The Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

s of 1989, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 12 March 1989 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre

Hummingbird Centre

The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts is a major performing arts venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-About the Centre:The Sony Centre For The Performing Arts is Canada’s largest soft-seat theatre...

. André-Philippe Gagnon

André-Philippe Gagnon

André-Philippe Gagnon is a Canadian comedian and impressionist. He has been married to Marie-Claude Chantal since the late 1980s....

 was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

.

Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...

 won in three of its five nominations: Best Group, Best Single and Best Video. k.d. lang

K.D. Lang

Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...

 and Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson, OC; is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his membership as the guitarist and primary songwriter within The Band. He was ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time...

 were also notable winners in 1989.

The previous Juno Awards ceremonies were conducted on 2 November 1987. There was no awards event in 1988 due to a decision to restore the Juno scheduling to the earlier portion of each year. The awards had been conducted early each year from its 1970 inception until 1984.

Canadian Entertainer of the Year

Juno Award for Entertainer of the Year

This is a list of the Canadian musical artists named Entertainer of the Year at the Juno Awards in those years in which this award or its nearest equivalent was awarded.-Canadian Entertainer of the Year :*1989 - Glass Tiger...

(This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS

Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is the organization responsible for conducting the Juno Awards, Canada's primary national musical honours...

.)

Winner: Glass Tiger

Glass Tiger

Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1983, in Newmarket, Ontario.-Biography:Originally named 'Tokyo', the band produced several hit singles in Canada and placed two songs on Billboard magazine's top 10: "Don't Forget Me " and "Someday," both of which came from their debut album, The Thin...

Other Nominees:

• Bryan Adams
  Bryan Adams
  Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
  
  
• Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
  Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
  Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts are a Canadian rock band, based out of Vancouver that formed in 1980. The band's name was taken from the title of Lou Reed's 1983 album.-Biography:...
  
  
• Blue Rodeo
  Blue Rodeo
  Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...
  
  
• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
  Red Rider
  Red Rider are a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While the band achieved great success in Canada, in the US, the band never had a song in the Top 40....
  
  
• Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
  
  
• Leonard Cohen
  Leonard Cohen
  Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
  
  
• Colin James
  Colin James
  Colin James is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, who plays in the blues, rock, and neo-swing genres. He grew up as a Quaker.-Early years:...
  
  
• k.d. Lang
  K.D. Lang
  Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
  
  
• Robbie Robertson
  Robbie Robertson
  Robbie Robertson, OC; is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his membership as the guitarist and primary songwriter within The Band. He was ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time...
  
  

Best Female Vocalist

Juno Award for Artist of the Year

The Juno Award for Artist of the Year has been awarded since 2002 as recognition each year for the best artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by sex...

Winner: k.d. lang

K.D. Lang

Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...

Other Nominees:

• Johanne Blouin
• Céline Dion
  Celine Dion
  Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
  
  
• Rita MacNeil
  Rita MacNeil
  Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS is a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she has had hits on the country...
  
  
• Anne Murray
  Anne Murray
  Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
  
  

Best Male Vocalist

Juno Award for Artist of the Year

The Juno Award for Artist of the Year has been awarded since 2002 as recognition each year for the best artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by sex...

Winner: Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson, OC; is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his membership as the guitarist and primary songwriter within The Band. He was ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time...

Other Nominees:

• Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
  
  
• Leonard Cohen
  Leonard Cohen
  Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
  
  
• David Wilcox
  David Wilcox (Canadian musician)
  David Wilcox is a Canadian rock musician.-History:Montreal native, David Wilcox drew inspiration from musician Elvis Presley at the early age of six...
  
  
• Neil Young
  Neil Young
  Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
  
  

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Juno Award for New Artist of the Year

The Juno Award for New Artist of the Year has been awarded since 1974 as recognition each year for the best new artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by separate awards for men and women...

Winner: Sass Jordan

Sass Jordan

Sarah "Sass" Jordan is a Canadian, Juno Award winning, rock singer/songwriter who grew up in Montreal.- Biography :...

Other Nominees:

• Candi
  Candi & The Backbeat
  Candi & The Backbeat was a Canadian pop band with lead vocalist Candy Pennella . They started out as an Italian wedding band before releasing their debut self-titled album, Candi, in 1988 on the I.R.S. Records label...
  
  
• Jannetta
• Lisa Lougheed
  Lisa Lougheed
  Lisa Lougheed is a Canadian singer and voice actor. She is probably best known for her role as Lisa Raccoon in the animated television series The Raccoons, as well as for singing the series' various songs, including the theme song "Run With Us".-History:As a teenager, Lougheed attended Etobicoke...
  
  
• Michelle Wright
  Michelle Wright
  Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice...
  
  

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

Juno Award for New Artist of the Year

The Juno Award for New Artist of the Year has been awarded since 1974 as recognition each year for the best new artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by separate awards for men and women...

Winner: Colin James

Colin James

Colin James is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, who plays in the blues, rock, and neo-swing genres. He grew up as a Quaker.-Early years:...

Other Nominees:

• Art Bergmann
  Art Bergmann
  Art Bergmann is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s.-Punk bands:...
  
