
The nominations for Canada's Juno Awards were announced on Tuesday (January 6) with Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar leading the way with five nominations each.
Hedley, Arkells and Jessie Rayez have four nods while the late Gord Downie, Ruth Be and Scott Hellman each received three.
Among notable nominations for veteran artists:
- Gord Downie - Artust of the Year, Songwriter of the Year (with Kevin Drew) for "A Natural," "Introduce Yerself" and "The North", and Adult Alternative Album for Introduce Yourself
- Shania Twain - Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for Now!
- Michael Buble - Album of the Year and Adult Contemporary Album of the Year for Nobody But Me
- Johnny Reid - Album of the Year and Adult Contemporary Album of the Year for Revival
- Diana Krall - Vocal Jazz Album of the Year for Turn Up the Quiet and Producer of the Year for "L-O-V-E," "Night and Day" (co-producer Tommy Lipuma)
- Buffy Sainte-Marie - Indigenous Music Album of the Year and Contemporary Roots Album of the Year for Medicine Songs
- Nickelback - Rock Album of the Year for Feed the Machine
- Bruce Cockburn - Contemporary Roots Album of the Year for Bone on Bone
The Juno Awards will be held on March 25 at the Rogers Centre in Vancouver.
The nominees:
Juno Fan Choice Award
- Alessia Cara
- Arkells
- Hedley
- Jessie Reyez
- Justin Bieber
- Shawn Hook
- Shawn Mendes
- The Weeknd
- Theory
- Walk Off the Earth
- Alessia Cara, "How Far I'll Go"
- Arcade Fire, "Everything Now"
- Arkells, "Knocking at the Door"
- The Weeknd, "I Feel it Coming"
- Shawn Mendes, "There's Nothing Holdin' me Back"
- Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
- Ed Sheeran, Divide
- Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
- Post Malone, Stoney
- Taylor Swift, Reputation
- Arcade Fire, Everything Now
- Johnny Reid, Revival
- Michael Bublé, Nobody But Me
- Ruth B, Safe Haven
- Shania Twain, Now
- Daniel Caesar
- Gord Downie
- Lights
- Ruth B
- Shania Twain
- A Tribe Called Red
- Alvvays
- Arcade Fire
- Broken Social Scene
- Hedley
- Allan Rayman
- Charlotte Cardin
- Jessie Reyez
- NAV
- Virginia to Vegas
- James Barker Band
- The Beaches
- The Dead South
- The Franklin Electric
- The Jerry Cans
- Amelia Curran: "Come Back For Me," "Watershed," "Try" (Amelia Curran, Watershed)
- Charlotte Cardin: "Main Girl," "Paradise Motion," "The Kids" (Charlotte Cardin, Main Girl)
- Gord Downie and Kevin Drew: "A Natural," "Introduce Yerself," "The North" (Gord Downie, Introduce Yerself)
- Rose Cousins: "Chosen," "Grace" (co-songwriter Mark Erelli), "White Flag" (co-songwriter KS Rhoads) (Rose Cousins, Natural Conclusion)
- Scott Helman: "21 Days" (co-songwriters Simon Wilcox, Thomas "Tawgs" Salter, Michael J. Wise, Ron Lopata), "It's Kinda Complicated" (co-songwriters Thomas "Tawgs" Salter, Todd Clark, Ron Lopata), "PDA" (co-songwriters Simon Wilcox, Thomas "Tawgs" Salter, Ron Lopata) (Scott Helman, Hȏtel de Ville)
- Dean Brody, Beautiful Freakshow
- High Valley, Dear Life
- James Barker Band, Game On
- Jess Moskaluke, Past the Past
- Tim Hicks, Shake These Walls
- Gord Downie, Introduce Yerself
- Leif Vollebekk, Twin Solitude
- Terra Lightfoot, New Mistakes
- Timber Timbre, Sincerely, Future Pollution
- Whitehorse, Panther in the Dollhouse
- Alvvays, Antisocialites
- Arcade Fire, Everything Now
- Land of Talk, Life After Youth
- Tanya Tagaq, Retribution
- Weaves, Wide Open
- Hedley, Cageless
- Lights, Skin & Earth
- Ria Mae, My Love
- Ruth B, Safe Haven
- Scott Helman, Hȏtel de Ville
- Big Wreck, Grace Street
- Death From Above, Outrage! Is Now
- Nickelback, Feed the Machine
- The Glorious Sons, Young Beauties and Fools
- Theory, Wake Up Call
- Bria Skonberg, With a Twist
- Diana Krall, Turn up the Quiet
- Kellylee Evans, Come On
- Matt Dusk, Old School Yule!
