The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences finally revealed the 2020 Juno Awards nominees, in a press conference hosted by CBC Music's Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe. As every year, the Junos will honour the best in Canadian music, and pop artist Lennon Stella, as well as Daniel Caesar are set to perform this year.
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Alexandra Streliski
Ali Gatie
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Lennon Stella
Tenille Townes
Dance Recording of the Year
Felix Cartal & Lights, "Love Me"
Frank Walker, "Only When it Rains"
Loud Luxury "I'm Not Alright'
RALPH, "Gravity"
Sultan + Shepard, "We Found Love"
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
Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber
Angela Schwarzkopf, detach
Ensemble Paramirabo, Alone & Unalone
James Ehnes, Beethoven: Violin Sonatas OP.12
Marina Thibeault and Marie-Eve Scarfone, elles
Quatuor Molinari, John Zorn: Cat O' Nine Tails, the Dead Man, Memento Mori & kol nidre
Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year
Celeigh Cardinal
Digawolf
Nêhiyawak
Northern Haze
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Producer of the Year
Ben Kaplan
Derek Hoffman
Jon Levine
Michael Wise
Steve Bays
Francophone Album of the Year
Fred Pellerin, Aprés
Jean Leloup, Lètrange pays
Koriass, La Nuit des longes couteaux
Les Louanges, La Nuit est une panthére
Loud, Tout ca pour ca
Artist of the Year
Alessia Cara
Bryan Adams
Jessie Reyez
Shawn Mendes
Tory Lanez
Jazz Album of the Year
Al Muirhead's Canadian Quintet, Undertones
Brad Turner Quarter with Seamus Blake, Jump Up
Dave Young Trio, Trouble in Mind
Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop, Abundance
Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
Brian Doerksen, The Heart of Christmas
Brooke Nicholls, Pursue
Dan Bremnes, Wherever I Go
Fresh IE, Ill Street Blues
Matt Maher, The Advent of Christmas
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
City and Colour, A Pill for Loneliness
Half Moon Run, A Blemish in the Great Light
iskwe, acakosik
Leonard Cohen, Thanks for the Dance
Patrick Watson, Wave
Traditional Roots Album of the Year
April Verch, Once a Day
Miranda Mulholland, By Appointment or Change
Natalie MacMaster, Sketches
The Dead South, Sugar & Joy
The Small Glories, Assiniboine & the Red
Music Video of the Year
Caraz, "Bun Dem"
Johnny Jansen, "Record Shop"
Jonathan Robert, "Topographe"
Le Ged, "Back Off"
Sarah Legault, "Little Star"
Pop Album of the Year
Alessia Cara, The Pains of Growing
Avril Lavigne, Head Above Water
Bülow, Crystalline,
Elijah Woods & Jamie Fine, 8:47
Walk Off the Earth, Here We Go!
Adult Contemporary Album of the Year
Bryan Adams, Shine a Light
Lauren Spencer-Smith, Unplugged Vol. 1
Marc Jordan, Both sides
Nuela Charles, Melt
Renée Lamoureaux, Empower
International Album of the Year
Ariana Grande, thank u, next
Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Sleep, Where Do We Go?
