The Juno Awards of 2007 were hosted in Saskatoon

Saskatoon

Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....

, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 on the weekend ending 1 April 2007. These ceremonies honoured music industry achievements in Canada during most of 2006. The event was well known for a possible tape delay by the CTV television network

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 so the network could syndicate The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race is a reality television game show in which teams of two people, who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, race around the world in competition with other teams...

.

Ceremonies

Most winners were announced at the Juno Gala Dinner and Awards ceremony on 31 March. This was a non-televised event conducted at TCU Place

TCU Place

TCU Place, formerly known as the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium, is a convention and arts centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Situated in the Central Business District it is located next to Midtown Plaza....

. At this event, Tom Jackson

Tom Jackson (actor)

Thomas Dale Jackson, OC , is a Canadian born Métis actor and singer perhaps best known for the annual series of Christmas concerts, called the Huron Carole, which he created and starred in for 17 years...

 received the 2007 Humanitarian Award and Montreal-based music business veteran Donald K. Tarlton

Donald K. Tarlton

-External links:**...

 received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award. Gregory Charles

Gregory Charles

Gregory Charles is a Quebec performing artist of French Canadian and Trinidadian origin.-Biography:...

, a Quebec-based musician, hosted this gala.

The primary ceremonies of the major awards originated from the Credit Union Centre

Credit Union Centre

Credit Union Centre is an arena, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Situated near the city's northern entrance, the facility opened in February, 1988 with a seating capacity of around 7,800. It was expanded to 11,330 for the World Junior Hockey Championships in 1990...

 on 1 April and televised throughout Canada on CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

. Host Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

 was also the most successful artist this year, winning in five categories: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Juno Fan Choice Award, Pop Album of the Year and Single of the Year.

Winners in the following categories were announced during the primary ceremonies:

• Album of the Year
• Group of the Year
• Juno Fan Choice Award
• New Artist of the Year
• R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
• Rock Album of the Year
• Single of the Year

Telecast

CTV originally planned to provide a tape-delayed broadcast from 22:00 Eastern Daylight Time

North American Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

 to accommodate an episode of the American version of The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series)

The Amazing Race is an American reality game show in which teams of two or four race around the world against other teams, with the first-place team winning $1,000,000. As the original version of the Amazing Race franchise, the CBS program has been running since 2001 and is airing its nineteenth...

. However, the network relented due to opposition over the late timing, and scheduled the broadcast live from Ontario and eastward (19:00-21:00 Eastern) and tape delayed in western provinces (21:00-23:00 local time in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 and Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, 19:00-21:00 in Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

). Quickly afterwards, the network made yet another change, allowing Saskatchewan viewers to watch the ceremony live (17:00 Central Standard

Central Time zone

In North America, the Central Time Zone refers to national time zones which observe standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC , and daylight saving, or summer time by subtracting five hours...

) in addition to its previously-scheduled timeslot.

National ratings for the Juno telecast were measured by BBM Nielsen

Bureau of Broadcast Measurement

BBM Canada, also known as BBM, is an audience measurement organization for Canadian television and radio broadcasting.BBM was established on May 11, 1944 as a division of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. The organization was originally known as the "Bureau of Broadcast Measurement", and...

 at 912 000 viewers, an inferior result compared to the 966 000 viewers for Global's broadcast of The Simpsons

The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...

or the 1.03 million viewers CBC

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...

 gained from its airing of At Bertram's Hotel

At Bertram's Hotel

At Bertram's Hotel is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 15 November 1965 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at sixteen shillings and the US edition at $4.50...

, an adaptation of the Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...

 mystery.

Artist of the Year

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: Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

Other nominees:

• Gregory Charles
  Gregory Charles
  Gregory Charles is a Quebec performing artist of French Canadian and Trinidadian origin.-Biography:...
  
  
• Diana Krall
  Diana Krall
  Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...
  
  
• Pierre Lapointe
  Pierre Lapointe
  Pierre Lapointe is a Canadian singer. He has won many prizes since his debut, including six Félix in 2005 and at least one in 2006. He is well known for his voice and his obscure, esoteric lyrics, which tend to be melancholic. Another distinctive characteristic of his lyrics is their literary style...
  
  
• Loreena McKennitt
  Loreena McKennitt
  Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM, OM, is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist, accordionist and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. McKennitt is known for her refined, clear soprano vocals...
  
  

Group of the Year

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: Billy Talent

Billy Talent

Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....

Other nominees:

• Alexisonfire
  Alexisonfire
  Alexisonfire was a five-piece, Juno-nominated post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 2001. The band consisted of George Pettit , Dallas Green , Wade MacNeil , Chris Steele , and Jordan Hastings .They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls...
  
  
• Hedley
  Hedley (band)
  Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...
  
  
• Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
  
  
• The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay . Since their formation in 1983 they have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, and 46 singles...
  
  

New Artist 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: Tomi Swick

Tomi Swick

Tomi Swick is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario signed to Warner Music Canada.By age 13, Swick had learned to play several instruments, including the bagpipes, military drums, piano and guitar. At 19 he began playing in a Hamilton band but soon pursued a solo career. He is a...

Other nominees:

• Eva Avila
  Eva Avila
  Eva Avila is a singer and songwriter. She won the fourth season of the CTV reality show Canadian Idol in 2006.-Early life:...
  
  
• Neverending White Lights
  Neverending White Lights
  Neverending White Lights is a Canadian music collaboration project fronted by Daniel Victor from Windsor, Ontario, and featuring several artists mainly from Canada and the United States. Daniel Victor performs all musical instruments, with most of his songs featuring guest singers...
  
  
• Melissa O'Neil
  Melissa O'Neil
  Melissa Crystal O'Neil is a Canadian singer who was the winner of the third season of Canadian Idol in 2005. She was the first female winner and is the second youngest idol winner in the world, with the youngest being 2004 Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan...
  
  
• Patrick Watson
  Patrick Watson (musician)
  Patrick Watson is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and the name of the band which he fronts, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd for their experimental musicianship.-...
  
  

New 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: Mobile

Mobile (band)

Mobile were a Canadian Alternative Rock band from Montreal initially composed of Mathieu Joly , Christian Brais , Pierre-Marc Hamelin , Dominic Viola and Frank Williamson . Their debut album, Tomorrow Starts Today, was released in 2006. The band was nominated for two Juno Awards in 2007 and went...

Other nominees:

• Evans Blue
  Evans Blue
  Evans Blue is an alternative rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada founded in 2005.- Origins :Evans Blue came together in early 2005. Five musicians, then in three separate bands, met through a local musician's message board...
  
  
• Idle Sons
  Idle Sons
  Idle Sons is a Burlington, Ontario based rock band that formed in 1994 under the name Slurpymundae.-Biography:Idle Sons was a Burlington, Ontario based rock band that has earned a devoted following in Canada and beyond. The group was formed in 1994 by childhood friends Mike Eastick, Sean Kelly,...
  
  
• Jets Overhead
  Jets Overhead
  Jets Overhead are a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 2003 and based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.-Formation and debut:Singer Adam Kittredge conceived of the name Jets Overhead while observing air traffic patterns in London, England...
  
  
• Stabilo
  Stabilo (band)
  Stabilo are a rock band from Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. Formed around 1999, they are best known for their songs "Everybody", One More Pill, "Don't Look In Their Eyes", "Flawed Design", and "Kidding Ourselves"....
  
  

Jack Richardson 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: Brian Howes

Brian Howes

Brian Howes is a Canadian rock producer, singer, and was a member of the band Closure. He has an exclusive partnership with EMI Music Publishing.-Biography:...

, "Trip" (Hedley

Hedley (band)

Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...