- Michael Kaeshammer, No Filter
- Brad Cheeseman, The Tide Turns
- Chet Doxas, Rich in Symbols
- Hilario Durán, Contumbao
- Mike Downes, Root Structure
- Ralph Bowen, Ralph Bowen
- Andrew Downing's Otterville, Otterville
- Carn Davidson 9, Murphy
- Christine Jensen & Ingrid Jensen, Infinitude
- David Braid, Mike Murley, Anders Mogensen & Johnny Aman, The North
- Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop, Rev
- Do Make Say Think, Stubborn Persistent Illusions
- Five Alarm Funk, Sweat
- Kristofer Maddigan, Cuphead
- Oktopus, Hapax
- Peregrine Falls, Peregrine Falls
- Alex Nevsky, Nos Eldorados
- Daniel Bélanger, Paloma
- Klȏ Pelgag, L'étoile thoracique
- Patrice Michaud, Almanach
- Pierre Lapointe, La science du coeur
- Big Block Singsong, Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
- Bobs & Lolo, Blue Skies
- Fred Penner, Hear the Music
- Splash 'N Boots, Love, Kisses and Hugs
- The Moblees,The Moblees (Songs from the Hit TV Show)
- ARC Ensemble, Chamber Works by Szymon Laks
- David Jalbert, Stravinsky & Prokofiev: Transcriptions pour piano
- James Ehnes with Andrew Armstrong, Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6 & 9 "Kreutzer"
- Janina Fialjowska, Chopin Recital 3
- Louis Lortie, Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 5
- Arion Orchestre Baroque, Rebelles Baroques
- James Ehnes with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Beethoven & Schubert: Violin Concerto
- Jan Lisiecki with NDR Elbphilharmonie Ochester, Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra
- Johannes Moser with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Elgar & Tchaikovsky
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra & Nunavut Sivuniksavut, The Shaman & Arctic Symphony
- Barbara Hannigan with Ludwig Orchestra, Crazy Girl Crazy
- Daniel Taylor with the Trinity Choir, The Tree of Life
- Gerald Finley with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, In the Stream of Life: Songs by Sibelius
- Isabel Bayrakdarian with Coro Vox Aeterna, Mother of Light: Armenian Hymns & Chants in Praise of Mary
- Philippe Sly & John Charles Britton, Schubert Sessions: Lieder with Guitar
- Alice Ping Yee Ho, Cœur à Cœur
- Andrew Staniland, Phi, Caelestis
- James Rolfe, Breathe
- Jocelyn Morlock, My Name is Amanda Todd
- Vincent Ho, The Shaman
- Belly, Mumble Rap
- Clairmont the Second, Lil Mont From the Ave
- Lou Phelps, 001: Experiments
- Maestro Fresh Wes, Coach Fresh
- Tory Lanez, Shooters
- DVBBS feat. Gia Koka & CMC$, Not Going Home
- Felix Cartal, Get What You Give
- KAPRI, Deeper
- Nick Fioricci feat. Laurell, Closer
- Sultan + Shepard feat. Nadia Ali & Iro, Almost Home
- Daniel Caesar, Freudian
- Jahkoy, Foreign Water
- Jessie Reyez, Kiddo
- Jhyve, Human
- Keshia Chanté, Unbound 01
- Ammoye, The Light
- Blessed, Hold Up Slow Down
- Eyesus, Neva Judge
- Kirk Diamond, Greater
- Kreesha Turner & K'Coneil, Love How You Whine
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, Medicine Songs
- DJ Shub, PowWowStep
- Indian City, Here & Now
- Iskwé, The Fight Within
- Kelly Fraser, Sedna
- Amelia Curran, Watershed
- Bruce Cockburn, Bone on Bone
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, Medicine Songs
- The Jerry Cans, Inuusiq
- The Weather Station,The Weather Station
