The Juno Awards of 2010 honoured music industry achievements in Canada for the latter part of 2008 and for most of 2009. These ceremonies were in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 during the weekend ending 18 April 2010. Primary ceremonies were held at the Mile One Centre

Mile One Centre

Mile One Centre is an indoor arena and entertainment venue located in downtown St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The centre's name comes from it being located at the beginning of the Trans-Canada Highway. At full capacity the arena can seat 7,000 people.The arena opened in May 2001, as...

 and at an outdoor venue on George Street

George Street, St. John's

George Street is a street located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, that is known for its many bars and pubs.The short street is populated mainly by bars and pubs and is open only to pedestrians in the evenings and during most of the business day, only being open to traffic from 8:00am...

.

April Wine

April Wine

April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969. According to the band, they chose the name 'April Wine' simply because members thought the two words sounded good together...

 was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

The Canadian Music Hall of Fame honors Canadian musicians for their lifetime achievements in music. The ceremony is held each year as part of the Juno Award ceremonies. Members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame represent many of the world's great talents...

, Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...

 received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career. Ross Reynolds, an original board member of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is the organization responsible for conducting the Juno Awards, Canada's primary national musical honours...

 and former head of Universal Music Canada

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

 received the Walt Grealis

Walt Grealis

Walter Grealis, OC was a Canadian publisher and music industry leader. With partner Stan Klees, he co-founded Canada's national music honours, the Juno Awards...

 Special Achievement Award.

CARAS

Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is the organization responsible for conducting the Juno Awards, Canada's primary national musical honours...

, the association responsible for the awards, awarded the 2010 ceremonies to the Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

 capital based on a bid which included government support commitments totalling $1.5 million , half funded by the province, $250,000 from the St. John's

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...

 municipal government and the remainder from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is the Canadian federal government agency responsible for helping to build economic capacity in the Atlantic Provinces by working with the people of the region – in their communities, through their institutions and with their local and provincial governments...

.

Events

Preliminary award-related events, known as Juno Week, began on 12 April 2010 with a launch event at the Confederation Building

Confederation Building (Newfoundland and Labrador)

The Confederation Building is located on Confederation Hill overlooking the Newfoundland & Labrador's capital city St. John's, and serves as the home of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The brick and concrete clad building has 11 storeys and is 64 metres tall, it was...

. Activities during this time included concerts such as JunoFest and the Juno Cup

Juno Cup

The Juno Cup is a yearly hockey game held in conjunction with the Juno Awards, first conducted at the 2004 Juno Awards. The games match National Hockey League alumni with artists and entertainers as a charitable benefit for MusiCounts, a music education charity operated by the CARAS...

 charity hockey game.

On 17 April, the Juno Fan Fare event featured artist interviews, prizes and opportunities for the public to meet musicians. However, some artists such as Alexisonfire

Alexisonfire

Alexisonfire was a five-piece, Juno-nominated post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 2001. The band consisted of George Pettit , Dallas Green , Wade MacNeil , Chris Steele , and Jordan Hastings .They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls...

 were unable to attend when fog conditions that weekend delayed air travel into St. John's. The fog delays also cancelled some concerts the previous evening, and disrupted rehearsals for the main Sunday broadcast.

Also on that Saturday, winners in 32 Juno categories were announced at a special gala dinner at the St. John's Convention Centre. On the following day, prior to the main awards broadcast, a Songwriters' Circle concert was hosted by Dallas Green

Dallas Green (musician)

Dallas Green is a Canadian musician who releases music as City and Colour. He is also known for his work as the former vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire.-Name:...

 then broadcast on CBC Radio 2.

Primary ceremony

The primary awards ceremony on 18 April 2010 was telecast by CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 from Mile One Centre

Mile One Centre

Mile One Centre is an indoor arena and entertainment venue located in downtown St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The centre's name comes from it being located at the beginning of the Trans-Canada Highway. At full capacity the arena can seat 7,000 people.The arena opened in May 2001, as...

 and from an outdoor venue on George Street

George Street, St. John's

George Street is a street located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, that is known for its many bars and pubs.The short street is populated mainly by bars and pubs and is open only to pedestrians in the evenings and during most of the business day, only being open to traffic from 8:00am...

, featuring multiple hosts and presenters.

Classified

Classified (rapper)

Luke Boyd , professionally known as Classified, is a Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia.-Career:...

 began the proceedings with "Oh... Canada" from the George Street venue. Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...

 could not attend in person due to the air travel disruption from the Icelandic ash cloud incident

Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

In response to concerns that volcanic ash ejected during the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland would damage aircraft engines, the controlled airspace of many European countries was closed to instrument flight rules traffic, resulting in the largest air-traffic shut-down since World War II...

; he therefore received his Allan Waters Humanitarian Award via satellite.

Other artists performing at the ceremonies broadcast were Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber

Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager...

, Billy Talent

Billy Talent

Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....

, Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...

, Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...

, Drake

Drake (entertainer)

Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....

, Great Lake Swimmers

Great Lake Swimmers

Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is currently based in Toronto....

, K'naan

K'naan

K'naan , born Keinan Abdi Warsame in 1978, is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.-Biography:Born in Somalia, K'naan spent his childhood in Mogadishu and lived there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. His aunt, Magool, was one of Somalia's most...

, Metric

Metric (band)

Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles...

 and Johnny Reid

Johnny Reid

Johnny Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland...

.

Award presenters and personalities included:

• Musicians Barenaked Ladies
  Barenaked Ladies
  Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto...
  
  , Jully Black
  Jully Black
  Jully Black |Julie]]"; born Jullyann Inderia Gordon; November 8, 1977) is a Canadian R&B singer–songwriter. She has collaborated and written for many artists, including Nas, Missy Elliott, Saukrates, Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, Destiny's Child, and Sean Paul.-Life & career:Black was born Jullyann...
  
  , Jarvis Church, Terri Clark
  Terri Clark
  Terri Lynn Sauson , known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that year...
  
  , Alex Cuba
  Alex Cuba
  Alexis Puentes , better known by his stage name Alex Cuba, is a Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter who sings in Spanish and English. He has won two Juno Awards for World Music Album of the Year: in 2006 for Humo De Tabaco, and in 2008 for his second album, Agua Del Pozo...
  
  , Amelia Curran
  Amelia Curran (musician)
  Amelia Curran is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia...
  
  , deadmau5
  Deadmau5
  Joel Thomas Zimmerman , better known by his stage name deadmau5 , is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto...
  
  , Lights, Damhnait Doyle
  Damhnait Doyle
  Damhnait Doyle [DAV-net] is a Canadian pop singer. The phonetic spelling of her first name also serves as the title of her 2003 album. Her most recent album, Lights Down Low, is a collection of covers...
  
  , Danny Fernandes
  Danny Fernandes
  Daniel Bosco Fernandes is a Canadian singer and songwriter of Portuguese descent. He is signed to CP Records.-Career:...
  
  , Great Big Sea
  Great Big Sea
  Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage...
  
  , Dallas Green
  Dallas Green
  George Dallas Green is a former pitcher, manager, and executive in Major League Baseball. After playing for the Philadelphia Phillies and two other teams, he went on to manage the Phillies, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets, and managed the Phillies when they won their first World Series...
  
  , Hedley
  Hedley (band)
  Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...
  
  , Carly Rae Jepsen
  Carly Rae Jepsen
  Carly Rae Jepsen is a Juno-nominated Canadian singer/songwriter from Mission, B.C..In the summer of 2007 she placed third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol. She was also a part of the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour.-Career:...
  
  , Shiloh
  Shiloh (singer)
  Shiloh Hoganson , known by her stage name as Shiloh, is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. Shiloh has performed with Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, Stereos, Hedley, Theory of a Deadman, Marianas Trench, and Faber Drive.-Early life:...
  
  , Stereos
  Stereos
  Stereos are a Juno nominated pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2008. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of hip hop and pop to form their primary style including. Their first act that had them recognized was appearing on the MuchMusic original series,...
  
  , Kim Stockwood
  Kim Stockwood
  Kim Stockwood is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. She was a member of Atlantic Canadian regional music group Shaye from 2003-2009 with Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean ....
  
  , The Trews
  The Trews
  The Trews are a Canadian rock band from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, consisting of vocalist Colin MacDonald, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek, and drummer Sean Dalton...
  
  , Nikki Yanofsky
  Nikki Yanofsky
  Nicole "Nikki" Yanofsky is a Canadian jazz-pop singer from Hampstead, Quebec. She is involved in charitable causes, and released her first studio album on her own label, A440 Entertainment, and on Decca Records outside of Canada. Yanofsky sang Canada's national anthem at the opening ceremonies of...
  
  
• Barry Stock (Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
  
  ), hosted April Wine's induction to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame
• Alexandre Bilodeau
  Alexandre Bilodeau
  Alexandre Bilodeau is a Canadian freestyle skier from Montreal, Quebec. Bilodeau currently resides in Rosemère, Quebec. Bilodeau won a gold medal in the men's moguls at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, becoming the first Canadian to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games held in Canada after...
  
   and Jon Montgomery
  Jon Montgomery
  Jonathan Riley "Jon" Montgomery is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 2006. He won the Gold Medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-Career:...
  
   (2010 Winter Olympics
  2010 Winter Olympics
  The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
  
   gold medallists)
• Television personalities Luther Brown
  Luther Brown
  Luther Brown is a Canadian choreographer/artistic director. Born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in Toronto, Ontario, he is known as a hip hop dance choreographer, as well as a regular choreographer for the television dance competition So You Think You Can Dance Canada.-Choreography for So You...
  
   (judge, So You Think You Can Dance Canada
  So You Think You Can Dance Canada
  So You Think You Can Dance Canada was a dance competition and reality show that aired on CTV.Based on the original American TV show So You Think You Can Dance, the Canadian series showcased the best in Canadian dancing talent. Each season, the show held auditions in major cities across the...
  
