By Sara Collaton, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18460226
While much of the world is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, the Canadian Academy of Recordings Arts and Sciences will be celebrating the best of Canadian music with the annual Juno Awards in Toronto with award winning artist Sarah McLachlan hosting the gala event.
The Juno Awards is the culmination of week long events that include a celebrity hockey game, jam sessions, songwriting circles, and autograph sessions.
Shawn Mendes leads the way with a total of six awards; The Weeknd, bülow, Hubert Lenoir and Loud Luxury have also earned multiple award nominations.
Corey Hart is set to become the newest member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, music producer David Foster is set to receive the Humanitarian Award, and broadcast veteran Duff Roman will be awarded The Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.
All of the Juno Award categories are open to Canadian artists only with the exception of International Album of the Year.
2019 Juno Award nominees:
JUNO Fan Choice Award:
Alessia Cara
Avril Lavigne
bülow
Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
KILLY
Loud Luxury
NAV
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Tory Lanez
Single of the Year:
“Growing Pains” by Alessia Cara
“Not a Love Song” by bülow
“Body” by Loud Luxury
“In My Blood” by Shawn Mendes
“Pray for Me” by The Weeknd with Kendrick Lmar
International Album of the Year:
“Camila” by Camila Cabello
“Invasion of Privacy” by Cardi B.
“Red Pi Blues” by Maroon 5
“beerbongs & bentleys” by Post Malone
“ASTROWORLD” by Travis Scott
Album of the Year:
“Darlene” by Hubert Lenoir
“These are the Days” by Jann Arden
“Shawn Mendes” by Shawn Mendes
“My Dear Melancholy” by The Weeknd
“Outsider” by Three Days Grace
Artist of the Year:
Alessia Cara
Michael Bublé
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Tory Lanez
Group of the Year:
Arkells
Chromeo
Metric
The Sheepdogs
Three Days Grace
Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
bülow
grandson
Johnny Orlando
KILLY
Meghan Patrick
Breakthrough Group of the Year:
88Glam
Dizzy
Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
Loud Luxury
The Washboard Union
Songwriter of the Year:
Afie Jurvanen
Donovan Woods
Frank Dukes
Jessie Reyez
Shawn Mendes
Country Album of the Year:
“We Were that Song” by Brett Kissel
“A Small Town Christmas” by Jess Moskaluke
“Country Music Made Me Do It” by Meghan Patrick
“Feels Like That” by The Reklaws
“New Tattoo” by Tim Hicks
Adult Alternative Album of the Year:
“Earthtones” by the Bahamas
“More or Less” by Dan Mangan
“Gabrielle Shonk” by Gabrielle Shonk
“Blood” by Rhye
“Queens of the Breakers” by The Barr Brothers
Alternative Album of the Year:
“ken” by Destroyer
“Baby Teeth” by Dizzy
“Dose Your Dreams” by F***ked Up
“TPC” by the Tokyo Police Club
“In a Poem Unlimited” by U.S. Girls
Pop Album of the Year:
“Damaged” by bülow
“Head Over Heels” by Chromeo
“Darlene” by Hubert Lenoir
“Shawn Mendes” by Shawn Mendes
“Intuition” by Tyler Shaw
Rock Album of the Year:
“Rally Cry” by the Arkells
“True Rockers” by Monster Truck
“Changing Colours” by The Sheepdogs
“Civillanaires” by “The Trews
“Outsider” by Three Days Grace
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year:
“Love is Here to Stay” by Diana Krall and Tony Bennett
“solstic/equinox” by Diana Panton
“Holly” by Holly Cole
“Sung Songs” by Jodi Proznick with Laila Biali
“Laila Biali” by Laila Biali
Solo Jazz Album of the Year:
“Sandstom” by Alei Baro
“So Here We Are” by Alison Young
“In the Moment” by Larnell Lewis
“Beloved of the Sky” by Renee Rosness
“Old Soul” by Robi Botos
Group Jazz Album of the Year:
“Wander Woman” by Allison Au Quartet
“Atwood Suites” by the Andrew Rathbun Large Ensemble
“The Seasons of Being” by Andy Milne and Dapp Theory
“Live at U of T” by the Liebman/Murley Quartet
“Path of Totality” by Quinsin Nachoff’s FLUX
Instrumental Album of the Year:
“Group Manoeuvre” by Aerialists
“China Cloud” by Gordon Grdina
“Johnny Goldtooth and The Chevy Casanovas” by Kevin Breit
“Live from the Art Farm” by The Fretless
“The Space Between Us” by Toninato / Thiessen
Francophone Album of the Year:
“en cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé” by Coeur de pirate
“Darlene” by Hubert Lenoir
“Une annee record” by Loud
“Le silence des troupeaux” by Philippe Brach
“Desherbage” by Tire le coyote
Children’s Album of the Year:
“Let’s Go Bananas” by Beppie
“It Takes a Village” by Ginalina
“Dog on the Floor” by Raffi
“It’s Cool to Be Kind” by Sonshine and Brocoli
“You, Me and the Sea” by Splash’N Boots
Solo or Chamber Classical Album of the Year:
“Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 7, & 8” by Andrew Wan and Charles Richard-Hamelin
“Scarlatti: Sonatas Vol. 2” by Angela Hewitt
“Ravel & Debussy: Sonates” by Blake Pouliot with Hsin-I Huang
“The End of Flowers: Works by Clarke & Ravel” by the Gryphon Trio
“Schubert: Piano Sonata in B Flat Major D.960; Four Impromptus D.935” by Marc-André Hamelin
