In less than 2 months, the biggest stars from our home and native land will be making their way to London, Ontario to perform (and win) Juno awards at Budweiser Gardens!

This year, the Junos will be hosted by none other than Sarah McLachlan!

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Leading the pack for this year’s nominees is Shawn Mendes! He grabbed the most nominations with 6, including single, artist, album and songwriter.

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The Humanitarian Award will go to singer, songwriter, producer and more David Foster, along with this year’s Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee, Corey Hart

Check out the full list below and don’t forget the Junos air Sunday March 17th!

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NOMINATIONS:

JUNO Fan Choice

Presented by TD

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
Alessia Cara
Not A Love Song
bülow
Body
Loud Luxury
In My Blood
Shawn Mendes
Pray For Me
The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar

International Album of the Year

Camila
Camila Cabello
Invasion of Privacy
Cardi B
Red Pill Blues
Maroon 5
beerbongs & bentleys
Post Malone
ASTROWORLD
Travis Scott

Album of the Year

Sponsored by Music Canada

Darlène
Hubert Lenoir
These Are The Days
Jann Arden
Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes
My Dear Melancholy,
The Weeknd
Outsider
Three Days Grace

Artist of the Year

Presented with Apple Music

Alessia Cara
Michael Bublé
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Tory Lanez

Group of the Year

Presented with Apple Music

Arkells
Chromeo
Metric
The Sheepdogs
Three Days Grace

Breakthrough Artist of the Year

Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters

bülow
grandson
Johnny Orlando
KILLY
Meghan Patrick

Breakthrough Group of the Year

Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters

88Glam
Dizzy
Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
Loud Luxury
The Washboard Union

Songwriter of the Year

Presented by SOCAN

“No Wrong”
“Way With Words”
“Any Place”
EARTHTONES – Bahamas
Afie Jurvanen
“Our Friend Bobby”
“Truck Full of Money”
“Next Year” – co-songwriters Chris Lindsey, Logan Wall
BOTH WAYS – Donovan Woods
Donovan Woods
“Be Careful” – co-songwriter Boi-1da INVASION OF PRIVACY – Cardi B (Atlantic*WMG)
“Better Now” – co-songwriter Louis Bell BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS – Post Malone (Republic*UMG)
“Call Out My Name” MY DEAR MELANCHOLY, – The Weeknd (Universal)
Frank Dukes
“Promises” – co-songwriters Adam Richard Wiles, Sam Smith PROMISES – Calvin Harris (Sony)
“One Kiss” – co-songwriters Adam Richard Wiles, Dua Lipa ONE KISS – Calvin Harris (Sony)
“Apple Juice” – co-songwriters Fredrik Ball, Tim Suby BEING HUMAN IN PUBLIC – Jessie Reyez (Universal)
Jessie Reyez
“Lost In Japan” – co-songwriters Nate Mercereau, Scott Harris, Teddy Geiger
“Youth”- co-songwriters Geoff Warburton, Khalid Robinson, Scott Harris, Teddy Geiger
“In My Blood”- co-songwriters Geoff Warburton, Scott Harris, Teddy Geiger
SHAWN MENDES – Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes

Country Album of the Year

We Were That Song
Brett Kissel
A Small Town Christmas
Jess Moskaluke
Country Music Made Me Do It
Meghan Patrick
Feels Like That
The Reklaws
New Tattoo
Tim Hicks

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

Earthtones
Bahamas
More Or Less
Dan Mangan
Gabrielle Shonk
Gabrielle Shonk
Blood
Rhye
Queens Of The Breakers
The Barr Brothers

Alternative Album of the Year

Sponsored by Long & McQuade

ken
Destroyer
Baby Teeth
Dizzy
Dose Your Dreams
Fucked Up
TPC
Tokyo Police Club
In A Poem Unlimited
U.S. Girls

Pop Album of the Year

Damaged
bülow
Head Over Heels
Chromeo
Darlène
Hubert Lenoir
Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes
Intuition
Tyler Shaw

Rock Album of the Year

Rally Cry
Arkells
True Rockers
Monster Truck
Changing Colours
The Sheepdogs
Civilianaires
The Trews
Outsider
Three Days Grace

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

Love Is Here To Stay
Diana Krall & Tony Bennett
solstice/equinox
Diana Panton
Holly
Holly Cole
Sun Songs
Jodi Proznick ft. Laila Biali
Laila Biali
Laila Biali

