The
2025 Juno Award nominations were revealed a while back and a number of local acts were given the nod. The awards will be handed out on March 29 & 30 in Vancouver.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
Below is the complete list of nominees. Local artists are bolded.
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR
- Kevin Hearn (Grimsby) , Lauchlan Reid (Art Director, Illustrator), Antoine Jean Moonen (Designer): Basement Days – The Glacials
- Erik M. Grice (Art Director), Vanessa Elizabeth Heins (Photographer): Chandler – Wyatt C. Louis
- Gabriel Noel Altrows (Art Director, Illustrator) Good Kid 4 – Good Kid
- Kee Avil, Jacqueline Beaumont (Art Director), Fatine-Violette Sabiri (Photographer): Spine – Kee Avil
- Keenan Gregory (Art Director): Altruistic – Royal Tusk
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Complicated - Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
- Inuktitut - Elisapie
- Submergé - Roxane Bruneau
- UNDISPUTED - Sukha
- THINK LATER - Tate McRae
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
- Kaytranada
- Shawn Mendes
- Tate McRae
- The Weeknd
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Nemahsis (Milton)
- Alexander Stewart
- AP Dhillon
- AR Paisley
- Chris Grey
- EKKSTACY
- Owen Riegling
- Sukha
- Tony Ann
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Buon Appetito - Walk off the Earth & Romeo Eats (Burlington)
- Shun Beh Nats’ujeh: We Are Healing Through Songs - Kym Gouchie
- Penny Penguin - Raffi & Good Lovelies
- Riley Rocket: Songs From Season One - Riley Rocket and Megablast
- Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro “Rhyme Travellers” - Young Maestro
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Complicated - Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
- The Compass Project – West Album - Brett Kissel
- Dallas Smith - Dallas Smith
- Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart - MacKenzie Porter
- Going Home - Tyler Joe Miller
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Honey - Caribou (Dundas)
- Union - ÈBONY
- Love, Care, Kindness & Hope - Fred Everything
- Timeless - Kaytranada
- This but More - Priori
FAN CHOICE
- Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
- bbno$
- Dean Brody
- Jade Eagleson
- Karan Aujla
- Les Cowboys Fringants
- Preston Pablo
- Shawn Mendes
- Tate McRae
- The Weeknd
RAP ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR/ALBUM
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR ***
- Nemahsis (Milton)
- The Weeknd
- AP Dhillon
- Jessie Reyez
- Mustafa
- Evan Blair
- Lowell
- Nathan Ferraro
- Shaun Frank
- Tobias Jesso Jr.
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Crash Adams
- Mother Mother
- Spiritbox
- Sum 41
- The Beaches
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR SOLO ARTIST
- Signature Philip Glass - Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà
- Messiaen - Barbara Hannigan
- freezing - Emily D’Angelo
- Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth - India Gailey
- Williams Violin Concerto No. 1; Bernstein Serenade - James Ehnes
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE)
- Known To Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song - Canadian Art Song Project
- Rituæls - collectif9
- East is East - Infusion Baroque
- Marie Hubert : Fille du Roy - Karina Gauvin
- Kevin Lau: Under a Veil of Stars - St. John–Mercer–Park Trio
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE)
- Ispiciwin - Luminous Voices
- Alikeness - Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Fewer featuring Aiyun Huang, Deantha Edmunds and Mark Fewer
- Sibelius 2 & 5 Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande & Verklärte - Nacht Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Rafael Payare
- Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie - Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Gimeno featuring Marc-André Hamelin and Nathalie Forget
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)
- Montreal Jazz Series 1 (Échanges Synaptiques) - André Leroux
- The Head Of A Mouse - Audrey Ochoa
- Portrait of Right Now - Jocelyn Gould
- Slice of Life - Larnell Lewis
- The Antrim Coast - Mark Kelso
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP)
- Time Will Tell - Andy Milne and Unison
- Reverence - Carn Davidson 9
- Harbour - Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra
- Gravity - Jeremy Ledbetter Trio
- Jaya - Raagaverse
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Oh Mother - Andrea Superstein