  ), Leah Miller
  Leah Miller
  Leah Miller is a former MuchMusic VJ from Toronto, and current host for So You Think You Can Dance Canada. She is also a correspondent for the entertainment news show ETalk.-Early life:...
  
   (eTalk
  ETalk
  etalk is a Canadian entertainment news show hosted by Ben Mulroney and Tanya Kim. It airs weekdays weeknights at 7 p.m. ET on CTV, at 1:30 p.m. ET on CTV Two and at 6 p.m. ET and 11:30 p.m. ET on E!...
  
  ), Seamus O'Regan
  Seamus O'Regan
  Seamus O'Regan is a Canadian broadcast journalist and co-host of Canada AM, CTV's national morning show.- Biography :O'Regan was born in St. John's, Newfoundland...
  
   (Canada AM
  Canada AM
  Canada AM is a Canadian breakfast television news show, which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972. It is currently hosted by Beverly Thomson and Seamus O'Regan, with Marci Ien reporting from the headline news desk and Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports...
  
  )
• James Moore
  James Moore (Canadian politician)
  James Moore, PC, MP is the Canadian Member of Parliament for Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada...
  
   (Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
  Minister of Canadian Heritage
  The Minister of Canadian Heritage is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who heads the Department of Canadian Heritage, the federal government department responsible for Canada's Arts, Culture, Media, Communications network, and Sport....
  
  )

The following seven categories were awarded during the main broadcast:

• Album of the Year
  Juno Award for Album of the Year
  The Juno Award for "Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best album in Canada. It was also known as Best Album , and Best Selling Album .-Best Album :...
  
  
• Fan Choice Award
  Juno Fan Choice Award
  The Juno Fan Choice Award is an annual Juno Award to the favourite artist or group of the year by the music fans of Canada...
  
  
• Group of the Year
  Juno Award for Group of the Year
  The Juno Award for best Group of the Year has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best group or band in Canada. It has also been known as Best Group .-Best Group :*1970 - The Guess Who...
  
  
• New Artist of the Year
  Juno Award for New Artist of the Year
  The Juno Award for New Artist of the Year has been awarded since 1974 as recognition each year for the best new artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by separate awards for men and women...
  
  
• Rap Recording of the Year
  Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year
  The Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year has been awarded since 1991, and is awarded for the best rap album in Canada. It was awarded under the title Best Rap Recording from 1993 to 2002....
  
  
• Single of the Year
  Juno Award for Single of the Year
  The Juno Award for Single of the Year has been awarded since 1974 for the best single in Canada. It has also been known as Best Single and Best Selling Single.-Best Single :...
  
  
• Songwriter of the Year
  Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year
  The Juno Award for "Songwriter of the Year" has been awarded since 1971, as recognition each year for the best songwriter in Canada. It was also known as the Juno Award for "Composer of the Year" from 1975 to 1990.-Best Songwriter :...
  
  

Rebroadcasts of the Juno Awards telecast were scheduled for A, Bravo!, MuchMore, Star! in late April.

Changes to nomination categories for 2010

Changes were made to the following award categories for this year's nominations:

• Country Album of the Year - formerly known as Country Recording of the Year, this category is now limited to complete albums and single songs may no longer be nominated.
• Music DVD of the Year and Vocal Jazz Album of the Year - voting on these categories is now fully conducted by appointed juries, with the winners no longer voted by the overall CARAS membership.
• Pop Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year - nominees for these categories are now determined according to an equal weighting of sales figures and jury vote. Winners are still voted on by the overall CARAS membership.
• CD/DVD Artwork of the Year: This category is now called Recording Package of the Year to indicate that other product formats such as vinyl LPs may be considered for nomination.

Nominees and winners

Nominees in the following categories were announced on 3 March 2010. Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...

 received the most nominations of any artist this year, represented in six categories and winning four of those (Album of the Year, Fan Choice Award, Pop Album of the Year and Single of the Year). Billy Talent

Billy Talent

Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....

, Drake

Drake (entertainer)

Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....

 and Johnny Reid

Johnny Reid

Johnny Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland...

 each received four nominations. Drake, who had yet to release a full album, won in two categories (New Artist of the Year and Rap Recording of the Year). K'Naan also won two of his nominations (Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year).

Winners of most categories were announced on 17 April at a gala dinner.

Artist of the Year

Juno Award for Artist of the Year

The Juno Award for Artist of the Year has been awarded since 2002 as recognition each year for the best artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by sex...

 

Winner: K'Naan

K'naan

K'naan , born Keinan Abdi Warsame in 1978, is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.-Biography:Born in Somalia, K'naan spent his childhood in Mogadishu and lived there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. His aunt, Magool, was one of Somalia's most...

Other Nominees:

• Jann Arden
  Jann Arden
  Jann Arden is a Canadian singer-songwriter.-Life and career:Arden was born and raised near Calgary in Springbank, Alberta and attended Springbank Community High School. Her breakthrough came with her critically acclaimed 1993 debut album Time for Mercy and her first single "I Would Die For You"...
  
  
• Michael Bublé
  Michael Bublé
  Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...
  
  
• Diana Krall
  Diana Krall
  Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...
  
  
• Johnny Reid
  Johnny Reid
  Johnny Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland...
  
  

Group of the Year

Juno Award for Group of the Year

The Juno Award for best Group of the Year has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best group or band in Canada. It has also been known as Best Group .-Best Group :*1970 - The Guess Who...

 

Winner: Metric

Metric (band)

Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles...

Other nominees:

• Billy Talent
  Billy Talent
  Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....
  
  
• Blue Rodeo
  Blue Rodeo
  Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...
  
  
• Hedley
  Hedley (band)
  Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...
  
  
• The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay . Since their formation in 1983 they have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, and 46 singles...
  
  

New Artist of the Year

Juno Award for New Artist of the Year

The Juno Award for New Artist of the Year has been awarded since 1974 as recognition each year for the best new artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by separate awards for men and women...

 

Winner: Drake

Drake (entertainer)

Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....

Other nominees:

• Justin Bieber
  Justin Bieber
  Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager...
  
  
• Danny Fernandes
  Danny Fernandes
  Daniel Bosco Fernandes is a Canadian singer and songwriter of Portuguese descent. He is signed to CP Records.-Career:...
  
  
• Carly Rae Jepsen
  Carly Rae Jepsen
  Carly Rae Jepsen is a Juno-nominated Canadian singer/songwriter from Mission, B.C..In the summer of 2007 she placed third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol. She was also a part of the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour.-Career:...
  
  
• Shiloh
  Shiloh (singer)
  Shiloh Hoganson , known by her stage name as Shiloh, is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. Shiloh has performed with Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, Stereos, Hedley, Theory of a Deadman, Marianas Trench, and Faber Drive.-Early life:...
  
  

New Group of the Year

Juno Award for New Group of the Year

The Juno Award for the New Group of the Year has been awarded since 1974, as recognition each year for the best new group or band in Canada. The award was originally known as Most Promising Group of the Year, and from 1994–2002 it was known as Best New Group.-Most Promising Group of the Year...

 

Winner: Arkells

Arkells

Arkells are a Canadian rock band, formed in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2006, they signed with Dine Alone Records, the label for other Canadian acts such as City and Colour, Attack In Black, Alexisonfire, and Tokyo Police Club.-Band history:...

Other Nominees:

• Down With Webster
  Down with Webster
  Down with Webster, or DWW, is a 7-man Canadian rap rock band from The Beaches area of Toronto, Ontario who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009. During live shows the band occasionally uses a 3-piece horn section....
  
  
• The New Cities
  The New Cities
  The New Cities is a Juno Award and ADISQ Award nominated band originating from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and currently based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The current members of The New Cities are David Brown, Christian Bergeron, Nicolas Denis, Francis Fugere, Philippe Lachance, and Julien...
  
  
• Stereos
  Stereos
  Stereos are a Juno nominated pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2008. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of hip hop and pop to form their primary style including. Their first act that had them recognized was appearing on the MuchMusic original series,...
  
  
• Ten Second Epic
  Ten Second Epic
  Ten Second Epic is a five-piece rock band from Edmonton, Alberta. The band formed in 2002 and still consists of original lineup Andrew Usenik , Daniel Carriere , Craig Spelliscy , Sandy MacKinnon and Patrick Birtles . The band has released two full-length albums, Count Yourself In and Hometown...
  
  

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award

The Juno Award for "Producer of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best record producer in Canada. It was renamed the "Jack Richardson Producer of the Year" award in 2003, after Jack Richardson who is a noted Canadian record producer.-Producer of the Year...

Winner: Bob Rock

Bob Rock

Robert Jens Rock, , is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer best known for producing bands such as Aerosmith, The Cult, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, 311, Metallica, Our Lady Peace, The Offspring and most recently Bush.-Payola$ and Rock and Hyde:Rock began his music career in Langford,...

, "Haven't Met You Yet

Haven't Met You Yet

"Haven’t Met You Yet" is the first single from Canadian singer Michael Bublé's fourth album Crazy Love, released on August 31, 2009. According to Bublé, the single and its official music video are "about everyone's dream of finding a relationship and love." Bublé co-wrote "Haven’t Met You Yet" with...

" and "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)

Baby (You've Got What It Takes)

"Baby " is a 1960 song written by Clyde Otis, Murray Stein and Brook Benton. It was originally recorded as a duet by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton. In their first collaboration, the single was very successful on both the pop and R&B charts...

" (Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...

, Crazy Love

Crazy Love (Michael Bublé album)

Crazy Love is the fourth studio album released by Canadian vocalist Michael Bublé. After only three days of sales, the album opened atop the Billboard 200 chart with 132,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, making the album Bublé's second number #1 album...

