Juno’s and Chance the Rapper
Shawn Mendes leads this year’s Juno Awards with six nominations – fan choice, single, album, artist, songwriter, and pop album, and just one behind is The Weeknd, who up against Mendes in four of the categories, fan choice, single, album, and artist, plus R&B/Soul Recording which he’s won four previous times. Tied for the third-most Juno nominations are electronic duo Loud Luxury, plus German-Canadian pop singer Blow. Artists who scored three nominations include last year’s host, Michael Bubl, as well as Alessia Cara, Tory Lanez, Hubert Lenoir, Killy and Bahamas.
The 2019 Juno Awards will take place on March 16th and 17th. Sarah McLachlan will host. The awards are spread out over two nights, the majority given out at a private gala dinner on March 16th, this year at the London Convention Centre. But the televised awards, which is performer-heavy usually with less than 10 awards, is the coveted of the two.
The 48th Annual Juno Awards broadcast will air live across Canada on CBC, CBC Radio and globally on CBCMusic.ca/junos.
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Major Nominees Include:
JUNO Fan Choice Award
- Alessia Cara
- Avril Lavigne
- Bulow
- Elijah Woods, Jamie Fine
- Killy
- Loud Luxury
- Shawn Mendes
- The Weeknd
- Tory Lanez
Single of the Year
- “Growing Pains” – Alessia Cara
- “Not A Love Song” – Bulow
- “Body” – Loud Luxury
- “In My Blood” – Shawn Mendes
- “Pray For Me” – The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar
International Album of the Year
- Camila – Camila Cabello
- Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
- Red Pill Blues – Maroon 5
- Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
- Astroworld – Travis Scott
Album of the Year
- My Dear Melancholy – The Weeknd
- Darlene – Hubert Lenoir
- These Are the Days – Jann Arden,
- Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes
- Outsider – Three Days Grace
Artist of the Year
- Alessia Cara
- Michael Bubl
- Shawn Mendes
- The Weeknd
- Tory Lanez
Group of the Year
- Arkells
- Chromeo
- Metric
- The Sheepdogs
- Three Days Grace
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
- Bulow
- Grandson
- Johnny Orlando
- Killy
- Meghan Patrick
Breakthrough Group of the Year
- 88Glam
- Dizzy
- Elijah Woods, Jamie Fine
- Loud Luxury
- The Washboard Union
Songwriter of the Year
- Afie Jurvanen – “No Wrong,” “Way With Words,” “Any Place”
- Donovan Woods – “Our Friend Bobby,” “Truck Full of Money,” “Next Year”
- Frank Dukes – “Be Careful”
- Jessie Reyez – “Promises”
- Shawn Mendes – “Lost In Japan”
Country Album of the Year
- We Were That Song – Brett Kissel
- A Small Town Christmas – Jess Moskaluke
- Country Music Made Me Do It – Meghan Patrick
- Feels Like That – The Reklaws
- New Tattoo – Tim Hicks
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
- Earthtones – Bahamas
- More Or Less – Dan Mangan
- Gabrielle Shonk – Gabrielle Shonk
- Blood – Rhye
- Queens Of The Breakers – The Barr Brothers
Alternative Album of the Year
- Ken – Destroyer
- Baby Teeth – Dizzy Royal
- Dose Your Dreams – F*cked Up
- TPC – Tokyo Police Club
- In A Poem Unlimited – U.S. Girls
Pop Album of the Year
- Damaged – Bulow
- Head Over Heels – Chromeo
- Darlene – Hubert Lenoir
- Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes
- Intuition – Tyler Shaw
Rock Album of the Year
- Rally Cry – Arkells
- True Rockers – Monster Truck
- Changing Colours – The Sheepdogs
- Civilianaires – The Trews
- Outsider – Three Days Grace
Rap Recording of the Year
- 88Glam – Reloaded 88Glam
- Immigrant – Belly
- Surrender Your Soul – Killy
- Reckless – NAV
- LoVE me NOw – Tory Lanez
Dance Recording of the Year
- Gotasoul – Azari
- Jackie Chan (ft. Preme & Post Malone) – Dzeko & Tiesto
- Avatar Beach – Jacques Greene
- Cura – Keys N Krates
- Body – Loud Luxury
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
- Twos – Anders
- Pain & Pleasure – Black Atlass
- Stone Woman – Charlotte Day Wilson
- Being Human In Public – Jessie Reyez
- My Dear Melancholy – The Weeknd
Video of the Year
- No Depression – Ali Eisner Bahamas
- Places – Andrew De Zen Alaskan Tapes
- Powerless – Andrew Hines Classified
- Hang Ups Ben – Knechtel Scott Helman
- Have A Nice Day – Peter Huang SonReal
Electronic Album of the Year
- Crystal Eyes – Ekali
- Next Season – Felix Cartal
- Give It a Rest – iamhill
- Deception Bay – Milk & Bone
- Certain Kind of Magic – Rezz
Heavy Metal Album of the Year
- Algorythm – Beyond Creation
- The Spark That Moves – Cancer Bats
- Loved KEN – Mode
- Prevail II – Kobra And The Lotus
- The Wake – Voivod
Adult Contemporary Album of the Year
- These Are The Days – Jann Arden
- Love – Michael Bubl
- Meaning To Tell Ya – Molly Johnson
- Distant Danger – Nuela Charles
- A Whitehorse Winter – Classic Whitehorse
Comedy Album
- The Chanty Show – Chanty Marostica
- Good Friend Bad Grammar – Dave Merheje
- Lady Jazz – Debra DiGiovanni
- Awkwarder – Mayce Galoni