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.
Adult Contemporary Album
- He Sang She Sang - Marc Jordan & Amy Sky (released on Waterdown's Linus Entertainment)
- Adventure Book - Francois Klark
- Descendant - Jann Arden
- Higher - Michael Bublé
- A Tyler Shaw Christmas - Tyler Shaw
Alternative Album
- Sewn Back Together - OMBIIGIZI (Hamilton)
Video above courtesy of Arts & Crafts - Blue Rev - Alvvays
- Duality - Luna Li
- THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND - PUP
- Tongues - Tanya Tagaq
Blues Album
- Thanks For Tomorrow - Harrison Kennedy (Hamilton)
- Preach To My Soul - Spencer Mackenzie (Fort Erie)
- Midnight Blues - Crystal Shawanda (Released on Waterdown's True North Records)
- Long River - Angelique Francis
- Live at the King Eddy - The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer
Breakthrough Group
- Harm & Ease (Burlington)
- Banx & Ranx
- Rare Americans
- Tommy Lefroy
- Wild Rivers
Children's Album
- Say Hello - Jeremy and Jazzy (Hamilton)
- Vol. 2 - Walk off the Earth & Romeo Eats (Burlington)
- Nice to Meet You - Beppie
- I Am Love - Splash’N Boots
- Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Julia the Great Young Maestro and Keysha
Classical Album (Large Ensemble)
- Radiant Dawn: Music for Advent and Christmas The Elora Singers, conducted by Mark Vuorinen (Elora)
Video above courtesy of Various Artists - Topic
- Clara – Robert – Johannes: Lyrical Echoes Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Shelley
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 Ensemble Caprice, Ensemble Vocal Arts-Quebec, conducted by Matthias Maute, featuring Karina Gauvin
- Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen – Arvo Pärt: Symphonie No. 4, “Los Angeles” I Musici de Montréal, conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni
- Viola Borealis Orchestre de l’Agora, conducted by Nicolas Ellis, featuring Marina Thibeault
Contemporary Roots Album
- O Glory - Blackie and The Rodeo Kings (Hamilton, Guelph)
- That Was You and Me - Fortunate Ones
- Hold on to Love - Shakura S’Aida Independent
- Come Morning - The Bros. Landreth
- House of Dreams - The East Pointers
Country Album
- Good Ol’ Days - The Reklaws (Cambridge)
- Way Back - High Valley
- Honkytonk Revival - Jade Eagleson
- Bronco - Orville Peck
- Masquerades - Tenille Townes
Dance Recording
- Spiral - Rezz (Niagara Falls)
- Afterglow - Bob Moses and Kasablanca
- Shinigami Eyes - Grimes
- These Nights feat. KIDDO - Loud Luxury
- CTRL + ALT + DEL - Rêve
Electronic Album
- Nightmare on Rezz Street 2 Mix - Rezz (Niagara Falls)
- NOT OK - Mecha Maiko
- Spectrums - Odonis
- Synthetic Season One - Rich Aucoin
- Interior - Teen Daze
Fan Choice
- The Reklaws (Cambridge)
- Avril Lavigne
- Lauren Spence-Smith
- MacKenzie Porter
- Preston Pablo
- Rêve
- Shawn Mendes
- Tate McRae
- The Weeknd
- Tyler Shaw
Group
Instrumental Album
- Canadiana - Canadian Brass (Released on Waterdown's Linus Entertainment)
- Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More - Esmerine
- Iguana - Hard Rubber Orchestra
- aubades - Jean-Michel Blais
- Lionheart - Stephan Moccio
Producer
- Murda Beatz (Fort Erie)
- Akeel Henry
- Banx & Ranx
- KAYTRANADA
- Mike Wise
Rap Single
- Been Himma - Dom Vallie (Kitchener)
Video above courtesy of Dom Vallie - Alejandro Sosa - 6ixbuzz and Pengz
- Wrath - Freddie Dredd
- Twin Flame - KAYTRANADA and Anderson .Paak
- Wrong Decisions - NAV
Vocal Jazz Album
- blue - Diana Panton (Hamilton)
- Featuring - Caity Gyorgy
- Venez donc chez moi - Laura Anglade and Sam Kirmayer
- Nikki By Starlight - Nikki Yanofsky
- The Ostara Project - The Ostara Project
Adult Alternative Album
- Born Losers - Altameda
- The Garden - Basia Bulat
- Being Somewhere - Dan Mangan
- Colder Streams - The Sadies
- How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars - The Weather Station
Album
- WHO HURT YOU? - Ali Gatie
- Love Sux - Avril Lavigne
- Demons Protected By Angels - NAV
- i used to think i could fly - Tate McRae
- Dawn FM - The Weeknd
Album Artwork
- Emy Storey (Art Director, Designer, & Photographer), Becca McFarlane and Pamela Littky (Photographer): CRYBABY – Tegan and Sara
- Ian Ilavsky (Art Director & Designer), Maciek Szczerbowski (Illustrator): EVERYTHING WAS FOREVER UNTIL IT WAS NO MORE – Esmerine
- Jud Haynes (Art Director & Designer): KUBASONGS – Kubasonics
- Kee Avil (Art Director), Lawrence Fafard (Photographer): CREASE – Kee Avil
- 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
- 20 printemps - Le Vent du Nord
- Narrow Line - Mama’s Broke
- Tell ‘Em You Were Gold - Pharis & Jason Romero
- The Empress - The McDades
Underground Dance Single
- Debonair - Bensley
- Aye Aye - BLOND:ISH and Cameron Jack
- The Time Is (Now) - Fred Everything
- I Knew Techno - Greg Gow
- Easy - Tiga
Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories
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