Original Post: March 29, 2009
Expanded & Updated Post: May 8, 2025
Below is a complete list of winners (bolded and at the top of the category) and nominees.
Local artists are in italics.
Producer of the Year
- Daniel Lanois (Hamilton): "Here Is What Is" and "Not Fighting Anymore"
Links: Daniel Lanois, More Daniel Lanois Stories, Video above courtesy of Daniel Lanois - Topic - Stuart Brawley, "Don't Stop Now" and "Falling" (Emmy Rossum)
- David Foster, "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Seal), "Silent Night" (Josh Groban)
- k.d. lang, "I Dream of Spring" and "Coming Home" (k.d. lang)
- Nickelback and Joey Moi (co-producer Mutt Lange), "Gotta Be Somebody" and "Something in Your Mouth" (Nickelback)
Songwriter of the Year
- City and Colour (St. Catharines), "Waiting...", "Sleeping Sickness", "The Girl"
Links: City and Colour, More City and Colour Stories, Video above courtesy [PIAS] - Nathan Ferraro, "Never Again", "Change For You", "Unaware" (The Midway State)
- Hedley, "Old School", "For The Nights I Can't Remember" (with Dave Genn), "Never Too Late" (with Greig Nori) (Hedley)
- Alanis Morissette, "Underneath", "Not As We", "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man" (Alanis Morissette)
- Gordie Sampson, "When I Said I Would" (Whitney Duncan), "Just A Dream" (Carrie Underwood), "Davey Jones" (Gordie Sampson)
Dance Recording of the Year
- "Random Album Title", Deadmau5 (Niagara Falls)
Links: Deadmau5, More Deadmau5 Stories, Video above courtesy of deadmau5 - "Move For Me", Deadmau5 vs. Kaskade
- "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", James Doman
- "Get Blahsted", Hatiras and MC Flipside
- "Yes We Can", House Music United
Music DVD of the Year
- Blue Road (Blue Rodeo) (member from Hamilton)
- Here Is What Is (Daniel Lanois) (Hamilton)
- It All Started With A Red Stripe (Moneen)
- Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... (Céline Dion)
- A MultiMedia Life (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
Children's Album of the Year
- Snacktime!, Barenaked Ladies (member from Grimsby)
- FiddleFire!, Chris McKhool (Burlington)
- Catchy Tune, Jack Grunsky
- The Kerplunks, The Kerplunks
- Oui!, Gregg LeRock
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
- Lucky, Molly Johnson (Waterloo's John "Beetle" Bailey, producer)
- If the Moon Turns Green..., Diana Panton (Hamilton)
- Ella...Of Thee I Swing, Nikki Yanofsky
- Ima, Yvette Tollar
- Parkdale, Elizabeth Shepherd
Blues Album of the Year
* released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
- Ramblin' Son, Julian Fauth *
- Acoustic Blues: Got 'Em from the Bottom, Big Dave McLean*
- Mess of Blues, Jeff Healey*
- Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield, Amos Garrett
- Love & Sound, Garrett Mason
Artist of the Year
- Sam Roberts
- City and Colour (St. Catharines)
- Bryan Adams
- k.d. lang
- Serena Ryder
Group of the Year
- Nickelback
- The Trews (Hamilton)
- Great Big Sea
- Simple Plan
- Tokyo Police Club
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
- Is It O.K., Serena Ryder
- Asking for Flowers, Kathleen Edwards (Hamilton)
- Exit Strategy of the Soul, Ron Sexsmith (St. Catharines)
- The Baroness, Sarah Slean
- Between the Beautifuls, Hawksley Workman
Recording Engineer of the Year
- Kevin Churko, "Disappearing" and "The Big Bang" (Simon Collins)
- John "Beetle" Bailey (Waterloo), "Lucky" and "If I Were A Bell" (Molly Johnson)
- Mike Fraser, "Rock N' Roll Train" (AC/DC), "Them Kids" (Sam Roberts)
- Joey Moi, "Gotta Be Somebody" and "Never Gonna Be Alone" (Nickelback)
- Randy Staub, "Something in Your Mouth" (Nickelback)
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
- Ending Is Beginning, Downhere
- Salvation Station, newworldson (St. Catharines)
- Colors and Sounds, Article One
- I Will Go, Starfield
- Roar of Heaven, Life Support
Rock Album of the Year
- Love at the End of the World, Sam Roberts
- No Time for Later, The Trews (Hamilton)
- Terminal Romance, Matt Mays & El Torpedo (Hamilton)
- Fortress, Protest The Hero
- Parallel Play, Sloan
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)
- Proof of Love, Old Man Luedecke
- Happy Here, Suzie Vinnick (Vineland)
- Tinderbox, Fred Eaglesmith (Hamilton)
- Ghost Notes, Matthew Barber (Hamilton)
- The Contradictor, Ndidi Onukwulu
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)
- Chic Gamine, Chic Gamine
- Mountain Meadows, Elliott Brood (Hamilton)
- Fast Paced World, The Duhks
- Highway Prayer, Twilight Hotel
- XOK, NQ Arbuckle
Video of the Year
- Anthony Seck, "Honey Honey" (Feist)
Links: Feist, More Feist Stories, Video above courtesy of FeistMusic - Davin Black, "Blond Kryptonite" (Saint Alvia) (Burlington)
- Wendy Morgan, "Going On" (Gnarls Barkley)
- Dave Pawsey, "Detroit '67" (Sam Roberts)
- Dave Pawsey, "Them Kids" (Sam Roberts)
New Artist of the Year
- Lights
- Jessie Farrell
- Crystal Shawanda
- Kreesha Turner
- Nikki Yanofsky
New Group of the Year
- The Stills
- Beast
- Cancer Bats
- Crystal Castles
- Plants and Animals
Fan Choice Award
- Nickelback
- Céline Dion
- Feist
- Hedley
- The Lost Fingers