) and "Lips of an Angel" (Extreme Behavior

Extreme Behavior

Extreme Behavior is the debut album of rock band Hinder. It was released in 2005 by Universal Records to almost universally negative reviews, before going platinum in September 2006. All songs were co-written by Brian Howes, except for "Shoulda," which was co-written with Brian Howes and Social Code...

)

Other nominees:

• 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,...
  
  , "In View" and "World Container" (The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay . Since their formation in 1983 they have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, and 46 singles...
  
  )
• 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...
  
  , "Un Giorno Per Noi (Romeo E Giulietta)" and "Un Dia Llegara" (Josh Groban
  Josh Groban
  Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...
  
  )
• Julius "Juice" Butty
  Julius Butty
  Julius "Juice" Butty is a Canadian record producer. He was a 2007 nominee for the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award.- Producer credits :* Kristin Nicholls Band* Alexisonfire* The Gorgeous* Sleeper Set Sail...
  
  , "Save Your Scissors" (City and Colour
  City and Colour
  City and Colour is the recording alias for Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green, who was also the guitarist and vocalist of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. He plays melodic acoustic and folk music and is often accompanied by a rotating number of Canadian indie rock...
  
  ) and "This Could Be Anywhere in the World" (Alexisonfire
  Alexisonfire
  Alexisonfire was a five-piece, Juno-nominated post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 2001. The band consisted of George Pettit , Dallas Green , Wade MacNeil , Chris Steele , and Jordan Hastings .They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls...
  
  )
• k-os
  K-os
  Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...
  
  , "The Rain" and "Sunday Morning"

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: John "Beetle" Bailey

John Bailey (producer)

John Beetle Bailey is a Canadian freelance recording engineer who won the 2007 Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year. He has worked with such musicians as The Headstones, Tom Cochrane, Haywire, Triumph and Love Inc..-External links:*...

, "Rain" (Molly Johnson

Molly Johnson

Molly Johnson, OC is a Canadian Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter of pop and jazz.-Biography:Johnson began as a child performer, receiving formal training from the National Ballet School and the Banff School of Fine Arts...

) and "Sisters of Mercy" (Serena Ryder

Serena Ryder

Serena Ryder is a Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter raised in Millbrook, Ontario.Ranging musically between folk, roots, country, and adult contemporary music, Ryder possesses a five-octave range...

)

Other nominees:

• David Travers-Smith, "The Devil's Paintbrush Road" and "Prairie Town" (The Wailin' Jennys
  The Wailin' Jennys
  The Wailin' Jennys are a Juno Award-winning Canadian folk trio from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and New York, and they consist of soprano Ruth Moody, mezzo Nicky Mehta and alto Heather Masse. In previous years, the Jennys have also toured with fiddler and mandolinist Jeremy Penner, who is from Ruth's...
  
  )
• Eric Ratz, "Devil in a Midnight Mass" and "Red Flag" (Billy Talent
  Billy Talent
  Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....
  
  )
• L. Stu Young, "Fury" and "3121" (Prince
  Prince (musician)
  Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
  
  )
• Sheldon Zaharko, "Back Up on the Horse" (Barney Bentall
  Barney Bentall
  Barnard Franklin "Barney" Bentall is a Canadian pop/rock singer-songwriter who is most well known for his 1990s-era band, Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts. Their most successful Canadian singles included "Something to Live For", "Life Could Be Worse", "Crime Against Love" and "Come Back to...
  
  ) and "Unsung" (Jenny Whiteley
  Jenny Whiteley
  Jenny Whiteley is a two-time Juno Award winning Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter.The daughter of blues musician Chris Whiteley and niece of folk musician Ken Whiteley, she began her musical career as one of the kids on Raffi albums, and her name notably appears on "Baby Beluga". She...
  
  )

Songwriter 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: Gordie Sampson

Gordie Sampson

Gordie Sampson is a singer-songwriter and producer from Big Pond, Nova Scotia, Canada.He has written songs for Carrie Underwood , Martina McBride , LeAnn Rimes , and George Canyon and produced and sound engineered...

, "Jesus Take the Wheel", "Words Get in the Way" and "Crybaby"

Other nominees:

• Sarah Harmer
  Sarah Harmer
  Sarah Harmer is a Canadian singer-songwriter and activist.-Biography:Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the well-known Tragically Hip. At the age of 17, she...
  
  , "I Am Aglow", "Oleander" and "Escarpment Blues"
• k-os
  K-os
  Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...
  
  , "Sunday Morning", "The Rain" and "Flypaper"
• Nickelback
  Nickelback
  Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....
  
  , "Far Away", "If Everyone Cared" and "Rockstar"
• Ron Sexsmith
  Ron Sexsmith
  Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. He started his own band when he was fourteen years old, and released the first recordings of his own material seven years later, in 1985...
  
  , "All in Good Time", "Never Give Up" and "Hands of Time"

Fan Choice Award

Juno Fan Choice Award

The Juno Fan Choice Award is an annual Juno Award to the favourite artist or group of the year by the music fans of Canada...

 

Winner: Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

Other nominees:

• Michael Bublé
  Michael Bublé
  Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...
  
  
• Gregory Charles
  Gregory Charles
  Gregory Charles is a Quebec performing artist of French Canadian and Trinidadian origin.-Biography:...
  
  
• Sarah McLachlan
  Sarah McLachlan
  Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
  
  
• Nickelback
  Nickelback
  Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....
  
  

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: Loose

Loose (Nelly Furtado album)

Loose is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It was released in North America on June 20, 2006 by Geffen Records. Timbaland and his then-protégé Danja produced the bulk of the album, which incorporates influences of dance, R&B and hip hop...

, Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

Other nominees:

• Billy Talent II
  Billy Talent II
  -Themes:The album has less anger and language than their previous self-titled album, as they had mellowed out and matured as men and as a band. More of the songs dealt with real-life issues, to the praise of fans and critics.-Personnel:Billy Talent...
  
  , Billy Talent
  Billy Talent
  Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....
  
  
• Hedley
  Hedley (album)
  Hedley is the self-titled debut album of the rock band Hedley, released in Canada on September 6, 2005. The album has been certified double platinum in Canada and garnered a Juno nomination for "Rock Album of the Year"....
  
  , Hedley
  Hedley (band)
  Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...
  
  
• I Think of You, Gregory Charles
  Gregory Charles
  Gregory Charles is a Quebec performing artist of French Canadian and Trinidadian origin.-Biography:...
  
  
• One-X
  One-X
  -Notes:* The songs, "Animal I Have Become", and "Riot", were both featured in the video game, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007-Personnel:*Adam Gontier – lead vocals, rhythm guitar*Barry Stock – lead guitar*Brad Walst – bass guitar, backing vocals...
  
  , Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
  
  

Aboriginal Recording of the Year

Juno Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year, formerly known as Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording, is an annual award presented by Canada's Juno Awards for the best album by a Aboriginal peoples in Canada....

 

Winner: Sedzé

Sedzé

Sedzé is an album by Leela Gilday that won the 2007 Juno Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year. The title means "my heart" in the North Slavey language.-Track listing:#"Dene Love Song" – 4:55#"Time Rushes By" – 2:35#"Avoid the Undertow" – 3:52...

, Leela Gilday

Leela Gilday

Leela Gilday is a Dene/Canadian singer and songwriter born and raised in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. From a very young age, Leela was immersed in music, and by the age of 8 had already begun her singing career. Today she is one of the North's better known performing artists.-Career:Ms....

Other nominees:

• Blood Red Earth, Susan Aglukark
  Susan Aglukark
  Susan Aglukark, OC , is an Inuk musician whose blend of Inuit folk music traditions with country and pop songwriting has made her a major recording star in Canada. Her most successful single is "O Siem", which reached #1 on the Canadian country and adult contemporary charts in 1995...
  
