Winners of the 2026 Juno Gala Including Album ft Jesse O'Brien

The 2026 Juno Gala took place in Hamilton on Saturday, March 28. Hear My Heart - Steve Marriner (ft Hamilton's Jesse O'Brien on keys) was the area winner.

You can see the whole event below

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

CONGRATS EVERYONE!

Below is a complete list of winners. Click here for the winners of the televised event.

• BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Hear My Heart - Steve Marriner (ft Hamilton's Jesse O'Brien on keys) 
  
  
  
  Links: Steve Marriner, More Steve Marriner Stories, Jesse O'Brien, More Jesse O'Brien Stories, Video above courtesof Steve Marriner
  
  
• ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: My Second Last Album - Bahamas / Fantasy Life - Begonia - Acceptance Speech
  
  
• ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Better Broken - Sarah McLachlan 
  
  
• ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR: Tsunami Sea – Spiritbox:  Kevin Moore (Art Director), Kyle Joinson (Photographer)
  
  
• ALBUM OF THE YEAR: So Close To What - Tate McRae 
  
  
• ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Edge Of The Earth - Aysanabee
  
  
• ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Tate McRae
  
  
• CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro “Rhyme Travellers – Back to the Time Machine”  - Young Maestro
  
  
• CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE): Benedict Sheehan: Ukrainian War Requiem
  
  
• CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE): Kevin Lau: Kimiko’s Pearl
  
  
• CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST): Preludes by Chopin, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Messiaen, Górecki - Jan Lisiecki
  
  
• CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR: Cloud Path - Amy Brandon 
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• COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Dragonflies - Adam Christie 
  
  
• CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Jubilate - Ryan Ofei
  
  
• CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR: Aysanabee - Acceptance Speech
  
  
• CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Strange Trip Ahead - Mariel Buckley
  
  
• COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR: The Hard Way - Cameron Whitcomb
  
  
• DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR: Bet On Me - Debby Friday
  
  
• ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Shades of Meridian - ÈBONY
  
  
• FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Journal d’un Loup-Garou - Lou-Adriane Cassidy 
  
  
• GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Ghoyoum - Kazdoura
  
  
• HUMANITARIAN AWARD: Billy Talent
  
  
• INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LOTUSLAND - Aaron Paris
  
  
• JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Cirkut
  
  
• JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP): East Meets West: Connections - Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra 
  
  
• JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO): Crossing Paths - Renee Rosnes
  
  
• LATIN MUSIC RECORDING OF THE YEAR: Índole - Alex Cuba
  
  
• METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Shadow Work - DESPISED ICON 
  
  
• MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: luther - Karena Evans (Director), Kendrick Lamar & SZA 
  
  
• POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR: So Close To What - Tate McRae 
  
  
• RAP ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR: DRY CRY - SadBoi - Acceptance Speech
  
  
• RAP SINGLE OF THE YEAR: Who’s Driving You? - TOBi, Saukrates & Jully Black - Acceptance Speech
  
  
• RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR: Shawn Everett
  
  
• REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR: Welcome To Paradise - Naomi Cowan 
  
  
• ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR: No Hard Feelings - The Beaches - Acceptance Speech
  
  
• SINGLE OF THE YEAR : Sports Car - Tate McRae
  
  
• SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR: Daniel Caesar
  
  
• SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (NON-PERFORMER): Tobias Jesso Jr. (Daniel Caesar)
  
  
• SOUTH ASIAN MUSIC RECORDING OF THE YEAR: P-POP CULTURE - Karan Aujla 
  
  
• TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR: Bear Creek - Acceptance Speech
  
  
• TRADITIONAL R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR: Say Yes - Melanie Fiona - Acceptance Speech
  
  
• TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Heal The Divide - Morgan Toney 
  
  
• UNDERGROUND DANCE SINGLE OF THE YEAR: Phantom Vibrations feat. Teddy Bryant - Gene Tellem Love
  
  
• WALT GREALIS SPECIAL AWARD ACHIEVEMENTS: Al Mair, Sandy Pandya, Vinny Cinquemani
  
  
• VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Get Out of Town - Laura Anglade 

Performances

• Isabella Lovestory
• Ryan Ofei
• Fredz
• Saya Gray
• Manitou Mkwa Singers

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2026 Canadian Grammy Winners + Canadian Performances

The Grammy Awards were held on February 1, 2026 and a few Canadians brought home the hardware!

