Who’s Hosting the Juno’s?

Alessia Cara has been tapped to host the Juno Awards, and is also the leading nominee, with six nods.

At 23, Alessia will be the youngest woman ever to host the Junos, and she’ll also perform on the show. She’s nominated for Single of the Year for “Out of Love,” Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year for The Pains of Growing, plus Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, as well as the Juno Fan Choice Award.

Rapper Tory Lanez has the second-highest number of nominations, with five. Shawn Mendes has three, as do electronic duo Loud Luxury and veteran rocker Bryan Adams.

In the International categories, the current albums from Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Khalid are all nominated.

The Junos take place March 15th at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. They’ll be aired live across Canada, and will stream at cbc.ca/music/junos. Nominees include:

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Juno Fan Choice Award

• Alessia Cara
• Ali Gatie
• Avril Lavigne
• Bbno$
• Justin Bieber
• Loud Luxury
• Nav
• Shawn Mendes
• The Weeknd
• Tory Lanez

Single of the Year

• Alessia Cara – “Out of Love”
• Blow – Sweet “Little Lies”
• Lennon Stella – “La Di Da”
• Scott Helman – “Hang Ups”
• Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – “Seorita”

Album of the Year

• Alessia Cara – “The Pains of Growing”
• Alexandra Strliski – “Inscape”
• Bryan Adams – “Shine a Light”
• Michael Bubl – “Love”
• Nav – “Bad Habits”

International Album of the Year

• Ariana Grande – “Thank U, Next”
• Billie Eilish – “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”
• Ed Sheeran – “No. 6 Collaborations Project”
• Khalid – “Free Spirit”
• Post Malone – “Hollywood’s Bleeding”

Artist of the Year

• Alessia Cara
• Bryan Adams
• Jessie Reyez
• Shawn Mendes
• Tory Lanez

Group of the Year

• 88Glam
• Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
• Loud Luxury
• The Reklaws
• Walk Off the Earth

Breakthrough Artist of the Year

• Alexandra Strliski
• Ali Gatie
• Bbno$
• Lennon Stella
• Tenille Townes

Breakthrough Group of the Year

• Hunter Brothers
• Neon Dreams
• Palaye Royale
• The Blue Stones
• Valley

Songwriter of the Year

• Alessia Cara
• Blow
• Patrick Watson
• Tenille Townes
• Tim Baker

Country Album of the Year

• Aaron Goodvin – “V”
• Dallas Smith – “The Fall”
• Dean Brody – “Black Sheep”
• Hunter Brothers – “State of Mind”
• Meghan Patrick – “Wild as Me”

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

• City and Colour – “A Pill for Loneliness”
• Half Moon Run – “A Blemish in the Great Light”
• Iskw – “Ackosk”
• Leonard Cohen – “Thanks for the Dance”
• Patrick Watson – “Wave”

Alternative Album of the Year

• Black Mountain – “Destroyer”
• Foxwarren – “Foxwarren”
• Mac DeMarco – “Here Comes the Cowboy”
• Orville Peck – “Pony”
• Pup – “Morbid Stuff”

Pop Album of the Year

• Alessia Cara – “The Pains of Growing”
• Avril Lavigne – “Head Above Water”
• Blow – “Crystalline”
• Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine – “8:47”
• Walk Off the Earth – “Here We Go!”

Rock Album of the Year

• Big Wreck – “…but for the sun”
• Headstones – “Peopleskills”
• Sum 41 – “Order in Decline”
• The Dirty Nil – “Master Volume”
• The Glorious Sons – “A War on Everything”

Rap Recording of the Year

• 88Glam – “88Glam2”
• Classified – “Tomorrow Could Be the Day Things Change”
• Killy – “Light Path 8”
• Nav – “Bad Habits”
• Tory Lanez – “Freaky”

Music Video of the Year

• Caraz – “Bun Dem” (Sarahme)
• Johnny Jansen – “Record Shop” (Said the Whale)
• Jonathan Robert – “Topographe” (Corridor)
• Le GED – “Back Off” (Laurence Nerbonne)
• Sarah Legault – “Little Star” (Iskw)

Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year

• Celeigh Cardinal – “Stories from a Downtown Apartment”
• Digawolf – “Yellowstone”
• Nhiyawak – “Nipiy”
• Northern Haze – “Siqinnaarut”
• Riit – “Ataataga”

Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year

• Kobra and the Lotus – “Evolution”
• Lindsay Schoolcraft – “Martyr”
• Single Mothers – “Through a Wall”
• Striker – “Play to Win”
• The Agonist – “Orphans”

Adult Contemporary Album of the Year

• Bryan Adams – “Shine a Light”
• Lauren Spencer-Smith – “Unplugged Vol. 1”
• Marc Jordan – “Both Sides”
• Nuela Charles – “Melt”
• Renee Lamoureux – “Empower”