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Other Nominees:

• Kevin Churko
  Kevin Churko
  Kevin Gregory Churko , is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, songwriter and record producer best known for his work with artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Modern Science, Five Finger Death Punch, Hinder, In This Moment and Shania Twain.-Awards:He has been nominated for five Juno Awards and has won...
  
  , "Look Where You're Walking" (Modern Science Mimortl, Modern Science, produced with Kane Churko); "The Dream" (In This Moment
  In This Moment
  In This Moment is an American metalcore band from North Hollywood , California. Formed in 2005, the group has released three albums to date, all through Century Media Records.-Founding:...
  
  , The Dream
  The Dream (In This Moment album)
  -Personnel:In This Moment*Vocals, Piano - Maria Brink*Guitar - Chris Howorth*Bass - Jesse Landry*Guitar - Blake Bunzel*Drums - Jeff FabbAdditional Personnel*Album Recorded At: The Wolves Den - Las Vegas...
  
  )
• David Foster
  David Foster
  David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
  
  , "Cry Me A River" and "All Of Me" (Michael Bublé
  Michael Bublé
  Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...
  
  , Crazy Love
  Crazy Love (Michael Bublé album)
  Crazy Love is the fourth studio album released by Canadian vocalist Michael Bublé. After only three days of sales, the album opened atop the Billboard 200 chart with 132,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, making the album Bublé's second number #1 album...
  
  )
• Fred St-Gelais
  Fred St-Gelais
  Fred St-Gelais is a Canadian songwriter, television music composer, record producer and multi-instrumentalist, currently living in Montreal, Quebec.-Early work:...
  
  , “Plaisirs amers” and “C'est moi” (Marie-Mai
  Marie-Mai
  Marie-Mai Bouchard also known as her stage name Marie-Mai, is a French Canadian singer from Quebec...
  
  , Version 3.0)
• Michael Phillip Wojewoda
  Michael Phillip Wojewoda
  -External links:*...
  
   "Palm Trees" and "The Key (Different Than I Used To Be)" (Jennifer LFO, Songs from the Alien Beacon, produced with Jennifer Foster)

Recording Engineer of the Year

Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year

The Juno Award for "Recording Engineer of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best recording engineer in Canada.- Recording Engineer of the Year :* 1976 - Michel Ethier, Dompierre by François Dompierre...

Winner: Dan Brodbeck

Dan Brodbeck

Dan Brodbeck is a Canadian record producer , recording engineer/mixer and recording engineering professor based in London, Ontario.-Production/Engineering Career:...

, "Apple Of My Eye" and "Be Careful" (Dolores O’Riordan, No Baggage

No Baggage

Bonus Track Version Bonus Track Version B-Sides-Reception:No Baggage received mixed or average reviews upon its release, receiving a 45/100 critic score and a 6.5/10 user score on MetaCritic...

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Other Nominees:

• John Bailey
  John Bailey (producer)
  John Beetle Bailey is a Canadian freelance recording engineer who won the 2007 Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year. He has worked with such musicians as The Headstones, Tom Cochrane, Haywire, Triumph and Love Inc..-External links:*...
  
  , "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Sophie Milman
  Sophie Milman
  Sophie Milman is a Russian-born jazz vocalist who currently lives in Canada.After emigrating from Russia in the early 1990s, Milman, who is of Jewish heritage, spent most of her childhood years in Israel where she listened extensively to jazz...
  
  , Take Love Easy); "Havana City" (Hilario Duran
  Hilario Durán
  Hilario Durán is a Cuban jazz pianist.Durán studied at the Arnadeo Roldan Music Institute in Havana, studying tumbao with Evaristo Aparicio, composition and conducting from German Pifferrer, and orchestration from Guillermo Barreto. He formed a group in the 1970s called Los D'Siempre, which melded...
  
  , Motion)
• John Drew, "Oh! The Boss Is Coming!" and "Pullin' Punches" (Arkells
  Arkells
  Arkells are a Canadian rock band, formed in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2006, they signed with Dine Alone Records, the label for other Canadian acts such as City and Colour, Attack In Black, Alexisonfire, and Tokyo Police Club.-Band history:...
  
  , Jackson Square)
• Darryl Neudorf
  Darryl Neudorf
  Darryl Neudorf is a Canadian musician, record producer and audio engineer.He was the drummer for 54-40 from 1982–1986. He is best known during this time for co-writing the hit song "I Go Blind", a Canadian hit which was later covered by U.S...
  
  , "And When You Wake Up" (Blue Rodeo
  Blue Rodeo
  Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...
  
  , The Things We Left Behind
  The Things We Left Behind
  The Things We Left Behind is the 12th studio album released by Canadian country rock band Blue Rodeo, released on November 10, 2009. It is their first studio double album.The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.-Formats:...
  
  ); "Fever" (Neko Case
  Neko Case
  Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers....
  
  , Middle Cyclone
  Middle Cyclone
  Middle Cyclone is the fifth studio album of American alternative country singer-songwriter Neko Case, released on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 on the ANTI- record label. Her first solo effort in three years, Case stated that "it took a very long time to make." As the title of the album suggests, the...
  
  )
• Denis Tougas, "Save Your Love" and "The Mad Mile" (Kirsten Jones, The Mad Mile)

Songwriter of the Year

Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year

The Juno Award for "Songwriter of the Year" has been awarded since 1971, as recognition each year for the best songwriter in Canada. It was also known as the Juno Award for "Composer of the Year" from 1975 to 1990.-Best Songwriter :...

Winner: K'naan

K'naan

K'naan , born Keinan Abdi Warsame in 1978, is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.-Biography:Born in Somalia, K'naan spent his childhood in Mogadishu and lived there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. His aunt, Magool, was one of Somalia's most...

 - "Wavin' Flag

Wavin' Flag

"Wavin' Flag" is a song by Somali-Canadian artist K'naan from his album Troubadour. The song was a global hit, reaching the top ten in 19 charts around the world and was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, hosted by South Africa. The English version was released as...

" (written with B. Mars, P. Lawrence and J. Daval), "Take A Minute", "If Rap Gets Jealous" (written with Gerald Eaton

Gerald Eaton

Gerald Eaton is a Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and music producer, originally from Jamaica.He is the lead singer for the R&B-pop group The Philosopher Kings, which reached its peak popularity in the 1990s...

 and Brian West

Brian West (musician)

Brian West was the lead guitarist for the Canadian band The Philosopher Kings. His partner, Gerald Eaton began the record label Track and Field Records after they were nominated for several awards as a production duo under the name of Track and Field...

) (K'naan, Troubadour)

Other nominees:

• Michael Bublé
  Michael Bublé
  Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...
  
   - "Haven’t Met You Yet", "Hold On" (written with Alan Chang and Amy S. Foster) (Michael Bublé, Crazy Love
  Crazy Love (Michael Bublé album)
  Crazy Love is the fourth studio album released by Canadian vocalist Michael Bublé. After only three days of sales, the album opened atop the Billboard 200 chart with 132,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, making the album Bublé's second number #1 album...
  
  )
• Emily Haines
  Emily Haines
  Emily Haines is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. She is the lead singer and keyboardist of the band Metric and a member of Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she performed with her own name and under the alias Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton...
  
   and James Shaw
  James Shaw (musician)
  James Shaw is the lead guitarist of the popular Canadian indie rock band Metric, and also a member of Broken Social Scene. He was born in London, England and raised in Bellevue, Ontario....
  
   - "Gimme Sympathy", "Sick Muse", "Help I’m Alive" (Metric
  Metric (band)
  Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles...
  
  , Fantasies)
• Carly Rae Jepsen
  Carly Rae Jepsen
  Carly Rae Jepsen is a Juno-nominated Canadian singer/songwriter from Mission, B.C..In the summer of 2007 she placed third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol. She was also a part of the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour.-Career:...
  
   and Ryan Stewart - "Tug Of War", "Bucket", "Money And The Ego" (Carly Rae Jepsen, Tug of War)
• Joel Plaskett
  Joel Plaskett
  Joel Plaskett is a Canadian rock musician originally from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and now resides across the harbour in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia...
  
   - "Through & Through & Through", "Deny, Deny, Deny", "All The Way Down The Line" (Joel Plaskett, Three)

Fan Choice Award

Juno Fan Choice Award

The Juno Fan Choice Award is an annual Juno Award to the favourite artist or group of the year by the music fans of Canada...

 

Winner: Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...

Other nominees:

• Maxime Landry
• Nickelback
  Nickelback
  Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....
  
  
• Johnny Reid
  Johnny Reid
  Johnny Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland...
  
  
• Ginette Reno
  Ginette Reno
  Ginette Reno, OC, CQ is a French-Canadian author, composer, singer, and actress. She is known by the nickname .Born as Ginette Reynault in Montreal, Quebec, she played the role of Maria Barberini in the independent film Mambo Italiano and played the mother in Léolo.She has recorded in both...
  
  

Album of the Year

Juno Award for Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best album in Canada. It was also known as Best Album , and Best Selling Album .-Best Album :...

 

Winner: Crazy Love

Crazy Love (Michael Bublé album)

Crazy Love is the fourth studio album released by Canadian vocalist Michael Bublé. After only three days of sales, the album opened atop the Billboard 200 chart with 132,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, making the album Bublé's second number #1 album...

 - Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...

Other nominees:

• Billy Talent III
  Billy Talent III
  -Special Guitar Villain edition second CD:In addition to having the entire album featured without guitars plus a Guitar Tab of the whole album, the Guitar Villain second disc also features four demo tracks:...
  
   - Billy Talent
  Billy Talent
  Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....
  
