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2014 NOMINEES

JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD (PRESENTED BY TD) Arcade Fire Music*Universal Epic*Sony Céline Dion Columbia*Sony Cash Money*Universal Hedley Universal Justin Bieber Island Def Jam*Universal Michael Bublé Reprise*Warner Robin Thicke Interscope*Universal Serenader Source*Universal Walk Off the Earth Columbia*Sony

SINGLE OF THE YEAR Arcade Fire Arcade Fire Music*Universal Inner Ninja ft. David Myles Half *Universal It’s a Beautiful Day Michael Bublé Reprise*Warner What I Wouldn’t Do Serena Ryder Serenader Source*Universal Closer Warner Bros.*Warner

INTERNATIONAL OF THE YEAR Unorthodox Jukebox Atlantic*Warner The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Interscope*Universal Night Visions Imagine Dragons KIDinaKORNER*Universal Take Me Home Simco*Sony The Truth About Love P!nk RCA*Sony

ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUSIC ) Reflektor Arcade Fire Arcade Fire Music*Universal Loved Me Back to Life Céline Dion Columbia*Sony Nothing Was the Same Drake Cash Money*Universal To Be Loved Michael Bublé Reprise*Warner Harmony Serena Ryder Serenader Source*Universal

ARTIST OF THE YEAR Céline Dion Columbia*Sony Drake Cash Money*Universal Michael Bublé Reprise*Warner Robin Thicke Interscope*Universal Serena Ryder Serenader Source*Universal

GROUP OF THE YEAR Arcade Fire Arcade Fire Music*Universal Blue Rodeo Blue Rodeo Productions*Warner Hedley Universal Tegan and Sara Warner Bros.*Warner Walk Off the Earth Columbia*Sony

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND) BAK2BAK*Warner Florence K Red *Universal Tim Hicks Open Road*Universal Tyler Shaw Sony Wake Owl Rezolute*Universal

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BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND) A Tribe Called Red Tribal Spirit/Pirates Blend*Sony Autumn Hill Wax*Universal Born Ruffians Paper Bag*Fontana North Courage My Love Homeskool Prom*Warner Sleepless*Universal

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA) Arcade Fire “After Life”, “Here Comes the Night Time”, “Reflektor”, REFLEKTOR – Arcade Fire Arcade Fire Music*Universal Henry “” Walter “Roar” – co- , Luke Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee PRISM – Katy Perry Capitol*Universal “Timber” – co-songwriters Lee Oskar, Luke Gottwald, Sebert, Armando C. Pérez, Priscilla Hamilton, , Jamie Sanderson, Breyan Stanley Isaac, Keri Oskar, Pebe Sebert GLOBAL WARMING: MELTDOWN – Mr. 305/Polo Grounds/RCA*Sony “Wrecking Ball” – co-songwriters Luke Gottwald, Maureen Anne McDonald, Stephan Moccio, RCA*Sony Ron Sexsmith “Deepens With Time”, “Nowhere to Go”, “Snake Road” FOREVER ENDEAVOUR – Ron Sexsmith Warner Serena Ryder “Stompa”, “What I Wouldn’t Do” HARMONY- Serena Ryder Serenader Source*Universal “When You Know ft. Serena Ryder” co- Matt Epp LEARNING TO LOSE CONTROL – Matt Epp & The Amorian Ensemble Independent Tegan and Sara Quin “Closer”, “I Was a Fool”, “Now I’m All Messed Up” HEARTTHROB – Tegan and Sara Warner Bros.*Warner

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR Started With a Song Brett Kissel BAK2BAK*Warner Crop Circles Dean Brody Open Road*Universal Country Junkie Cache*Sony Small Town Pistols Small Town Pistols 604*Universal Throw Down Tim Hicks Open Road*Universal

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR Shut Down the Streets A.C. Newman Last Gang*Universal Tall Tall Shadow Basia Bulat Secret City*Universal Us Alone Hayden Arts & Crafts*Universal Forever Endeavour Ron Sexsmith Warner Internal Sounds The Sadies Outside