  
• Burn, Jason Burnstick
• Seeds, Digging Roots
• Stay Red, Northern Cree

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year has been awarded since 2005, as recognition each year for the best alternative album in Canada.-Adult Alternative Album of the Year :*2005 - Sarah Harmer, All of Our Names...

 

Winner: The Light That Guides You Home

The Light That Guides You Home

The Light That Guides You Home is the second album by Jim Cuddy. It was released on September 12, 2006.-Track listing:All songs written by Jim Cuddy.#"The Light That Guides You Home" – 5:32#"Maybe Sometime" – 4:06#"All I Need" – 4:23...

, 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...

Other nominees:

• I'm a Mountain
  I'm a Mountain
  Music critic Marisa Brown, writing for Allmusic noted the traditional tone of I'm a Mountain and wrote: "The musicianship on the entire album is fantastic, especially the guitar, which ranges in style from Lynyrd Skynyrd-type riffs to bluegrass fingerpicking with a classical bent...
  
  , Sarah Harmer
  Sarah Harmer
  Sarah Harmer is a Canadian singer-songwriter and activist.-Biography:Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the well-known Tragically Hip. At the age of 17, she...
  
  
• Living with War
  Living With War
  Living with War is the twenty-ninth Grammy and Juno Award-nominated studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released in 2006. The album's lyrics, titles, and conceptual style are highly critical of the policies of the George W. Bush administration; the CTV website defined it as "a musical...
  
  , 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...
  
  
• Time Being
  Time Being
  Time Being is an album by Ron Sexsmith, released in 2006. It was produced by Mitchell Froom.-Track listing:#"Hands of Time"#"Snow Angel"#"All in Good Time"#"Never Give Up"#"I Think We're Lost"#"Reason for Our Love"#"Cold Hearted Wind"...
  
  , Ron Sexsmith
  Ron Sexsmith
  Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. He started his own band when he was fourteen years old, and released the first recordings of his own material seven years later, in 1985...
  
  
• When the Angels Make Contact
  When the Angels Make Contact
  ...When the Angels Make Contact is the third album by Matt Mays, released in 2006.-Track listing:All songs written by Matt Mays, except as noted.# "Intro"# "The Past"# "When the Angels Make Contact" # "1 for the Motor"...
  
  , Matt Mays
  Matt Mays
  Matt Mays is a Canadian singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, a rock music group based in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia and New York City. Previously, Mays was a member of a Canadian indie band The Guthries...
  
  

Alternative Album of the Year

Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the alternative rock and/or indie rock genres...

 

Winner: Sometimes

Sometimes (album)

Sometimes is the debut solo album by City and Colour, a side project of Dallas Green, a guitarist and singer for the band Alexisonfire. At first, the majority of these songs were only available at live shows or over the Internet through Peer-to-peer services. However, due to high demand, the songs...

, City and Colour

City and Colour

City and Colour is the recording alias for Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green, who was also the guitarist and vocalist of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. He plays melodic acoustic and folk music and is often accompanied by a rotating number of Canadian indie rock...

Other nominees:

• Not Saying/Just Saying
  Not Saying/Just Saying
  Not Saying/Just Saying is the debut album from indie dance band Shout Out Out Out Out. It was released in Canada on July 26, 2006 on Nrmls Wlcm Records.The album's cover art was designed by Chad VanGaalen.- Awards :...
  
  , Shout Out Out Out Out
  Shout Out Out Out Out
  Shout Out Out Out Out is a Canadian dance punk/electro group from Edmonton, Alberta. Their debut album Not Saying/Just Saying, released in 2006, quickly garnered significant airplay on Canadian campus radio and on CBC Radio 3. The album debuted at #11 on Canada's national campus radio chart,...
  
  
• Return to the Sea
  Return to the Sea
  Return to the Sea is the full-length debut by indie rock band Islands. It was released April 4, 2006 on Equator Records.The cover painting is "The Sea of Ice" by Caspar David Friedrich, 1824.-Track listing:# "Swans " – 9:31...
  
  , Islands
  Islands (band)
  Islands is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York.-Return to the Sea:In mid-2005 Islands recorded a debut album titled Return to the Sea, which was released in April 2006...
  
  
• Skelliconnection
  Skelliconnection
  Skelliconnection is the second album by Canadian musician Chad VanGaalen. It was released on August 22, 2006 on Flemish Eye and Sub Pop . In addition to writing and recording the album, VanGaalen performed almost all of the instruments and drew the album artwork...
  
  , Chad VanGaalen
  Chad VanGaalen
  Chad VanGaalen is a Canadian musician and artist from Calgary, Alberta.-Infiniheart:Following a few scattered independent releases, done mostly on homemade CDs with hand-drawn art, VanGaalen released Infiniheart on Canadian independent label Flemish Eye...
  
  
• Trompe-l'oeil
  Trompe-l'oeil (album)
  Trompe-l'œil is the second album by indie rock band Malajube, released in 2006 on Dare to Care Records. The album is inspired in part by medical themes; in the album's liner notes, each song is given a subtitle relating to some aspect of physical or mental health.-Guest musicians:The song "Montréal...
  
  , Malajube
  Malajube
  Malajube is a francophone indie rock band based in Montreal. The band has three albums out on Dare to Care Records.-History:Formed by a group of friends in Montreal, the band made itself known in 2004 with the release of its first album, Le Compte complet. Critics welcomed the disc with positive...
  
  

Blues Album of the Year

Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Blues Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1994, as recognition each year for the best blues album in Canada. The award was previously a combined blues and gospel award category.-Best Blues/Gospel Album :...

 

Winner: House of Refuge, Jim Byrnes

Jim Byrnes (actor)

James Thomas Kevin "Jim" Byrnes is a blues musician, guitarist, and actor.-Life and career:Byrnes was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a homemaker mother and a municipal accountant father. He has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, since the mid-1970s...

Other nominees:

• Acoustic, David Gogo
  David Gogo
  David Gogo , is a Canadian blues guitarist who is currently signed to the Cordova Bay Records label.David Gogo is the cousin of Trooper keyboardist Paul Gogo.-History:...
  
  
• Colin James & The Little Big Band 3
  Colin James & The Little Big Band 3
  Colin James & The Little Big Band 3 is the tenth studio album by Canadian blues/rock musician Colin James and the third Little Big Band album with its swing/jive themes...
  
  , 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:...
  
  
• Easin' Back To Tennessee, Colin Linden
  Colin Linden
  Colin Linden is a Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with a wide variety of artists including Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda Williams, T-Bone Burnett, Colin James, Leon Redbone, Rita Chiarelli, Chris Thomas King and The Band.Linden is primarily a electric blues guitarist,...
  
  
• The Way It Feels, Roxanne Potvin
  Roxanne Potvin
  Roxanne Potvin is a Canadian bilingual Gatineau, Quebec-based singer, blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. Born in Regina, where her father was a TV reporter for CBC, Potvin moved to the Ottawa area when she was two...
  
  

CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year

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: Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau, The Looks (MSTRKRFT

MSTRKRFT

MSTRKRFT is a Canadian electronic music duo from Toronto, Ontario. The group was started in 2005 by Jesse F. Keeler of Death from Above 1979 and Al-P formerly of the Mississauga, Ontario electropop group Girlsareshort...

)

Other nominees:

• Alexisonfire
  Alexisonfire
  Alexisonfire was a five-piece, Juno-nominated post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 2001. The band consisted of George Pettit , Dallas Green , Wade MacNeil , Chris Steele , and Jordan Hastings .They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls...
  
  , Garnet Armstrong and Erno Rossi, Crisis (Alexisonfire)
• Tim Domoslai, Treeful of Starling
  Treeful of Starling
  -Track listing:# "A Moth is Not a Butterfly" – 3:25# "Hey Hey Hey " – 3:08# "You Are Too Beautiful" – 3:40# "You and the Candles" – 5:04# "Rain" – 3:01# "When These Mountains Were the Seashore" – 3:56...
  