  
• Quiet Nights
  Quiet Nights (Diana Krall album)
  Quiet Nights is the ninth studio album by Canadian jazz singer-songwriter and pianist Diana Krall, released on March 31, 2009 by Verve Records. The album marks Krall's first work with arranger Claus Ogerman since 2002's Live in Paris, and her first studio work with Ogerman since 2001's The Look of...
  
   - Diana Krall
  Diana Krall
  Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...
  
  
• Dance with Me
  Dance with Me (Johnny Reid album)
  Dance with Me is the fifth studio album by the Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on March 10, 2009, by Open Road Recordings. The first single, "A Woman Like You", reached the top 10 of the Radio & Records Canadian country singles chart...
  
   - Johnny Reid
  Johnny Reid
  Johnny Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland...
  
  
• My World - Justin Bieber
  Justin Bieber
  Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager...
  
  

Aboriginal Recording of the Year

Juno Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year, formerly known as Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording, is an annual award presented by Canada's Juno Awards for the best album by a Aboriginal peoples in Canada....

 

Winner: We Are - Digging Roots

Other Nominees:

• Distant Morning Star - Digawolf
• Sing Soul Girl - Inez
• Swagger - Lucie Idlout
  Lucie Idlout
  Lucie Idlout is a Canadian rock singer.An Inuk from Iqaluit, Nunavut, she is the daughter of Leah Idlout d'Argencourt and granddaughter of Joseph Idlout, an Inuk hunter who was the subject of a National Film Board documentary, Between Two Worlds, in 1990 and was one of the Inuit hunters depicted...
  
  
• Trail of Tears - Wayne Lavallee

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year has been awarded since 2005, as recognition each year for the best alternative album in Canada.-Adult Alternative Album of the Year :*2005 - Sarah Harmer, All of Our Names...

 

Winner: Three

Three (Joel Plaskett album)

-Disc two:-Disc three:-Three More:-Three to One:...

 - Joel Plaskett

Joel Plaskett

Joel Plaskett is a Canadian rock musician originally from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and now resides across the harbour in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia...

Other Nominees:

• How to Fall Down in Public
  How to Fall Down in Public
  How to Fall Down in Public is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Howie Beck, released February 24, 2009. The album was a nominee for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the 2010 Juno Awards.-Track listing:...
  
   - Howie Beck
  Howie Beck
  Howie Beck is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer based in Toronto. His debut album, 1997's Pop and Crash, was recorded at home while Beck recovered from mononucleosis.Beck began to attract attention outside of Canada with 1999's Hollow...
  
  
• Masters of the Burial
  Masters of the Burial
  Masters of the Burial is the second solo album from Canadian musician Amy Millan of Stars and Broken Social Scene. It was released in Canada on September 8, 2009, on the Arts & Crafts label and features guest performances by Stars bandmate Evan Cranley, Leslie Feist and others.Produced by Martin...
  
   - Amy Millan
  Amy Millan
  Amy Millan is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, Masters of the Burial, was released by Arts & Crafts Records in September 2009.- Early life :Amy Millan...
  
  
• Nineteen Seventy-Seven - 1977
• Way Down Here
  Way Down Here
  Way Down Here is the fourth album by Canadian alternative country group Cuff the Duke, released September 8, 2009 on Noble Recordings.-Track listing:# "You Were Right"# "Follow Me"# "It's All a Blur"# "The Words You Ignore"# "Promises"...
  
   - Cuff the Duke
  Cuff the Duke
  Cuff the Duke is a Canadian band from Oshawa, Ontario. They play a blend of traditional country and folk music with indie rock influences, and can be categorized as an alt-country group.-History:...
  
  

Alternative Album of the Year

Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the alternative rock and/or indie rock genres...

 

Winner: Fantasies

Fantasies (album)

- Singles :* "Help, I'm Alive" * "Front Row" * "Gimme Sympathy" * "Sick Muse" * "Gold Guns Girls"...

 - Metric

Metric (band)

Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles...

Other Nominees:

• Face Control
  Face Control
  -Additional personnel:* Jouko Lehtola - Artwork* Harris Newman - Mastering, Remastering* Dusty Summers - Art Direction* Arlen Thompson - Audio Engineer, Engineer, Mixing-Charts:-Videos:* - Radio K in-studio performance.* - Radio K in-studio performance....
  
   - Handsome Furs
  Handsome Furs
  Handsome Furs is a Montreal-based indie rock duo which consists of Dan Boeckner, of Wolf Parade and Atlas Strategic, and his wife, writer Alexei Perry.-Music:...
  
  
• I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day
  I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day
  I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day is an album by Julie Doiron, released on March 10, 2009.Recorded at the home studio of Rick White, the album's producer and Doiron's onetime bandmate in Eric's Trip, the album is more rock-oriented than Doiron's other solo albums, revisiting the sound and...
  
   - Julie Doiron
  Julie Doiron
  Julie Doiron is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter of Acadian heritage.-Background:Doiron started playing guitar in Eric's Trip at the age of eighteen, having joined the band at the insistence of her then-boyfriend, Rick White, also of Eric's Trip...
  
  
• Post-Nothing
  Post-Nothing
  -Background:The band self-financed the recording of Post-Nothing in the summer of 2008, with the intention of self-releasing it in 2009. However, by the fall of 2008, King and Prowse had become convinced that the band was going nowhere, and mutually decided to call it quits at the end of the year...
  
   - Japandroids
  Japandroids
  Japandroids is a Canadian rock duo from Vancouver, British Columbia. The group consists of Brian King and David Prowse . Formed in 2006, Japandroids rose to prominence in 2009 following the release of their debut album Post-Nothing...
  
  
• Sainthood
  Sainthood (album)
  Sainthood is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock duo Tegan and Sara, released on October 27, 2009 by Sire Records.The album was a shortlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.- Track listing :-Bonus tracks:-Background:...
  
   - Tegan & Sara

Blues Album of the Year

Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Blues Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1994, as recognition each year for the best blues album in Canada. The award was previously a combined blues and gospel award category.-Best Blues/Gospel Album :...

 

Winner: The Corktown Sessions - Jack de Keyzer

Jack de Keyzer

Jack de Keyzer is a two-time Juno Award winner and a seven-time Maple Blues award winning artist, blues guitarist, singer, song writer and producer. Jack has received numerous awards including Maple Blues Awards for Best Blues Album, and the 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award...

Other Nominees:

• From the Water - Colin Linden
  Colin Linden
  Colin Linden is a Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with a wide variety of artists including Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda Williams, T-Bone Burnett, Colin James, Leon Redbone, Rita Chiarelli, Chris Thomas King and The Band.Linden is primarily a electric blues guitarist,...
  
  
• I Need a Hat - Downchild
• Low Fidelity - Treasa Levasseur
• Steady Movin' - Carlos del Junco
  Carlos del Junco
  Carlos del Junco is a renowned Cuban-Canadian harmonica musician.Mr. del Junco immigrated with his family when he was one year old. He started to play the harmonica at 14 years old. He graduated from college with honors at the Ontario College of Art majoring in sculpture.He specializes in...
  
  

Recording Package of the Year

Juno Award for CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year

The Juno Award for "CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best album art for a music recording in Canada...

 

Winner: Martin Bernard, Stéphane Cocke, Thomas Csano: Beats on Canvas, Beats on Canvas

Other Nominees:

• Thomas Csano, Alex McLean: Wooden Arms, Patrick Watson
  Patrick Watson (musician)
  Patrick Watson is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and the name of the band which he fronts, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd for their experimental musicianship.-...
  
  
• Rachelle Dupere, Derek Henderson, Evan Kaminsky: Masters Of The Burial, Amy Millan
  Amy Millan
  Amy Millan is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, Masters of the Burial, was released by Arts & Crafts Records in September 2009.- Early life :Amy Millan...
  
  
• Alex Durlak: Potential Things, Canaille
• Justin Ellsworth, Vanessa Heins, Daniel Romano, Ken Reaume: Bring Me Your Love (special edition), City and Colour
  City and Colour
  City and Colour is the recording alias for Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green, who was also the guitarist and vocalist of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. He plays melodic acoustic and folk music and is often accompanied by a rotating number of Canadian indie rock...
  
  

Children's Album of the Year

Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Children's Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1979, as recognition each year for the best children's album in Canada.-Best Children's Album :*1979 - Anne Murray, There's a Hippo in My Tub...

 

Winner: Love My New Shirt - Norman Foote

Norman Foote

Norman Mervyn Barrington-Foote is an internationally acclaimed musician, songwriter, and comedian for all ages. Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he is best known for his songwriting, outrageous props, and off beat sense of humor in children's music and live performance; he has...

Other Nominees:

• Action Packed - Bobs and Lolo
  Bobs and Lolo
  Bobs and Lolo is a Vancouver-based children's music duo consisting of Robyn Hardy , and Lorraine Pond .Originally formed in 2003, Bobs and Lolo gained initial success by performing at the Vancouver Aquarium where Pond worked as an environmental educator...
  
  
• I'm Me! - Charlie Hope
• Walk On - The Kerplunks
  The Kerplunks
  The Kerplunks are childrens entertainers. They originate from a Gabriola Island preschool program known as “Melody Makers”.The Kerplunks comprise of musicians Dinah D, Tina Jones, Phil Wipper and Aaron Cadwaladr. They are a four-piece live band who combine to play over 10 different instruments,...
  
  
• We Share The Earth - The Bee's Knees

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

Juno Award for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1994, as recognition each year for the best Christian/gospel music album in Canada...

 

Winner: Where's Our Revolution

Where's Our Revolution

Where's Our Revolution is the third studio album by Canadian Singer/Songwriter Matt Brouwer. It was released on August 25, 2009 through Universal Music Distribution. The album was well received as the hit "Sometimes" charted in the top 20 in Billboard in 2010. and the album won a JUNO Award in 2010...

