justice - Justin Bieber
- Wonder - Shawn Mendes
- TOO YOUNG TO BE SAD - Tate McRae
Pop Album
- Phoenix - Charlotte Cardin
- How Are You? - JESSIA
- Justice - Justin Bieber
- Wonder - Shawn Mendes
- TOO YOUNG TO BE SAD - Tate McRae
Producer
- Charlotte Day Wilson
- Chromeo
- Kaytranada
- WondaGurl
- YogiTheProducer
Rap Album
- See You Next Wednesday - Belly
- Stock Exchange - Haviah Mighty
- Emergency Tsunami - NAV
- The Extravagant Collection - NorthSideBenji
- Gardner Express (Deluxe) - Pressa
Rap Single
- What I Like - anders and FRVRFRIDAY
- edamame ft. Rich Brian - bbno$
- BOLD - Charmaine
- 30,000 ft. NorthSideBenji & Dj Charlie - B NRTHRN
- Attachments ft. Taliban Glizzy - Pressa
Reggae Recording
- Herb Dream - Blessed
- By Any Means - Exco Levi
- Don’t Let It Get To You - Josemar
- Easy Now - Kairo McLean
- Too Ruff - Kirk Diamond and Finn
Single
- Make a Life, Not a Living - Brett Kissel
- Meaningless - Charlotte Cardin
- I’m not Pretty - JESSIA
- Peaches ft. GIVĒON - Justin Bieber and Daniel Caesar
- Take My Breath - The Weeknd
Songwriter
- The Weeknd
- Allison Russell
- Charlotte Day Wilson
- Mustafa Ahmed
- TOBi
Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group
- Kakike Fawn - Wood
- Singing Is Healing - Joel Wood
- Manitou Mkwa Singers II - Manitou Mkwa
- Nang Giizhigoong - NIMKII & THE NINIIS
- Angel Eagle – Cree Round Dance Songs Young Spirit
Traditional R&B/Soul Recording
- ALPHA - Charlotte Day Wilson
- Alt Therapy - Emanuel
- Lost In You - Jon Vinyl
- 24hrs - Savannah Ré
- Love and Be Loved - Zenesoul ft. Aaron Ridge
Vocal Jazz Album
- You Are the Light and the Way - Alex Bird and The Jazz Mavericks
- Earth Voices - Amanda Tosoff
- Now Pronouncing: Caity Gyorgy - Caity Gyorgy
- The Weight Of Hope - Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti
- Montreal (Live) - Holly Cole ft. Holly Cole Trio
Underground Dance Single
- Waves ft. Grace Tither - BLOND:ISH
- Hood Shit - Carlo Lio ft. MC Flipside
- Shadows In The Dark ft. Elliot Moss - HNTR
- All I Need (DJ-Kicks) - Jayda G
- Sobriety - KOREA TOWN ACID
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