  
• Michael Breen
• Andrew Cash
  Andrew Cash
  Andrew Cash is a Canadian singer-songwriter and a Member of Parliament for the Toronto-area Davenport electoral district. He grew up in Toronto, where he befriended future MP, Charlie Angus, and along with Angus founded the Toronto punk band L'Étranger. In the late 1990s, he also became a...
  
  
• Jeff Healey
  Jeff Healey
  Norman Jeffrey "Jeff" Healey was a blind Canadian jazz and blues-rock vocalist and guitarist who attained musical and personal popularity, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...
  
  

Best Group

Juno Award for Group of the Year

The Juno Award for best Group of the Year has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best group or band in Canada. It has also been known as Best Group .-Best Group :*1970 - The Guess Who...

Winner: Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...

Other Nominees:

• Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1983, in Newmarket, Ontario.-Biography:Originally named 'Tokyo', the band produced several hit singles in Canada and placed two songs on Billboard magazine's top 10: "Don't Forget Me " and "Someday," both of which came from their debut album, The Thin...
  
  
• Honeymoon Suite
• Rush
  Rush (band)
  Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
  
  
• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
  Red Rider
  Red Rider are a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While the band achieved great success in Canada, in the US, the band never had a song in the Top 40....
  
  

Most Promising Group of the Year

Juno Award for New Group of the Year

The Juno Award for the New Group of the Year has been awarded since 1974, as recognition each year for the best new group or band in Canada. The award was originally known as Most Promising Group of the Year, and from 1994–2002 it was known as Best New Group.-Most Promising Group of the Year...

Winner: Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts

Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts

Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts are a Canadian rock band, based out of Vancouver that formed in 1980. The band's name was taken from the title of Lou Reed's 1983 album.-Biography:...

Other Nominees:

• 54-40
  54-40
  54•40 is a Canadian alternative rock group from Tsawwassen, British Columbia.The band takes their name from the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!", coined to express the expansionist agenda of James K...
  
  
• The Jitters
  The Jitters
  The Jitters were a Canadian band formed in Toronto in 1981 by Blair Packham, Danny Levy and Matthew Greenberg. Five years of constant performing established them as one of the premier club bands in the Greater Toronto Area....
  
  
• The Northern Pikes
  The Northern Pikes
  The Northern Pikes are a Canadian rock band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1984. The original members were Bryan Potvin, Jay Semko, Merl Bryck and Glen Hollingshead. Hollingshead left the band in 1985, and was replaced by Don Schmid in 1986...
  
  
• The Pursuit of Happiness

Composer of the Year

Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year

The Juno Award for "Songwriter of the Year" has been awarded since 1971, as recognition each year for the best songwriter in Canada. It was also known as the Juno Award for "Composer of the Year" from 1975 to 1990.-Best Songwriter :...

Winner: Tom Cochrane

Tom Cochrane

Tom Cochrane, OC Canadian musician and humanitarian, best known for his hit songs "Life Is a Highway", "Lunatic Fringe", "Human Race" and "I Wish You Well". Cochrane fronted the Canadian rock band Red Rider and has won seven Juno Awards...

Other Nominees:

• Jim Cuddy
  Jim Cuddy
  Jim Cuddy is a Canadian singer-songwriter primarily associated with the band Blue Rodeo. He has also recorded three solo albums with the Jim Cuddy Band, which features musicians Bazil Donovan, Colin Cripps, Joel Anderson, Anne Lindsay and Gavin Brown...
  
   and Greg Keelor
  Greg Keelor
  Greg Keelor is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as a member of the band Blue Rodeo, where he shares song writing and vocal duties with Jim Cuddy. Keelor has also released three solo albums and appeared as a guest musician on albums by Crash Vegas and Melissa McClelland...
  
  
• David Foster
  David Foster
  David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
  
  
• Rita MacNeil
  Rita MacNeil
  Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS is a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she has had hits on the country...
  
  
• Jim Vallance
  Jim Vallance
  James Douglas "Jim" Vallance, OC is a retired Canadian musician, songwriter, arranger and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the former songwriting partner of Canadian international recording artist Bryan Adams...
  
  

Country Female Vocalist of the Year

Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada...

Winner: k.d. lang

K.D. Lang

Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...

Other Nominees:

• Carroll Baker
  Carroll Baker (singer)
  Carroll Baker, CM , , is a Juno Award winning Canadian country music singer and songwriter.-Biography:Carroll Baker was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia...
  
  
• Sherry Kean
  Sherry Kean
  Sherry Kean is a former Canadian pop and country singer, who had a Canadian Top 40 hit in 1984 with "I Want You Back".-Career:...
  
  
• Anne Murray
  Anne Murray
  Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
  
  
• Michelle Wright
  Michelle Wright
  Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice...
  
  

Country Male Vocalist of the Year

Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada...

Winner: Murray McLauchlan

Murray McLauchlan

Murray McLauchlan, CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player.-Biography:Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old...

Other Nominees:

• George Fox
  George Fox (musician)
  George Fox is a country/western music singer/songwriter raised in Cochrane, Alberta, the son of cattle ranchers Bert and Gert Fox.His debut single “Angelina” reached #8 on Canadian country music charts...
  