 - Matt Brouwer

Matt Brouwer

Matt Brouwer is a Juno Award winning Canadian singer/songwriter who got his start in the music industry while studying music at school in Alberta, Canada. While in college he and fellow students founded the band Monday Night Worship...

Other Nominees:

• Dear Diary
  Dear Diary (FM Static album)
  Dear Diary is a Christian rock opera, and the third studio album by the pop punk band FM Static. It was released on April 7, 2009 through Tooth & Nail Records....
  
   - FM Static
  FM Static
  FM Static is a two-piece Toronto-based pop punk band currently signed to Tooth & Nail Records. The band was started as a side project by Thousand Foot Krutch frontman Trevor McNevan, and drummer Steve Augustine...
  
  
• Devotion - Steve Bell
  Steve Bell (musician)
  Steve Bell is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is among the best-known Christian musicians in Canada and is an accomplished songwriter and record producer. Steve has an extensive catalogue of songs including "Deep Calls to Deep", "Eventide" and...
  
  
• Welcome to the Masquerade
  Welcome to the Masquerade
  Welcome to the Masquerade is the fifth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Thousand Foot Krutch. It was released on September 8, 2009. Trevor McNevan, the band's frontman has stated, "Yeah, I think the new record is definitely more aggressive. In some areas, it's the heaviest we've ever been."...
  
   - Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch is a Canadian Christian rock band formed in 1995. They have released five major studio albums: Set It Off , Phenomenon , The Art of Breaking , The Flame In All of Us , and Welcome to the Masquerade . They also have one live album, Live at the Masquerade...
  
  
• What I Gotta Say - Janelle

Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble) 

Winner: Mathieu, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: Concertino & Concertos - Alain Lefèvre & London Mozart Players

Other Nominees:

• Bartók - Les Violons du Roy
  Les Violons du Roy
  Les Violons du Roy is a French-Canadian chamber orchestra based in Québec City, Québec. The orchestra's principal venue is the Palais Montcalm in Québec City. The orchestra also performs concerts in Montréal at the Place des Arts, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and St...
  
  
• Bruckner 8 - Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Orchestre Métropolitain
• Mendelssohn – Piano Concertos 1 & 2 – Symphony No. 5 - Louis Lortie and Orchestre symphonique de Québec
• Selections From the 2009 National Tour - National Youth Orchestra of Canada

Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble

The Juno Award for "Classical Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1977, as recognition each year for the best classical music album in Canada.-Best Classical Album of the Year :*1977 - Anton Kuerti, Beethoven - Vols...

 

Winner: Joel Quarrington: Garden Scene - Joel Quarrington

Joel Quarrington

Joel Quarrington , is a Canadian double bass player, soloist and teacher.He was born in Toronto, and began playing the double bass at the age of eleven in order to complete a bluegrass trio with his brothers, Paul Quarrington and Tony Quarrington...

Other Nominees:

• El Dorado - Caroline Leonardelli
  Caroline Leonardelli
  Caroline Leonardelli is a French-Canadian harpist known for her orchestral, choral, chamber, pedagogical, and recorded work.Caroline began to study the classical harp in France at the age of seven as a student at the Paris Conservatory and with Lily Laskine and Jacqueline Borot, where she graduated...
  
  
• James Ehnes plays Paganini 24 Caprices - James Ehnes
  James Ehnes
  James Ehnes, CM is a Canadian concert violinist.The son of Alan Ehnes, trumpet professor at Brandon University and Barbara Ehnes, former director of the Brandon School of Dance, James Ehnes began his violin studies at the age of four...
  
  
• Philip Glass : Portrait - Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà
• Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Quartet No. 1 - I Musici de Montréal

Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Vocal or Choral Performance

The Juno Award for "Classical Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1994, as recognition each year for the best vocal classical music album in Canada.-Best Classical Album :...

 

Winner: Adrianne Pieczonka sings Puccini - Adrianne Pieczonka

Adrianne Pieczonka

Adrianne Pieczonka, OC is a Canadian soprano opera singer. Pronounced AY-dree-in pyeh-CHON-kuh .She was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and grew up near Toronto in Burlington and graduated from the Opera School of the University of Toronto. She also graduated from the University of Western Ontario...

Other Nominees:

• Gomidas Songs - Isabel Bayrakdarian
  Isabel Bayrakdarian
  Isabel Bayrakdarian is a Grammy Award-nominated Armenian Canadian opera singer.-Early life:Born in Lebanon in 1974, she moved to Canada as a teenager. Bayrakdarian graduated in 1997 from the University of Toronto with an honours B.A.Sc...
  
  
• Melodiya: Glinka, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky - Orchestre Radio-Canada Musique
• Porpora Arias - Karina Gauvin
  Karina Gauvin
  Karina Gauvin is an internationally-recognized Canadian soprano who has made several recordings and is especially recognised for her interpretation of Baroque music. Opera News stated that, "Gauvin knows how to rivet an audience in opera and concert. She has been a queen of Baroque opera for years...
  
  
• Songs By Ravel - Gerald Finley
  Gerald Finley
  -Career:He was born in Montreal and received his musical education in St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Ottawa, the University of Ottawa, King's College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music in London, England...
  
  

Francophone Album of the Year

Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Francophone Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1992, as recognition each year for the best Francophone album in Canada.-Best Selling Francophone Album :*1992 - Luc de Larochellière, Sauvez mon âme...

 

Winner: Les sentinelles dorment - Andrea Lindsay

Other Nominees:

• Dans mon corps
  Dans Mon Corps
  Dans mon corps is the third studio album from Québécois Rock/Pop group Les Trois Accords released October 13, 2009.-Track listing:# "Dans mon corps"# "Ton pantalon est plein"# "Caméra vidéo"# "Elle s'appelait Serge"# "Nuit de la poésie"...
  
   - Les Trois Accords
  Les Trois Accords
  Les Trois Accords is a rock band from Drummondville, Quebec. The band launched its first album Gros mammouth album in 2003. Some of the notable songs, taken from that album, include "Hawaïenne", "Saskatchewan" and "Lucille". Along with their videos, these songs received heavy exposure in Quebec...
  
  
• Mille excuses milady - Jean Leloup
• Un serpent sous ses fleurs - Yann Perreau
• Un toi dans ma tête - Luc de Larochellière

Instrumental Album of the Year

Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best instrumental album in Canada. The award was originally called the "Instrumental Artist of the Year"....

 

Winner: As Seen Through Windows

As Seen Through Windows

As Seen Through Windows is the second album by Canadian band Bell Orchestre. It was recorded at Soma Electric Studios in Chicago, IL.-Track listing:# "Stripes" — 2:18# "Elephants" — 8:53# "Icicles/Bicycles" — 6:15# "Water/Light/Shifts" — 3:09...

 - Belle Orchestre

Other Nominees:

• Beats on Canvas - Beats on Canvas
• L'île de Sept Villes
  L'Île de Sept Villes (album)
  L'Île de Sept Villes is the third album by the Toronto-based instrumental band Hylozoists. It is nominated for a Juno Award in 2010 for Instrumental Album of the Year.-Track listing:#"The Possibility of an Island"#"Bras d'Or Lakes"...
  
   - The Hylozoists
• Trifecta - Pavlo, Rik Emmett
  Rik Emmett
  Richard Gordon Emmett is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. Emmett left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career. His first solo album, Absolutely, was released in 1990 and became a moderate hit across North America thanks to the hits "When a Heart...
  
   and Oscar Lopez
  Oscar Lopez
  Oscar Lopez is a Chilean-Canadian folk and nouveau flamenco guitarist. He has won many awards from the Latino community....
  
  
• Yalla Yalla! - Sultans of String
  Sultans of String
  Sultans of String are an instrumental music group based in Toronto, Ontario, combining elements of Spanish flamenco, Arabic folk, Cuban rhythms, and French Manouche Gypsy-jazz...
  
  

International Album of the Year

Juno Award for International Album of the Year

The Juno Award for International Album of the Year is an annual award given to a non-Canadian album. It has been given out since 1975. It was formerly known as Best Selling Album , Best Selling Album by a Foreign Artist , International Album of the Year , and Best Selling International Album...

 

Winner: Only By The Night

Only By The Night

-Critics:The album was met with mixed reviews. Metacritic's average rating settled on a 63/100, counting a drastic range of ratings between North America and UK press. The U.S. online publications Pitchfork Media, PopMatters and JustPressPlay gave the album a 3.8/10, 2/10 and 4/10 respectively,...

 - Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion, Oklahoma but formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill , Ivan Nathan Followill and Michael Jared Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion,...

Other Nominees:

• Circus
  Circus (Britney Spears album)
  Circus is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Britney Spears. The album was first released on November 28, 2008 by Jive Records. Spears started work on the album in early 2008 with a range of producers including long-time producers Bloodshy & Avant and Danja...
  
   - Britney Spears
  Britney Spears
  Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
  
  
• The E.N.D.
  The E.N.D.
  According to review aggregator Metacritic, The E.N.D. received an average of 60 out of 100 indicating mixed to average reviews from music critics, based on fifteen critiques, higher than their 2005 album Monkey Business but lower than their 2003 breakout Elephunk, with critics agreeing that the...
  
   - The Black Eyed Peas
  The Black Eyed Peas
  The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
  
  
• Fearless
  Fearless (Taylor Swift album)
  Fearless has been well-received by music professionals, with many praising Swift for her introspective lyrics, as well as her mature sound. According to the music review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an...
  
   - Taylor Swift
  Taylor Swift
  Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...
  
  
• I Dreamed A Dream
  I Dreamed a Dream (album)
  I Dreamed a Dream is the debut album from Scottish singer Susan Boyle. It was released on 23 November 2009 by Syco Music in the United Kingdom, and by Columbia Records in the United States one day later. In the standard edition, 11 out of the 12 songs that appear on the album are cover songs, plus...
  