Large Ensemble Classical Album of the Year:
“New Worlds/Nouveaux Mondes” by the Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra/Orchestre du Centre National Des Arts du Canada conducted by Alexander Shelley
“Newton Howard & Kernis: Violin Concertos; Tovey: Stream of Limelight” by the Seattle and Detroit Symphony Orchestras
“Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4” by the BBC Philharmonic with Louis Lortie
“Jordan Pal: Into the Wonder” by the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra with the Grypon Trio
“Vaughan Williams” by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Louis Lortie, Sarah Jeffrey, and Teng Li
Vocal or Choral Classical Album of the Year:
“Vienna: Fin de siecle” by Barbara Hannigan with Reinbert De Leeuw
“Bernstein: A Quiet Place” by Choeur de l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Guest Soloists
“David Braid: Corona Divinae Misericordiae” by the Elmer Iseler Singers with Patricia O’Callaghan
“Echo” by Joyce El-Khoury
“Ayre: Live” by Miriam Khalil
Classical Composition of the Year:
“Golden Slumbers Kiss your Eyes” by Ana Sokolović
“Granitic” by Bekah Simms
“About Bach” by Cassandra Miller
“Katana of Choice” by Nicole Lizée
“Arctic Symphony” by Vincent Ho
Rap Recording of the Year:
“88GLAM RELOADED” by 88Glam
“IMMIGRANT” by Belly
“Surrender Your Soul” by KILLY
“RECKLESS” by NAV
“LoVE me Now” by Tony Lanez
Dance Recording of the Year:
“Gotasoul” by AZARI with James Baley
“Jackie Chan” by Dzeko & Tiësto with Preme and Post Malone
“Avatar Beach” by Jacques Greene
“CURA” by Keys N Krates
“Body” by Loud Luxury
R&B or Soul Recording of the Year:
“Twos” by Anders
“Pain & Pleasure” by Blac Atlass
“Stone Woman” by Charlotte Day Wilson
“Being Human in Public” by Jessie Reyez
“My Dear Melancholy” by The Weeknd
Reggae Recording of the Year:
“Money Don’t Grow Pon Trees” by Blessed
“Genesis” by Chelsea Stewart
“Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix – Overdubbed” by Dubmatix
“Narrative” by Exco Levi
“Talk Or No Talk” by Kafinal with Queen Ifrica
Indigenous Music Album of the Year:
“The Ballad of the Runaway Girl” by Elisapie
“Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa” by Jeremy Dutcher
“Standing in the Light” by Leonard Sumner
“Nitisanak – Brothers and Sister” by Northern Cree
“The Average Savage” by Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year:
“In Our Time” by AHI
“Both Ways” by Donovan Woods
“Grenades” by Kaia Kater
“Seeker” by Megan Nash
“Yarrow” by The Deep Dark Woods
Traditional Roots Album of the Year:
“The Broken Heart of Everything” by David Francey
“Sweet Old Religion” by Pharis and Jason Romero
“Queen City Jubilee” by The Slocan Ramblers
“Fifteen” by The Wailin’ Jennys
“Horizons” by Vishtèn
Blues Album of the Year:
“Miles to Go” by Colin James
“Checkmate” by Jack de Keyzer
“Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues” by Myles Goodwyn
“Run To Me” by Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar
“The Ice Queen” by Sue Foley
Contemporary Christian or Gospel Album of the Year:
“Grateful” by Brian Doerksen
“Tired Of Basic” by LOVECOLLIDE
“Into the Wild” by Manic Drive
“The Buffalo Roadshow” by Tim Neufeld and The Glory Boys
“Speak” by Warren Dean Flandez
World Music Album of the Year:
“Zoubida” by Ayrad
“San Cristóbal Baile Inn” by Boogát
“Naath” by Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach
“Fuerza Arara” by Telmary y Habana Sana
“Rapadou Kreyol” by Wesli
Producer of the Year:
David Foster and Michael Buble
Eric Ratz
Geg Wells
Thomas D’Arcy
Recording Engineer of the Year:
Ben Kaplan
Jason Dufour
Robbie Lackritz
Shawn Everett
Steve Bays
Album Artwork of the Year:
Gareth Auden-Hole and Emil Mateja for “LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES” by Jack Pine and The Fire
Geordan Moore for “Crossworlds” by Joshua Van Tassel
Michael DeAngelis, Matt Barnes, and Jess Baumung for “Rally Cry” by the Arkells
Mike Milosh for “Blood” by Rhye
Simon Dupuis for “Viens Avec Moi” by Les Hotesses d’Hilaire
Video of the Yea:
“No Depression” by the Bahamas
“Places” by Alaskan Tapes
“Powerless” by Classified
“Hang Ups” by Scott Helman
“Have A Nice Day” by SonReal
Electronic Album of the Year:
“Crystal Eyes” by Ekali
“Next Season” by Felix Cartal
“Give It a Rest” by iamhill
“Deception Bay” by Milk & Bone
“Certain Kind of Magic” by REZZ
Metal or Hard Music Album of the Year:
“Algorythm” by Beyond Creation
“The Spark That Moves” by Cancer Bats
“Loved” by KEN Mode
“Prevail II” by Kobra And The Lotus
“The Wake” by Voivod
Adult Contemporary Album of the Year:
“These Are The Days” by Jann Arden
“Love” by Michael Bublé
“Meaning To Tell Ya” by Molly Johnson
“Distant Danger” by Nuela Charles
“A Whitehorse Winter Classic” by Whitehorse
Comedy Album of the Year:
“The CHANTY Show” by Chanty Marostica
“Good Friend Bad Grammar” by Dave Merheje
“Lady Jazz” by Debra DiGiovanni
“Awkwarder” by Mayce Galoni
“Chicken!” by Pat Thornton
By Sara Collaton, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18460226
