2019 Juno Awards Nominees Announced!
The Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) is thrilled that the nominees for the 2019 JUNO Awards are highlighting the contributions and strength of the Canadian independent music industry!
We’d like to extend sincere congratulations to all of our members whose artists have earned nominations in this year’s JUNO Awards. To all nominees who have received recognition at yesterday's announcement, congratulations and good luck! The Canadian indie sector has always excelled at developing artists which is why our artists are no stranger to the JUNO Awards. We’re proud to see this tradition continue!
Juno Fan Choice Award
- bülow - Wax
Single of the Year
- bülow - "Not A Love Song” - Wax
Album of the Year
- Hubert Lenoir - Darlène - Simone*Select
Group of the Year
- Arkells - eOne Management
- Chromeo - Last Gang, eOne
- The Sheepdogs - Dine Alone Records
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
- bülow - Wax
Breakthrough Group of the Year
- Dizzy - MusicOntario Member
Songwriter of the Year
- Donovan Woods (Donavan Woods - Both Ways; "Our Friend Bobby", "Truck Full of Money", "Next Year”) - Fontana North
Country Album of the Year
- Jess Moskaluke - A Small Town Christmas - MDM Recordings
- Tim Hicks - New Tattoo - Open Road
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
- Dan Mangan - More Or Less - Arts & Crafts
- Rhye - Blood - Last Gang* eOne
- The Barr Brothers - Queens Of The Breakers - Secret City* Cadence
Alternative Album of the Year
- Dizzy - Baby Teeth - MusicOntario Member
- Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams - Arts & Crafts
- Tokyo Police Club - TPC - Dine Alone
Pop Album of the Year
- bülow - Damaged - Wax
- Chromeo - Head Over Heels - Last Gang *eOne
- Hubert Lenoir - Darlène - Simone* Select
Rock Album of the Year
- Arkells - Rally Cry - Last Gang eOne Management
- Monster Truck - True Rockers - Dine Alone
- The Sheepdogs - Changing Colours - Dine Alone
- The Trews - Civilianaires - Cadence
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
- Laila Biali - Laila Biali - Fontana North
Jazz Album of the Year: Group
- Andy Milne & Dapp Theory - The Seasons of Being - eOne
Instrumental Album of the Year
- Kevin Breit - Johnny Goldtooth and The Chevy Casanovas - Stony Plain
Francophone Album of the Year
- Cœur de pirate - en cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé -Dare to Care* Select/Believe
- Hubert Lenoir - Darlène - Simone*Select
- Philippe Brach - Le silence des troupeaux - Spectra*Select
- Tire le coyote - Désherbage - Select
Children's Album of the Year
- Splash'N Boots - You, Me and the Sea - Fontana North
Classical Album of the Year: Solo of Chamber
- Blake Pouliot with Hsin-I Huang - Ravel & Debussy: Sonates - Select
- Gryphon Trio - The End of Flowers: Works by Clarke & Ravel - Select
Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble
- Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra/Orchestre du Centre National Des Arts du Canada conducted by Alexander Shelley - New Worlds/Nouveaux Mondes - Select
Classical Composition of the Year
- Ana Sokolović - Golden Slumbers Kiss your Eyes - Select
Dance Recording of the Year
- Jacques Greene - "Avatar Beach” - Arts & Crafts
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
- Charlotte Day Wilson - Stone Woman - eOne
Reggae Recording of the Year
- Dubmatix - Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix – Overdubbed - Fontana North
Indigenous Album of the Year
- Elisapie - The Ballad of the Runaway Girl - Bonsound
- Jeremy Dutcher - Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa - Fontana north, MusicOntario Member
- Brothers and Sister - Nitisanak - Outside
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year
- AHI - In Our Time - AHI
- Donovan Woods - Both Ways - Fontana North
- Kaia Kater - Grenades - Acronym
- Megan Nash - Seeker - Acronym
- The Deep Dark Woods - Yarrow - Six Shooter
Traditional Roots Album of the year
- Sweet Old Religion: Pharis and Jason Romero - Borealis* Fontana North
- Fifteen - The Wailin’ Jennys - True North* Idla
Blues Album of the Year
- Colin James - Miles To Go - True North* Idla
- Myles Goodwyn - Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues - Linus*Idla
- Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar - Run To Me - Gypsy Soul
- Sue Foley - The Ice Queen - Stony Plain
World Music Album of the Year
- Ayrad - Zoubida - Select
- Boogát - San Cristóbal Baile Inn - Outside/Believe Digital
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year
- Eric Ratz ("People's Champ", "Relentless") RALLY CRY – Arkells - eOne Management
- Mike Wise ("Not A Love Song", "Two Punks In Love") DAMAGED – bülow - Wax
- Thomas D'Arcy ("I've Got A Hole Where My Heart Should Be") CHANGING COLOURS – The Sheepdogs ("Love The Way You Are" [co-producers James Younger, Jeffrey Innes]) CRITICAL HIT – Yukon Blonde - Dine Alone
Recording Engineer of the Year
- Jason Dufour "Truck Full Of Money" BOTH WAYS – Donovan Woods "When My Body Breaks" HOLY SMOKE – Kandle - Fontana North
- Steve Bays "Flashes" PHASES – Dear Rouge, "UnAmerican" UNAMERICAN – Said The Whale - Arts & Crafts
Album Artwork of the Year
- Geordan Moore (Art Director, Designer, & Illustrator) CROSSWORLDS – Joshua Van Tassel - Forward Music Group
- Michael DeAngelis (Art Director & Designer), Matt Barnes & Jess Baumung (Photographers) RALLY CRY – Arkells - eOne Management
- Mike Milosh (Art Director, Designer, Illustrator, & Photographer) BLOOD – Rhye - Last Gang*eOne
- Simon Dupuis (Art Director, Designer, Illustrator, & Photographer) VIENS AVEC MOI – Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire L-A be – Let artists - Select
Electronic Album of the Year
- Felix Cartal - Next Season - Fontana North
- Milk & Bone - Deception Bay - Bonsound
Adult Contemporary Album of the Year
- Whitehorse - A Whitehorse Winter Classic - Six Shooter
To see the full list of 2019 nominations, please click here!