  
• Matt Minglewood
  Matt Minglewood
  Matt Minglewood is a Canadian musician whose style can be described as a blend of country, blues, folk, roots and rock.-Career:...
  
  
• Patrick Norman
  Patrick Norman (Canadian musician)
  Patrick Norman is a Canadian country musician.His song, "Let's Try Once More", was nominated for a 1978 Juno Award in the Juno Award for Single of the Year category...
  
  
• Ian Tyson
  Ian Tyson
  Ian Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C...
  
  

Instrumental Artist of the Year

Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best instrumental album in Canada. The award was originally called the "Instrumental Artist of the Year"....

Winner: David Foster

David Foster

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...

Other Nominees:

• Canadian Brass
  Canadian Brass
  The Canadian Brass is a brass quintet founded by Dr. Charles Daellenbach and Gene Watts in 1970. In addition to maintaining a heavy international touring schedule, the Canadian Brass have recorded over 80 CDs and DVDs...
  
  
• Manteca
  Manteca (band)
  Manteca is a Canadian jazz fusion band that toured during the 1980s and 1990s. It was formed by percussionist Matt Zimbel and bassist Henry Heillig in 1979.Their repertoire consisted of pieces composed by keyboardist Aaron Davis and Rick Tait...
  
  
• Frank Mills
  Frank Mills
  Frank Mills , is a Canadian pianist and recording artist, best known for his solo instrumental hit "Music Box Dancer"....
  
  
• Zamfir
  Gheorghe Zamfir
  Gheorghe Zamfir is a Romanian pan flute musician.Zamfir is known for playing an expanded version of the traditional Romanian-style pan flute of 20 pipes to 22, 25, 28 and 30 pipes to increase its range, and obtaining as many as eight overtones from each pipe by changing the embouchure.He is...
  
  

International Entertainer of the Year

Juno Award for International Entertainer of the Year

The Juno Award for "International Entertainer of the Year" was awarded from 1989 - 1993, as recognition for the best international musicians, from a Canadian perspective.-International Entertainer of the Year :*1989 - U2*1990 - Melissa Etheridge...

Winner: U2

U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

Other Nominees:

• Crowded House
  Crowded House
  Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is the primary songwriter and creative director of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States...
  
  
• INXS
  INXS
  INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...
  
  
• Michael Jackson
  Michael Jackson
  Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
  
  
• George Michael
  George Michael
  George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...
  
  

Producer of the Year

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award

The Juno Award for "Producer of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best record producer in Canada. It was renamed the "Jack Richardson Producer of the Year" award in 2003, after Jack Richardson who is a noted Canadian record producer.-Producer of the Year...

Winner: Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie...

 and Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson, OC; is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his membership as the guitarist and primary songwriter within The Band. He was ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time...

, "Showdown at Big Sky" & "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" from Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson (album)

Robbie Robertson is the self-titled solo debut by Robbie Robertson, released in 1987. The album won the Juno Award for "Album of the Year", and producers Lanois and Robertson won the "Producer of the Year" Juno award, both in 1989 as there were no Juno Awards held in 1988.The album is notable for...

 by Robbie Robertson

Other Nominees:

• Bruce Fairbairn
  Bruce Fairbairn
  Bruce Earl Fairbairn was a Canadian musician and international record producer from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was active as a producer from 1976 to 1999 and is considered one of the best of his era...
  
  , "The Movie" from Permanent Vacation
  Permanent Vacation (album)
  Permanent Vacation is the ninth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released in August 1987 by Geffen Records.The album marks a turning point in the band's career. It is their first album to employ professional songwriters, instead of featuring material solely composed by members of the...
  
   by Aerosmith
  Aerosmith
  Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
  
   & "Stick to Your Guns" from New Jersey
  New Jersey (album)
  New Jersey is Bon Jovi's fourth album, released on September 19, 1988. The album charted at #1 on The Billboard 200. New Jersey was particularly notable for producing five Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles, the most top ten hits to date for a hard rock album.-Unreleased songs:The album was...
  
   by Bon Jovi
  Bon Jovi
  Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
  
  
• David Foster
  David Foster
  David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
  
  , "Winter Games" from The Symphony Sessions by David Foster
• Jonathan Goldsmith
  Jonathan Goldsmith
  Jonathan Goldsmith is an American actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s...
  
   and Kerry Crawford, "Purple Haze" & "Sempre Nel Mio Cuore" from Shaking the Pumpkin by Hugh Marsh
  Hugh Marsh
  Hugh Marsh is a violinist from Toronto, known for his electric violin sound. Marsh was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award in the best contemporary jazz album category.-Early days:...
  
  
• Jim Vallance
  Jim Vallance
  James Douglas "Jim" Vallance, OC is a retired Canadian musician, songwriter, arranger and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the former songwriting partner of Canadian international recording artist Bryan Adams...
  
  , "Diamond Sun" from Diamond Sun
  Diamond Sun (album)
  Diamond Sun is the second album by Canadian band Glass Tiger. It was released by Capitol Records . It went certified Double Platinum in Canada.- Track listing :# "Diamond Sun" – 5:22...
  
   by Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1983, in Newmarket, Ontario.-Biography:Originally named 'Tokyo', the band produced several hit singles in Canada and placed two songs on Billboard magazine's top 10: "Don't Forget Me " and "Someday," both of which came from their debut album, The Thin...
  