  (Hawksley Workman
  Hawksley Workman
  Ryan Corrigan , better known by the stage name Hawksley Workman, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his blend of cabaret pop and glam rock. Workman has released eleven full length albums throughout his career...
  
  )
• Julien Mineau and Virginie Parr, Trompe-l'oeil
  Trompe-l'oeil (album)
  Trompe-l'œil is the second album by indie rock band Malajube, released in 2006 on Dare to Care Records. The album is inspired in part by medical themes; in the album's liner notes, each song is given a subtitle relating to some aspect of physical or mental health.-Guest musicians:The song "Montréal...
  
  (Malajube
  Malajube
  Malajube is a francophone indie rock band based in Montreal. The band has three albums out on Dare to Care Records.-History:Formed by a group of friends in Montreal, the band made itself known in 2004 with the release of its first album, Le Compte complet. Critics welcomed the disc with positive...
  
  )
• Garnet Armstrong, Simon Paul, Linda Philp and Susan Michalek, World Container
  World Container
  World Container is the tenth full-length album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in Canada on October 17, 2006, in two formats: as a limited edition Digipak and regular jewel case. The United States release was March 6, 2007, in advance of a planned tour. This album was...
  
  (The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay . Since their formation in 1983 they have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, and 46 singles...
  
  )

Children's Album of the Year

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: My Beautiful World, Jack Grunsky

Jack Grunsky

Jack Grunsky is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Grunsky's musical career has spanned two continents. More than three decades of recording and touring have earned him a wide following from both adult and children's audiences.-Folk music:...

Other nominees:

• Dinosaurs, Dragons & Me, Donna & Andy
• Join the Band, Ken Whiteley
• Murmel Murmel Munsch!, Robert Munsch
  Robert Munsch
  Robert Norman Munsch, CM is an American-born Canadian children's author.-Personal life and career:Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
  
  
• Snooze Music, Rick Scott

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

Juno Award for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1994, as recognition each year for the best Christian/gospel music album in Canada...

 

Winner: Wide-Eyed and Mystified, Downhere

Downhere

Not to be confused with the album Down Here by Tracy Bonham.Downhere is a Juno Award-winning Christian rock band from Canada...

Other nominees:

• Beauty in the Broken
  Beauty in the Broken
  Beauty in the Broken is the second album released by the Christian music band Starfield. It was a 2007 Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year. The album includes the song "Son of God" recorded with Chris Tomlin...
  
  , Starfield
• Glory, Manafest
  Manafest
  Chris Greenwood better known by his stage name Manafest, is a Canadian Christian rapper and rock artist from Pickering, Ontario....
  
  
• Pollyanna's Attic, Carolyn Arends
  Carolyn Arends
  Carolyn Arends is a Contemporary Christian musician, songwriter, and author based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.-Musical career:Arends began her career as a songwriter at Benson Music Publishing. In 1995, Carolyn began touring and releasing albums as a singer and guitarist. Her debut release...
  
  
• Smile, It's The End of the World
  Smile, It's The End of the World
  Smile, It's the End of the World is the second full length album by pop punk band Hawk Nelson. It was released on April 4, 2006.The record was a 2005 GMA Dove Award nominee for Rock Album, produced by Aaron Sprinkle. It was also a nominee for Recorded Music Packaging, designed by Jason Powers...
  
  , Hawk Nelson
  Hawk Nelson
  Hawk Nelson is a Christian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. In 2006 Hawk Nelson won a No...
  
  

Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble) 

Winner: Mozart: Violin Concerti, James Ehnes

James Ehnes

James Ehnes, CM is a Canadian concert violinist.The son of Alan Ehnes, trumpet professor at Brandon University and Barbara Ehnes, former director of the Brandon School of Dance, James Ehnes began his violin studies at the age of four...

 and the Mozart Anniversary Orchestra

Other nominees:

• Mozart: Violin Concerti, 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...
  
  /James Parker
  James Parker
  James Parker may refer to:*Jim Parker , founder of Parker College of Chiropractic and Parker Seminars*Jim Parker , British composer*Jim Parker , American professional football player...
  
  /Ian Parker
  Ian Parker
  Ian Parker is a Scottish keyboard player.He showed a natural ability to play the piano from a very early age. He started piano lessons when he was seven. His early influences were The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Stax and Atlantic Soul...
  
  /CBC Radio Orchestra
  CBC Radio Orchestra
  The CBC Radio Orchestra was a Canadian orchestra based in Vancouver, British Columbia that was operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Until the early 1980s CBC had a number of orchestras located in Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax but due to federal government budget cuts they...
  
  /Mario Bernardi
  Mario Bernardi
  Mario Bernardi, is a Canadian conductor and pianist. He has conducted 75 different operas and over 450 other works with the National Arts Centre Orchestra.-Early years:...
  
  
• Rhapsodies
  Rhapsodies (album)
  Rhapsodies is a double LP by keyboardist Rick Wakeman, which was released in 1979. It was his last studio release on A&M.-Side one:# "Pedra de Gavea" – 4:11# "Front Line" – 3:42# "Bombay Duck" – 3:14...
  
  , Alain Lefèvre
  Alain Lefèvre
  Alain Lefèvre, CQ is a Quebecois pianist and composer. He is one of the Québécois pianists who have sold the greatest number of musical recordings.In 2009, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec....
  
   and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
  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:...
  
  
• Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ", Philippe Bélanger/Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
  Yannick Nézet-Séguin
  Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a French Canadian conductor. He is Music Director Designate of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and will become Music Director in 2012.-Biography:...
  
  
• Shostakovich's Circle, I Musici de Montréal

Classical Album of the Year (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: Piazzolla, Jean-Marie Zeitouni and Les Violons du Roy

Les Violons du Roy

Les Violons du Roy is a French-Canadian chamber orchestra based in Québec City, Québec. The orchestra's principal venue is the Palais Montcalm in Québec City. The orchestra also performs concerts in Montréal at the Place des Arts, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and St...

Other nominees:

• Mozart: Complete Piano Trios, The Gryphon Trio
• Mozart the Mason, Jonathan Crow, Douglas McNabney and Matt Haimovitz
  Matt Haimovitz
  Matt Haimovitz is an Israeli-born cellist now based in the United States and Canada. He mainly plays a cello made by Matteo Gofriller in 1710.-Family, musical education and early career:...
  
  
• On the Threshold of Hope: Chamber Music by Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Artists of the Royal Conservatory
  Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto)
  The Royal Conservatory of Music, also known as The Royal Conservatory, is one of the largest and most respected music education institutions in the world...
  
  
• Shostakovich: String Quartets 3, 7 & 8, St. Lawrence String Quartet

Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Vocal or Choral Performance

The Juno Award for "Classical Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1994, as recognition each year for the best vocal classical music album in Canada.-Best Classical Album :...

 

Winner: Mozart: Arie e Duetti, Isabel Bayrakdarian

Isabel Bayrakdarian

Isabel Bayrakdarian is a Grammy Award-nominated Armenian Canadian opera singer.-Early life:Born in Lebanon in 1974, she moved to Canada as a teenager. Bayrakdarian graduated in 1997 from the University of Toronto with an honours B.A.Sc...

, Michael Schade

Michael Schade

Michael Schade is a Canadian operatic tenor, who was born in Geneva and raised in Germany and Canada. He and his four children live in Oakville, Ontario; a city just outside of Toronto, Canada. The family has a second home in Vienna, Austria.Schade is considered a leading Mozart tenor...

 and Russell Braun

Russell Braun

Russell Braun is a Canadian operatic lyric baritone.Much sought-after as a soloist and for opera roles, Russell Braun performs regularly at the Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, l'Opéra de Paris, the San Diego Opera, the San Francisco Opera and the Canadian...

 with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra

Canadian Opera Company

The Canadian Opera Company is an opera company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest opera company in Canada and the third largest producer of opera in North America. The COC performs in its own opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.-History:For 40 years until...