Click here for the CBC story.

Click below to view the main ceremony

Links: Grammy, More Grammy Stories, Video above courtesy of Recording Academy / GRAMMYs

Below is a complete list of Canadian winners. Click here for the complete list of nominees & winners.

• Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Sinners, (Peter Dreimanis from July Talk performs on Pick Poor Robin Clean) - View acceptance speech
  
  
  
  Links: Peter Dreimanis, More July Talk Stories, Video above courtesy of Dylan Wrona
  
  
• Best Dance Pop Recording: Lady Gaga, Abracadabra (Cirkut for production, Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering) - View acceptance speech
  
  
  
  Links: Lady Gaga, Video above courtesy of Lady Gaga
  
  
• Best Historical Album: Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) - View acceptance speech
  
  
  
  Links: Joni Mitchell, More Joni Mitchell Stories, Playlist courtesy of Bliskitunhe
  
  
• Best Immersive Audio Album: Justin Gray, Immersed (Drew Jurecka for production) - View acceptance speech
  
  
  
  Links: Justin Gray, More Justin Gray Stories, Playlist above courtesy of Justin Gray - Topic
  
  
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Cirkut (Lady Gaga, Abracadabra, Mayhem and Disease, Coco Jones, AEOMG; Rosé and Bruno Mars Apt.; The Weeknd, Big Sleep and Red Terror; Ed Sheeran, A Little More) - View acceptance speech

Canadian Performances at the Ceremony

Links: Spiritbox, More Spiritbox Videos, Video above courtesy of Recording Academy / GRAMMYs

Links: Justin Bieber, More Justin Bieber Stories, Video above courtesy of Justin phiter

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2026 Canadian Grammy Awards Nominations

Canadian made a great showing in the 2026 Grammy Award nomination list.

Below is a complete list of Canadian nominees.

Click here for the full list of all nominations.

Album of the Year:

• Justin Bieber, Swag (Bieber, Tobias Jesso Jr. for songwriting)
• Lady Gaga, Mayhem (Cirkut for production)
• Sabrina Carpenter, Man’s Best Friend (Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering)

Best Alternative Music Album:

• Bon Iver, SABLE, fABLE (Shawn Everett for mixing)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:

• Sinners, (Peter Dreimanis from July Talk performs on Pick Poor Robin Clean)
• F1 the Album (Tate McRae, Just Keep Watching)
  
  
  
  Links: Tate McRae, More Tate McRae Stories, Video above courtesy of Tate McRae

Best Contemporary Country Album:

• Tyler Childers, Snipe Hunter (Shawn Everett for mixing)

Best Country Solo Performance:

• Tyler Childers, Nose on the Grindstone (Shawn Everett for mixing)

Best Dance/Electronic Recording:

• Kaytranada, Space Invader

Best Dance Pop Recording: 

• Tate McRae, Just Keep Watching (From F1 The Movie)
• Lady Gaga, Abracadabra (Cirkut for production, Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering) 

Best Historical Album:

• Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) 
  
  
  
  Links: Joni Mitchell, More Joni Mitchell Stories, Playlist courtesy of Bliskitunhe

Best Immersive Audio Album:

• Justin Gray, Immersed (Drew Jurecka for production)

Best Melodic Rap Performance: 

• PartyNextDoor and Drake, Somebody Loves Me

Best Metal Performance:

• Spiritbox, Soft Spine

Best Opera Recording: 

• Tesori: Grounded, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and George Brant (Yannick Nézet-Séguin for conducting, Emily D’Angelo for production)
• Kouyoumdjian: Adoration, Silvana Quartet and the Choir Of Trinity Wall Street (Miriam Khalil for production) 

Best Orchestral Performance:

• Still & Bonds, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best Pop Solo Performance: 

• Justin Bieber, Daisies

Best Pop Vocal Album:

