2019 JUNO Award Nominees
JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD (PRESENTED BY TD) Alessia Cara Universal Avril Lavigne BMG*ADA bülow Universal Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine Big Machine*Universal KILLY Secret Sound Club* Independent Loud Luxury Armada Music B.V.*Sony NAV XO*Universal Shawn Mendes Universal The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal Tory Lanez Interscope* Universal
SINGLE OF THE YEAR Growing Pains Alessia Cara Universal Not A Love Song bülow Universal Body Loud Luxury Armada Music B.V.*Sony In My Blood Shawn Mendes Universal Pray For Me The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar Top Dawg Ent*Universal
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR Camila Camila Cabello Sony Invasion of Privacy Cardi B Atlantic*Warner Red Pill Blues Maroon 5 Universal beerbongs & bentleys Post Malone Universal ASTROWORLD Travis Scott Sony
ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUSIC CANADA) Darlène Hubert Lenoir Simone* Select These Are The Days Jann Arden Universal Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes Universal My Dear Melancholy, The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal Outsider Three Days Grace RCA*Sony
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED WITH APPLE MUSIC) Alessia Cara Universal Michael Bublé Warner Shawn Mendes Universal The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal Tory Lanez Interscope*Universal
GROUP OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED WITH APPLE MUSIC) Arkells Arkells*Universal Chromeo Last Gang*eOne Metric Metric Music*Universal The Sheepdogs Warner Three Days Grace RCA*Sony
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BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND C ANADA'S PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTERS) bülow Universal grandson Warner Johnny Orlando Universal KILLY Secret Sound Club*Independent Meghan Patrick Warner
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND CANADA'S PRIVATE RADIO BROAD CASTERS) 88Glam XO*Universal Dizzy Royal Mountain*Universal Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine Big Machine*Universal Loud Luxury Armada Music B.V.*Sony The Washboard Union Warner
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY SOCAN) Afie Jurvanen “No Wrong”, “Way With Words”, “Any Place” - publisher Downtown DLJ Songs EARTHTONES – Bahamas Universal Donovan Woods “Our Friend Bobby”, “Truck Full of Money”, “Next Year” – co-songwriters Chris Lindsey, Logan Wall - publisher Meant Well/Warner Chappell Music BOTH WAYS – Donovan Woods Meant Well* Fontana North/Universal Frank Dukes “Be Careful” – co-songwriter Boi-1da INVASION OF PRIVACY – Cardi B Atlantic*WMG “Better Now” – co-songwriter Louis Bell - publisher Sony Atv BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS – Post Malone Republic*UMG “Call Out My Name” MY DEAR MELANCHOLY, – The Weeknd Universal Jessie Reyez “Promises” – co-songwriters Adam Richard Wiles, Sam Smith - publisher BMG Gold / Sony ATV / Stellar Songs / TSJ Merlyn PROMISES – Calvin Harris Sony “One Kiss” – co-songwriters Adam Richard Wiles, Dua Lipa - publisher BMG Gold / Tap Music / TSJ Merlyn ONE KISS – Calvin Harris Sony “Apple Juice” – co-songwriters Fredrik Ball, Tim Suby - Publisher FMLY inc, BMG Gold Songs (SOCAN)//Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (BMI/US–PRS Worldwide)//Nyan King Music/Sony ATV (GMR) BEING HUMAN IN PUBLIC – Jessie Reyez Universal Shawn Mendes “Lost In Japan” – co-songwriters Nate Mercereau, Scott Harris, Teddy Geiger, “Youth”- co-songwriters Geoff Warburton, Khalid Robinson, Scott Harris, Teddy Geiger, “In My Blood”- co-songwriters Geoff Warburton, Scott Harris, Teddy Geiger - publisher Songs Of Universal / Warner-Tamerlane / Words & Music / SonyATV SHAWN MENDES – Shawn Mendes Universal
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR We Were That Song Brett Kissel Warner A Small Town Christmas Jess Moskaluke MDM*Universal Country Music Made Me Do It Meghan Patrick Warner