Album of the Year
- Dark Horse, Nickelback
- Famous Last Words, Hedley
- Lost in the 80's, The Lost Fingers
- 70’s Volume 2, Sylvain Cossette
- Simple Plan, Simple Plan
Aboriginal Recording of the Year
- Running for the Drum, Buffy Sainte-Marie (has since been stripped of the award)
- Auk/Blood, Tanya Tagaq
- First Law of the Land, Billy Joe Green
- No Lies (album)|No Lies, Tracy Bone
- The World (And Everything In It), Team Rezofficial
Alternative Album of the Year
- Oceans Will Rise, The Stills
- The Chemistry of Common Life, Fucked Up
- In the Future, Black Mountain
- Parc Avenue, Plants and Animals
- Soft Airplane, Chad VanGaalen
CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year
- Anouk Pennel and Stéphane Poirer, En concert dans la forêt des mal-aimés avec l'Orchestre Métropolitain, Pierre Lapointe
- Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet, Mountain Meadows, Elliott Brood (Hamilton)
- John Cook, Kelly Ferguson, John James Audubon, Koko Bonaparte, Sugarbird, Paul Reddick
- Phoebe Greenberg, George Fok, Daniel Fortin, Leda & St. Jacques, Productions l'Éloi, Pulse of the Planet, Slim Williams
- Dallas Wehrle, Robyn Kotyk, Alex vs. Alex, Kensington Heights, Constantines
Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)
- Beethoven: Ideals Of The French Revolution, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Kent Nagano
- Bach: Métamorphoses, Orchestre symphonique de Québec and Yoav Talmi
- Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8, Tafelmusik and Bruno Weil
- Bruckner: Symphonie No 9, Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Haydn: Symphonies 62, 107 & 108, Toronto Chamber Orchestra and Kevin Mallon
Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)
- Homage, James Ehnes
- Haydn: Six Sonatas for Piano, Anton Kuerti
- Schubert: Complete Piano Trios, The Gryphon Trio
- Schumann: Sonata in F#Minor & Humoreske, Angela Hewitt
- Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues opus 87, David Jalbert
Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)
- Gloria! Vivaldi's Angels, Ensemble Caprice
- Bach and the Liturgical Year, Shannon Mercer and Luc Beauséjour
- Handel: Arias, Karina Gauvin
- Schumann: Dichterliebe & other Heine Settings, Gerald Finley
- The Voice of Bach, Daniel Taylor
Francophone Album of the Year
- Tous les sens, Ariane Moffatt
- L'arbre aux parfums, Caracol
- Cœur de pirate, Cœur de pirate
- Tradarnac, Swing
- Le volume du vent, Karkwa
Instrumental Album of the Year
- Nostomania, DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra
- Auk/Blood, Tanya Tagaq
- The Furniture Moves Underneath, Inhabitants
- The Soundtrack, Creaking Tree String Quartet
- Telescope, Steve Dawson
International Album of the Year
- Viva La Vida, Coldplay
- Black Ice, AC/DC
- Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses
- Death Magnetic, Metallica
- Sleep Through the Static, Jack Johnson
Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year
- Embracing Voices, Jane Bunnett
- A Bend in the River, Roberto Occhipinti
- Existential Detective, Barry Romberg's Random Access Large Ensemble
- Rasstones, François Bourassa Quartet
- The Sicilian Jazz Project, Michael Occhipinti
Traditional Jazz Album of the Year
- Second Time Around, Oliver Jones
- For Kenny Wheeler, Don Thompson Quartet
- Small Wonder, Brad Turner Quartet
- Solo, Chris Donnelly
- TV Trio, John Stetch
Pop Album of the Year
- Flavors of Entanglement, Alanis Morissette
- Holes, The Midway State
- No Sleep at All, Creature
- Passion, Kreesha Turner
- Wake Up and Say Goodbye, David Usher
World Music Album of the Year
- Africa to Appalachia, Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko
- The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun, George Dimitri Sawa
- Cairo to Toronto, Maryem & Ernie Tollar
- Contrabanda, Lubo and Kaba Horo
- Shivaboom, Eccodek
Single of the Year
- "Dangerous", Kardinal Offishall
- "Gotta Be Somebody", Nickelback
- "Lay It on the Line", Divine Brown
- "Lost", Michael Bublé
- "Taking Chances", Céline Dion
Classical Composition of the Year
- "Flanders Fields Reflections", John Burge
- "From the Dark Reaches", T. Patrick Carrabré
- "Manhattan Music", Bramwell Tovey
- "Notes Towards A Poem That Can Never Be Written", Timothy Corlis
- "Song of Songs", Sid Robinovitch
Country Recording of the Year
- Beautiful Life, Doc Walker
- Chasing the Sun, Tara Oram
- Dawn of a New Day, Crystal Shawanda
- Thankful, Aaron Pritchett
- What I Do, George Canyon
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
- The Love Chronicles, Divine Brown
- Elise Estrada, Elise Estrada
- Money, Zaki Ibrahim
- The Promise, Deborah Cox
- TONY, Ivana Santilli
Rap Recording of the Year
- Not 4 Sale, Kardinal Offishall
- A Captured Moment in Time, DL Incognito
- The Book, D-Sisive
- I Rap Now, Famous
- Point Blank, Point Blank
Reggae Recording of the Year
- "Everything", Humble
- "Jah Lift Me Up", Blessed
- "Renegade Rocker", Dubmatix
- "The Peacemaker's Chauffeur", Jason Wilson
- "Truth Will Reveal", Souljah Fyah
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