• Justin Bieber, Swag 

Best R&B Performance: 

• Justin Bieber, Yukon

Best Remixed Recording:

• Mariah Carey and Kaytranada, Don’t Forget About Us

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

• Laila Biali, Wintersongs
  
  
  
  Links: Video above courtesy of Laila Biali

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: 

• Cirkut (Lady Gaga, Abracadabra, Mayhem and Disease, Coco Jones, AEOMG; Rosé and Bruno Mars Apt.; The Weeknd, Big Sleep and Red Terror; Ed Sheeran, A Little More)

Record of the Year:

• Lady Gaga, Abracadabra (Cirkut for production, Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering)
• Rosé and Bruno Mars Apt (Cirkut for production)
• Sabrina Carpenter, Manchild (Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering)

Songwriter of the Year:

• Tobias Jesso Jr. (Justin Bieber: Daisies, Go Baby, Walking Away / Dijon: Another Baby, Baby / Bon Iver: From / Miley Cyrus: Golden Burning Sun / Olivia Dean: Man I Need / Haim: Relationships) 

Links: Grammy, More Grammy Stories

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2024 Local & Canadian Grammy Award Nominees

On November 10, 2023 the Grammys announced their 2024 nominees. As always, a number of our fellow Canadian were on the esteemed list, including area artist Deadmau5 from Niagara Falls.

Hopefully, a number of them will bring some awards home when the 2024 GRAMMYs air live on Sunday, February 4,2023 on CBS and Paramount+.

Click here for the full list.

Here's a complete list of Canadian nominees:

• Best Dance/Electronic Music Album: Kx5 ft Deadmau5 (Niagara Falls) & Kaskade – Kx5
  
  
  
  Links: Deadmau5, More Deadmau5 StoriesVideo above courtesy of Kx5

• Album of the Year: GUTS – Olivia Rodrigo / Midnights – Taylor Swift (Mixed by Serban Ghenea - Montreal)
• Best Alternative Music Performance: Alvvays (PEI) – Belinda Says
• Best Americana Album: Allison Russell (Montreal) – The Returner
• Best Americana Performance: Allison Russell (Montreal) – The Returner
• Best American Roots Performance: Allison Russell (Montreal) - Eve Was Black
  
  
  
  Links: Allison Russel, More Allison Russel Stories, Video above courtesy of Allison Russell
  
  
• Best Americana Roots Song: Allison Russell (Montreal) – The Returner
• Best American Roots Song: Billy Strings ft Willie Nelson – California Sober (co-written by Aaron Allen - Chatham)
• Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Hilario Duran (Toronto) and his Latin Jazz Big Band: I Remember Mingus
• Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording: William Shatner (Montreal): Boldly Go: Reflections On A Life Of Awe And Wonder
• Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Ben Wendel (Vancouver) – All One
• Best Dance/Electronic Recording: Cirkut (Toronto) - Higher Than Ever Before
• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Feist - Multitudes (Engineered by Robbie Lackritz - Toronto)
• Best Folk Album: Rufus Wainwright (Montreal) – Folkocracy / Joni Mitchell (Alberta) at Newport [Live]
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Darcy James Argue’s (Vancouver) Secret Society – ‘Dynamic Maximum Tension
• Best Melodic Rap Performance: Drake & 21 Savage – Spin Bout U
• Best Metal Performance: Spiritbox (Victoria) – Jaded
• Best Opera Recording: Blanchard: Champion – Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Montreal), conductor
• Best Orchestral Performance: Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony – Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Montreal), conductor
• Best Pop Dance Recording:  Baby Don’t Hurt Me – David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray /  One In A Million – Bebe Rexha and David Guetta (Mixed by Serban Ghenea - Montreal)
• Best Rap Album: Drake - Her Loss
• Best Rap Performance: Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex
• Best Rap Song: Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex
• Best Remixed Recording: BADBADNOTGOOD (Toronto) – Alien Love Call
• Record of the Year: Worship – Jon Batiste / Vampire – Olivia Rodrigo / Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift (Mixed by Serban Ghenea - Montreal)

Links: Grammy, More Grammy Stories

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