  

Recording Engineer of the Year

Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year

The Juno Award for "Recording Engineer of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best recording engineer in Canada.- Recording Engineer of the Year :* 1976 - Michel Ethier, Dompierre by François Dompierre...

Winner: Mike Fraser

Mike Fraser

Mike Fraser is a Canadian record producer, engineer, and mixer. Mike is best known for his work with AC/DC, Metallica, Aerosmith and Joe Satriani...

, "Calling America" & "Different Drummer" from Victory Day

Victory Day (album)

Victory Day is an album by the Canadian rock band, Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, which was released in 1988 . Victory Day sold more than 200,000 copies in Canada and became Cochrane's first Double Platinum album with Red Rider. The album garnered Cochrane and Red Rider three Juno Award...

 by Tom Cochrane

Tom Cochrane

Tom Cochrane, OC Canadian musician and humanitarian, best known for his hit songs "Life Is a Highway", "Lunatic Fringe", "Human Race" and "I Wish You Well". Cochrane fronted the Canadian rock band Red Rider and has won seven Juno Awards...

&Red Rider

Red Rider

Red Rider are a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While the band achieved great success in Canada, in the US, the band never had a song in the Top 40....

Other Nominees:

• Pat Glover
  Pat Glover
  Ernest Matthew "Pat" Glover was a Welsh international footballer who played as a forward.Glover played in the Football League for Grimsby Town between 1929 and 1938, scoring 180 goals in 227 games, although he was originally with his hometown club Swansea Town. Glover is still the highest all-time...
  
  , "Paradiso" by Skywalk (band)
  Skywalk (band)
  Skywalk was a fusion jazz band based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. The band was formed in 1979 by Graeme Coleman and Rene Worst , with Tom Keenlyside , Ihor Kukurudza , Jim McGillveray , and Lou Hoover .They opened for Oscar Peterson at the 1980 Montreaux/Detroit International Jazz Festival...
  
  
• Noel Golden and Ed Stone, "Never Say Never" from Surveillance by Triumph
  Triumph (band)
  Triumph is a Canadian hard rock power trio that was popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Eight of the band's albums were certified gold or higher, and Triumph was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including Group of the Year Award in 1979, 1985, 1986 and 1987.Like their fellow Canadians...
  
   & "Dance Desire" from Don't Just Stand There
  Don't Just Stand There
  Don't Just Stand There is the second full-length album from the Canadian band Haywire.- Track listing :# "Dance Desire" – 4:04# "One Heart Affair" – 4:29...
  
   by Haywire
• Paul Northfield
  Paul Northfield
  Paul Northfield is a prolific record producer and sound engineer, who has worked on albums by bands like Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Rush and Suicidal Tendencies.-Selected discography:-External links:* * *...
  
  , "Diamond Sun" & "I'm Still Searching" from Diamond Sun
  Diamond Sun (album)
  Diamond Sun is the second album by Canadian band Glass Tiger. It was released by Capitol Records . It went certified Double Platinum in Canada.- Track listing :# "Diamond Sun" – 5:22...
  
   by Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1983, in Newmarket, Ontario.-Biography:Originally named 'Tokyo', the band produced several hit singles in Canada and placed two songs on Billboard magazine's top 10: "Don't Forget Me " and "Someday," both of which came from their debut album, The Thin...
  
  
• Bob Rock
  Bob Rock
  Robert Jens Rock, , is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer best known for producing bands such as Aerosmith, The Cult, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, 311, Metallica, Our Lady Peace, The Offspring and most recently Bush.-Payola$ and Rock and Hyde:Rock began his music career in Langford,...
  
  , "Bad Medicine
  Bad Medicine (song)
  "Bad Medicine" is a number-one single by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child. It was released in 1988 as the lead single from the band's album New Jersey...
  
  " from New Jersey
  New Jersey (album)
  New Jersey is Bon Jovi's fourth album, released on September 19, 1988. The album charted at #1 on The Billboard 200. New Jersey was particularly notable for producing five Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles, the most top ten hits to date for a hard rock album.-Unreleased songs:The album was...
  
   by Bon Jovi
  Bon Jovi
  Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
  
  

Album of the Year

Juno Award for Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best album in Canada. It was also known as Best Album , and Best Selling Album .-Best Album :...

Winner: Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson (album)

Robbie Robertson is the self-titled solo debut by Robbie Robertson, released in 1987. The album won the Juno Award for "Album of the Year", and producers Lanois and Robertson won the "Producer of the Year" Juno award, both in 1989 as there were no Juno Awards held in 1988.The album is notable for...

 - Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson, OC; is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his membership as the guitarist and primary songwriter within The Band. He was ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time...

Other Nominees:

• Diamond Sun
  Diamond Sun (album)
  Diamond Sun is the second album by Canadian band Glass Tiger. It was released by Capitol Records . It went certified Double Platinum in Canada.- Track listing :# "Diamond Sun" – 5:22...
  
   - Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1983, in Newmarket, Ontario.-Biography:Originally named 'Tokyo', the band produced several hit singles in Canada and placed two songs on Billboard magazine's top 10: "Don't Forget Me " and "Someday," both of which came from their debut album, The Thin...
  
  
• Outskirts
  Outskirts (album)
  Outskirts is the 1987 debut album by Blue Rodeo. The single "Try" was a hit for the band in their native Canada.-Track listing: #"Heart Like Mine" – 4:38#"Rose-Coloured Glasses" – 4:25#"Rebel" – 3:47#"Joker's Wild" – 4:02#"Piranha Pool" – 6:27...
  
   - Blue Rodeo
  Blue Rodeo
  Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...
  
  
• Racing After Midnight
  Racing After Midnight
  Racing After Midnight is the third album by Honeymoon Suite. It was released in 1988 .- Track Listing :- Personnel :*Johnnie Dee - lead vocals*Dermot "Derry" Grehan - guitars, vocals*Dave Betts - drums*Gary Lalonde - bass...
  
   - Honeymoon Suite
• Reason to Believe - Rita MacNeil
  Rita MacNeil
  Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS is a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she has had hits on the country...
  
  

Best Children's Album

Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Children's Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1979, as recognition each year for the best children's album in Canada.-Best Children's Album :*1979 - Anne Murray, There's a Hippo in My Tub...

Winner (tied): Fred Penner's Place - Fred Penner

Fred Penner

Frederick Ralph Cornelius Penner, is a Canadian children's entertainer who gives appearances throughout North America. His television show, Fred Penner's Place, aired on CBC in Canada from 1985 to 1997. It was co-produced by Nickelodeon in 1989 and 1990.Penner was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba...

 and Lullaby Berceuse - Connie Kaldor

Connie Kaldor

Connie Isabelle Kaldor, is a Canadian folk singer/songwriter. She is the recipient of three Juno awards.Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, she graduated from Campbell Collegiate in Regina in 1972 and the University of Alberta in 1976 with a BFA degree in theatre...

 and Carmen Campagne

Carmen Campagne

Carmen Campagne is a very influent Canadian singer and children's entertainer. A Fransaskois from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, she was a member of the folk music band Folle Avoine in the 1970s. Her brother Paul and sisters Suzanne, Michelle and Annette, her bandmates in Folle Avoine, have also...

Other Nominees:

• Diamond and Dragons - Charlotte Diamond
  Charlotte Diamond
  Charlotte Diamond is a Canadian children’s singer. She has recorded 12 albums including the Juno Award winning 10 Carrot Diamond...
  
  
• Qu'il y ait toujours le soleil - Charlotte Diamond
  Charlotte Diamond
  Charlotte Diamond is a Canadian children’s singer. She has recorded 12 albums including the Juno Award winning 10 Carrot Diamond...
  
  
• Mr Bach Comes to Call - Susan Hammond
• Le loup de nord - Matt Maxwell
• The Orchestra - Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra
  Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra is a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario that gives 5 to 6 concerts during an annual season at the Danforth Music Hall. The ensemble was formed in 1989 by members of the CJRT Orchestra after that orchestra disbanded. Paul Robinson served as the...
  
  

Best Classical Album: Solo or Chamber Ensemble

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble

The Juno Award for "Classical Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1977, as recognition each year for the best classical music album in Canada.-Best Classical Album of the Year :*1977 - Anton Kuerti, Beethoven - Vols...

Winner: Schubert

Franz Schubert

Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...

: Arpeggione Sonata - Ofra Harnoy

Ofra Harnoy

Ofra Harnoy is a Canadian cellist.Harnoy moved with her family to Toronto in 1971. When she was six, she began cello lessons with her father, Jacob Harnoy...

Other Nominees:

• Beethoven: Music for Cello and Piano - Desmond Hoebig and Andrew Tunis
• Chopin: Piano Works - Jon Kimura Parker
  Jon Kimura Parker
  Jon Kimura Parker, OC is a Canadian pianist.- Biography :He was born in Vancouver, Canada, the son of Keiko Parker and the nephew of Edward Parker.He appeared with the Vancouver Youth Orchestra when he was five...
  
  
• Masters of the German Baroque - Tafelmusik
  Tafelmusik
  The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra is a Canadian baroque orchestra specializing in early music. They often perform with choir and play on period instruments....
  
   Baroque Soloists
• Mozart: Piano Pieces - Jane Coop
• Wagner, Francaix, Dvorak - Canadian Chamber Ensemble and Raffi Armenian
  Raffi Armenian
  Raffi Armenian, CM is an Armenian-Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher. Since 2008 he has been the director of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal....
  
  

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal

Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is a symphony orchestra based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, with Montréal's Place des Arts as its home.-History:...

, Charles Dutoit

Charles Dutoit

Charles Édouard Dutoit, is a Swiss conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of French and Russian 20th century music...

 conductor

Other Nominees:

• Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Rob Roy and Corsaire Overtures - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
  Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is a symphony orchestra based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, with Montréal's Place des Arts as its home.-History:...
  
  , Charles Dutoit
  Charles Dutoit
  Charles Édouard Dutoit, is a Swiss conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of French and Russian 20th century music...
  
   conductor
• Fauro: Requiem - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
  Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is a symphony orchestra based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, with Montréal's Place des Arts as its home.-History:...
  
