Junos 2016: Complete list of Juno Award nominees
CBC News | Posted: February 2, 2016 6:28 PM | Last Updated: February 3, 2016
Calgary will be host city for 2016 Juno festivities March 28-April 3
The Weeknd, Drake and Justin Bieber — the three Canadian acts who have dominated the music charts at home and abroad for months — are leading the race for the 2016 Juno Awards, with two newcomers to the scene, singer-songwriter Alessia Cara and digital video sensation Shawn Mendes, also among the top contenders.
The 45th annual Juno Awards broadcast gala takes place Sunday, April 3 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.
Here are the 2016 Juno Award nominees.
JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD
- Alessia Cara
- Carly Rae Jepsen
- Cœur de pirate
- Dean Brody
- Drake
- Justin Bieber
- Shawn Hook
- Shawn Mendes
- The Weeknd
- Walk Off The Earth
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
- Here, Alessia Cara
- Hotline Bling, Drake
- What Do You Mean? , Justin Bieber
- Clothes Off , Ria Mae
- Can't Feel My Face, The Weeknd
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- 25, Adele
- Hozier, Hozier
- Title, Meghan Trainor
- Four, One Direction
- Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake
- À Paradis City, Jean Leloup
- Purpose, Justin Bieber
- Handwritten, Shawn Mendes
- Beauty Behind the Madness, The Weeknd
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- City and Colour
- Drake
- Justin Bieber
- Shawn Mendes
- The Weeknd
GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Hedley
- Marianas Trench
- Metric
- Three Days Grace
- Walk Off The Earth
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Alessia Cara
- Coleman Hell
- Francesco Yates
- Scott Helman
- Tobias Jesso Jr.
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Dear Rouge
- Half Moon Run
- Milk & Bone
- The Elwins
- Young Empires
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
- Abel Tesfaye
- Béatrice Martin
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Dallas Green
- Tobias Jesso Jr.
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Anchor, Autumn Hill
- Pick Me Up, Brett Kissel
- Gypsy Road, Dean Brody
- County Line, High Valley
- Frontier, Paul Brandt
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- If I've Only One Time Askin', Daniel Romano
- The Park Avenue Sobriety Test, Joel Plaskett
- In My Dreams, Mo Kenney
- Goon, Tobias Jesso Jr.
- Leave No Bridge Unburned, Whitehorse
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Deep in the Iris, BRAIDS
- Poison Season, Destroyer
- Are You Alone?, Majical Cloudz
- Half Free, U.S. Girls
- Viet Cong, Viet Cong
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Hello, Hedley
- Purpose, Justin Bieber
- Augusta, Scott Helman
- Handwritten, Shawn Mendes
- Sing It All Away, Walk Off The Earth
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Get Up, Bryan Adams
- The Physical World, Death From Above 1979
- Chaotic Neutral, Matthew Good
- No Fixed Address, Nickelback
- Future Nostalgia, The Sheepdogs
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- New, Alex Pangman
- Live from the Cellar, Dan Brubeck Quartet
- Clear Day, Emilie-Claire Barlow
- This Bitter Earth, Jaclyn Guillou
- Some Version of the Truth, Tara Kannangara
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO
- It's About Time, Al Muirhead
- Dialectics, Curtis Nowosad
- Abeng, Rich Brown
- Movin' Forward, Robi Botos
- Duets, Tara Davidson
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP
- Forest Grove, Allison Au Quartet
- Over My Head, Brad Turner Quartet
- What I Hear Now, Jerry Granelli Trio
- Stealing From My Youth, Mark Kelso & The Jazz Exiles
- Sheer Tyranny of Will, Peripheral Vision
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Spin Cycle, Afiara Quartet and Skratch Bastid
- Never Were The Way She Was, Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld
- Orchestral Powwow, Cris Derksen
- Lost Voices, Esmerine
- Legacy Live, Jens Lindemann and Tommy Banks
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- 22h22, Ariane Moffatt
- Zulu, Galaxie
- À Paradis City, Jean Leloup
- Les grandes artères, Louis-Jean Cormier
- Si l'aurore, Marie-Pierre Arthur
CHILDREN'S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Greatest Hits, Big Block Singsong
- Dirty Feet, Bobs & LoLo
- Forest Friends' Nature Club Album, Ginalina
- Songs from the Boot, Splash'N Boots
- More Sheep, Less Sleep, The Swinging Belles
CLASSICAL ALBUM: SOLO OR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
- Liszt: Piano Sonata & Sonnets, Angela Hewitt
- Chamber Works by Jerzy Fitelberg, ARC Ensemble
- Mendelssohn: Op. 44 nos. 1, 2, Cecilia String Quartet
- Berlin Sonatas, Elinor Frey
- Franck & Strauss: Violin Sonatas, James Ehnes
CLASSICAL ALBUM: LARGE ENSEMBLE OR SOLOIST(S) WITH LARGE ENSEMBLE ACCOMPANIMENT
- Vivaldi: Four Seasons, James Ehnes with the Sydney Symphony
- Mahler 10, Orchestre Métropolitain
