2017 JUNO Awards Winners
JUNO FAN CHOICE (PRESENTED BY TD) Shawn Mendes
SINGLE OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY LIVE NATION CANADA) Spirits The Strumbellas Six Shooter*Universal
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY IDLA ASSOCIATED LABEL DISTRIBUTION) A Head Full of Dreams Coldplay Parlophone*Warner
ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUSIC CANADA) You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen Sony
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY TD) Leonard Cohen Sony
GROUP OF THE YEAR The Tragically Hip THE Incorporated*Universal
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, CANADA’S PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTERS, AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND) Ruth B Sony
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, CANADA’S PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTERS, AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND) The Dirty Nil Dine Alone*Universal
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY SOCAN) Gord Downie “The Stranger”, “The Only Place to Be”, “Son” SECRET PATH – Gord Downie Arts & Crafts*Universal
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR Secret Path Gord Downie Arts & Crafts*Universal
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR Kiss Me Quiet Jess Moskaluke MDM*Universal
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY LONG & MCQUADE) Touch July Talk Sleepless*Universal
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR Know-It-All Alessia Cara Def Jam*Universal
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR Man Machine Poem The Tragically Hip THE Incorporated*Universal
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR Bria Bria Skonberg Sony
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO Written in the Rocks Renee Rosnes Smoke Sessions*RED
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP (SPONSORED BY STINGRAY MUSIC) Twenty Metalwood Cellar Live*MVD
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INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR Bird’s Nest The Fretless Independent
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR XO Laurence Nerbonne Coyote*D.E.P.
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR I Believe in Little Things Diana Panton Independent*eOne
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER Brahms: String Quartets, Op. 51 NOS. 1 & 2 New Orford String Quartet Bridge*Independent
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation Steve Wood and the Northern Cree Singers, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Centrediscs*Naxos
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL L’Aiglon Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano Decca*Universal
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR Immersion Jordan Nobles Redshift*Canadian Music Centre
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR Hotel Paranoia Jazz Cartier Universal
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR Off the Ground ft. Shae Jacobs Bit Funk Physical Presents*Universal
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR Starboy The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR Siren Exco Levi Reggaeville*Independent
INDIGENOUS MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK) Tiny Hands Quantum Tangle Coax*Independent
CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE) Earthly Days William Prince Independent
TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR Secret Victory The East Pointers The East Pointers*Fontana North
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR Ride The One Paul Reddick Stony Plain*Warner
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR Hootenanny! Tim Neufeld & the Glory Boys Independent
WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS) Okavango African Orchestra Okavango African Orchestra Independent
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JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR A Tribe Called Red “R.E.D. ft. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear”, “Sila ft. Tanya Tagaq” WE ARE THE HALLUCI NATION – A Tribe Called Red Pirates Blend*Sony
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Jason Dufour “Push + Pull”, “Beck + Call” TOUCH – July Talk Sleepless*Universal
RECORDING PACKAGE OF THE YEAR Jonathan Shedletzky (Art Director), Isis Essery (Designer), Jeff Lemire (Illustrator) SECRET PATH – Gord Downie Arts & Crafts*Universal
VIDEO OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUCHFACT, EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED BY BELL MEDIA) Kill v Maim Claire Boucher GRIMES Crystal Math*Universal
ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY THE IBEW AND THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO) 99.9% KAYTRANADA HW&W*Sony
METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR Coral Throne Mandroid Echostar Mandroid Echostar*Independent
ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR Wonderland Sarah McLachlan Verve*Universal
CANADIAN MUSIC HALL OF FAME Sarah McLachlan
ALLAN WATER HUMANITARIAN AWARD (SPOSORED BY BELL MEDIA) Buffy Sainte-Marie
INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVMENT AWARD Drake
WALT GREALIS SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Randy Lennox
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