- Cassie and Maggie, The Willow Collection
- Còig, Rove
- Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone's Folklife
- The Dead South, Illusion & Doubt
- The East Pointers, What We Leave Behind
- Big Dave McLean, Better the Devil You Know
- Downchild, Something I've Done
- MonkeyJunk, Time to Roll
- Steve Strongman, No Time Like Now
- Williams, Wayne and Isaak, Big City, Back Country Blues
- Jon Neufeld, We Are Free
- Love & the Outcome, These Are the Days
- Manafest, Stones
- Matt Maher, Echoes
- The Color, First Day of my Life
- Autorickshaw, Meter
- Battle of Santiago, La Migra
- Beny Esguerra and New Tradition, A New Tradition Vol. 2: Return of the KUISi
- Briga, Femme
- Kobo Town, Where the Galleon Sank
- Brian Howes & Jason Van Poederooyen: "Better Days" (co-producer Jacob Hoggard) (Hedley, Cageless), "The Drugs" (co-producer Ryan Guldemond) (Mother Mother, No Culture)
- Diana Krall: "L-O-V-E," "Night and Day" (co-producer Tommy Lipuma) (Diana Krall, Turn Up the Quiet)
- Felix Cartal: "Get What You Give" (Felix Cartal, Get What You Give), "Drifting Away" (Felix Cartal, Drifting Away)
- Jordan Evans & Matthew Burnett: "Get You" feat. Kali Uchis, "We Find Love" (Daniel Caesar, Freudian)
- Thomas "Tawgs" Salter: "PDA" (Scott Helman,Hȏtel de Ville)
- Ben Kaplan: "Widowmaker" (Five Alarm Funk, Sweat), "Speak" (Ninjaspy, Spüken)
- Eric Ratz: "Knocking at the Door" (Arkells, Morning Report), "My Little RnR" (Danko Jones, Wild Cat)
- Gus van Go: "Paradise" (Terra Lightfoot, New Mistakes), "Boys Like You" (Whitehorse, Panther in the Dollhouse)
- Riley Bell: "Get You" feat. Kali Uchis, "We Find Love" (Daniel Caesar,Freudian)
- Shawn Everett: "Slip Away" (Perfume Genius, No Shape), "Pain" (The War on Drugs, A Deeper Understanding)
- Catherine Lepage & Simon Rivest (art directors) (Arcade Fire, Everything Now)
- Geneviève Lapointe (art director), Martin Tremblay (photographer) (The Lost Fingers,Coconut Christmas)
- Jean-Sébastien Denis (art director, illustrator), Ian Ilavsky (designer), Guy L'Heureux (photographer) (Esmerine, Mechanics of Dominion)
- Keavan Yazdani (art direction, photographer), Sean Brown (designer), Eric Lachance (illustrator) (Daniel Caesar, Freudian)
- Marianne Collins (art director, illustrator), Ian Ilavsky (designer), Steve Farmer (photographer) (Do Make Say Think, Stubborn Persistent Illusions)
- Christopher Mills, "Leaving the Table" (Leonard Cohen)
- Emma Higgins, "The Drugs" (Mother Mother)
- Claire Boucher, "Venus Fly" (Grimes)
- Peter Huang, "Gatekeeper" (Jessie Reyez)
- Shane Cunningham and Mark Myers, "Knocking at the Door" (Arkells)
- Blue Hawaii, Tenderness
- CRi, Someone Else
- Dabin, Two Hearts
- Kid Koala feat. Emilíana Torrini, Music To Draw To: Satellite
- Rezz, Mass Manipulation
- Anciients, Voice of the Void
- Archspire, Relentless Mutation
- Longhouse, II: Vanishing
- Metz, Strange Peace
- Striker, Striker
- Alysha Brilla, Rooted
- Johnny Reid, Revival
- Michael Bublé, Nobody But Me
- Nuela Charles, The Grand Hustle
- The Tenors, Christmas Together
- Charlie Demers, Fatherhood
- DJ Demers, [Indistinct Chatter]
- Ivan Decker, I Wanted to be a Dinosaur
- K. Trevor Wilson, Sorry! (A Canadian Album)
- Rebecca Kohler, In Living Kohler
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