  , Charles Dutoit
  Charles Dutoit
  Charles Édouard Dutoit, is a Swiss conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of French and Russian 20th century music...
  
   conductor
• Handel: Messiah - Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario.-History:The TSO was founded in 1922 as the New Symphony Orchestra, and gave its first concert at Massey Hall in April 1923. The orchestra changed its name to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1927. The TSO...
  
  , Andrew Davis
  Andrew Davis (conductor)
  Sir Andrew Frank Davis CBE is a British conductor.Born in Ashridge, Hertfordshire to Robert J. Davis and his wife Florence J. née Badminton, Davis grew up in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, and in Watford. Davis attended Watford Boys' Grammar School, where he studied classics in his sixth form years...
  
   conductor
• Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bare Mountain - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
  Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is a symphony orchestra based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, with Montréal's Place des Arts as its home.-History:...
  
  , Charles Dutoit
  Charles Dutoit
  Charles Édouard Dutoit, is a Swiss conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of French and Russian 20th century music...
  
   conductor

Best Album Graphics

Juno Award for CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year

The Juno Award for "CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best album art for a music recording in Canada...

Winner: Hugh Syme

Hugh Syme

Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared in some Rush songs as a keyboard player. Syme is notably responsible for all of Rush's album cover art since 1975's Caress...

, Levity by Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas (Canadian musician)

Ian Thomas is a singer, songwriter, actor and author. He is younger brother to famed comedian and actor Dave Thomas.-Career:...

Other Nominees:

• Taras Chornowol, Beyond Benghazi by Paul Cram Orchestra
• J. Don Blair, Celebration by various artists
• Thomas Balint, Vertigo Tango by The Spoons
  Spoons (band)
  Spoons are a Canadian New Wave new romantic synth pop music group, formed in 1979 in Burlington, Ontario. They recorded several Canadian chart hits between 1982 and 1989, and in 1983, they won Group of the Year at the U-Know awards...
  
  
• James O'Mara, Walking Through Walls by Body Electric

International Album of the Year

Juno Award for International Album of the Year

The Juno Award for International Album of the Year is an annual award given to a non-Canadian album. It has been given out since 1975. It was formerly known as Best Selling Album , Best Selling Album by a Foreign Artist , International Album of the Year , and Best Selling International Album...

Winner: Dirty Dancing soundtrack

Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)

Dirty Dancing is the original soundtrack of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. The album became a huge commercial success in the USA. It spent 18 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales charts and went multi-platinum. It spawned a follow-up album entitled More Dirty Dancing . Executive Produced by...

 - various artists

Other Nominees:

• Bad
  Bad (album)
  Bad is the seventh studio album by American songwriter and recording artist Michael Jackson. The album was released on August 31, 1987 by Epic/CBS Records, nearly five years after Jackson's previous studio album, Thriller, which went on to become the world's best-selling album...
  
   - Michael Jackson
  Michael Jackson
  Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
  
  
• Cocktail soundtrack - various artists
• Faith
  Faith (George Michael album)
  Faith is George Michael's first solo album, released in October 1987 via Columbia Records/Epic Records. The album has won several awards including the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1989. To date, the album has sold over 25 million copies worldwide, and received diamond certification from...
  
   - George Michael
  George Michael
  George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...
  
  
• Hysteria - Def Leppard
  Def Leppard
  Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Since 1992, the band have consisted of Joe Elliott , Rick Savage , Rick Allen , Phil Collen , and Vivian Campbell...
  
  

Best Jazz Album

Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1977, as recognition each year for the best contemporary jazz album in Canada.-Best Jazz Album :...

Winner: Looking Up - The Hugh Fraser

Hugh Fraser (musician)

Hugh Alexander Fraser is a Canadian jazz musician known for his work as a pianist, trombonist and composer.- Life and work :Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Fraser studied with Dave Robbins in Vancouver, Slide Hampton in New York, and Kenny Wheeler in London...

 Quintet

Other Nominees:

• Beyond Benghazi - Paul Cram Orchestra
• Contredanse - Karen Young
  Karen Young (Canadian singer)
  Karen Young is a singer, lyricist, composer and arranger from Quebec, Canada who has explored several different musical styles....
  
   and Michael Donato
• In Dew Time - Jane Bunnett
  Jane Bunnett
  Jane Bunnett is a Canadian soprano saxophonist, flutist and bandleader known for her Afro-Cuban jazz melodies.In 2004, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada...
  
  
• Jean Beaudet Quartet - Jean Beaudet Quartet

Best Roots & Traditional Album

Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Solo

The Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Solo is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the roots and/or traditional music genres...

Winner: The Return of the Formerly Brothers - Amos Garrett

Amos Garrett

Amos Garrett is a Juno Award-winning American-Canadian musician, performer, and author. He holds dual citizenship and was raised in Toronto and Montreal...