Jazz Album of the Year: Solo

Sandstorm
Alexis Baro
So Here We Are
Alison Young
In the Moment
Larnell Lewis
Beloved of the Sky
Renee Rosnes
Old Soul
Robi Botos

Jazz Album of the Year: Group

Wander Wonder
Allison Au Quartet
Atwood Suites
Andrew Rathbun Large Ensemble
The Seasons of Being
Andy Milne & Dapp Theory
Live at U of T
Liebman/Murley Quartet
Path of Totality
Quinsin Nachoff’s FLUX

Instrumental Album of the Year

Group Manoeuvre
Aerialists
China Cloud
Gordon Grdina
Johnny Goldtooth and The Chevy Casanovas
Kevin Breit
Live from the Art Farm
The Fretless
The Space Between Us
Toninato / Thiessen

Francophone Album of the Year

en cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé
Cœur de pirate
Darlène
Hubert Lenoir
Une année record
Loud
Le silence des troupeaux
Philippe Brach
Désherbage
Tire le coyote

Children’s Album of the Year

Let’s Go Bananas
Beppie
It Takes a Village
Ginalina
Dog on the Floor
Raffi
It’s Cool To Be Kind
Sonshine and Broccoli
You, Me and the Sea
Splash’N Boots

Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 & 8
Andrew Wan & Charles Richard-Hamelin
Scarlatti: Sonatas Vol.2
Angela Hewitt
Ravel & Debussy: Sonates
Blake Pouliot with Hsin-I Huang
The End of Flowers: Works by Clarke & Ravel
Gryphon Trio
Schubert: Piano Sonata in B Flat Major D.960; Four Impromptus D.935
Marc-André Hamelin

Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble

New Worlds/Nouveaux Mondes
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
James Ehnes with Seattle Symphony and Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4
Louis Lortie with BBC Philharmonic
Into the Wonder
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arthur Post with Gryphon Trio
Vaughan Williams
Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Oundjian featuring Louis Lortie, Sarah Jeffrey, & Teng Li

Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral

Vienna: Fin de siècle
Barbara Hannigan with Reinbert De Leeuw
Bernstein: A Quiet Place
Choeur de l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Conducted by Kent Nagano with Guest Soloists
David Braid: Corona Divinae Misericordiae
Elmer Iseler Singers featuring Patricia O’Callaghan
Écho
Joyce El-Khoury
Ayre: Live
Miriam Khalil

Classical Composition of the Year

Golden Slumbers Kiss your Eyes
Ana Sokolovi?
Granitic
Bekah Simms
About Bach
Cassandra Miller
Katana of Choice
Nicole Lizée
Arctic Symphony
Vincent Ho

Rap Recording of the Year

88GLAM RELOADED
88Glam
IMMIGRANT
Belly
Surrender Your Soul
KILLY
RECKLESS
NAV
LoVE me NOw
Tory Lanez

Dance Recording of the Year

Gotasoul
AZARI
Jackie Chan (ft. Preme & Post Malone)
Dzeko & Tiësto
Avatar Beach
Jacques Greene
CURA
Keys N Krates
Body
Loud Luxury

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

Twos
Anders
Pain & Pleasure
Black Atlass
Stone Woman
Charlotte Day Wilson
Being Human In Public
Jessie Reyez
My Dear Melancholy,
The Weeknd

Reggae Recording of the Year

Money Don’t Grow Pon Trees
Blessed
Genesis
Chelsea Stewart
Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix – Overdubbed
Dubmatix
Narrative
Exco Levi
Talk Or No Talk
Kafinal ft. Queen Ifrica

Indigenous Music Album of the Year

Presented by APTN

The Ballad of the Runaway Girl
Elisapie
Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
Jeremy Dutcher
Standing in the Light
Leonard Sumner
Nitisanak – Brothers and Sister
Northern Cree
The Average Savage
Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Contemporary Roots Album of the Year

In Our Time
AHI
Both Ways
Donovan Woods
Grenades
Kaia Kater
Seeker
Megan Nash
Yarrow
The Deep Dark Woods

Traditional Roots Album of the Year

The Broken Heart of Everything
David Francey
Sweet Old Religion
Pharis and Jason Romero
Queen City Jubilee
The Slocan Ramblers
Fifteen
The Wailin’ Jennys
Horizons
Vishtèn

