JUNO Spotlight: Anne Murray, One Motherfucking Boss-ass Icon

Clear your afternoon schedule to read through this bananas-long list of Anne Murray's accomplishments:

• Sold over 54 million albums worldwide
• First Canadian female solo singer to reach No. 1 on the U.S. charts
• First Canadian female solo singer to earn a Gold record (Snowbird, 1970) 
• First woman and first Canadian to win Album of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards (A Little Good News, 1983)
• Won 4 Grammys, 3 American Music Awards, 3 Country Music Association Awards, 3 Canadian Country Music Association Awards, and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Legacy Award
• Member of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. 
• Has a star on the Country Music Hall of Fame Walkway of Stars, the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canada's Walk of Fame
• Received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, the Companion of the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia
• Canada Post made a goddamn stamp with her face on it:

• Sang the anthem at the first Blue Jays game in 1977, sang Maple Leaf Forever after the last Leafs game at Maple Leaf Gardens.
• Had five specials on CBS, each with over 40 million viewers, has had at least 10 specials on CBC and has broke viewership records.
• Appeared on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Saturday Night Live (Burt Reynolds hosted), Johnny Carson, The Dean Martin Show, The Today Show, Oprah, 20/20, Royal Canadian Air Farce and Good Morning America. And Solid Gold:

That's all very impressive, Ms. Murray. But have you won any JUNO Awards?
Turns out, yes. Yes she has. She's won a record 24 JUNOS and been nominated 52 motherfucking times, bitches. For your reference, Céline Dion has only won 20 JUNOS and Shania Twain has won a paltry 13. Anne Murray is the JUNO queen.

Here is her impressive list of wins:
1971 Top Female Vocalist
1972 Female Vocalist of the Year
1973 Female Vocalist of the Year
1974 Pop Music Album of the Year for Danny's Song
1974 Country Female Vocalist of the Year
1975 Female Vocalist of the Year
1975 Country Female Vocalist of the Year
1976 Country Female Vocalist of the Year
1979 Female Vocalist of the Year
1979 Best Children's Album for There's A Hippo In My Tub
1980 Single of the Year for I Just Fall In Love Again
1980 Female Vocalist of the Year
1980 Country Female Vocalist of the Year
1980 Album of the Year for New Kind of Feeling
1981 Single of the Year for Could I Have This Dance
1981 Female Vocalist of the Year
1981 Country Female Vocalist of the Year
1981 Album of the Year for Greatest Hits
1982 Female Vocalist of the Year
1982 Country Female Vocalist of the Year
1983 Country Female Vocalist of the Year
1984 Country Female Vocalist of the Year
1985 Country Female Vocalist of the Year
1993 Canadian Music Hall of Fame
One of the super-funnest ways to represent the length and breath of her career is to look at her album covers. From her debut in 1968 through til nowish, her album packaging is a concise representation of the height of graphic design of the era. Take a looksee:

What About Me, 1968

This Way is My Way, 1969

Talk it Over in the Morning, 1971

Love Song, 1974
Together, 1975
 Let's Keep it That Way, 1978

New Kind of Feeling, 1979

A Country Collection, 1980

Somebody's Waiting, 1980
Anne Murray’s Greatest Hits, 1980
Where Do You Go When You Dream, 1981

The Hottest Night of the Year, 1982
A Little Good News, 1983
Heart Over Mind, 1984
Something to Talk About, 1986

Yes I Do, 1991
Fifteen of the Best, 1992
Croonin’ 1993

The Best … So Far, 1994
Anne Murray, 1996

Country Croonin’, 2002
All of Me, 2005
 Duets, 2007
Beautiful. Which one is your fave? Leave a comment and let us know.