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY LONG & MCQUADE) Reflektor Arcade Fire Arcade Fire Music*Universal The Poet’s Dead Rah Rah Hidden Pony*Universal Today We’re Believers Royal Canoe Nevado*Fontana North Warring The Darcys Arts & Crafts*Universal Uzu Yamantaka//Sonic Titan Paper Bag*Fontana North

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POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY TD) Wild Life Hedley Universal To Be Loved Michael Bublé Reprise*Warner Blurred Lines Robin Thicke Interscope*Universal Heartthrob Tegan and Sara Warner Bros.*Warner R.E.V.O. Walk Off the Earth Columbia*Sony

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY ’ RIGHTS ORGANIZATION CANADA) Love + Fury Headstones Frostbyte*Universal Coyote Sonic*Warner Arrows of Desire Frostbyte*Universal Furiosity Monster Truck Dine Alone*Universal Transit of Venus RCA*Sony

VOCAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR Stealing Genius Amy McConnell & William Sperandei Independent Courage, My Love Erin Propp with Larry Roy Independent My Funny Valentine – The Chet Baker Songbook Matt Dusk eOne Notes On Montréal ft. Sienna Dahlen Mike Rud Independent Triades Sonia Johnson, Charles Biddle Jr. & Annie Poulain Effendi*Select

CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR Gratitude Brandi Disterheft Justin Time*Universal Habitat Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra Justin Time*Universal Babylon Darcy James Argue's Secret Society New Amsterdam*Naxos Mirror of the Mind Earl MacDonald Death Defying*Independent Le refuge Trifolia Independent*Select

TRADITIONAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR Nine Carn Davidson 9 Addo The Ian McDougall 12tet LIVE Ian McDougall 12-tet Barbarian*Independent Our Second Set John MacLeod & His Rex Hotel Orchestra Exquisite Ripple Effect Mike Downes Addo Look for the Silver Lining and Triplet*Outside

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR New History Warfare Vol.3: To See More Light Colin Stetson Constellation*Outside Dalmak Constellation*Outside Senna Mahogany Frog MoonJune*Planetworks Down Home Petr Cancura RootsToBoot*Independent Invitation The Peggy Lee Band Drip Audio*Fontana North

FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FESTIVAL DU VOYAGEUR) Himalaya mon amour Alex Nevsky Audiogram*Select Omniprésent Damien Robitaille Audiogram*Select Chic de ville Daniel Bélanger Audiogram*Select Fox Karim Ouellet Abuzie*D.E.P. Punkt Pierre Lapointe Audiogram*Select

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2014 JUNO AWARD NOMINEES CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR Sing As We Go! Charlie Hope Little Maple Leaf*Challenge and Fun What's the Big Idea?!? Gary Rasberry Razzletone*Summit Colour It Helen Austin Independent Mon coffret à surprises Marie-Claude Independent Coconuts Don't Fall Far From the Tree Splash'N Boots Independent

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Prokofiev Complete Works for James Ehnes Chandos*Naxos Chopin: Études Op. 10 & 25 Jan Lisiecki Deutsche Grammophon*Universal Mozart: Concertos Nos. 13 & 14 Janina Fialkowska / The Chamber Players of Canada ATMA*Naxos Liszt at The Opera Louis Lortie Chandos*Naxos Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas Stewart Goodyear Marquis*Universal

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE OR SOLOIST(S) WITH LARGE ENSEMBLE ACCOMPANIMENT Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 27 Angela Hewitt Hyperion*HM Britten & Shostakovich: Violin Concerti James Ehnes Onyx*HM Canadian Concerto Project, Volume One Nadina Mackie Jackson and Guy Few with Group of 27 MSR*Independent House of Dreams Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik Media*Naxos Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances & Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Symphony Orchestra Independent