Ed Sheeran, No. 6 Collaborations Project
Khalid, Free Spirit
Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
Reggae Recording of the Year
Exco Levi, Wah Gwaan
Jay Douglas, Jah Children
Lyndon John X, The Warning Track
Petraa, Never Broken
Storry, Another Man
Blues Album of the Year
Big Dave McLean, Pocket Full of Nothin'
Dawn Tyler Watson, Mad Love
Durham Country Poets, Hand me Down Blues
Michael Jerome Browne, That's Where It's at
Whitehorse, The Northern South vol. 2
Classical Composition of the Year
Ana Sokolovic, "Evta"
Bekah Simms, "Everything is...distorted"
Jared Miller, "Under Sea, Above Sky"
Rose Bolton, "The Coming of Sobs"
Vincent Ho, "Kickin' it 2.0"
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
JUNO Fan Choice Award
Alessia Cara
Ali Gatie
Avril Lavigne
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Justin Bieber
Loud Luxury
Nav
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Tory Lanez
Group of the Year
88Glam
Elijah Wood's & Jamie Fine
Loud Luxury
The Reklaws
Walk Off the Earth
Comedy Album of the Year
Adam Christie, General Anxiety Disorder
Jarrett Campbell, Straight White Fail
Monty Scott, The Abyss sTARES bACK
Sophie Buddle, Lil Bit of Buddle
Steph Tolev, I'm Not Well
Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral
Chor Leoni Men's Choir, When There is Peace: An Armistice Oratorio
Gerald Finley, Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier Erneste Gesänge
Ottawa Bach Choir, Handel: Dixit Dominus, Bach & Schutz: Motets
Peter Barrett, Martha Guth, Allyson McHardy, Helen Becqué, Summer Night
Philipp Esly with Le Chimera Project, Schubert: Winterreise
Rock Album of the Year
Big Wreck, ...But for the Sun
Headstones, Peopleskills
Sum 41, Order in Decline
The Dirtynil, Master Volume
The Glorious Sons, A War on Everything
Instrumental Album of the Year
Alexandra Stréliski, Inscape
Bill McBirne with Bernie Senensky, The Silent Wish
Kevin Hearn, Calm and Cents
Ron Davis' SymphRONica, SymphRONica UpfRONt
Tanya Tagaq, Toothsayer
Single of the Year
Alessia Cara, "Out of Love"
Bülow, "Sweet Little Lies"
Lennon Stella, "La Di Da"
Scott Helman, "Hang Ups"
Shawn Mendes, "Señorita"
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Bria Skonberg, Nothing Ever Happens
Dominique Fils-Aimé, Stay Tuned!
Elizabeth Shepherd, Montréal
Jazz Affair, Wishes
Monkey House, Friday
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"
Electronic Album of the Year
Bob Moses, Battle Lines
Electric Youth, Memory Emotion
Jacques Greene, Dawn Chorus
Keys n' Krates, A Beat Tape for Your Friends
Rezz, Beyond the Senses
Recording Engineer of the Year
George Seara
Jason Dufour
John Bailey
Ryan Worsley
Vic Florencia
World Music Album of the Year
Djely Tapa, Barokan
Okan, Sombras
Okavango African Orchestra, Africa Without Borders
Romina Di Gasbarro, Risorgimento
Silla and Rise, Galactic Gala
Children's Album of the Year
Big Block Singsong, Greatest Hits vol. 4
Diana Panton, A Cheerful Little Earful
GForce, It's GForce
Girl Pow-r, This is Us
Sharon and Bram, Sharon, Bram & Friends
Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble
Canada's National Orchestra, The Bound of Our Dreams
Jan Lisiecki, Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos
Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Sibelius 1
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, The John Adams Album
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal feat. Charles Richard-Hamelin, Chopin: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Alternative Album of the Year
Black Mountain, Destroyer
FoxWarren, Foxwarren
Mac DeMarco, Here Comes the Cowboy
Orville Peck, Pony
Pup, Morbid Stuff
Jazz Album of the Year: Solo
Jacques Kuba Seguin, MiGRATIONS
Joel Miller, Unstoppable
John Stetch, Black Sea Suite
Ted Quinlan, Absolutely Dreaming
The Mark Kelso Jazz Project, The Chronicles of Fezziwig
Brakthrough Group of the Year
Hunter Brothers
Neon Dreams
Palaye Royale
The Blue Stones
Valley
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year
Catherine MacLellan, Coyote
Del Barber, Easy Keeper
Irish Mythen, Little Bones
Justin Rutledge, Passages
Lee Harvey Osmond, Mohawk
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
Amaal, "Black Dove"
Daniel Caesar, "Case Study 01"
Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez, & Tainy, "Feel it Too"
Tanika Charles, "The Gumption"
Tory Lanez, "Chixtape 5"
Album of the Year
Alessia Cara, The Pains of Growing
Alexandra Stréliski, Inscapce
Bryan Adams, Shine a Light
Michael Bublé, love
Nav, Bad Habits
Songwriter of the Year
Alessia Cara
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Patrick Watson
Tenille Townes
Tim Baker
The 2020 Juno Awards will take place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 15 March 2020!