   - Susan Boyle
  Susan Boyle
  Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...
  
  

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1977, as recognition each year for the best contemporary jazz album in Canada.-Best Jazz Album :...

 

Winner: The Happiness Project

The Happiness Project

The Happiness Project is the title of Charles Spearin's debut album. Best known for his work with Toronto-based bands Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene, Charles Spearin has been performing samples of The Happiness Project live during Broken Social Scene concerts this past year, offering...

 - Charles Spearin

Charles Spearin

Charles Spearin is a musician from Toronto, Ontario. He is a founding member of Do Make Say Think, KC Accidental and Broken Social Scene and also contributes to Valley of the Giants...

Other Nominees:

• Infernal Machines
  Infernal Machines
  Infernal Machines is the first studio album by Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. The album was released May 12, 2009 by New Amsterdam Records.-Track listing:# "Phobos" 11:02# "Zeno" 7:14# "Transit" 7:01# "Redeye" 10:12# "Jacobin Club" 10:55...
  
   - Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
• Motion - Hilario Duran
  Hilario Durán
  Hilario Durán is a Cuban jazz pianist.Durán studied at the Arnadeo Roldan Music Institute in Havana, studying tumbao with Evaristo Aparicio, composition and conducting from German Pifferrer, and orchestration from Guillermo Barreto. He formed a group in the 1970s called Los D'Siempre, which melded...
  
  
• Silverbirch - John Roney
• Songbook Vol. 1 - Kirk MacDonald Quartet

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Traditional Jazz Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1977, as recognition each year for the best traditional jazz album in Canada...

 

Winner: It's About Time - Terry Clarke

Other Nominees:

• Bluesy Lunedi - Alain Bédard
• Pleased To Meet You - Oliver Jones and Hank Jones
  Hank Jones
  Henry "Hank" Jones was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award...
  
  
• Regeneration - Al Henderson Septet
• Strands II - Darren Sigesmund

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Vocal Jazz Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1977, as recognition each year for the best vocal jazz album in Canada. It was previously known as other names including Best Jazz Album and the award categories for Best Mainstream Jazz Album and Best Contemporary Jazz Album...

 

Winner: Ranee Lee Lives Upstairs - Ranee Lee

Ranee Lee

Ranee Lee, CM is a Canadian jazz vocalist and musician who resides in Montreal, Quebec.Lee toured North America in the 1970s as a jazz drummer and tenor saxophonist. She subsequently landed a starring role playing Billie Holiday in Lady Day, and won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her performance...

Other Nominees:

• Haven't We Met?
  Haven't We Met?
  Haven't We Met? is an album by Canadian jazz singer and voice actress Emilie-Claire Barlow. This was Barlow's seventh jazz CD and was released on March 10, 2009.-Track listing:# "All I Do Is Dream of You"# "C'est merveilleux"# "You're Driving Me Crazy"...
  
   - Emilie-Claire Barlow
  Emilie-Claire Barlow
  Emilie-Claire Barlow is a Canadian jazz singer and voice actress. Born to parents who were professional musicians, she was encouraged to sing and study several instruments including piano, cello, clarinet and violin. By age seven she had begun her career, singing television and radio...
  
  
• I Like Men - Carol Welsman
  Carol Welsman
  Carol Welsman is a Canadian jazz vocalist and pianist. She is the granddaughter of conductor/composer Frank Welsman and the sister of composer John Welsman. She has been nominated 5 times for the Juno Award....
  
  
• Lovelight
  Lovelight
  "Lovelight" is a pop song written and originally performed by Lewis Taylor for his 2003 album Stoned, Part I. In 2006, the song was covered by British singer Robbie Williams...
  
   - Michael Kaeshammer
  Michael Kaeshammer
  Michael Kaeshammer is a Canadian boogie-woogie pianist, vocalist, composer, and arranger.After studying classical piano for seven years in his German homeland, a 13-year-old Kaeshammer discovered boogie-woogie and stride piano as played by Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson, Pinetop...
  
  
• Quiet Nights
  Quiet Nights (Diana Krall album)
  Quiet Nights is the ninth studio album by Canadian jazz singer-songwriter and pianist Diana Krall, released on March 31, 2009 by Verve Records. The album marks Krall's first work with arranger Claus Ogerman since 2002's Live in Paris, and her first studio work with Ogerman since 2001's The Look of...
  
   - Diana Krall
  Diana Krall
  Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...
  
  

Pop Album of the Year

Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Pop Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1999, as recognition each year for the best pop album in Canada.-Best Pop Album :*1999 - Barenaked Ladies, Stunt-Best Pop/Adult Album :...

 

Winner: Crazy Love

Crazy Love (Michael Bublé album)

Crazy Love is the fourth studio album released by Canadian vocalist Michael Bublé. After only three days of sales, the album opened atop the Billboard 200 chart with 132,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, making the album Bublé's second number #1 album...

 - Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...

Other Nominees:

• The Listening
  The Listening (Lights album)
  The Listening is the debut studio album by Canadian recording artist Lights. It was released on September 22, 2009 by Sire Records, with global distribution handled by parent Warner Music Group, although in Lights' native Canada the album is released instead by Universal Music Canada under licence...
  
   - LIGHTS
• My World - Justin Bieber
  Justin Bieber
  Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager...
  
  
• The Show Must Go
  The Show Must Go
  -Charts:-The Show Must Go... on the Road Tour:Hedley announced a tour across Canada in support of the album. Fefe Dobson and Stereos were supporting acts for the entire tour, while Boys Like Girls supported the dates from March 28 to April 10, and Faber Drive supported the other eight dates.A...
  
   - Hedley
  Hedley (band)
  Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...
  
  
• Stereos
  Stereos (album)
  Stereos is the eponymous debut album by Canadian pop rock band Stereos, released on October 20, 2009. The deluxe version features two additional tracks "Bye Bye Baby" and "All U Pretty Girls". The album debuted at #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart, and was certified gold by the CRIA with over 40,000...
  
   - Stereos
  Stereos
  Stereos are a Juno nominated pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2008. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of hip hop and pop to form their primary style including. Their first act that had them recognized was appearing on the MuchMusic original series,...
  
  

Rock Album of the Year

Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Rock Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1991, as recognition each year for the best rock album in Canada. The award was previously called a number of other names, including the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Album" and "Best Rock Album"....

 

Winner: Billy Talent III

Billy Talent III

-Special Guitar Villain edition second CD:In addition to having the entire album featured without guitars plus a Guitar Tab of the whole album, the Guitar Villain second disc also features four demo tracks:...

 - Billy Talent

Billy Talent

Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....

Other Nominees:

• Dark Horse
  Dark Horse (Nickelback album)
  Dark Horse is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on November 17, 2008 in Europe and a day later elsewhere...
  
   - Nickelback
  Nickelback
  Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....
  
  
• Life Starts Now
  Life Starts Now
  Life Starts Now is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. The album was released on September 22, 2009. The album was produced by Howard Benson. This is the second time in a row the band has worked with him, after the commercially successful One-X...
  
   - Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
  
  
• Old Crows/Young Cardinals
  Old Crows/Young Cardinals
  Old Crows / Young Cardinals is the fourth and final studio album from post-hardcore band Alexisonfire, released on June 23, 2009. The album was originally referred to by the shortened title of Young Cardinals, until the name change was announced on April 1, 2009...
  
   - Alexisonfire
  Alexisonfire
  Alexisonfire was a five-piece, Juno-nominated post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 2001. The band consisted of George Pettit , Dallas Green , Wade MacNeil , Chris Steele , and Jordan Hastings .They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls...
  
  
• We Are The Same
  We Are The Same
  We Are the Same is the eleventh full-length studio album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, released April 7, 2009 on Universal Music Canada, and by Zoë Records in the United States...
  
   - The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay . Since their formation in 1983 they have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, and 46 singles...
  
  

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)

Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Solo

The Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Solo is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the roots and/or traditional music genres...

 

Winner: Hunter, Hunter, Amelia Curran

Amelia Curran (musician)

Amelia Curran is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia...

Other Nominees:

• Achin In Yer Bones, Romi Mayes
  Romi Mayes
  Romi Mayes is a Canadian born musician. Romi Mayes was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and began performing on stage at the age of 15 years, and touring throughout the United States and the UK playing at festivals, theatres, bars, halls, cafes and even living rooms.-Styles:Mayes' style has been...
  
  
• Losin’ Lately Gambler, Corb Lund
• Pink Strat, Bahamas
  Bahamas (musician)
  Afie Jurvanen , known by his stage name Bahamas, is a Canadian musician, best known for the 2009 album Pink Strat, which was nominated for a 2010 Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo....
  
  
• Queen’s Hotel, John Wort Hannam
  John Wort Hannam
  John Wort Hannam is a Canadian Folk Music musician, from Fort Macleod, Alberta. He was born on the Isle of Jersey of the British Channel Islands. John Wort Hannam is known for his story telling through music. Themes which are central to his music include life in Western Canada, and the human...
  
  

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)

Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Group

The Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Group is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the roots and/or traditional music genres...

 

Winner: The Good Lovelies, The Good Lovelies

The Good Lovelies

The Good Lovelies are a Canadian folk/country trio, consisting of Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore.The group's three members were all solo artists in the Toronto area when they came together in 2006 to perform at a Christmas concert at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel. They subsequently...

Other Nominees:

• Annie Lou, Annie Lou
• Let's Just Stay Here
  Let's Just Stay Here
  Let's Just Stay Here is an album by Canadian alternative country artists Carolyn Mark and NQ Arbuckle, released October 13, 2009 on Mint Records.The album was a nominee for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group at the 2010 Juno Awards.-Personnel:...
  