, Doug Sahm

Doug Sahm

Douglas Wayne Sahm , was an American musician from Texas. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he was a child prodigy in country music, but became a significant figure in blues rock and other genres. Today Sahm is considered one of the most important figures in what is identified as Tejano music...

 and Gene Taylor

Gene Taylor (musician)

Gene Taylor is an American blues rock and boogie-woogie pianist.-Biography:Taylor began his musical training as a drummer at age eight but two years later he had picked up both the guitar and his initial piano skills from boogie-woogie pianist-neighbours...

Other Nominees:

• Bop 'Til I Drop - Downchild Blues Band
  Downchild Blues Band
  The Downchild Blues Band is a Canadian blues band, described by one reviewer as "the premier blues band in Canada". The band is still commonly known as the Downchild Blues Band, though the actual band name was shortened to "Downchild" as of the early 1980s....
  
  
• King Biscuit Boy aka Richard Newell - King Biscuit Boy
  King Biscuit Boy
  King Biscuit Boy was the stage name of Richard Alfred Newell a Canadian blues musician. He was the first Canadian blues artist to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.....
  
  
• Labour Day
  Labour Day (album)
  Labour Day is a 1988 album by Spirit of the West.The album's best-known song is "Political", which was the first song to gain widespread airplay for the band on campus radio and CBC Radio One...
  
   - Spirit of the West
  Spirit of the West
  Spirit of the West are a Canadian folk rock band, who were popular on the Canadian folk music scene in the 1980s before evolving a blend of hard rock, Britpop, and Celtic folk influences which made them one of Canada's most successful alternative rock acts in the 1990s.-Early years:The band began...
  
  
• Swinging on a Star - Murray McLauchlan
  Murray McLauchlan
  Murray McLauchlan, CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player.-Biography:Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old...
  
  

Single of the Year

Juno Award for Single of the Year

The Juno Award for Single of the Year has been awarded since 1974 for the best single in Canada. It has also been known as Best Single and Best Selling Single.-Best Single :...

Winner: "Try

Try (Blue Rodeo song)

"Try" is the title of a song written by Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy, and recorded by Canadian country rock group Blue Rodeo. Released in October 1987, it was the second single from their debut album, Outskirts. The song peaked at #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart, #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart...

" - Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...

Other Nominees:

• "Diamond Sun" - Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1983, in Newmarket, Ontario.-Biography:Originally named 'Tokyo', the band produced several hit singles in Canada and placed two songs on Billboard magazine's top 10: "Don't Forget Me " and "Someday," both of which came from their debut album, The Thin...
  
  
• "When a Man Loves a Woman
  When a Man Loves a Woman (song)
  "When a Man Loves a Woman" is a song recorded by Percy Sledge in 1966 at Norala Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. It made number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts. It was listed 54th in the List of Rolling Stone magazine's 500 greatest songs of all time...
  
  " - Luba
  Luba (singer)
  Luba is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and recording artist. She was commercially active from 1980 to 1990, 2000 to 2001 and is active again from 2007 to present. She was initially the vocalist for a band named Luba before signing as a solo artist under the one-name moniker...
  
  
• "Pop Goes the World
  Pop Goes the World (song)
  "Pop Goes the World" is the title of a song recorded by Canadian New Wave group Men Without Hats. It was released in 1987 as the lead single from the album of the same name.-Content:...
  
  " - Men Without Hats
  Men Without Hats
  Men Without Hats is a Canadian New Wave group from Montreal, Quebec. Their music was characterized by the distinctive baritone voice of their lead singer Ivan Doroschuk as well as their elaborate use of synthesizers and electronic processing...
  
  
• "Hands Up" - Sway

Best Classical Composition

Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year

The Juno Award for "Classical Composition of the Year" has been awarded since 1987, as recognition each year for the best classical music composition in Canada.-Best Classical Composition :*Malcolm Forsyth, Atayoskewin...

Winner: Songs of Paradise - Alexina Louie

Alexina Louie

Alexina Louie, OC, FRSC is a Canadian composer of Chinese descent who has written many pieces for orchestra, as well as pieces for solo piano.-Biography:Alexina Louie was born in Vancouver and received an...

• Concerto for Harpsichord and Eight Wind Instruments - R. Murray Schafer
  R. Murray Schafer
  Raymond Murray Schafer is a Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist perhaps best known for his World Soundscape Project, concern for acoustic ecology, and his book The Tuning of the World...
  
  
• River of Fire - Brian Cherney
  Brian Cherney
  Brian Cherney is a Canadian composer currently residing in Montreal, Quebec. He studied at the University of Toronto where he was a pupil of John Weinzweig, Samuel Dolin, and John Beckwith. In 1972 he joined Schulich School of Music of McGill University, where he has taught analysis and...
  
  
• Siddartha - Claude Vivier
  Claude Vivier
  -Biography:Born to unknown parents in Montreal, Vivier was adopted at the age of three by a poor French-Canadian family. From the age of thirteen, he attended boarding schools run by the Marist Brothers, a religious order that prepared young boys for a vocation in the priesthood. At the age of...
  
  
• Symphonie No 3 - Jacques Hétu
  Jacques Hétu
  Jacques Hétu, OC was a Canadian composer and music educator from Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He was nominated for a 1989 Juno Award in the Best Classical Composition category...
  
