Here are all the 2023 Juno nominees

CBC Music | CBC Music | Posted: January 31, 2023 4:39 PM | Last Updated: February 1, 2023

The Weeknd, Avril Lavigne and Tate McRae lead nominations for the awards, which will take place on March 13

TikTok Juno fan choice

• Avril Lavigne
• Lauren Spencer-Smith
• MacKenzie Porter
• Preston Pablo
• Rêve
• Shawn Mendes
• Tate McRae
• The Reklaws
• The Weeknd
• Tyler Shaw

Single of the year

• "Bite Me," Avril Lavigne
• "Flowers Need Rain," Preston Pablo and Banx & Ranx
• "When You're Gone," Shawn Mendes
• "She's all I Wanna Be," Tate McRae
• "Sacrifice," the Weeknd

International album of the year

• =, Ed Sheeran
• Harry's House, Harry Styles
• Montero, Lil Nas X
• Midnights, Taylor Swift
• Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift

Album of the year

• Who Hurt You?, Ali Gatie
• Love Sux, Avril Lavigne
• Demons Protected By Angels, Nav
• I Used to Think I Could Fly, Tate McRae
• Dawn FM, the Weeknd

Artist of the year

• Avril Lavigne
• Lauren Spencer-Smith
• Michael Bublé
• Shawn Mendes
• The Weeknd

Group of the year

• Arcade Fire
• Arkells
• Billy Talent
• Metric
• The Reklaws

Breakthrough artist of the year

• Dax
• Devon Cole
• Preston Pablo
• RealestK
• Rêve

Breakthrough group of the year

• Banx & Ranx
• Harm & Ease
• Rare Americans
• Tommy Lefroy
• Wild Rivers

Songwriter of the year

• Abel Tesfaye: "Less Than Zero" (co-songwriters Tomoko Yamaguch, Hamada Tetsuro, Daniel Lopatin, the Weeknd); "Out of Time" (co-songwriters Max Martin, Fragogian Josefsson, Axel Hedfors, Oscar Holter, Sebastian Ingrosso, Carl Nordstrom, Kevin Duane McCord); "Sacrifice" (co-songwriters Max Martin, Fragogian Josefsson, Axel Hedfors, Oscar Holter, Sebastian Ingrosso, Carl Nordstrom, Kevin Duane McCord).
• Faouzia: "Anybody Else" (co-songwriters Andre Davidson, Michelle Buzz, Sean Davidson);
• "Puppet" (co-songwriters Andre Davidson, Johnny Goldstein, Sean Davidson); "RIP, Love" (co-songwriters Fran Hall, Jakke Erixson).
• Tate McRae: "Chaotic" (co-songwriter Victoria Zaro); "Feel Like Shit" (co-songwriters Victoria Zaro, Jacob Hindlin, Russell J Chell); "She's all I Wanna Be" (co-songwriter Greogry Kurstin).
• Tenille Townes: "The Last Time" (co-songwriters Gordon Sampson, Benjamin Goldsmith); "When you Need It" (co-songwriter Stephen Wrabel); "When's it Gonna Happen" (co-songwriters Stephenie Jones, Stephen Wrabel).
• Tobi: "Before we Panic" (co-songwriters Alex Goose, Eric Hagstrom, John Stephen Sudduth, Kevin Martin, Tony Martin, Stephenie Jones, Stephen Wrabel); "Flowers" (co-songwriters Alex Goose, Daniele Luppi, Homer Steinweiss, Nick Movshon, Nicole Wray, Leon Michels, Paul Spring); "Move" (co-songwriters Alex Goose, Jessica Lee Hansell, Jon Bap, Robin Hannibal, Tavon Thompson, Tyler Demorest).

Country album of the year

• Way Back, High Valley
• Honkytonk Revival, Jade Eagleson
• Bronco, Orville Peck
• Masquerades, Tenille Townes
• Good Ol' Days, the Reklaws

Adult alternative album of the year

• Born Losers, Altameda
• The Garden, Basia Bulat
• Being Somewhere, Dan Mangan
• Colder Streams, the Sadies
• How is it That I Should Look at the Stars, the Weather Station

Alternative album of the year

• Blue Rev, Alvvays
• Duality, Luna Li
• Sewn Back Together, Ombiigizi
• The Unraveling of PupTheBand, Pup
• Tongues, Tanya Tagaq

Pop album of the year

• In the Meantime, Alessia Cara
• Love Sux, Avril Lavigne
• The Loneliest Time, Carly Rae Jepsen
• I Used to Think I Could Fly, Tate McRae
• Dawn FM, the Weeknd

Rock album of the year

• Otherness, Alexisonfire
• Crisis of Faith, Billy Talent
• Get Rollin', Nickelback
• Outta Sight, the Sheepdogs
• Explosions, Three Days Grace

Vocal jazz album of the year

• Featuring, Caity Gyorgy
• Blue, Diana Panton
• Venez donc chez moi, Laura Anglade and Sam Kirmayer
• Nikki by Starlight, Nikki Yanofsky
• The Ostara Project, the Ostara Project