- Symphony and New Works for Organ and Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Olivier Latry and Jean-Willy Kunz
- Tomasi, Desenclos, Jolivet: French Trumpet Concertos, Paul Merkelo, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
- Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3, Stewart Goodyear with the Czech National Symphony
CLASSICAL ALBUM: VOCAL OR CHORAL PERFORMANCE
- Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 4, Claire de Sévigné, Maria Soulis, and Aradia Ensemble
- Sacred Reflections of Canada - A Canadian Mass, Canadian Chamber Choir
- Peter-Anthony Togni: Responsio, Jeff Reilly with Andrea Ludwig, Charles Daniels, John Potter, and Suzie
- Leblanc
- Las Ciudades de Oro, L'Harmonie des Saisons
- Chansons Perpétuelles, Marie-Nicole Lemieux
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
- Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems, Dinuk Wijeratne
- Piano Quartet, John Burge
- The Afar, Jordan Pal
- Centennials, Michael Oesterle
- Bookburners, Nicole Lizée
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Sour Soul, BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
- If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake
- Kardi Gras Vol. 1: The Clash, Kardinal Offishall
- Can't Fly Without Gravity, k-os
- For The Town, SonReal
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- We All Fall Down ft. Jamie Lidell, A-Trak
- Badman (Torro Torro Remix), Autoerotique & Max Styler
- At All, Kaytranada
- Save Me ft. Katy B, Keys N Krates
- Be Right There, Sleepy Tom & Diplo
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Four Pink Walls, Alessia Cara
- The Fall Out, August Rigo
- Déjà Vu, Dru
- Butchy's Son, Patrick Lehman
- Beauty Behind the Madness , The Weeknd
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- The French Sessions, Dubmatix
- Hello Mama, Exco Levi
- Nah Complain ft. Daddy U Roy, Kafinal
- Sexy Gal ft. T.O.K., Kreesha Turner
- Escape from the Mongoose Gang, Lyndon John X
ABORIGINAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- The One, Armond Duck Chief
- Come and Get Your Love: The Tribe Session, Black Bear
- Power In The Blood, Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Rumble, Derek Miller
- Refined, Don Amero
CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- So Let's Go, Alan Doyle
- Power In The Blood, Buffy Sainte-Marie
- The Bliss, Fortunate Ones
- Indian Ocean, Frazey Ford
- Beautiful Scars, LeE HaRVeY OsMOND
TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- The Chance, J.P. Cormier
- Jayme Stone's Lomax Project, Jayme Stone
- Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke
- A Wanderer I'll Stay, Pharis and Jason Romero
- Songs In The Dark, The Wainwright Sisters
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Faded But Not Gone, Big Dave McLean
- Brothers In This World, Blackburn
- Vicksburg Call, David Gogo
- This Is From Here, Harrison Kennedy
- Sliding Delta, Michael Jerome Browne
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Brave New World, Amanda Cook
- Where The Light Is, Dan Bremnes
- Saints & Sinners, Matt Maher
- We Are, The City Harmonic
- TREES - Chapter 2, Tim Neufeld
WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Healer, Alex Cuba
- Neo-Reconquista, Boogat
- Revuelta Danza Party, Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra
- Moorka, Lemon Bucket Orkestra
- Resistance, The Souljazz Orchestra
JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
- Bob Ezrin
- Dallas Green
- Henry "Cirkut" Walter
- Steve Webster & Emilie-Claire Barlow
- Thomas "Tawgs" Salter
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
- Gus Van Go,
- Liam O'Neil
- Noah "40" Shebib
- Serban Ghenea
- Shawn Everett
RECORDING PACKAGE OF THE YEAR
- CLUB MEDS, Dan Mangan + Blacksmith - Cam Dales and Ben Clarkson
- LOST VOICES, Esmerine - Clyde Henry Productions: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, Constellation: Ian Ilavsky
- ELEMENTS, Long Distance Runners - Duncan Major, Joel Upshall
- WEST TRAINZ, West Trainz - Erik West Milette
- LES GRANDES ARTÈRES, Louis-Jean Cormier - Sarah Marcotte-Boislard
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Virgins, Eva Michon (Death From Above 1979)
- Dark Days, Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and Chandler Levack (Pup)
- For the Town, Peter Huang (Sonreal)
- Avalanche, Philip Sportel (Kalle Mattson)
- Hello, Xavier Dolan (Adele)
ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- A Life Well Lived, AM Static
- Concubine, Concubine
- The Midas Touch, Discrete
- Noontide, Humans
- The Other Day, Pomo
HEAVY METAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Searching for Zero, Cancer Bats
- Never Wanna Die, Diemonds
- Desire Will Rot, Fuck the Facts
- Of Ghosts and Gods, Kataklysm
- Success, KEN mode
ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Wallflower, Diana Krall
- Refined, Don Amero
- A Jann Arden Christmas, Jann Arden
- What Love Is All About, Johnny Reid
- Under One Sky, The Tenors