- Hello! How Are You? - Caity Gyorgy
- Winter Song - Kellylee Evans
- Wintersongs - Laila Biali
- Magpie - Sarah Jerrom
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Disaster Pony - Disaster Pony
- Distant Places - Eric Bearclaw
- Ginger Beef - Ginger Beef
- memory palace - Intervals
- Confluencias - Melón Jimenez & Lara Wong
CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Anniversary - Abigail Lapell
- For Eden - Boy Golden
- Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now - Donovan Woods
- Pathways - Julian Taylor
- Strange Medicine - Kaia Kater
METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Beyond the Reach of the Sun - Anciients
- PowerNerd - Devin Townsend
- Fire Kittie - Sumerian
- The Fear of Fear - Spiritbox
- ULTRAPOWER - Striker
ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Roses - Aphrose
- Boundless Possibilities - Celeigh Cardinal
- Transitions - Kellie Loder
- Songs of Love & Death - Maddee Ritter
- Lovers’ Gothic - Maïa Davies
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- bleeding heart - Alexander Stewart
- if this is it… - Jamie Fine
- Anywhere But Here - Preston Pablo
- Shawn Shawn - Shawn Mendes
- THINK LATER - Tate McRae
UNDERGROUND DANCE SINGLE OF THE YEAR
- Bamboo - Ciel
- Keepsake - Destrata
- Distant Memories - Hernan Cattaneo, Hicky & Kalo
- La Vérité - Jesse Mac Cormack, Charlie Houston & Brö
- WTP - Suray Sertin
RAP SINGLE OF THE YEAR
- People - Classified Independent
- Double The Fun - Haviah Mighty
- SHUT UP - Jessie Reyez
- BBE - Snotty Nose Rez Kids
- Hier encore - Souldia & Lost
TRADITIONAL R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Limbo - Aqyila
- The Worst - Benita
- Cyan Blue - Charlotte Day Wilson
- Halfway Broken - Luna Elle
- VELVET SOUL - THEHONESTGUY
CONTEMPORARY R&B RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Bloom - Aqyila
- Noire - Avenoir
- FOR THE BOY IN ME - Dylan Sinclair
- LOONY - LOONY
- Eastend - Confessions
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Born to Be Free - Exco Levi
- FALLBACK - King Cruff & Runkus
- Destiny - Lee “Scratch” Perry & Bob Riddim
- Sky’s The Limit - Skystar
- Rise - Tonya P
COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Wonder Woman - Courtney Gilmour
- Honourable Intentions - Debra DiGiovanni
- Popcorn - Ivan Decker
- Sad Witch - Jess Salomon
- Down With Tech - Nathan Macintosh
TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
- New Comings - Black Bear Singers
- Winston & I - Brianna Lizotte
- Travelling Home - Cree Confederation
- REZilience - Northern Cree
- Ostesihtowin “Brotherhood” - Young Spirit
CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Precious Diamonds - Adrian Sutherland
- Boundless Possibilities - Celeigh Cardinal
- Brown Man - Sebastian Gaskin
- RED FUTURE - Snotty Nose Rez Kids
- Pretty Red Bird - Tia Wood
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Aliocha Schneider - Aliocha Schneider
- Demain il fera beau - Fredz La
- Toutes les rues sont silencieuses - Jay Scøtt
- Abracadabra - Klô Pelgag
- Pub Royal - Les Cowboys
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- elenee. - Elenee
- My Foundation - Jordan St. Cyr
- Restore - Ryan Ofei
- Miracle In The Making - Tehillah Worship
- Hymns Alive (Live) - Toronto Mass Choir
GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Aarambh - Abby V
- Kanzafula - Ahmed Moneka
- Malak - Didon
- Dankoroba - Djely Tapa
- Niebla - Ramon Chicharron
SOUTH ASIAN MUSIC RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- The Brownprint - AP Dhillon
- COOLIN - Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga & Jazzy B
- Love Like That - Jonita Gandhi
- Tauba Tauba (From “Bad Newz”) - Karan Aujla
- Arul Yanchan - Produced & Sandeep Narayan
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Human - Adrian Villagomez Apashe & Wasiu
- Nasty - Jonah Haber Tinashe
- GRAVITY - Jorden Lee Sean Leon
- Name of God - Mustafa Mustafa
- Jump Cut - Winston Hacking Corridor
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
- Aaron Paris
- Akeel Henry
- Evan Blair
- Jack Rochon
- Shawn Everett
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
- George Seara
- Hill Kourkoutis
- Mitch McCarthy
- Serban Ghenea
- Shawn Everett
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
- Angmalukisaa Deantha Edmunds
- the fog in our poise - Gabriel Dharmoo
- L’écoute du perdu : III. « Voix jetées » - Keiko Devaux
- Dark Flower - Linda Catlin Smith
- String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines” - Vivian Fung
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