2011 Juno Awards

[Hook]

Nominations and some performers were announced for this year's Juno Awards, taking place March 27 in Toronto.

Performers: Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Down With Webster, Hedley, Johnny Reid

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JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD (PRESENTED BY LIVE NATION)
Drake Cash Money*Universal
Hedley Universal
Johnny Reid Johnny Mac*EMI
Justin Bieber Island Def Jam*Universal
Michael Bublé WEA*Warner

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Oh Canada Classified HalfLife*Sony
Find Your Love Drake Cash Money*Universal
Perfect Hedley Universal
Hallelujah Vancouver Winter 2010 kd lang Nonesuch*Warner
Wavin’ Flag Young Artists for Haiti Universal

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Recovery Eminem Interscope*Universal
Teenage Dream Katy Perry Capitol*EMI
Animal Ke$ha RCA*Sony
Need You Now Lady Antebellum Capitol Nashville*EMI
Speak Now Taylor Swift Big Machine/Open Road*Universal

ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY CANADIAN RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION)
The Suburbs Arcade Fire Sonovox*F.A.B.
Thank Me Later Drake Cash Money*Universal
The Show Must Go Hedley Universal
A Place Called Love Johnny Reid Johnny Mac*EMI
My World 2.0 Justin Bieber Island Def Jam*Universal

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Drake Cash Money*Universal
Johnny Reid Johnny Mac*EMI
Justin Bieber Island Def Jam*Universal
Neil Young Reprise*Warner
Sarah McLachlan Nettwerk*Sony

GROUP OF THE YEAR
Arcade Fire Sonovox*F.A.B.
Broken Social Scene Arts & Crafts*EMI
Down With Webster Universal Motown*Universal
Great Big Sea WEA*Warner
Three Days Grace Jive*Sony

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat Secret City*EMI
Bobby Bazini Mungo Park* Sélect
Caribou Merge*F.A.B.
Hannah Georgas Hidden Pony*EMI
Meaghan Smith Sire/WEA*Warner

NEW GROUP OF THE YEAR
Die Mannequin WEA*Warner
Hollerado Royal Mountain*Arts & Crafts/EMI
Misteur Valaire Mr. Label*Outside/Select
My Darkest Days 604*Universal
Said The Whale Hidden Pony*EMI

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Arcade Fire
Drake
Hannah Georgas
Royal Wood
Sarah McLachlan

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Love Rules Carolyn Dawn Johnson Dancing Lily/Road Angel*Universal
Trail in Life Dean Brody Open Road*Universal
Sunshine Deric Ruttan Black T*EMI
Day Job Gord Bamford Cache Ent.*Royalty
A Place Called Love Johnny Reid Johnny Mac*EMI

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Black Dub Black Dub Jive*Sony
You I Wind Land and Sea Justin Nozuka Coalition*Warner
Steel City Trawler Luke Doucet And The White Falcon Six Shooter*Warner
Le Noise Neil Young Reprise*Warner
Oh Little Fire Sarah Harmer Cold Snap*Universal

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Suburbs Arcade Fire Sonovox*F.A.B.
Forgiveness Rock Record Broken Social Scene Arts & Crafts*EMI
Les chemins de verre Karkwa Audiogram*Select
Heartland Owen Pallett For Great Justice*Sonic Unyon
Champ Tokyo Police Club Dine Alone*Universal

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Better in Time Bobby Bazini Mungo Park* Select
Time to Win Vol. 1 Down With Webster Universal Motown*Universal
Can’T keEp A SecrEt Faber Drive 604*Universal
My World 2.0 Justin Bieber Island Def Jam*Universal
Laws of Illusion Sarah McLachlan Nettwerk*Sony

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones Cancer Bats Distort*Universal
Fino + Bleed Die Mannequin WEA*Warner
Life Turns Electric Finger Eleven Wax/Wind-Up*Warner
Population: Declining Hail the Villain WEA*Warner
Vancouver Matthew Good Universal

JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Arcade Fire (co-producer Markus Dravs) “Ready To Start” | “We Used To Wait – THE SUBURBS – Arcade
Fire Sonovox*F.A.B.
Brian Howes “Cha-Ching” | “Perfect” – THE SHOW MUST GO – Hedley Universal
Daniel Lanois “Hitchhiker” LE NOISE -Neil Young Reprise*Warner | “I Believe in You” BLACK DUB – Black
Dub Jive*Sony
David Foster “Bring Me To Life” BELIEVE- Katherine Jenkins Warner Bros. UK*Warner| “Secret”
COMMITMENT – Seal Reprise/143*Warner
Gavin Brown & Sarah Harmer “Captive” | “New Loneliness” OH LITTLE FIRE – Sarah Harmer Cold
Snap*Universal

VIDEO OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY VEVO)
Perfect Kyle Davison HEDLEY Universal
Saint Veronika Michael Maxxis BILLY TALENT WEA*Warner
Chargez! Benjamin Lussier ARIEL Tacca*Unidisc
Collect Call Christopher Mills METRIC Last Gang*Universal
Forced to Love Adam Makarenko & Alan Poon (Makapoon) BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE Arts & Crafts*EMI
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I'm loving all of the Hedley nominations. Now I just wish a US network would air the show. Fuse showed the MMVAs....