Other nominees:

• Adrianne Pieczonka Sings Wagner and Strauss, Adrianne Pieczonka
  Adrianne Pieczonka
  Adrianne Pieczonka, OC is a Canadian soprano opera singer. Pronounced AY-dree-in pyeh-CHON-kuh .She was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and grew up near Toronto in Burlington and graduated from the Opera School of the University of Toronto. She also graduated from the University of Western Ontario...
  
  
• Extase, Measha Brueggergosman
  Measha Brueggergosman
  Measha Brueggergosman is a Canadian soprano who performs both as an opera singer and concert artist. She has performed internationally and won numerous awards...
  
   and the Orchestre symphonique de Québec
  Orchestre Symphonique de Québec
  Orchestre symphonique de Québec is a Canadian symphony orchestra based in Quebec City. Founded in 1902 as the Société symphonique de Québec, the OSQ is the oldest active Canadian orchestra. Joseph Vézina was the OSQ's first music director, from 1902 to 1924...
  
  
• Purcell, Karina Gauvin
  Karina Gauvin
  Karina Gauvin is an internationally-recognized Canadian soprano who has made several recordings and is especially recognised for her interpretation of Baroque music. Opera News stated that, "Gauvin knows how to rivet an audience in opera and concert. She has been a queen of Baroque opera for years...
  
   and Les Boréades
• Wagner: Arias, Ben Heppner
  Ben Heppner
  Ben Heppner, CC is a Canadian tenor, specializing in opera and other classical works for voice.Heppner was born in Murrayville, British Columbia, and lived in Dawson Creek...
  
  

Francophone Album of the Year

Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Francophone Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1992, as recognition each year for the best Francophone album in Canada.-Best Selling Francophone Album :*1992 - Luc de Larochellière, Sauvez mon âme...

 

Winner: Il était une fois dans l'est, Antoine Gratton

Other nominees:

• La Coeur dans la tête, Ariane Moffatt
  Ariane Moffatt
  Ariane Moffatt is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter based in Quebec. She has won Félix and Juno Awards and has performed and collaborated with many artists such as Daniel Bélanger and Marc Déry.-Career:...
  
  
• Compter les corpes, Vulgaires Machins
  Vulgaires Machins
  Vulgaires Machins is a French Canadian punk rock group from Granby, Quebec. Formed in 1995, the group consists of Guillaume Beauregard , Marie-Ève Roy , Maxime Beauregard and Patrick Landry ....
  
  
• La Forêt des mal-aimés
  La Forêt des Mal-Aimés
  La Forêt des Mal-Aimés is a 2006 album by Pierre Lapointe.- Track listing :# Dans la forêt des mal-aimés# Deux par deux rassemblés# Le lion imberbe# 25-1-14-14# Qu'en est-il de la chance# L'endomètre rebelle...
  
  , Pierre Lapointe
  Pierre Lapointe
  Pierre Lapointe is a Canadian singer. He has won many prizes since his debut, including six Félix in 2005 and at least one in 2006. He is well known for his voice and his obscure, esoteric lyrics, which tend to be melancholic. Another distinctive characteristic of his lyrics is their literary style...
  
  
• Trompe-l'oeil
  Trompe-l'oeil (album)
  Trompe-l'œil is the second album by indie rock band Malajube, released in 2006 on Dare to Care Records. The album is inspired in part by medical themes; in the album's liner notes, each song is given a subtitle relating to some aspect of physical or mental health.-Guest musicians:The song "Montréal...
  
  , Malajube
  Malajube
  Malajube is a francophone indie rock band based in Montreal. The band has three albums out on Dare to Care Records.-History:Formed by a group of friends in Montreal, the band made itself known in 2004 with the release of its first album, Le Compte complet. Critics welcomed the disc with positive...
  
  

Instrumental Album 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: Run Neil Run, Sisters Euclid

Other nominees:

• ...and another thing, Joël Fafard
  Joel Fafard
  Joel Fafard, November 18, 1968. Fafard is a Canadian finger-style and slide guitarist from Saskatchewan. He now lives on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia....
  
  
• Café Tropical, Johannes Linstead
  Johannes Linstead
  Johannes Linstead is an award-winning Canadian guitarist and instrumentalist that fuses virtuoso Spanish-style guitar with Afro-Cuban, Middle Eastern, and Latin American percussion and instrumentation...
  
  
• Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light, Bell Orchestre
  Bell Orchestre
  Bell Orchestre is a six-piece instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.In late 2003, they recorded their first album, at the same time and in the same studio that Arcade Fire recorded Funeral. However, Arcade Fire's popularity was just beginning to break when they asked Bell Orchestre to...
  
  
• Yours Truly, Natalie MacMaster
  Natalie MacMaster
  Natalie MacMaster, CM is an award-winning fiddler from the rural community of Troy in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada who plays Cape Breton fiddle music....
  
  

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: Taking the Long Way

Taking the Long Way

-Public reception:On May 31, 2006, the album took three number one spots on the charts of Billboard magazine. It was number one on the Hot Country Albums, Top Digital Albums, and on the Billboard 200 chart, going Gold in its first week with 526,000 units sold....

, Dixie Chicks

Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...

Other nominees:

• Ancora
  Ancora
  Ancora is the second album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world on November 7, 2005, excluding the United States and Latin America. It was later released in the United States and Latin America on January 24, 2006. It debuted at...
  
  , Il Divo
  Il Divo
  Il Divo is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive, and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell's record label, Syco Music...
  
  
• Confessions on a Dance Floor
  Confessions on a Dance Floor
  Confessions on a Dance Floor is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released on November 15, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was a complete departure from her last studio album, American Life . It included influences of 70s and 80s disco as well as...
  
  , Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
  
  
• FutureSex/LoveSounds
  FutureSex/LoveSounds
  In 2005, Timberlake felt inspired to record songs again. Motivated by the "sad state" of pop radio, he decided he needed to experiment with music. Reportedly, it was not until Timberlake turned to producer Timbaland "that he figured out the direction he wanted the record to take"...
  
  , Justin Timberlake
  Justin Timberlake
  Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
  
  
• Stadium Arcadium
  Stadium Arcadium
  Stadium Arcadium is the ninth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. The album was released on May 9, 2006, on Warner Bros. Records. The album produced five singles: "Dani California", "Tell Me Baby", "Snow ", "Desecration Smile", and "Hump de Bump"...
  
  , Red Hot Chili Peppers
  Red Hot Chili Peppers
  Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
  
  

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

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: From the Heart, Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band

Hilario Durán

Hilario Durán is a Cuban jazz pianist.Durán studied at the Arnadeo Roldan Music Institute in Havana, studying tumbao with Evaristo Aparicio, composition and conducting from German Pifferrer, and orchestration from Guillermo Barreto. He formed a group in the 1970s called Los D'Siempre, which melded...

Other nominees:

• At Sea, Ingrid Jensen
  Ingrid Jensen
  Ingrid Jensen is a Canadian jazz trumpet player.Jensen is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and Malaspina University in Nanaimo, British Columbia. She has been nominated for several Juno awards, winning one with her first release, Vernal Fields...
  
  
• Hugmars, 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:...
  
  
• Moment in Time, Richard Underhill
  Richard Underhill
  Richard Underhill is a Canadian jazz saxophonist. A founding member of the jazz fusion group The Shuffle Demons, he has toured Europe and Canada to critical acclaim for over 27 years. Underhill won a 2003 Juno Award for his jazz solo debut Tales from the Blue Lounge, and was nominated for the Prix...
  
  
• Obsession, Kent Sangster

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Traditional Jazz Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1977, as recognition each year for the best traditional jazz album in Canada...