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Feels Like That The Reklaws Universal New Tattoo Tim Hicks Open Road*Universal
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR Earthtones Bahamas Universal More Or Less Dan Mangan Arts & Crafts*Universal Gabrielle Shonk Gabrielle Shonk Universal Blood Rhye Last Gang*eOne Queens Of The Breakers The Barr Brothers Secret City*Cadence
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY LONG & MCQUADE) ken Destroyer Merge*F.A.B./Merge Baby Teeth Dizzy Royal Mountain*Universal Dose Your Dreams Fucked Up Arts & Crafts*Universal TPC Tokyo Police Club Dine Alone*Universal In A Poem Unlimited U.S. Girls Royal Mountain*Universal
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR Damaged bülow Universal Head Over Heels Chromeo Last Gang*eOne Darlène Hubert Lenoir Simone*Select Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes Universal Intuition Tyler Shaw Sony
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR Rally Cry Arkells Arkells*Universal True Rockers Monster Truck Dine Alone*Universal Changing Colours The Sheepdogs Warner Civilianaires The Trews Cadence*Universal Outsider Three Days Grace RCA*Sony
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR Love Is Here To Stay Diana Krall & Tony Bennett Universal solstice/equinox Diana Panton Independent Holly Holly Cole Universal Sun Songs Jodi Proznick ft. Laila Biali Cellar Live*MVD Laila Biali Laila Biali Chronograph*Fontana North/Universal
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO Sandstorm Alexis Baro G-THREE*Independent So Here We Are Alison Young Triplet*Independent/The Orchard In the Moment Larnell Lewis Independent Beloved of the Sky Renee Rosnes SMOKE SESSIONS*Sony Old Soul Robi Botos A440*Universal
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JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP Wander Wonder Allison Au Quartet Independent Atwood Suites Andrew Rathbun Large Ensemble Origin*City Hall/The Orchard The Seasons of Being Andy Milne & Dapp Theory Sunnyside*AMPED/AEC/eOne Live at U of T Liebman/Murley Quartet Independent Path of Totality Quinsin Nachoff's Flux Whirlwind*Proper Music/Red Eye
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR Group Manoeuvre Aerialists Fiddlehead*Independent China Cloud Gordon Grdina madic*Independent/Universal Johnny Goldtooth and The Chevy Casanovas Kevin Breit Stony Plain* Warner Live from the Art Farm The Fretless Independent The Space Between Us Toninato / Thiessen Ambiances Magnétiques*Independent
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR en cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé Cœur de pirate Dare To Care*Select/Believe Darlène Hubert Lenoir Simone*Select Une année record Loud Joy Ride*Universal Le silence des troupeaux Philippe Brach Spectra*Select Désherbage Tire le coyote Les disques de La Tribu*Select
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR Let's Go Bananas Beppie Independent It Takes a Village Ginalina Independent Dog on the Floor Raffi Troubadour*Universal It's Cool To Be Kind Sonshine and Broccoli Independent You, Me and the Sea Splash'N Boots Independent*Fontana North/Universal
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER Beethoven: Viol i n Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 & 8 Andrew Wan & Charles Richard-Hamelin Analekta*Select/The Orchard Scarlatti: Sonatas Vol.2 Angela Hewitt Hyperion*Sony Ravel & Debussy: Sonates Blake Pouliot with Hsin-I Huang Analekta*Select/The Orchard The End of Flowers: Works by Clarke & Ravel Gryphon Trio Analekta*Select/The Orchard Schubert: Piano Sonata in B Flat Major D.960; Four Impromptus D.935 Marc-André Hamelin Hyperion*Sony
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE New Worlds/Nou veaux Mondes Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra/Orchestre du Centre National Des Arts du Canada conducted by Alexander Shelley Analekta*Select/The Orchard Newton Howard & Kernis: Violin Concertos; Tovey: Stream of Limelight James Ehnes with Seattle Symphony and Detroit Symphony Orchestra Onyx*HM Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4 Louis Lortie with BBC Philharmonic Chandos*Naxos Jordan Pal: Into the Wonder Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arthur Post with Gryphon Trio Analekta