[reidster]

Pissed at no nominations for Fefe Dobson after having her most successful year yet in Canada, although her album came out a week late for an album nomination (it was supposed to come out on NOV 9th, but was delayed until the 23rd for some odd reason, bad decision whoever did that, JUNO is huge promotion for a Canadian artist), but I surely thought she'd get in for single (for either Ghost or Stuttering). The only reason I might watch is because Drake is hosting and Shania is being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Classified getting a nomination for Single of The Year for the 2nd straight row baffles me. Canada, you have Drake now, you don't need to give out pity nominations to include some rap genre artists in the general categories. Happy that Sarah McLachlan got recognized.

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You're right, Ghost or Stuttering should have made it for Single. It seems odd that a live performance from the Olympics would be considered one of the 5 Canadian singles of the year.

[esoteric76]

Feb 1, 2011 14:51:03 GMT -5 reidster said:

Happy that Sarah McLachlan got recognized.

This album was pretty underwhelming from her though, kind of surprised by the sheer amount of nominations.

Glad to see Faber Drive get a nomination. At least they're appreciated somewhere!

[nightshade]

Surprised to see Ke$ha get a nom for International Album of the Year but happy nonetheless.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

The Juno nominations always disappoint me.

[Ke$ha's Left Tittie]

No R&B nominations?

Melanie Fiona should be pissed.

[reidster]

Feb 2, 2011 10:21:28 GMT -5 Ke$ha's Left Tittie said:

No R&B nominations?

Melanie Fiona should be pissed.

There are R&B nominations, but Melanie Fiona should still be pissed, because she isn't nominated, although she was nominated last year.

R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Lone Wolf*EMI Karl Wolf
Nightlife
Tanjola*Universal Keshia Chanté
Test Drive
Independent Quanteisha
Stars
Cordova Bay*Fontana North Raghav ft. Kardinal Offishall
So Much
Independent SILVER (aka Solitair) ft. Kardinal Offishall
Come True

[reidster]

Other major categories not listed:

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Last Gang*Universal Chromeo
Business Casual
Ultra*EMI Deadmau5
Sofi Needs a Ladder
Universal Dragonette
Fixin’ To Thrill
Tanjola*Univeral Keshia Chanté
Table Dancer
CP*EMI Mia Martina & Edward Maya
Stereo Love

RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
URBNET* Fontana North D-Sisive
Vaudeville
Cash Money*Universal Drake
Thank Me Later
Fat Beats*eOne Eternia & MoSS
At Last
Droppin’ Science*Independent Ghettosocks
Treat of the Day
Black Box*Fontana NorthShad
TSOL

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Caribou Merge*F.A.B. Caribou
Swim
Arts & Crafts*EMI Chilly Gonzales
Ivory Tower
Last Gang*Universal Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles (II)
Young Turks*Beggers Group Holy Fuck
Latin
Ninja Tune*Outside Poirier
Running High

[esoteric76]

I picked up the Faber Drive cd after reading this list since I had no idea they were still around. Pretty good power pop, not as strong as their debut, but still fun. Kind of like Boys Like Girls...

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

I'm glad to see a Dragonette nomination although I would have hoped for more.

The Single of the Year list sucks though. Three of the songs were probably just chosen for Canadian pride and nothing more.

[Verisimilitude]

^ Then why wasn't Nikki Yanofsky included?

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

That annoying I Believe song or whatever? True. But still doesn't discount the other three. :/

I'm surprised they didn't manage to find an excuse to put Celine Dion in for artist of the year.

[Joe1240]

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Recovery Eminem Interscope*Universal
Teenage Dream Katy Perry Capitol*EMI
Animal Ke$ha RCA*Sony
Need You Now Lady Antebellum Capitol Nashville*EMI
Speak Now Taylor Swift Big Machine/Open Road*Universal

Awesome for Taylor to be nominated!

[cartman2002]

whose getting the Hall of Fame award since April Wine got it last year.

[Verisimilitude]

Feb 6, 2011 23:21:58 GMT -5 cartman2002 said:

whose getting the Hall of Fame award since April Wine got it last year.

Shania Twain.

[Youknowit]

Drake is gonna be stealing all of these awards!!!!

#draketakeover