 

Winner: Avenue Standard, Jon Ballantyne

Jon Ballantyne

Jon Ballantyne is a Jazz musician, composer, artist, and piano player who now resides in New York City, USA.-Biography:...

Other nominees:

• Mnemosyne's March, Mike Murley
  Mike Murley
  Mike Murley is a jazz musician in Toronto, Canada who was a member of the celebrated jazz ensemble The Shuffle Demons. Along with leading various projects, he has also been a sideman with musicians and groups such as David Occhipinti, David Braid, Rob McConnell, and Metalwood...
  
   and The David Braid Quartet
• Movin' and Groovin', Jake Langley
• Other Stories, William Carn
• ZHEN: The David Braid Sextet Live, Volume II, David Braid

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Vocal Jazz Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1977, as recognition each year for the best vocal jazz album in Canada. It was previously known as other names including Best Jazz Album and the award categories for Best Mainstream Jazz Album and Best Contemporary Jazz Album...

 

Winner: From This Moment On

From This Moment On (album)

From This Moment On is the tenth album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 2006 on Verve Records. The album debuted at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, making it Krall' third consecutive number-one album. This album was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the 2007 Grammy...

, Diana Krall

Diana Krall

Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...

Other nominees:

• Calling for Rain, Lori Cullen
  Lori Cullen
  Lori Cullen is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her style draws on a diverse blend of pop, folk and jazz influences.Cullen's most recent album, That Certain Chartreuse, is an album of covers, featuring songwriters such as Bee Gees, Gordon Lightfoot, Suzanne Vega, King Crimson, Kurt Swinghammer and...
  
  
• Fight or Flight?, Kellylee Evans
• Messin' Around, Molly Johnson
  Molly Johnson
  Molly Johnson, OC is a Canadian Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter of pop and jazz.-Biography:Johnson began as a child performer, receiving formal training from the National Ballet School and the Banff School of Fine Arts...
  
  
• Start to Move, Elizabeth Shepherd
  Elizabeth Shepherd (musician)
  Elizabeth Shepherd is a Toronto-based singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer. Along with artists like Esperanza Spalding and Jose James, she is often credited with invigorating and reinventing the jazz song and bringing jazz influenced music to a younger audience...
  
  

Pop Album of the Year

Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Pop Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1999, as recognition each year for the best pop album in Canada.-Best Pop Album :*1999 - Barenaked Ladies, Stunt-Best Pop/Adult Album :...

 

Winner: Loose

Loose (Nelly Furtado album)

Loose is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It was released in North America on June 20, 2006 by Geffen Records. Timbaland and his then-protégé Danja produced the bulk of the album, which incorporates influences of dance, R&B and hip hop...

, Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

Other nominees:

• Atlantis: Hymns for Disco
  Atlantis: Hymns for Disco
  Atlantis: Hymns for Disco is the third album of hip-hop artist k-os. It was released in Canada on October 10, 2006, and debuted at #1 in music sales. The album was released worldwide on February 20, 2007...
  
  , k-os
  K-os
  Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...
  
  
• Ghost Stories, Chantal Kreviazuk
  Chantal Kreviazuk
  Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk is a Canadian singer-songwriter of the adult contemporary music genre. She is also a classically trained pianist, and can play the guitar.-Albums:...
  
  
• Stalled Out in the Doorway
  Stalled Out in the Doorway
  Stalled Out in the Doorway is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Tomi Swick, released August 15, 2006.The album was nominated for Pop Album of the Year at the 2007 Juno Awards.-Track listing:# "Come in 2s"# "Wait Until Morning"...
  
  , Tomi Swick
  Tomi Swick
  Tomi Swick is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario signed to Warner Music Canada.By age 13, Swick had learned to play several instruments, including the bagpipes, military drums, piano and guitar. At 19 he began playing in a Hamilton band but soon pursued a solo career. He is a...
  
  
• Wintersong
  Wintersong
  A "sampler" CD exists, featuring similar artwork on a cardboard sleeve, which omits "Happy Xmas," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Song for a Winter's Night," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."-Singles:...
  
  , Sarah McLachlan
  Sarah McLachlan
  Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
  
  

Rock Album of the Year

Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Rock Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1991, as recognition each year for the best rock album in Canada. The award was previously called a number of other names, including the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Album" and "Best Rock Album"....

 

Winner: Billy Talent II

Billy Talent II

-Themes:The album has less anger and language than their previous self-titled album, as they had mellowed out and matured as men and as a band. More of the songs dealt with real-life issues, to the praise of fans and critics.-Personnel:Billy Talent...

, Billy Talent

Billy Talent

Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....

Other nominees:

• Chemical City
  Chemical City
  Chemical City is an album by Canadian musician Sam Roberts, released in Canada on April 11, 2006, and in the United States on May 16, 2006. This is the second album release by Roberts. The album debuted at #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 10,000 units in its first week.The first single...
  
  , Sam Roberts
  Sam Roberts
  Sam Roberts is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Never Hear the End of It
  Never Hear the End of It
  - Singles :* "Who Taught You to Live Like That?" * "Ill Placed Trust" * "I've Gotta Try"...
  
  , Sloan
  Sloan (band)
  Sloan is a Toronto-based alternative rock quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Throughout their 20-year tenure Sloan has released 10 LPs , two EPs, a live album, a "best of" collection and no less than thirty singles...
  
  
• Tomorrow Starts Today
  Tomorrow Starts Today
  Tomorrow Starts Today is the 2006 debut studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Mobile. It was released on April 18, 2006, in Canada and August 21, 2007, in the United States. To date, four singles have been released: "Montreal Calling" , "Out of My Head" , "See Right Through Me" , and...
  
  , Mobile
  Mobile (band)
  Mobile were a Canadian Alternative Rock band from Montreal initially composed of Mathieu Joly , Christian Brais , Pierre-Marc Hamelin , Dominic Viola and Frank Williamson . Their debut album, Tomorrow Starts Today, was released in 2006. The band was nominated for two Juno Awards in 2007 and went...
  
  
• World Container
  World Container
  World Container is the tenth full-length album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in Canada on October 17, 2006, in two formats: as a limited edition Digipak and regular jewel case. The United States release was March 6, 2007, in advance of a planned tour. This album was...
  
  , The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay . Since their formation in 1983 they have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, and 46 singles...
  
  

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)

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: Yellowjacket, Stephen Fearing

Stephen Fearing

Stephen Fearing is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter.Fearing was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He returned to Canada in 1981 and began pursuing a career in music. In addition to his solo career, Fearing was one of the founding members of Blackie and the Rodeo...

Other nominees:

• An Ancient Muse
  An Ancient Muse
  An Ancient Muse is the seventh full-length studio album of the Canadian singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist, Loreena McKennitt. It was released on November 20, 2006 internationally, and November 21, 2006 in the United States and Canada. It was her first studio album after a...
  
  , Loreena McKennitt
  Loreena McKennitt
  Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM, OM, is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist, accordionist and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. McKennitt is known for her refined, clear soprano vocals...
  
  
• Milly's Cafe, Fred J. Eaglesmith
• We Belong to the Gold Coast, Steve Dawson
• When We Get There
  When We Get There
  When We Get There is a novel about coming-of-age by the American writer Shauna Seliy set in 1974 in a coal mining patch near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
  
  , Lennie Gallant
  Lennie Gallant
  Lennie Gallant, CM is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His music crosses into the folk, Celtic, rock and country music genres...
  
  

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)

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

The Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Group 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: Bloom, The McDades

The McDades

The McDades are a Canadian band made up of siblings Shannon Johnson , Solon McDade , Jeremiah McDade and their musical friends....