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL PERFORMANCE Berlioz: Les nuits d'été – Palej : The Poet & the War – Rorate Coeli Group of 27, Eric Paetkau - Conductor, Shannon Mercer - Soprano Centaur*Naxos Ravel, Sayat-Nova & Kradjian: Troubadour & the Nightingale Isabel Bayrakdarian MCO*HM Lettres de Madame Roy à sa fille Gabrielle Marie-Nicole Lemieux & André Gagnon Audiogram*Select Handel: Orlando, HWV 31 Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann, Owen Willets, Karina Gauvin, Allyson McHardy, Amanda Forsythe, Nathan Berg ATMA*Naxos A Quiet Place: Music for Healing III Chamber Choir Grouse*Independent

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR Field Notes Allan Gordon Bell GRAVITY AND GRACE Centrediscs*Naxos Isomorphia for Orchestra and Electronics James O’Callaghan MAHLER SYMPHONY 9 Independent Quatuors à cordes No. 12 R. Murray Schafer QUATUOR MOLINARI ATMA*Naxos Magnificat Stephen Chatman MAGNIFICAT: SONGS OF REFLECTION Centrediscs*Naxos Atacama: Symphonie No. 3 Tim Brady ATACAMA: Symphonie No. 3 ATMA*Naxos

RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR Classified Classified Half Life*Universal Nothing Was the Same Drake Cash Money*Universal In My Opinion Independent Flying Colours Black Box*Universal Everywhere We Go SonReal Black Box*Universal

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR This is What it Feels Like Armin van Buuren & Trevor Guthrie Armada*Sony >album title goes here< deadmau5 Ultra*Sony Tsunami DVBBS & Borgeous Kanary*Universal Locked Down Jacynthe Whammo*Universal Heartbreaker Mia Martina CP*Universal

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R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR Kaleidoscope Joanna Borromeo Independent Can’t Choose JRDN ft. Kuya*Fontana There’s Only One Kim Davis Independent Gone Melanie Durrant CanAudio*Independent Kiss Land CP*Universal

REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR Mandela Akustix Independent Baby It’s You Ammoye Flava McGregor Love Collision Dru Effortless*Fontana Rebel Massive Dubmatix Renegade*Fontana Strive Exco Levi & Kabaka Pyramid Penthouse*VP

ABORIGINAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK) Keep a Fire Amanda Rheaume Independent Small Town Stories Desiree Dorion Independent Surrender George Leach Independent Burn Me Down Inez Jasper Independent Road Renditions Nathan Cunningham New Leaf*Independent

ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO Come Cry With Me Daniel Romano Normaltown*Universal So Say We All David Francey Laker*Outside Don’t Get Too Grand Donovan Woods Aporia*Outside Valleyheart Justin Rutledge Outside Tin Star Lindi Ortega Last Gang*Universal

ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP (SPONSORED BY WINNIPEG FOLK FESTIVAL) The Folk Sinner Lee Harvey Osmond Latent*Fontana North Bison Ranch Recording Sessions Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five Independent*Outside Volume One The Devin Cuddy Band Cameron House*Warner We Still Move On Dance Floors Six Shooter*Warner Island of Echoes The Wilderness of Pheromone*Fontana North

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY GALAXIE, YOUR MUSICAL UNIVERSE) Come on Down Cordova Bay*Fontana North Can You Hear the Music Downchild Linus*eOne Soulscape Harrison Kennedy Electro-Fi*Outside My ’s My Only Friend James Buddy Rogers Blue Wave*Independent All Frequencies MonkeyJunk Stony Plain*Warner

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR Search the Heavens Fraser Campbell Independent*David C. Cook Jordan Raycroft Jordan Raycroft Independent Heart The City Harmonic Integrity*Provident Lost & Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion The High Bar Gang True North*eOne Trees Tim Neufeld Independent*David C. Cook

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WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS) Sabor A Café Adonis Puentes Tumba King*Warner Lamentation of Swans – A Journey Towards Silence Azam Ali and Loga R.Torkian Terrestrial Lane*Outside Walk to the Sea David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana Tzadik*eOne Jumbie in the Jukebox Kobo Town Cumbancha*eOne Lume, Lume Lemon Bucket Orkestra Independent

JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY SLAIGHT MUSIC) Brian Howes and Jacob Hoggard “Anything”, “Crazy for You” WILD LIFE – Hedley Universal Eric Ratz “Sweet Mountain River”, “The Lion” – FURIOSITY – Monster Truck Dine Alone*Universal Henry “Cirkut” Walter (co-producer Luke Gottwald) “Wrecking Ball” BANGERZ – Miley Cyrus RCA*Sony | “Give It 2 U” BLURRED LINES – Robin Thicke Interscope*Universal – switch order Ryan Guldemond and Ben Kaplan “Let’s Fall in Love”, “Bit by Bit” THE STICKS – Mother Mother Last Gang*Universal Thomas “Tawgs” Salter “This is the Best” ADVANCED BASICS – USS Coalition*Warner | “Red Hands” (co-producer Gianni “Luminati” Nicassio) R.E.V.O. – Walk Off the Earth Columbia*Sony

RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR David Travers-Smith “Dancing In the Dark” THESE WILDER THINGS – Ruth Moody True North*eOne | “Flabbergasp” (co-engineer Jaron Freeman-Fox) THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING – Jaron Freeman- Fox Independent Eric Ratz “Sweet Mountain River”, “The Lion” – FURIOSITY – Monster Truck Dine Alone*Universal Howie Beck “Robotic” (co-engineer Graham Walsh) HANNAH GEORGAS – Hannah Georgas Dine Alone*Universal | “Red Hands” R.E.V.O. – Walk Off the Earth Columbia*Sony (co-engineer Kane Churko) “The ” THE WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN AND THE RIGHTEOUS SIDE OF HELL, VOLUME 1 – Universal | “Stardust” LUX – Warner Randy Staub “Hollow” THE DEVIL PUT DINOSAURS HERE – Virgin*Universal | “Be My Baby” TO BE LOVED – Michael Bublé Reprise*Warner

RECORDING PACKAGE OF THE YEAR Ian Grais and Chris Staples (Art Directors), Sofia Pona, Kim Ridgewell, Lisa Nakamura (Designers), Ben Tour (Illustrator) Bones BODHI JONES Independent Jayme L. Spinks (Art Director/Designer), Janet Kimber (Photographer) Lullabies and Wake-Up Calls DINAH THORPE Independent Menno Versteeg (Art Director), Anne Douris (Designer), (Photographer) White Paint Royal Mountain*Universal Robyn Kotyk (Art Director/Designers/Illustrator), Petra Cuschieri, Justin Peroff (Designers) Arts & Crafts: 2003-2013 ARTS & CRAFTS – VARIOUS ARTISTS Arts & Crafts*Universal Vincent Lévesque and Alex Ortiz (Art Director/Designer/ Illustrator/Photographer) La Mort Pop Club WE ARE WOLVES Dare to Care*DEP

VIDEO OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUCHFACT, EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED BY BELL MEDIA) Je t’aime comme tu es Agathe Bray-Bourret DANIEL BÉLANGER Audiogramme*Select Friend of Mine Briin 'Briin?' Bernstein & Daniel AM Rosenberg D-SISIVE Desolate*Independent Anything John Poliquin HEDLEY Universal King and Lionheart WeWereMonkeys OF MONSTERS AND MEN Republic*Universal Feeling Good Matt Barnes THE SHEEPDOGS Atlantic*Warner

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ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY ROLAND) Nation II Nation A Tribe Called Red Tribal Spirit/Pirates Blend*Sony Untogether Blue Hawaii Arbutus*F>A>B Graze Graze New Kanada*ST Holdings/Hardwax Third Culture Noah Pred Thoughtless*MN2S Guilt Trips Ryan Hemsworth Last Gang*Universal

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR Heart of Oak Anciients *Sony Colored Sands Season of Mist*Sony Entrench KEN Mode New Damage*Universal Volition Protest the Hero Protest*Sony Dead Language The Flatliners New Damage*Universal

ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR In My Head Alysha Brilla Sunny Jam*Independent Loved Me Back To Life Céline Dion Columbia*Sony Dream Catcher Chloe Albert Independent The Year He Drove Me Crazy Coral Egan Justin Time*Universal A Christmas Gift To You Johnny Mac*Universal

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