2017 JUNO GALA Dinner & Award Winners April 1, 2017 SINGLE OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY LIVE NATION CANADA) Hotel Paranoia Jazz Cartier Universal Spirits The Strumbellas Six Shooter*Universal DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY IDLA Off the Ground ft. Shae Jacobs Bit Funk PhysiCal Presents*Universal ASSOCIATED LABEL DISTRIBUTION) A Head Full of DreaMs Coldplay Parlophone*Warner R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR Starboy The Weeknd The WeeknD XO*Universal ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY TD) Leonard Cohen Sony REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR Siren Exco Levi Reggaeville*Independent BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, CANADA’S PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTERS, INDIGENOUS MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND) ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK) The Dirty Nil Dine Alone*Universal Tiny Hands Quantum Tangle Coax*Independent ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY Secret Path Gord Downie Arts & Crafts*Universal NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE) Earthly Days William Prince InDepenDent ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY LONG & MCQUADE) TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR Touch July Talk Sleepless*Universal Secret Victory The East Pointers The East Pointers*Fontana North ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR Man Machine PoeM The Tragically Hip THE InCorporateD*Universal Ride The One Paul ReddiCk Stony Plain*Warner VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR Bria Bria Skonberg Sony Hootenanny! Tim Neufeld & the Glory Boys InDepenDent JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY CANADA Written in the Rocks Renee Rosnes Smoke Sessions*RED COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS) Okavango African Orchestra Okavango African Orchestra JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP (SPONSORED BY STINGRAY MUSIC) InDepenDent Twenty Metalwood Cellar Live*MVD JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR A Tribe Called Red “R.E.D. ft. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear”, “Sila Bird’s Nest The Fretless InDepenDent ft. Tanya Tagaq” WE ARE THE HALLUCI NATION – A Tribe Called Red FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR Pirates BlenD*Sony XO Laurence Nerbonne Coyote*D.E.P. RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR Jason Dufour “Push + Pull”, “Beck + Call” TOUCH – July Talk I Believe in Little Things Diana Panton InDepenDent*eOne Sleepless*Universal CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER RECORDING PACKAGE OF THE YEAR Brahms: String Quartets, Op. 51 NOS. 1 & 2 New Orford String Jonathan Shedletzky (Art Director), Isis Essery (Designer), Jeff Quartet Bridge*Independent LeMire (Illustrator) SECRET PATH – GorD DoWnie Arts & Crafts*Universal CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE Going HoMe Star – Truth and Reconciliation Steve Wood and the VIDEO OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUCHFACT, EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED Northern Cree Singers, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra BY BELL MEDIA) CentredisCs*Naxos Kill v MaiM Claire Boucher GRIMES Crystal Math*Universal CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY THE IBEW AND THE L’Aiglon Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO) DeCCa*Universal 99.9% KAYTRANADA HW&W*Sony CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR ImMersion Jordan Nobles Redshift*Canadian MusiC Centre Coral Throne Mandroid Echostar ManDroiD EChostar*InDepenDent RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR Wonderland Sarah McLachlan Verve*Universal .