Other nominees:

• Firecracker
  Firecracker (The Wailin' Jennys)
  Firecracker is the third album by The Wailin' Jennys.The album was rated the #2 folk album of 2006 in North America by total airplay, and the #1 Canadian album...
  
  , The Wailin' Jennys
  The Wailin' Jennys
  The Wailin' Jennys are a Juno Award-winning Canadian folk trio from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and New York, and they consist of soprano Ruth Moody, mezzo Nicky Mehta and alto Heather Masse. In previous years, the Jennys have also toured with fiddler and mandolinist Jeremy Penner, who is from Ruth's...
  
  
• Hello Love, Be Good Tanyas
• Let's Frolic, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
  Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
  Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are a Canadian folk rock/alternative country band with blues and country influences. The band was formed in 1996, in Hamilton, Ontario, by Tom Wilson, Stephen Fearing, and Colin Linden.-Early Period: 1990s:...
  
  
• Migrations, The Dukhs

World Music Album of the Year

Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "World Music Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1992, as recognition each year for the best world music album in Canada...

 

Winner: Kaba Horo, Lubo Alexandrov

Other nominees:

• African Guitar Summit II, Alpha Ya Ya Diallo, Mighty Popo, Adam Solomon
  Adam Solomon
  Adam "The Professor" Solomon is a Juno Award-winning composer, guitar maestro, and singer. Solomon began performing at an early age, playing the kivoti and the at village celebrations and festivals...
  
  , Pa Joe, Madagascar Slim
  Madagascar Slim
  Randriamananjara Radofa Besata Jean Longin is a Canadian-Malagasy folk and blues guitarist, who records and performs under the stage name Madagascar Slim...
  
   and Donné Robert
• Bahiatronica, Monica Freire
• Coeur vagabond, Bïa
  Bïa
  Bïa Krieger is a Brazilian-born singer and recording artist who lives in France and Quebec. She sings in French, Portuguese and Spanish. Her recording career began in 1996 and currently she has four albums.-Early years:...
  
  
• The Edge
  The Edge (album)
  The Edge is a various artists compilation, released by the Razor & Tie record label, on March 16, 2010.The album's music is solely that of the alternative music genre, featuring popular bands prevalent in the genre. Many of the songs featured charted highly on either of the U.S...
  
  , Mr. Something Something
  Mr. Something Something
  Mr. Something Something is a Toronto-based Afrobeat collective with activist leanings formed in 2003 by childhood friends Larry Graves and John MacLean . All music is written by Graves, MacLean and lead singer Johan Hultqvist. The band's second album The Edge was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award in...
  
  

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: "Promiscuous

Promiscuous (song)

"Promiscuous" is a dance-pop/R&B song by Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado, from the album, Loose . It was written by Furtado, Timothy "Attitude" Clayton, Timbaland and Nate "Danja" Hills, with the latter pair handling production of the song...

", Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

 featuring Timbaland

Timbaland

Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....

Other nominees:

• "All I Can Do", Chantal Kreviazuk
  Chantal Kreviazuk
  Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk is a Canadian singer-songwriter of the adult contemporary music genre. She is also a classically trained pianist, and can play the guitar.-Albums:...
  
  
• "Devil in a Midnight Mass
  Devil In A Midnight Mass
  "Devil in a Midnight Mass" is the first single released from Billy Talent's second album, Billy Talent II.-Song information:There are two differing versions of the song: the album version, and an unpolished demo version released in December 2005 via their myspace.com account...
  
  ", Billy Talent
  Billy Talent
  Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....
  
  
• "Pull Me Through", 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...
  
  
• "Sunday Morning
  Sunday Morning (k-os song)
  "Sunday Morning" is a song by Canadian hip hop musician k-os, released as a single from his 2007 album Atlantis: Hymns for Disco. The song peaked at number 19 on the Canadian Singles Chart making it K-os's 2nd highest charting song. The song made #5 on The MuchMusic Countdown. Sunday Morning was...
  
  ", k-os
  K-os
  Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...
  
  

Classical Composition of the Year

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: "Clere Vénus", Denis Gougeon

Denis Gougeon

Denis Gougeon is a Canadian composer and music educator. His more than 80 compositions encompass a wide variety of genres, including orchestral works, chamber music, opera, ballet, and pieces for solo instruments and voice...

Other nominees:

• "A Midwinter Night's Dream", Harry Somers
  Harry Somers
  Harry Stewart Somers, CC was the foremost English-Canadian composer of his period.He was born in middle-class Toronto in 1925 but did not become interested in music until his early teenage years, when he met a doctor and his wife, both pianists, who introduced him to classical music...
  
  
• "Of Memory and Desire", Harry Somers
• "Tumbling Strain", Neil Currie
• "Varley Suite for Solo Violin", Stephen Chatman
  Stephen Chatman
  Stephen Chatman is an American composer residing in Canada.-Biography:Chatman was born in Faribault, Minnesota, and studied with Joseph R. Wood and Walter Aschaffenburg at the Oberlin Conservatory and with Ross Lee Finney, Leslie Bassett, William Bolcom, and Eugene Kurtz at the University of...
  
  

Country Recording 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: Somebody Wrote Love

Somebody Wrote Love

Somebody Wrote Love is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music artist George Canyon. In 2007, the album won Canyon a Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year....

, George Canyon

George Canyon

George Canyon is a Canadian country music singer. He was runner up Nashville Star 2 in 2004. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia and later lived in Hopewell, Nova Scotia before he moved west. He currently lives in High River, Alberta...

Other nominees:

• Big Wheel
  Big Wheel (Aaron Pritchett album)
  Big Wheel is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music singer Aaron Pritchett. It was released on April 18, 2006 by OPM Records. "Big Wheel," "Hold My Beer," "Warm Safe Place," "The Weight" and "Done You Wrong" were released as singles....
  
  , Aaron Pritchett
  Aaron Pritchett
  Aaron Pritchett is a Canadian country music singer. He was born in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.-Biography:...
  
  
• Countrified
  Countrified (Emerson Drive album)
  Countrified is the fifth album by Canadian country music band Emerson Drive. It was released in 2006 as their first issue for the Midas Records label. In the U.S., the album produced three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: "A Good Man", "Moments" , and "You Still Own Me"...
  
  , Emerson Drive
  Emerson Drive
  Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...
  
  
• Doc Walker
  Doc Walker (album)
  Doc Walker is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music group Doc Walker. The album was named Album of the Year in 2007 by the Canadian Country Music Association, and was also nominated for Country Recording of the Year at the 2007 Juno Awards....
  
  , Doc Walker
  Doc Walker
  Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...
  
  
• Love & Negotiation
  Love & Negotiation
  Love & Negotiation is the third studio album by Canadian country music singer-songwriter Carolyn Dawn Johnson. It was released on June 7, 2006 by Angeline Entertainment in Canada. In addition, it was originally scheduled to be released in the United States in mid-2007 by Equity Music Group but was...
  
  , Carolyn Dawn Johnson
  Carolyn Dawn Johnson
  Carolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno Award winning country music singer-songwriter. Johnson first rose to fame by co-writing Chely Wright's 1999 Number One single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999...
  
  

Dance Recording of the Year

Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Dance Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1990, as recognition each year for the best dance music album in Canada.-Best Dance Recording :*1990 – Kon Kan, "I Beg Your Pardon "...

 

Winner: Sexor

Sexor

Sexor is the debut album from Montreal DJ/Producer Tiga. It was released in 2006 on the Different label. It won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.Tiga borrowed the sleeve design from Bryan Ferry's album In Your Mind.-Track listing:...

, Tiga

Tiga (musician)

Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...

Other nominees:

• "Airbreak", Danny D
• "Lift Off", Taras
• "(Maybe You'll Get) Lucky", Sound Bluntz
• The Remix Album
  The Remix Album (Champion album)
  The Remix Album is an album by Champion, released in 2006 on Saboteur Records. The album collects remixes by various Canadian musicians of tracks from Champion's 2004 debut album Chill'em All....
  
