THE 2018 JUNO AWARD NOMINEES
Alessia Cara Arkells
Jessie Reyez Justin Bieber Shawn Hook Shawn Mendes The Weeknd Theory
Walk Off The Earth
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Live Nation Canada How Far I’ll Go: Alessia Cara Everything Now: Arcade Fire Knocking at the Door: Arkells There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back: Shawn Mendes I Feel It Coming ft. Daft Punk: The Weeknd
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
24K Magic: Bruno Mars ÷: Ed Sheeran DAMN.: Kendrick Lamar Stoney: Post Malone reputation: Taylor Swift
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Music Canada Everything Now: Arcade Fire Revival: Johnny Reid Nobody But Me: Michael Bublé Safe Haven: Ruth B.
Now: Shania Twain
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Presented with Apple Music Daniel Caesar Gord Downie Lights Ruth B. Shania Twain
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Presented with Apple Music A Tribe Called Red Alvvays Arcade Fire Broken Social Scene
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by FACTOR, The Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters Allan Rayman Charlotte Cardin Jessie Reyez NAV Virginia to Vegas
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by FACTOR, The Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters James Barker Band The Beaches
The Dead South The Franklin Electric The Jerry Cans
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Presented by SOCAN Amelia Curran “Come Back for Me,” “Watershed,” “Try” WATERSHED – Amelia Curran Charlotte Cardin “Main Girl,” “Paradise Motion,” “The Kids” MAIN GIRL – Charlotte Cardin Gord Downie & Kevin Drew “A Natural,” “Introduce Yerself,” “The North” INTRODUCE YERSELF – Gord Downie
Rose Cousins “Chosen,” “Grace” – co-songwriter Mark Erelli, “White Flag” – co-songwriter KS Rhoads NATURAL CONCLUSION – Rose Cousins Scott Helman
“21 Days” – co-songwriters Simon Wilcox, Thomas ‘Tawgs’ Salter, Michael J. Wise, Ron Lopata, “It’s Kinda Complicated” – cosongwriters Thomas ‘Tawgs’ Salter, Todd Clark, Ron Lopata, “PDA” – co-songwriters Simon Wilcox, Thomas ‘Tawgs’ Salter, Ron Lopata HÔTEL DE VILLE – Scott Helman
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beautiful Freakshow: Dean Brody Dear Life: High Valley Game On: James Barker Band
Past the Past: Jess Moskaluke Shake These Walls: Tim Hicks
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Introduce Yerself: Gord Downie Twin Solitude: Leif Vollebekk
New Mistakes: Terra Lightfoot Sincerely, Future Pollution: Timber Timbre Panther In The Dollhouse: Whitehorse
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Long & McQuade Antisocialites: Alvvays Royal Everything Now: Arcade Fire Life After Youth: Land of Talk Retribution: Tanya Tagaq Wide Open: Weaves
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Skin & Earth: Lights My Love: Ria Mae Safe Haven: Ruth B. Hôtel de Ville: Scott Helman
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Grace Street: Big Wreck Outrage! Is Now: Death From Above Feed The Machine: Nickelback Young Beauties and Fools: The Glorious Sons Wake Up Call: Theory
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
With a Twist: Bria Skonberg Turn Up The Quiet: Diana Krall Come On: Kellylee Evans
Old School Yule!: Matt Dusk No Filter: Michael Kaeshammer
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO
The Tide Turns: Brad Cheeseman Rich in Symbols: Chet Doxas Contumbao: Hilario Durán Root Structure: Mike Downes Ralph Bowen: Ralph Bowen
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP
Otterville: Andrew Downing’s Otterville Murphy: Carn Davidson 9 Infinitude: Christine Jensen & Ingrid Jensen The North: David Braid, Mike Murley, Anders Mogensen & Johnny Aman Rev: Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Stubborn Persistent Illusions: Do Make Say Think
Sweat: Five Alarm Funk Cuphead: Kristofer Maddigan Hapax: Oktopus Peregrine Falls: Peregrine Falls
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Nos Eldorados: Alex Nevsky Paloma: Daniel Bélanger L’étoile thoracique: Klô Pelgag Almanach: Patrice Michaud La science du coeur: Pierre Lapointe
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: Big Block Singsong Blue Skies: Bobs & LoLo Hear the Music: Fred Penner Love, Kisses and Hugs: Splash’N Boots The Moblees (Songs from the Hit TV Show): The Moblees
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER
Chamber Works by Szymon Laks: ARC Ensemble Stravinsky & Prokofiev: Transcriptions pour piano: David Jalbert Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6 & 9 ‘Kreutzer’: James Ehnes with Andrew Armstrong Chopin Recital 3: Janina Fialkowska
Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 5: Louis Lortie
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE
Rebelles Baroques: Arion Orchestre Baroque Beethoven & Schubert: Violin Concerto: James Ehnes with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra: Jan Lisiecki with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orcheste Elgar & Tchaikovsky: Johannes Moser with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande The Shaman & Arctic Symphony: Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra & Nunavut Sivuniksavut Performers
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL
Crazy Girl Crazy: Barbara Hannigan with Ludwig Orchestra The Tree of Life: Daniel Taylor with The Trinity Choir In the Stream of Life: Songs by Sibelius: Gerald Finley with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Mother of Light: Armenian hymns & chants in praise of Mary: Isabel Bayrakdarian with Coro Vox Aeterna Schubert Sessions: Lieder with Guitar: Philippe Sly & John Charles Britton
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
Coeur à Coeur: Alice Ping Yee Ho
Phi, Caelestis: Andrew Staniland Breathe: James Rolfe
My Name is Amanda Todd: Jocelyn Morlock The Shaman: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra: Vincent Ho
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Stingray Music Mumble Rap: Belly Roc
Lil Mont from the Ave: Clairmont The Second 001: Experiments: Lou Phelps Coach Fresh: Maestro Fresh Wes Shooters: Tory Lanez
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Not Going Home ft. Gia Koka & CMC$: DVBBS Get What You Give: Felix Cartal Deeper: KAPRI
Closer ft. Laurell: Nick Fiorucci
Almost Home ft. Nadia Ali & Iro: Sultan + Shepard
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Freudian: Daniel Caesar Foreign Water: Jahkoy Kiddo: Jessie Reyez Human: Jhyve Awesome Unbound 01: Keshia Chanté
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Neva Judge: Eyesus Greater: Kirk Diamond
Love How You Whine: Kreesha Turner & K’Coneil
INDIGENOUS MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Medicine Songs: Buffy Sainte-Marie PowWowStep: DJ Shub Here & Now: Indian City
The Fight Within: Iskwé
Sedna: Kelly Fraser
CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Watershed: Amelia Curran
Bone on Bone: Bruce Cockburn Medicine Songs: Buffy Sainte-Marie Inuusiq: The Jerry Cans
The Weather Station: The Weather Station
TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Willow Collection: Cassie and Maggie Rove: Còig
Jayme Stone’s Folklife: Jayme Stone Illusion & Doubt: The Dead South What We Leave Behind: The East Pointers
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Better the Devil You Know: Big Dave McLean Something I’ve Done: Downchild Time to Roll: MonkeyJunk
No Time Like Now: Steve Strongman
Big City, Back Country Blues: Williams, Wayne and Isaak
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/ GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
We Are Free: Jon Neufeld These Are The Days: Love & The Outcome Stones: Manafest Echoes: Matt Maher
First Day of My Life: The Color
WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Meter: Autorickshaw
La Migra: Battle of Santiago
A New Tradition Vol. 2: Return of the KUISi: Beny Esguerra and New Tradition
Femme: Briga
Where the Galleon Sank: Kobo Town
JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Brian “The Howes Drugs” & Jason (co-producer Van Poederooyen: Ryan Guldemond) NO CULTURE – Mother Mother Diana Krall: “L-O-V-E,” “Night and Day” (co-producer Tommy Lipuma) TURN UP THE QUIET – Diana Krall Felix Cartal: “Get What You Give” GET WHAT YOU GIVE – Felix Cartal, “Drifting Away” DRIFTING AWAY – Felix Cartal Jordan Evans & Matthew Burnett: “Get You ft. Kali Uchis,” “We Find Love” FREUDIAN – Daniel Caesar Thomas “Tawgs” Salter: “PDA” HÔTEL DE VILLE – Scott Helman Warner, “Electric
Love” (co-producer Mike Wise) UTOPIA – Serena Ryder RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Ben Kaplan: “Widowmaker” SWEAT – Five Alarm Funk, “Speak” SPÜKEN – Ninjaspy Eric Ratz: “Knocking at the Door” MORNING REPORT – Arkells, “My Little RnR”
WILD CAT – Danko Jones
Gus van Go: “Paradise” NEW MISTAKES – Terra Lightfoot, “Boys Like You” PANTHER IN THE DOLLHOUSE – Whitehorse Riley Bell: “Get You ft. Kali Uchis,” “We Find Love” FREUDIAN – Daniel Caesar Shawn Everett: “Slip Away” NO SHAPE – Perfume Genius, “Pain” A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING – The War on Drugs
ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR
Catherine Directors) Geneviève EVERYTHING Lepage Lapointe & Simon NOW Rivest: – Arcade (Art Fire tin Tremblay (Photographer) (Art Director), COCONUT MarCHRISTMAS – The Lost Fingers Jean-Sébastien Denis (Art Director & Illustrator), Ian Ilavsky (Designer) MECHANICS OF DOMINION – Esmerine Keavan Yazdani (Art Director & Photographer), Sean Brown (Designer), Eric Lachance (Illustrator) – FREUDIAN Daniel Caesar Marianne Collins (Art Director & Illustrator), Ian Ilavsky (Designer), Steve Farmer (Photographer) – STUBBORN PERSISTENT ILLUSIONS Do Make Say Think
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Leaving the Table: Christopher Mills Leonard Cohen The Drugs: Emma Higgins Mother Mother
Venus Fly ft. Janelle Monáe: Grimes (Claire Boucher) Grimes
Gatekeeper: Peter Huang Jessie Reyez
Knocking at the Door: Shane Cunningham & Mark Myers Arkells
ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Tenderness: Blue Hawaii
Someone Else: CRi
Two Hearts: Dabin
Music To Draw To: Satellite ft. Emilíana Torrini: Kid Koala
Mass Manipulation: Rezz
METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Voice of the Void: Anciients Relentless Mutation: Archspire II: Vanishing: Longhouse Strange Peace: Metz Striker: Striker
ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Rooted: Alysha Brilla Revival: Johnny Reid Nobody But Me: Michael Bublé The Grand Hustle: Nuela Charles Christmas Together: The Tenors
COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by SiriusXM Canada Fatherland: Charlie Demers [Indistinct Chatter]: D.J. Demers I Wanted To Be A Dinosaur: Ivan Decker Sorry! (A Canadian Album): K Trevor Wilson In Living Kohler: Rebecca Kohler