Jazz album of the year

• Joy, Ernesto Cervini
• A Little Louder Now, Lauren Falls
• El Tinajon, Luis Deniz
• Rumba, Rafael Zaldivar
• Kinds of Love, Renee Rosnes

Jazz album of the year

• Semantics, Andrew Rathbun Quintet
• Talk Memory, BadBadNotGood
• The History of Us, Carn Davidson 9
• Desert Bloom, Florian Hoefner Trio
• The Dragon's Tail, Mark Kelso & the Jazz Exiles

Instrumental album of the year

• Canadiana, Canadian Brass
• Everything was Forever Until it was no More, Esmerine
• Iguana, Hard Rubber Orchestra
• Aubades, Jean-Michel Blais
• Lionheart, Stephan Moccio

Album francophone de l'année

• Medium plaisir, Ariane Roy
• Mercure en mai, Daniel Bélanger
• Pictura de ipse: Musique directe, Hubert Lenoir
• Crash, Les Louanges
• Chiac Disco, Lisa LeBlanc

Children's album of the year

• Nice to Meet You, Beppie
• Say Hello, Jeremy and Jazzy
• I am Love, Splash'N Boots
• Walk off the Earth & Romeo Eats, Vol. 2, Walk off the Earth and Romeo Eats
• Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Julia the Great, Young Maestro and Keysha Freshh

Classical album of the year (solo artist)

• Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021, Bruce Liu
• Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1, David Jalbert
• La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland, Isabel Bayrakdarian
• Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, James Ehnes
• Fables, Philip Chiu

Classical album of the year (large ensemble)

• Clara – Robert – Johannes: Lyrical Echoes, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Shelley
• Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Ensemble Caprice, Ensemble Vocal Arts-Quebec, conducted by Matthias Maute, featuring Karina Gauvin
• Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen – Arvo Pärt: Symphonie No. 4, 'Los Angeles,' I Musici de Montréal, conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni
• Viola Borealis, Orchestre de l'Agora, conducted by Nicolas Ellis, featuring Marina Thibeault
• Radiant Dawn: Music for Advent and Christmas, The Elora Singers, conducted by Mark Vuorinen

Classical album of the year (small ensemble)

• Nagamo, Andrew Balfour and musica intima
• Hemsi: Chamber Works, ARC Ensemble
• Vagues et ombres, collectif9
• Early Italian Cello Concertos, Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca, conducted by Claude Lapalme
• De la cour de Louis XIV à Shippagan! Chants traditionnels acadiens et airs de cour du XVIIe siècle, Suzie LeBlanc, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay, Vincent Lauzer, and Sylvain Bergeron

Classical composition of the year

• An Overall Augmented Sense of Well-being, Anthony Tan
• Bestiary I & II, Bekah Simms
• The Black Fish, Keyan Emami
• Prayers for Ruins, Nicole Lizée
• Supervillain Études, Vincent Ho

Rap album/EP of the year

• Gonzo, Boslen
• Retrospected (Acoustic), Classified
• The Fleur Print Vol. 2, Jazz Cartier
• Demons Protected by Angels, Nav
• Shall I Continue?, Tobi

Dance recording of the year

• "Afterglow," Bob Moses and Kasablanca
• "Shinigami Eyes," Grimes
• "These Nights," Loud Luxury feat. Kiddo
• "Ctrl + Alt + Del," Rêve
• Spiral, Rezz

Contemporary R&B recording of the year

• When Flowers Bloom, Adria Kain
• "If I get Caught," dvsn
• No Longer in the Suburbs, Dylan Sinclair
• Yessie, Jessie Reyez
• "WTF," Savannah Ré

Reggae recording of the year

• Water, Ammoye
• "Like a Star," Celena
• "Jah Love," Exco Levi
• "In the Streets," Kairo McLean
• "Reggae Party," Kirk Diamond, Kairo McLean and Finn feat. Kairo McLean

Contemporary Indigenous artist or group of the year

• Watin, Aysanabee
• Zhawenim, Digging Roots
• Code Red, Indian City
• Beyond the Reservoir, Julian Taylor
• The Crossing, Susan Aglukark

Contemporary roots album of the year

• O Glory, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
• That was you and Me, Fortunate Ones
• Hold on to Love, Shakura S'Aida
• Come Morning, the Bros. Landreth
• House of Dreams, the East Pointers

Traditional roots album of the year

• Hurricane Clarice, Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
• 20 printemps, Le Vent du Nord
• Narrow Line, Mama's Broke
• Tell 'Em You Were Gold, Pharis & Jason Romero
• The Empress, the McDades

Blues album of the year

• Long River, Angelique Francis
• Midnight Blues, Crystal Shawanda
• Thanks for Tomorrow, Harrison Kennedy
• Preach to my Soul, Spencer Mackenzie
• Live at the King Eddy, the Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer

Contemporary Christian/gospel album of the year

• Into the Wild, Dan Bremnes
• Trust, Daniel Ojo
• Jordan St. Cyr, Jordan St. Cyr
• Only Ever Always, Love & the Outcome
• The Church Will Rise, Tehillah Worship

Global music album of the year

• In the Footsteps of Rumi, Ghalia Benali, Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian
• Thieves of Dreams, Lenka Lichtenberg
• José Louis and the Paradox of Love, Pierre Kwenders
• Vox.Infold, Ruby Singh
• Tradisyon, Wesli

Jack Richardson producer of the year

• Akeel Henry: "For Tonight," Giveon (co-producers Sevn Thomas, Jahaan Sweet); "Splash," John Legend (co-producer Tone, Kevin Ekofo).
• Banx & Ranx: "Ctrl + Alt + Del," Rêve; "Dynamite feat. Sia," Sean Paul (co-producers Greg Kurstin, Jason Jigzagula Henriques).
• Kaytranada: "dog food," IDK; "Iced Tea," Joyce Wrice and Kaytranada.
• Mike Wise: "10 Things I Hate About You," Leah Kate; "Yuck," Charli XCX.
• Murda Beatz: "California Breeze," Lil Baby (co-producer Marcel Korkutata); "Have Mercy," Chlöe (co-producers Chlöe, BoogzDaBeast, Fnz, Joseph L'Etranger).

Recording engineer of the year

• Derek Hoffman: "My Body," Lili-Ann De Francesco; "Stronger Than you Know," the East Pointers.
• George Seara: "Hell/Heaven," Keshi; "It'll be Okay," Shawn Mendes.
• Gus van Go: "Grow up Tomorrow," the Beaches; "What Feels Like Eternity," Metric.
• Jason Dufour: "She Don't Know," Jade Eagleson; "The old Me," Ria Mae.
• Serban Ghenea: "That's What I Want," Lil Nas X; "Unholy," Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras.

Album artwork of the year

• Emy Storey (art director, designer, photographer), Becca McFarlane and Pamela Littky (photographers): Crybaby, Tegan and Sara.
• Ian Ilavsky (art director and designer), Maciek Szczerbowski (illustrator): Everything was Forever Until it was no More, Esmerine.
• Jud Haynes (art director, designer): Kubasongs, Kubasonics.
• Kee Avil (art director), Lawrence Fafard (photographer): Crease, Kee Avil.
• Lights (art director, illustrator), Virgilio Tzaj (designer), Matt Barnes (photographer): PEP, Lights.

Music video of the year

• "Fraud" by Emma Higgins (Jessie Reyez)
• "Unholy" by Floria Sigismondi (Sam Smith and Kim Petras)
• "Have Mercy" by Karena Evans (Chlöe)
• "Different Than Before" by Mayumi Yoshida (Amanda Sum)
• "Remember me for Me" by Sterling Larose (SonReal and Lily Moore)

Electronic album of the year

• Not OK, Mecha Maiko
• Spectrums, Odonis Odonis
• Nightmare on Rezz Street 2 Mix, Rezz
• Synthetic Season One, Rich Aucoin
• Interior, Teen Daze

Metal/hard music album of the year

• Psychic Jailbreak, Cancer Bats
• Merciless Destruction, Get the Shot
• Paid in Full, Skull Fist
• Synchro Anarchy, Voivod
• Thought Form Descent, Wake

Adult contemporary album of the year

• Adventure Book, Francois Klark
• Descendant, Jann Arden
• He Sang she Sang, Marc Jordan & Amy Sky
• Higher, Michael Bublé
• A Tyler Shaw Christmas, Tyler Shaw

Comedy album of the year

• Let me Hold Your Baby, Courtney Gilmour
• Splash Pad, Jackie Pirico
• A Person who is Gingerbread, Jon Dore
• Here Live, not a Cat, Matt Wright
• Things Black Girls Say — the Album, Zabrina Douglas

Traditional R&B/soul recording of the year

• "Please do not Lean," Daniel Caesar feat. BadBadNotGood
• Palisade, Jon Vinyl
• "All I Need," Safe
• How to Make Love, TheHonestGuy
• "Last One," Savannah Ré feat. Dylan Sinclair

Rap single of the year

• "Alejandro Sosa," 6ixbuzz and Pengz
• "Been Himma," Dom Vallie
• "Wrath," Freddie Dredd
• "Twin Flame," Kaytranada and Anderson .Paak
• "Wrong Decisions," Nav

Underground dance single of the year

• "Debonair," Bensley
• "Aye Aye," Blond:ish and Cameron Jack
• "The Time Is (Now)," Fred Everything
• "I Knew Techno," Greg Gow
• "Easy," Tiga

Traditional Indigenous artist or group of the year

• Kâkîsimo ᑳᑮᓯᒧᐤ, Cikwes
• Katajjausiit, Iva & Angu
• Mikwanak Kamôsakinat, Joel Wood
• Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning, Northern Cree
• Unbreakable, the Bearhead Sisters