Blues Album of the Year

Miles To Go
Colin James
Checkmate
Jack de Keyzer
Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues
Myles Goodwyn
Run To Me
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar
The Ice Queen
Sue Foley

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

Grateful
Brian Doerksen
Tired Of Basic
LOVECOLLIDE
Into the Wild
Manic Drive
The Buffalo Roadshow
Tim Neufeld & The Glory Boys
Speak
Warren Dean Flandez

World Music Album of the Year

Zoubida
Ayrad
San Cristóbal Baile Inn
Boogát
Naath
Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach
Fuerza Arara
Telmary y Habana Sana
Rapadou Kreyol
Wesli

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

“My Funny Valentine”, “Where or When” (co-producer Jochem van der Saag) LOVE – Michael Bublé
David Foster and Michael Bublé
“People’s Champ”, “Relentless” RALLY CRY – Arkells
Eric Ratz
“Waving Through a Window” DEAR EVAN HANSEN (BROADWAY CAST RECORDING) DELUXE – Katy Perry (Atlantic*Warner)
“This Is Me” – THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) – Keala Settle, The Greatest Showman Ensemble (Atlantic*Warner)
Greg Wells
“Not A Love Song”, “Two Punks In Love” DAMAGED – bülow
Mike Wise
“I’ve Got A Hole Where My Heart Should Be” CHANGING COLOURS – The Sheepdogs (Warner)
“Love The Way You Are” (co-producers James Younger, Jeffrey Innes) CRITICAL HIT – Yukon Blonde (Dine Alone*Universal)
Thomas D’Arcy

Recording Engineer of the Year

Sponsored by 3M

“Get Up”, “It’s Alright” DANCE AND CRY – Mother Mother
Ben Kaplan
“Truck Full Of Money” BOTH WAYS – Donovan Woods (Meant Well*Fontana North/Universal)
“When My Body Breaks” HOLY SMOKE – Kandle (Sleepless*Universal)
Jason Dufour
“No Wrong”, “Way With Words” EARTHTONES – Bahamas
Robbie Lackritz
“Slow Burn”, “Space Cowboy” GOLDEN HOUR – Kacey Musgraves
Shawn Everett
“Flashes” PHASES – Dear Rouge (Universal)
“UnAmerican” UNAMERICAN – Said The Whale (Arts & Crafts*Universal)
Steve Bays

Album Artwork of the Year

LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES – Jack Pine and The Fire
Gareth Auden-Hole (Art Director), Emil Mateja (Illustrator)
CROSSWORLDS – Joshua Van Tassel
Geordan Moore (Art Director, Designer, & Illustrator)
RALLY CRY – Arkells
Michael DeAngelis (Art Director & Designer), Matt Barnes & Jess Baumung (Photographers)
BLOOD – Rhye
Mike Milosh (Art Director, Designer, Illustrator, & Photographer)
VIENS AVEC MOI – Les Hôtesses d’Hilaire
Simon Dupuis (Art Director, Designer, Illustrator, & Photographer)

Video of the Year

Presented by Stingray

No Depression — Bahamas
Ali Eisner
Places — Alaskan Tapes
Andrew De Zen
Powerless — Classified
Andrew Hines
Hang Ups — Scott Helman
Ben Knechtel
Have A Nice Day – SonReal
Peter Huang

Electronic Album of the Year

Crystal Eyes
Ekali
Next Season
Felix Cartal
Give It a Rest
iamhill
Deception Bay
Milk & Bone
Certain Kind of Magic
REZZ

Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year

Algorythm
Beyond Creation
The Spark That Moves
Cancer Bats
Loved
KEN Mode
Prevail II
Kobra And The Lotus
The Wake
Voivod

Adult Contemporary Album of the Year

These Are The Days
Jann Arden
Love
Michael Bublé
Meaning To Tell Ya
Molly Johnson
Distant Danger
Nuela Charles
A Whitehorse Winter Classic
Whitehorse

Comedy Album of the Year

Sponsored by SiriusXM Canada

The CHANTY Show
Chanty Marostica
Good Friend Bad Grammar
Dave Merheje
Lady Jazz
Debra DiGiovanni
Awkwarder
Mayce Galoni
Chicken!
Pat Thornton

 

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