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Vaughan Williams Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Oundjian featuring Louis Lortie, Sarah Jeffrey, & Teng Li Chandos* Naxos
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL Vienna: Fin de s iècle Barbara Hannigan with Reinbert De Leeuw Alpha*Naxos Bernstein: A Quiet Place Choeur de l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Conducted by Kent Nagano with Guest Soloists Universal David Braid: Corona Divinae Misericordiae Elmer Iseler Singers featuring Patricia O’Callaghan K52*Independent Écho Joyce El-Khoury Opera Rara*Warner Ayre: Live Miriam Khalil Against the Grain Records*Independent
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR Golden Slumbers Kiss your Eyes Ana Sokolović Analekta*Select/The Orchard Granitic Bekah Simms Centrediscs*Naxos About Bach Cassandra Miller Another Timbre*Independent Katana of Choice Nicole Lizée Redshift*Canadian Music Centre/Redshift Arctic Symphony Vincent Ho Centrediscs*Naxos
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR 88GLAM RELOADED 88Glam XO*Universal IMMIGRANT Belly Roc Nation*Universal Surrender Your Soul KILLY Secret Sound Club*Independent RECKLESS NAV XO*Universal LoVE me NOw Tory Lanez Interscope*Universal
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR Gotasoul (ft. James Baley) AZARI Get Physical*Independent/Zebralution Jackie Chan (ft. Preme & Post Malone) Dzeko & Tiësto Universal Avatar Beach Jacques Greene Arts & Crafts*Universal CURA Keys N Krates Keys N Krates*Dim Mak Body Loud Luxury Armada Music B.V*Sony
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR Twos Anders Independent Pain & Pleasure Black Atlass XO*Universal Stone Woman Charlotte Day Wilson Charlotte Day Wilson*eOne Being Human In Public Jessie Reyez Universal My Dear Melancholy, The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR Money Don't Grow Pon Trees Blessed Walshy Fire & The Expanders*Independent/Zojak Genesis Chelsea Stewart Baby Momma Music*Independent Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix – Overdubbed Dubmatix Echo Beach*Fontana North/Universal/The Orchard Narrative Exco Levi Sillywalks and Irie Vibrations*Warner Talk Or No Talk Kafinal ft. Queen Ifrica Sing N Act Ent*Independent
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INDIGENOUS MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY APTN) The Ballad of the Runaway Girl Elisapie Bonsound*Sony Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa Jeremy Dutcher Independent*Fontana North/Universal Standing in the Light Leonard Sumner Broken Reel*Independent Nitisanak - Brothers and Sister Northern Cree Canyon*Outside/A-Train The Average Savage Snotty Nose Rez Kids RPM*Independent
CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR In Our Time AHI Thirty Tigers/22nd Sentry*Sony Both Ways Donovan Woods Meant Well*Fontana North/Universal Grenades Kaia Kater Acronym*Universal Seeker Megan Nash Acronym*Universal Yarrow The Deep Dark Woods Six Shooter*Universal
TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR The Broken Heart of Everything David Francey Independent Sweet Old Religion Pharis and Jason Romero Borealis*Fontana North/Universal/Free Dirt Queen City Jubilee The Slocan Ramblers SloMusic*Independent Fifteen The Wailin' Jennys True North*IDLA/Universal Horizons Vishtèn Independent*Select
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR Miles To Go Colin James True North*IDLA/Universal Checkmate Jack de Keyzer blue star*Independent Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues Myles Goodwyn Linus*IDLA/Universal Run To Me Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar Gypsy Soul*Fontana North/Universal The Ice Queen Sue Foley Stony Plain*Warner
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR Grateful Brian Doerksen Doerksen Music*Parasource/The Orchard Tired Of Basic LOVECOLLIDE ABS Entertainment*The Fuel Music Into the Wild Manic Drive Independent The Buffalo Roadshow Tim Neufeld & The Glory Boys Independent Speak Warren Dean Flandez Studio Cloud 30*Independent
WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED WITH AEROMEXICO) Zoubida Ayrad Les Faux-Monnayeurs*Select San Cristóbal Baile Inn Boogát Maisonnette*Outside/ Believe Digital Naath Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach Gatwitch*The Orchard Fuerza Arara Telmary y Habana Sana Producciones Colibri*Altafonte Rapadou Kreyol Wesli WUP*Select
JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR David Foster and Michael Bublé “My Funny Valentine”, “Where or When” (co-producer Jochem van der
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Saag) LOVE – Michael Bublé Warner Eric Ratz “People's Champ”, “Relentless” RALLY CRY – Arkells Arkells*Universal Greg Wells "Waving Through a Window" DEAR EVAN HANSEN (BROADWAY CAST RECORDING) DELUXE – Katy Perry Atlantic*Warner, "This Is Me" – THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) – Keala Settle, The Greatest Showman Ensemble Atlantic*Warner Mike Wise “Not A Love Song”, “Two Punks In Love” DAMAGED – bülow Universal Thomas D'Arcy “I've Got A Hole Where My Heart Should Be” CHANGING COLOURS – The Sheepdogs Warner, “Love The Way You Are” (co-producers James Younger, Jeffrey Innes) CRITICAL HIT – Yukon Blonde Dine Alone*Universal
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY 3M) Ben Kaplan “Get Up”, “It's Alright” DANCE AND CRY – Mother Mother Universal Jason Dufour “Truck Full Of Money” BOTH WAYS – Donovan Woods Meant Well*Fontana North/Universal “When My Body Breaks” HOLY SMOKE – Kandle Sleepless*Universal Robbie Lackritz “No Wrong”, “Way With Words” EARTHTONES – Bahamas Universal Shawn Everett “Slow Burn”, “Space Cowboy” GOLDEN HOUR – Kacey Musgraves Universal Steve Bays “Flashes” PHASES – Dear Rouge Universal, “UnAmerican” UNAMERICAN – Said The Whale Arts & Crafts*Universal
ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR Gareth Auden-Hole (Art Director), Emil Mateja (Illustrator) LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES – Jack Pine and The Fire Independent Geordan Moore (Art Director, Designer, & Illustrator) CROSSWORLDS – Joshua Van Tassel Forward Music*Believe Digital Michael DeAngelis (Art Director & Designer), Matt Barnes & Jess Baumung (Photographers) RALLY CRY – Arkells Arkells*Universal Mike Milosh (Art Director, Designer, Illustrator, & Photographer) BLOOD – Rhye Last Gang*eOne Simon Dupuis (Art Director, Designer, Illustrator, & Photographer) VIENS AVEC MOI – Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire L-A be - Let artists be*Select
VIDEO OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY STINGRAY) No Depression Ali Eisner Bah amas Universal Places Andrew De Zen Alaskan Tapes Independent Powerless Andrew Hines Classified Half Life*Universal Hang Ups Ben Knechtel Scott Helman Warner Have A Nice Day Peter Huang SonReal Black Box*Universal
ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR Crystal Eyes Ekali OWSLA/Atlantic*Warner Next Season Felix Cartal Physical Presents*Fontana North/Universal Give It a Rest iamhill Independent Deception Bay Milk & Bone Bonsound*Sony Certain Kind of Magic REZZ mau5trap*Kobalt
METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR Algorythm Beyond Creation Season of Mist*The Orchard
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The Spark That Moves Cancer Bats New Damage*Universal Loved KEN Mode New Damage*Universal Prevail II Kobra And The Lotus Napalm Records*Sony The Wake Voivod Century Media*Sony
ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR These Are The Days Jann Arden Universal Love Michael Bublé Warner Meaning To Tell Ya Molly Johnson Universal Distant Danger Nuela Charles Independent A Whitehorse Winter Classic Whitehorse Six Shooter*Universal
COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA) The CHANTY Show Chanty Marostica Indep endent Good Friend Bad Grammar Dave Merheje Macaw*Independent Lady Jazz Debra DiGiovanni Aspecialthing*House Arrest Awkwarder Mayce Galoni Comedy Dynamics*Independent Chicken! Pat Thornton Independent
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