  , Champion

Music DVD of the Year

Juno Award for Music DVD of the Year

The Juno Award for "Music DVD of the Year" has been awarded since 2004, as recognition each year for the best music DVD in Canada.-Music DVD of the Year :...

 

Winner: Escarpment Blues

Escarpment Blues

Escarpment Blues is a Canadian concert and documentary film starring singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer. Directed by Andy Keen and produced by Keen, Harmer and Patrick Sambrook, it was released theatrically in 2005 and on DVD in 2006....

, Sarah Harmer

Sarah Harmer

Sarah Harmer is a Canadian singer-songwriter and activist.-Biography:Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the well-known Tragically Hip. At the age of 17, she...

Other nominees:

• It's Not Fun. Don't Do It!, Tegan and Sara
  Tegan and Sara
  Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie band composed of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin . Both Tegan and Sara play guitar and keyboard and write songs.-History:...
  
  
• Try This At Home, Hedley
  Hedley (band)
  Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...
  
  
• R30
  R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour
  R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour is a live DVD by the Canadian band Rush, that was released on November 22, 2005 in Canada and the U.S. and November 28, 2005 in Europe, therein documenting the band's R30: 30th Anniversary Tour. The DVD was released in a standard and deluxe set...
  
  , 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...
  
  
• Rock Swings - Live, Paul Anka
  Paul Anka
  Paul Albert Anka, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"...
  
  

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: mySOUL

MySOUL

mySOUL is the fourth album by Canadian R&B/soul band jacksoul, released in 2006. The album comprises mainly covers of rock, pop and soul songs, although it also includes one original song by jacksoul singer and songwriter Haydain Neale....

, jacksoul

Jacksoul

jacksoul, sometimes stylized as jackSOUL, was a Canadian soul and R&B band. Based in Toronto, the band was fronted by singer Haydain Neale, and was best known for their hits "Can't Stop" and "Still Believe in Love"....

Other nominees:

• "Life Less Ordinary", Deesha
  Deesha
  Deesha is a Canadian singer/songwriter/producer. She was born in Toronto, Ontario. She is the youngest of 3 children.In 2003 Deesha released her first single to Canadian radio, a song called 'Falling In Love'. She independently pushed that record to Canadian radio and managed to get significant...
  
  
• "Believe", George
  George Nozuka
  George Koichi Nozuka better known by his stage name George is a Canadian singer. He is signed to HC Entertainment Group record label as their main act.-Career:...
  
  
• "Face Behind The Face", Karl Wolf
  Karl Wolf
  Carl Abou Samah is a Lebanese-born Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is better known by his stage name Karl Wolf. He has been a singer, songwriter and producer since 2001, releasing his first solo album Face Behind the Face on MapleNationwide/Universal in January 2006,...
  
  
• "Been Gone", Keshia Chanté
  Keshia Chanté
  Keshia Chanté is a Canadian Juno Award-winning critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, model, and actress...
  
  

Rap Recording of the Year

Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year has been awarded since 1991, and is awarded for the best rap album in Canada. It was awarded under the title Best Rap Recording from 1993 to 2002....

 

Winner: Black Magic

Black Magic (Swollen Members album)

Black Magic is an album by Swollen Members, a Canadian hip hop group. It is their fourth full length release, not including Monsters In The Closet, their B-sides compilation. This album features guest vocals, including former group member Moka Only on two tracks...

, Swollen Members

Swollen Members

Swollen Members is a Canadian hip hop group from Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada consisting mainly of the duo Mad Child, and Prevail. Frequent collaborators include vocalist Moka Only and producer Rob the Viking, an official group member since 2002...

Other nominees:

• The Answer, Rich London
  Rich London
  Rich London is a rapper from Toronto, Ontario, currently signed to Soul Clap Records/Universal Music. Canadian hip hop legend Maestro Fresh Wes is his cousin. His 2006 release The Answer was nominated for Rap Recording of the Year at the 2007 Juno Awards with music videos released in 2006 such as...
  
  
• The Frenzy of Renown, Arabesque
  Arabesque (rapper)
  Arabesque, also known as Besque , is a Juno Nominated hip hop artist from Toronto. He studied Graphic Communications Management at Ryerson University...
  
  
• Hitch Hikin' Music
  Hitch Hikin' Music
  Hitch Hikin' Music is the eleventh album by Classified, released in September 2006. "Find Out", "Feelin' Fine ", "All About U" and most recently, "Hard to Be Hip-Hop" were released as singles. Also notable is that Jordan Croucher's single "Feelin Fine" is also on the album...
  
  , Classified
  Classified (rapper)
  Luke Boyd , professionally known as Classified, is a Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia.-Career:...
  
  
• Organic Music for a Digital World
  Organic Music for a Digital World
  Organic Music For A Digital World is the third studio album by Canadian rapper and producer DL Incognito.-Track listing:...
  
  , DL Incognito
  DL Incognito
  Oliver Nestor, better known as DL Incognito is an underground Canadian hip hop producer and rapper from Ottawa, Ontario who started his career in 1998. The name 'DL Incognito' means Deliverying Lyrics on the Low. His 2004 album, Life's a Collection of Experiences, received a 2005 Juno nomination...
  
  

Reggae Recording of the Year

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: Xrated, Korexion

Other nominees:

• Hard to See, Humble
• In the Streets, Trinity Chris feat. Blessed
• Kulcha Connection, Kulcha Connection
• Survival, Kwesi Selassie

Video of the Year

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: Dave Pawson and Jonathan Legris

Jonathan Legris

Jonathan Legris is a British racing driver. He has competed in such series as Formula BMW UK, the British Formula Three Championship and the European F3 Open Championship.-External links:* *...

, "Bridge to Nowhere

Bridge to Nowhere (song)

"Bridge to Nowhere" is a rock song by Canadian musician Sam Roberts in a haunting 6/4 musical meter. It is the second single from Sam Robert's third album Chemical City....

" (Sam Roberts

Sam Roberts

Sam Roberts is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.-Life and career:...

)

Other nominees:

• Sean Michael Turrell
  Sean Michael Turrell
  Sean Michael Turrell is a director of music videos. He has directed videos for Canadian bands such as Billy Talent, Protest the Hero, Hedley, Pilot Speed, Crash Parallel, Magneta Lane and Sum 41. He has also directed videos for Hawksley Workman, David Usher, Lindsay Robins, Tegan and Sara and Good...
  
  , "Devil in a Midnight Mass" (Billy Talent
  Billy Talent
  Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....
  
  )
• Floria Sigismondi
  Floria Sigismondi
  Floria Sigismondi is an Italian, naturalised Canadian, photographer and director.Apart from her art exhibitions, she is best known for writing and directing The Runaways, starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning...
  
  , "Hurt" (Christina Aguilera
  Christina Aguilera
  Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
  
  )
• Drew Lightfoot
  Drew Lightfoot
  Drew Lightfoot is a Canadian director of commercials and music videos. He has also worked as an animator, and continues to use animation as a director, to varying degrees, sometimes using stop-motion and CGI in his commercials and videos.-Commercials:...
  
  , "Coast Is Clear" (In-Flight Safety
  In-Flight Safety
  -External links:* official website*...
  
  )
• k-os
  K-os
  Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...
  
  , Micah Meisner
  Micah Meisner
  Micah Meisner is an award winning music video director and filmmaker. His unique voice has been applied to an array of revered Canadian musical artists such as K-os, Metric, Buck 65, and The Dears. His videos with K-os and The Love Movement swept honors at the 2005 MuchMusic Video Awards as well...
  
   and Zeb Roc, "ElectriK HeaT: The Seekwill" (k-os)

External links

• Juno Awards site