  , Carolyn Mark
  Carolyn Mark
  Carolyn Mark is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. She has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of the duo The Corn Sisters with American colleague Neko Case, as well as with the bands the Vinaigrettes, Jr. Gone Wild, Showbusiness Giants, the Fixin's and the Metronome Cowboys...
  
   and NQ Arbuckle
  NQ Arbuckle
  NQ Arbuckle is a Canadian alternative country band, consisting of Neville Quinlan , Mark Kesper, Peter Kesper and John Dinsmore...
  
  
• Lost Channels
  Lost Channels
  Lost Channels is the fourth studio album by Canadian folk rock band Great Lake Swimmers, released on March 31, 2009. It was recorded in the Thousand Islands area near the New York–Ontario border and features several guest appearances by other artists, including Serena Ryder, Bob Egan , Erin Aurich ...
  
  , Great Lake Swimmers
  Great Lake Swimmers
  Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is currently based in Toronto....
  
  
• No Fool for Trying, Madison Violet
  Madison Violet
  Madison Violet is a Canadian duo composed of singer-songwriters Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac. The group has been notable for various folk and pop award nominations and wins.- History :...
  
  

World Music Album of the Year

Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "World Music Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1992, as recognition each year for the best world music album in Canada...

 

Winner: Comfortably Mine, Dominic Mancuso

Other Nominees:

• Alex Cuba, Alex Cuba
  Alex Cuba
  Alexis Puentes , better known by his stage name Alex Cuba, is a Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter who sings in Spanish and English. He has won two Juno Awards for World Music Album of the Year: in 2006 for Humo De Tabaco, and in 2008 for his second album, Agua Del Pozo...
  
  
• La danse de l’exilé, Karim Saada
• Slide to Freedom 2: Make a Better World, Doug Cox
  Doug Cox
  Doug Cox is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and music programmer, and is currently signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music.He is well known for his skills on the dobro and slide guitar...
  
   and Salil Bhatt
  Salil Bhatt
  Salil Bhatt is an Indian slide guitar player. He created the musical instrument Satvik Veena. He is the son of the fellow slide player and Grammy Award winner, Padmashree Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.,...
  
  
• Sunplace, Jaffa Road
  Jaffa Road (band)
  -About the Band :Jaffa Road’s music looks to the future by blending tradition with innovation and bringing together diverse musical languages that include Jewish roots, jazz, Indian and Arabic music, electronica, and dub....
  
  

Single of the Year

Juno Award for Single of the Year

The Juno Award for Single of the Year has been awarded since 1974 for the best single in Canada. It has also been known as Best Single and Best Selling Single.-Best Single :...

 

Winner: "Haven't Met You Yet

Haven't Met You Yet

"Haven’t Met You Yet" is the first single from Canadian singer Michael Bublé's fourth album Crazy Love, released on August 31, 2009. According to Bublé, the single and its official music video are "about everyone's dream of finding a relationship and love." Bublé co-wrote "Haven’t Met You Yet" with...

" - Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...

Other Nominees:

• "Anybody Listening" - Classified
  Classified (rapper)
  Luke Boyd , professionally known as Classified, is a Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia.-Career:...
  
  
• "Best I Ever Had
  Best I Ever Had (Drake song)
  "Best I Ever Had" is the first single from Canadian rapper Drake's first EP So Far Gone. It first became prominent from the release of Drake's third mixtape of the same name. In 2009, the song was named the "Hot Rap Song" of the year by Billboard. The song's popularity helped Drake decide to...
  
  " - Drake
  Drake (entertainer)
  Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....
  
  
• "Love Is A First" - The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay . Since their formation in 1983 they have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, and 46 singles...
  
  
• "Rusted from the Rain
  Rusted from the Rain
  "Rusted from the Rain" is the first official single by Billy Talent off their new album, Billy Talent III. It was released on May 19, 2009....
  
  " - Billy Talent
  Billy Talent
  Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....
  
  

Classical Composition of the Year

Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year

The Juno Award for "Classical Composition of the Year" has been awarded since 1987, as recognition each year for the best classical music composition in Canada.-Best Classical Composition :*Malcolm Forsyth, Atayoskewin...

 

Winner: "Lament In The Trampled Garden", Marjan Mozetich (album, Lament in the Trampled Garden)

Other Nominees:

• "Angels In Flight", Marjan Mozetich (album, Lament in the Trampled Garden)
• "Dreams Of Flying", Rob Teehan (performed by National Youth Orchestra of Canada)
• "Earth Songs", Stephen Chatman (album, Earth Songs)
• "Nocturne", Leonard Enns (DaCapo Chamber Choir album, Shadowland)

Country Album of the Year

Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada...

 

Winner: Dance With Me

Dance with Me (Johnny Reid album)

Dance with Me is the fifth studio album by the Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on March 10, 2009, by Open Road Recordings. The first single, "A Woman Like You", reached the top 10 of the Radio & Records Canadian country singles chart...

, Johnny Reid

Johnny Reid

Johnny Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland...

Other Nominees:

• Believe
  Believe (Emerson Drive album)
  Believe is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music group Emerson Drive. The album was released in Canada on May 5, 2009 via Midas/Valory/Open Road. The album's first single, "Belongs to You," reached the top forty on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the United States.-Critical...
  
  , Emerson Drive
  Emerson Drive
  Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...
  
  
• Go
  Go (Doc Walker album)
  Go is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music group Doc Walker. It was released on September 8, 2009 by Open Road Recordings and includes the single "Coming Home."-Track listing:...
  
  , Doc Walker
  Doc Walker
  Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...
  
  
• The Long Way Home, Terri Clark
  Terri Clark
  Terri Lynn Sauson , known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that year...
  
  
• The Road Hammers II
  The Road Hammers II
  The Road Hammers II is the third and final studio album of Canadian country rock group The Road Hammers. Released on February 24, 2009 on Open Road Recordings, it is their second album to be released in Canada. Its first single, "Homegrown," has reached the Top 20 on the Canadian country music charts...
  
  , The Road Hammers
  The Road Hammers
  The Road Hammers was a Canadian Country music group composed of Jason McCoy, Clayton Bellamy and Chris Byrne. Formed by McCoy as a side project, the trio's music is influenced by 1960s and 1970s trucker music and Southern rock. Their first self-titled album included remakes of several classic...
  
  

Dance Recording of the Year

Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Dance Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1990, as recognition each year for the best dance music album in Canada.-Best Dance Recording :*1990 – Kon Kan, "I Beg Your Pardon "...

 

Winner: For Lack of a Better Name, Deadmau5

Deadmau5

Joel Thomas Zimmerman , better known by his stage name deadmau5 , is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto...

Other Nominees:

• I’m No Human, Misstress Barbara
  Misstress Barbara
  Barbara Bonfiglio, better known as Misstress Barbara , is an Italian-born, Canadian electronica disc jockey. Born in 1975, she moved from Sicily to Montreal, Quebec at the age of eight, and has resided in the city ever since...
  
  
• "Runnin", Doman and Gooding with Dru and Lincoln
• "Shine 4U", Carmen and Camille
• Thunderheist
  Thunderheist (album)
  Thunderheist is the debut album from Canadian electro hop duo of the same name. It was released in North America on March 31, 2009.- Tracklist :# "Sweet 16" - 3:46# "Nothing2Step2" - 4:00# "Jerk It" - 3:51# "LBG " - 4:24...
  
  , Thunderheist
  Thunderheist
  Thunderheist is an electronic music duo from Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Thunderheist is made up of producer Graham Bertie and Omolola Isis Salami . The two began collaborating before they had ever met in person, sending MP3 files to each other over the Internet.They are signed and released one...
  
  

Music DVD of the Year

Juno Award for Music DVD of the Year

The Juno Award for "Music DVD of the Year" has been awarded since 2004, as recognition each year for the best music DVD in Canada.-Music DVD of the Year :...

 

Winner: Iron Maiden: Flight 666

Iron Maiden: Flight 666

Iron Maiden: Flight 666 is a concert documentary film featuring the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The film follows the band on the first leg of their Somewhere Back in Time World Tour between February and March 2008....

 (Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

), Stefan Demetriou, Sam Dunn, Scott McFadyen, Rod Smallwood, Andy Taylor

Other Nominees:

• Acoustic – Friends & Total Strangers (The Trews
  The Trews
  The Trews are a Canadian rock band from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, consisting of vocalist Colin MacDonald, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek, and drummer Sean Dalton...
  
  ), John-Angus MacDonald, Tim Martin, Larry Wanagas
• Drum! Live (Drum!), Daniel Brooker, Brookes Diamond, Doris Mason, Colin Smeltzer, Aaron Young
• Miroir Noir (Arcade Fire), Arcade Fire, Vincent Morisset
• Snakes & Arrows Live
  Snakes & Arrows Live (video)
  Snakes & Arrows Live is a live DVD and Blu-Ray video by the Canadian band Rush, released on November 24, 2008.. The material was taken from two performances during the first leg of the Snakes & Arrows Tour, recorded at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands on October 16 and 17, 2007, with...
  
   (Rush
  Rush (band)
  Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
  
  ), Pegi Cecconi, Ray Danniels, François Lamoureaux, Pierre Lamoureaux, Allan Weinrib

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1985, as recognition each year for the best rhythm and blues/soul album in Canada.-Best R&B/Soul Recording :*1985 - Liberty Silver, Lost Somewhere Inside Your Love...

 

Winner: "Lonesome Highway", Jacksoul

Jacksoul

jacksoul, sometimes stylized as jackSOUL, was a Canadian soul and R&B band. Based in Toronto, the band was fronted by singer Haydain Neale, and was best known for their hits "Can't Stop" and "Still Believe in Love"....

