In true Canadian form Juno weekend kicked off with a snowstorm on Friday night. Thankfully if you didn't like that, warmer kinder weather was in store for Saturday and the Juno Gala dinner at Ottawa's Shaw Centre.
Canadian musicians of all genres descended upon downtown Ottawa Saturday afternoon for the JUNO Awards Gala at the Shaw Centre.
A total of 34 JUNOs were given out at this evening's event out of which our friends July Talk won 2, Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip each won for their respective albums, Strumbellas took home single of the year for "Spirits", The Dirty Nil won Breakthrough Group of the Year, The Weeknd took home R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for Starboy and Canadian songstress Sarah McLachlan took home the award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year.
Full list of winners is as follows:
Single of the Year: Spirits - The Strumbellas
Internatiomal Album: A Head Full of Dreams - Cold Play
Artist of the Year: Leonard Cohen
Breakthrough Group: The Dirty Nil
Adult Alternative Album: Secret Path - Gord Downie
Alternative Album: Touch - July Talk
Rock Album: Man Machine Poem - The Tragically Hip
Vocal Jazz Album: Bria - Bria Skonberg
Jazz Album - SOLO: Written on the Rocks - Renee Rosnes
Jazz Album - GROUP: Twenty Metalwood
Instrumental Album: Bird's Nest - The Fretless
Francophone Album of the Year: XO - Laurence Nerbonne
Children's Album: I Believe in Little Things - Diana Panton
Classical Album of the Year - SOLO or CHAMBER: Brahms: String Quartets, Op. 51 NOS. 1 & 2 - New Orford String Quartet
Classical Album - LARGE ENSEMBLE: Going Home Star - Steve Wood and Northern Cree Singers, Tanya Tagaq, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Classical Album - Vocal or Choral: L'Aiglon - Orchestra Symphonique de Montreal, Kent Nagano
Classical Composition: Immersion - Jordan Nobles
RAP Recording: Hotel Paranoia - Jazz Cartier
Dance Recording: Off The Ground ft. Shae Jacobs - Bit Funk
R&B/Soul Recording: Starboy - The Weeknd
Reggae Recording: Siren - Exco Levi
Indigenous Music Album: Tiny Hands - Quantum Tangle
Contemporary Roots Album: Earthly Days - William Prince
Traditional Roots Album: Secret Victory -The East Pointers
Blues Album: Ride The One - Paul Reddick
Contemporary Christian/ Gospel Album: Hootenanny! - Tim Neufeld & the Glory Boys
World Music: Okavango African Orchestra - Okavango African Orchestra
Jack Richardson Producer: A Tribe Called Red - A Tribe Called Red
Recording Engineer: Jason Dufour - Push and Pull, Beck + Call, TOUCH - July Talk
Recording Package: Jonathan Shedletzky (Art Director), Isis Essery (Designer), Jeff Lamaire (Illustrator) - Secret Path - Gord Downie
Video: Kill v Maim - Claire Boucher GRIMES
Electronic Album: 99.9% - Kaytranada
Metal / Hard Music Album: Coral Throne - Mandroid Echostar
Adult Contemporary Album: Wonderland - Sarah McLachlan
Walt Grealis Special Achievement: Randy Lenox - President Bell Media (former CEO Universal Music Canada)
International Achievement Award: Drake
Allan Waters Humanitarian Award: Buffy Ste Marie
Stay tuned the Juno Awards Broadcast goes tomorrow night and we'll be there, once again, with full coverage.
For nominee information please visit www.junoawards.ca
Field Service Tech by day, Live Music Nut by night! My family and I call the Thousand Islands region of Ontario home. I'm a blogger, social media geek, tech, and live music fanatic. I founded Sound Check Entertainment in 2010 to help promote festivals and emerging artists from across Canada and the world! I now act as festivals liaison, manage media relations and, of course, cover events in the National Capital region. I'm also a diehard Habs fan but Sens fans fear not; as long as they aren't playing against my Habs I cheer just as loud for the Sens.