  

International Single of the Year

Winner: "Pump Up the Volume

Pump up the Volume (song)

"Pump Up the Volume" is a song and the only single by British recording act MARRS. It was a number-one hit in many countries and is generally regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British house music and music sampling....

" - MARRS

MARRS

MARRS was a 1987 one-off recording act formed by the groups A.R. Kane and Colourbox which only released one commercial disc...

Other Nominees:

• "Faith
  Faith (George Michael song)
  "Faith" is a #1 song, written and performed by George Michael, released as a single on Columbia Records, from his 1987 Faith album. According to Billboard magazine, it was the top-selling single of the year in the United States in 1988....
  
  " - George Michael
  George Michael
  George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...
  
  
• "A Groovy Kind of Love
  A Groovy Kind of Love
  "A Groovy Kind of Love" is a pop song written by Toni Wine and Carol Bayer for the Screen Gems music publishing company. It is heavily based on the Rondo movement of Sonatina in G major, op. 36 no. 5 by Muzio Clementi...
  
  " - Phil Collins
  Phil Collins
  Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
  
  
• "I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany
  Tiffany (singer)
  Tiffany Renee Darwish , known popularly as Tiffany, is an American singer and former teen icon. She is most notable for her 1987 cover version of "I Think We're Alone Now", originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells in 1967. Released as the second single from her eponymous album, Tiffany,...
  
  
• "The Locomotion
  The Loco-Motion
  "The Loco-Motion" is a 1962 pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The song is notable for appearing in the American Top 5 three times – each time in a different decade: for Little Eva in 1962 ; for Grand Funk Railroad in 1974 ; and for Kylie Minogue in 1988 "The...
  
  " - Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
  
  

Best R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1985, as recognition each year for the best rhythm and blues/soul album in Canada.-Best R&B/Soul Recording :*1985 - Liberty Silver, Lost Somewhere Inside Your Love...

Winner: Angel - Erroll Starr

Other Nominees:

• Crying For Love - Lorraine Scott
• Dancing Under a Latin Moon - Candi
  Candi & The Backbeat
  Candi & The Backbeat was a Canadian pop band with lead vocalist Candy Pennella . They started out as an Italian wedding band before releasing their debut self-titled album, Candi, in 1988 on the I.R.S. Records label...
  
  
• Private Property - Liberty Silver
  Liberty Silver
  Liberty Silver is a Canadian singer, based in Toronto, Ontario.She won two 1985 Juno Awards, one for Best R&B/Soul Recording of the Year and the other for Best Reggae/Calypso Recording .The American-born Silver was adopted into an Ontario family, where she spent her...
  
  
• Secret Love - Debbie Johnson
  Debbie Johnson
  Debbie J. Johnson is a Minnesota, United States, politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 49, which includes portions of Anoka County in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican, she was first elected to the Senate in 2000, and was re-elected...
  
   and Demo Cates

Best Reggae/Calypso Recording

Juno Award for Reggae Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Reggae Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1985, as recognition each year for the best reggae album in Canada.-Best Reggae/Calypso Recording :*1985 - Liberty Silver & Otis Gayle, Heaven Must Have Sent You...

Winner: Conditions Critical - Lillian Allen

Lillian Allen

Lillian Allen is a Canadian dub poet, reggae musician, writer and Juno award winner.-Biography:Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica in 1951, she left that country in 1969, first moving to New York City, where she studied English at the City University of New York...

Other Nominees:

• Give Peace a Chance - Erroll Blackwood
• I Like Calypso - Elsworth James
• Shadrock - Chester Miller
• War On Drugs - Devon Haughton

Best Video

Juno Award for Video of the Year

The Juno Award for "Video of the Year" has been awarded since 1984, as recognition each year for the best music video in Canada. The award was previously called the "Best Video".-Best Video :...

Winner: Michael Buckley

Michael Buckley

Michael Buckley is a best selling children’s book author who is currently writing The Sisters Grimm and the N.E.R.D.S. book series. Born in Akron, Ohio, the author attended Ohio University where he graduated with honors...

, "Try" - Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...

Other Nominees:

• Ron Berti, "Wait for Me" - The Northern Pikes
  The Northern Pikes
  The Northern Pikes are a Canadian rock band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1984. The original members were Bryan Potvin, Jay Semko, Merl Bryck and Glen Hollingshead. Hollingshead left the band in 1985, and was replaced by Don Schmid in 1986...
  
  
• James O'Mara and Kate Ryan, "Our Little Secret" - Art Bergmann
  Art Bergmann
  Art Bergmann is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s.-Punk bands:...
  
  
• Donald Robertson
  Donald Robertson
  Donald Robertson ISO was the first Public Service Commissioner in New Zealand. Prior to being the Public Service Commissioner, he was Secretary of the Post & Telegraph Department....
  
  , "Ingrid and the Footman" - Jane Siberry
• Jean-Marc Pisapia, "Ordinary People" - The Box
  The Box (band)
  The Box is a Canadian New Wave group from Montreal. Founded in 1981, they achieved commercial success in Canada, recording four charting albums and 10 charting singles between 1984 and 1990. The group broke up in 1992, but a new lineup of the band was founded in 2002...
  
  

External links

• Juno Awards site