Other Nominees:

• The Black Book
  The Black Book (album)
  The Black Book is the third studio album of Canadian singer-songwriter Jully Black. It was released on November 23, 2009 on Universal Music Canada. The first single "Running" peaked at #40 on the Canadian Hot 100.-Background:...
  
  , Jully Black
  Jully Black
  Jully Black |Julie]]"; born Jullyann Inderia Gordon; November 8, 1977) is a Canadian R&B singer–songwriter. She has collaborated and written for many artists, including Nas, Missy Elliott, Saukrates, Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, Destiny's Child, and Sean Paul.-Life & career:Black was born Jullyann...
  
  
• The Bridge
  The Bridge (Melanie Fiona album)
  The Bridge is the debut album of Canadian R&B/soul singer Melanie Fiona, released under the SRC/Universal Motown label in June 2009. It was released in the United States on November 10, 2009. The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at #57 on the Billboard 200...
  
  , Melanie Fiona
  Melanie Fiona
  Melanie Fiona Hallim is a Canadian R&B and Grammy-nominated recording artist from Toronto, Ontario. She was born to Guyanese immigrant parents of African, Indian, and Portuguese descent and grew up in the inner city of Toronto. Living in a music filled household, Fiona says she always knew music...
  
  
• Intro
  Intro (Danny Fernandes album)
  Intro is the debut album of pop singer Danny Fernandes. It was co-written and co-produced by rapper Belly. The album features the hit singles "Curious" , "Private Dancer ," "Fantasy", "Never Again", and "Addicted"...
  
  , Danny Fernandes
  Danny Fernandes
  Daniel Bosco Fernandes is a Canadian singer and songwriter of Portuguese descent. He is signed to CP Records.-Career:...
  
  
• The Long Way Home, Jarvis Church

Rap Recording of the Year

Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year has been awarded since 1991, and is awarded for the best rap album in Canada. It was awarded under the title Best Rap Recording from 1993 to 2002....

 

Winner: So Far Gone

So Far Gone

So Far Gone is the third official mixtape from Canadian rapper/singer Drake. Released in February 2009, the mixtape proved to be a major catalyst in the launching of Drake's career on an international scale. Tracks "Best I Ever Had" and "Successful" were released as singles from the mixtape, and...

, Drake

Drake (entertainer)

Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....

Other nominees:

• Self Explanatory
  Self Explanatory (Classified album)
  -Track listing:#"Self Explanatory" – 3:05#"Get Out the Way" – 3:23#"Choose Your Own Adventure 1" – 3:09#"Up All Night" – 4:12#"Quit While You're Ahead" – 4:34#"Inspiration" – 2:08...
  
  , Classified
  Classified (rapper)
  Luke Boyd , professionally known as Classified, is a Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia.-Career:...
  
  
• "Still Fly", Big Page, Drake, & U.G.O. Crew
• Troubadour
  Troubadour (K'naan album)
  -Bonus tracks:-Chart positions:In the U.S., the album sold over 15,000 copies in its first week of release and debuted at #32 on the Billboard 200. The album has sold approximately 44,000 copies in the US as of July 2009...
  
  , K'naan
  K'naan
  K'naan , born Keinan Abdi Warsame in 1978, is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.-Biography:Born in Somalia, K'naan spent his childhood in Mogadishu and lived there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. His aunt, Magool, was one of Somalia's most...
  
  
• Yes!
  Yes! (k-os album)
  Yes! is the fourth album of alternative hip hop artist k-os, released on April 14, 2009 in Canada by Universal Music Canada. The first single, "4 3 2 1", was released to radio in December 2008 and peaked at #98 on the Canadian Hot 100, also the video premiered on February 17, 2009. "Burning...
  
  , k-os
  K-os
  Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...
  
  

Reggae Recording of the Year

Juno Award for Reggae Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Reggae Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1985, as recognition each year for the best reggae album in Canada.-Best Reggae/Calypso Recording :*1985 - Liberty Silver & Otis Gayle, Heaven Must Have Sent You...

 

Winner: Gonna Be Alright, Dubmatix with Prince Blanco

Prince Blanco

Mark Matthews, , konown by his stage name Prince Blanco, is a singer and musician based in Toronto, Canada, predominantly performing and recording in the reggae, ska and dub genre.-Early life:Mark was born in Newport on the Isle Of Wight off the south coast of England...

Other Nominees:

• American Dream, Carl Henry III
• Breaking Up, Tanya Mullings
• Show Me The Way, Kim Davis
• Wha-La-La-Leng, Ghislain Poirier
  Ghislain Poirier
  Poirier is a DJ/producer from Montreal who is signed to the Ninja Tune record label. He has, however, also worked with other labels such as Chocolate Industries, Rebondir, Shockout, Musique Large, Intr_version and 12k. His work mainly consists of original instrumental mixes and mixes featuring...
  
   with Face-T

Video of the Year

Juno Award for Video of the Year

The Juno Award for "Video of the Year" has been awarded since 1984, as recognition each year for the best music video in Canada. The award was previously called the "Best Video".-Best Video :...

 

Winner: "Little Bit of Red" - Serena Ryder

Serena Ryder

Serena Ryder is a Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter raised in Millbrook, Ontario.Ranging musically between folk, roots, country, and adult contemporary music, Ryder possesses a five-octave range...

Other Nominees:

• "Anybody Listening" - Classified
  Classified (rapper)
  Luke Boyd , professionally known as Classified, is a Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia.-Career:...
  
  
• "Heavens to Purgatory" - The Most Serene Republic
  The Most Serene Republic
  The Most Serene Republic is a Canadian indie rock band based in Milton, Ontario. It takes its name from the sobriquet of formerly independent Venice under the Doges, which was regarded as "The Most Serene Republic of Venice".-Members:...
  
  
• "It's Okay" - Land of Talk
  Land of Talk
  Land of Talk is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2006 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band consists of singer and guitarist Elizabeth Powell, bass guitarist Joseph Yarmush and drummer Andrew Barr.-History:...
  
  
• "Mr. Hurricane" - Beast

Compilation album

A compilation album featuring selected Juno nominees was released on 30 March 2010 by Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....

 Canada. Sales of the album support the CARAS music education charity MusiCounts. The artists and track listing is as follows:

1. "Haven’t Met You Yet", Michael Bublé
   Michael Bublé
   Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...
   
   
2. "Wavin’ Flag", K'naan
   K'naan
   K'naan , born Keinan Abdi Warsame in 1978, is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.-Biography:Born in Somalia, K'naan spent his childhood in Mogadishu and lived there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. His aunt, Magool, was one of Somalia's most...
   
   
3. "Burn It To The Ground", Nickelback
   Nickelback
   Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....
   
   
4. "Break", Three Days Grace
   Three Days Grace
   Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
   
   
5. "Rusted From The Rain", Billy Talent
   Billy Talent
   Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....
   
   
6. "Oh, The Boss Is Coming!", Arkells
   Arkells
   Arkells are a Canadian rock band, formed in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2006, they signed with Dine Alone Records, the label for other Canadian acts such as City and Colour, Attack In Black, Alexisonfire, and Tokyo Police Club.-Band history:...
   
   
7. "Gimme Sympathy", Metric
   Metric (band)
   Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles...
   
   
8. "Dead End Countdown", The New Cities
   The New Cities
   The New Cities is a Juno Award and ADISQ Award nominated band originating from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and currently based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The current members of The New Cities are David Brown, Christian Bergeron, Nicolas Denis, Francis Fugere, Philippe Lachance, and Julien...
   
   
9. "Cha-Ching", Hedley
   Hedley (band)
   Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...
   
   
10. "Anybody Listening", Classified
    Classified (rapper)
    Luke Boyd , professionally known as Classified, is a Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia.-Career:...
    
    
11. "One Time", Justin Bieber
    Justin Bieber
    Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager...
    
    
12. "Rich Girl$", Down With Webster
    Down with Webster
    Down with Webster, or DWW, is a 7-man Canadian rap rock band from The Beaches area of Toronto, Ontario who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009. During live shows the band occasionally uses a 3-piece horn section....
    
    
13. "Best I Ever Had", Drake
    Drake (entertainer)
    Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....
    
    
14. "Summer Girl", Stereos
    Stereos
    Stereos are a Juno nominated pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2008. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of hip hop and pop to form their primary style including. Their first act that had them recognized was appearing on the MuchMusic original series,...
    
    
15. "Operator (A Girl Like Me)", Shiloh
    Shiloh (singer)
    Shiloh Hoganson , known by her stage name as Shiloh, is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. Shiloh has performed with Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, Stereos, Hedley, Theory of a Deadman, Marianas Trench, and Faber Drive.-Early life:...
    
    
16. "Love Is A First", The Tragically Hip
    The Tragically Hip
    The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay . Since their formation in 1983 they have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, and 46 singles...
    
    
17. "A Million Miles Away", Jann Arden
    Jann Arden
    Jann Arden is a Canadian singer-songwriter.-Life and career:Arden was born and raised near Calgary in Springbank, Alberta and attended Springbank Community High School. Her breakthrough came with her critically acclaimed 1993 debut album Time for Mercy and her first single "I Would Die For You"...
    
    
18. "Arizona Dust", Blue Rodeo
    Blue Rodeo
    Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...
    
    
19. "A Woman Like You", Johnny Reid
    Johnny Reid
    Johnny Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland...
    
    
20. "Walk On By", Diana Krall
    Diana Krall
    Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...
    
    

See also

• Juno Awards of 2002
  Juno Awards of 2002
  The Juno Awards of 2002 were presented in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada during the weekend of 13-14 April 2002.Nominations were announced 11 February 2002 at a news conference hosted by Mike Bullard...
  
  , the first and previous Juno Awards to be hosted in St. John's

External links

• Juno Awards official site
• Ruckus on the Edge - 2010 Juno - Newfoundland host committee site