Juno Awards: Alessia Cara Leads With 6 Nominations
Shawn Mendes, Justin Bieber and Michael Buble also score nominations for Canada's version of the Grammys.

Alessia Cara on Tuesday emerged with a field-leading six nominations for the 2020 Juno music awards, Canada's version of the Grammys.
Cara, who earned a best new artist Grammy in 2018, will also host the Junos telecast in March. And Toronto rapper Tory Lanez nabbed five nods, while Shawn Mendes, Bryan Adams and Loud Luxury were among a crowded field that earned three nominations each.
Nominations for the Junos were unveiled during a press conference Tuesday in Toronto. The Juno Fan Choice competition will see Cara, Ali Gatie, Avril Lavigne, bbno$ and Justin Bieber compete against Loud Luxury, NAV, Mendes, The Weeknd and Lanez.
The best artist of the year category will feature Cara, Adams and Jesse Reyez up against Mendes and Lanez. And the album of the year competition will pit the latest work by Cara, Alexandra Streliski and Bryan Adams against albums from from Michael Buble and NAV.
Elsewhere, the international album of the year category will see Ariana Grande, Grammy winner Billie Eilish and Ed Sheeran compete with their latest work against the most recent albums from Khalid and Post Malone.
And the best single of the year category has nominations for Cara's "Out of Love," bulow's "Sweet Little Lies," Lennon Stella's "La Di Da," Scott Helman's "Hang Ups" and "Senorita," performed by Mendes and Camila Cabello.
Elsewhere, the best pop album competition will see Cara, Lavigne and bulow with their latest work go up against the most recent albums from Elijah Woods and Jamie Fine, and Walk Off the Earth.
And performers competing for the breakthrough artist of the year will be Lennon Stella, Tenille Townes, Ali Gatie, Alexandra Streliski and bbno$. The Junos organizers also announced Jann Arden, Lennon Stella and Daniel Caesar as among the first performers for the upcoming Canadian music awards.
The Junos, organized by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, will take place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on March 15, and will air on the CBC network.
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JUNO Fan Choice Award
Alessia Cara
Ali Gatie
Avril Lavigne
bbno$
Justin Bieber
Loud Luxury
Nav
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Tory Lanez -
Single of the Year
"Out Of Love," Alessia Cara
"Sweet Little Lies," Bülow
"La Di Da," Lennon Stella
"Hang Ups," Scott Helman
"Señorita," Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello -
International Album of the Year
thank u, next, Ariana Grande
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish
No.6 Collaborations Project, Ed Sheeran
Free Spirit, Khalid
Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone -
Album of the Year
The Pains Of Growing, Alessia Cara
INSCAPE, Alexandra Stréliski
Shine A Light, Bryan Adams
love, Michael Bublé
Bad Habits, Nav -
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 Stréliski
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
"Growing Pains" – co-songwriters Andrew Wansel, Warren Fielder, "Out of Love" – co-songwriter Rick Nowels (Pains Of Growing), "Rooting For You" – co-songwriter Jon Levine (This Summer)
Publisher – Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada
Alessia Cara"Boys Will Be Boys" – co-songwriters David Charles Fischer, Mike Wise, Nathan Ferraro (The Contender), "Sweet Little Lies" – co-songwriters David Charles Fische, Mike Wise, Nathan Ferraro (Crystalline), "Two Punks In Love" – co-songwriters David Charles Fischer, Mike Wise, Nathan Ferraro (Two Punks In Love)
Publisher – Wax on Wax Off Publishing / Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada
bülow"Broken," "Dream for Dreaming" – co-songwriters Joseph Baron Grass, Mikhail Stein, Robbie Kuster, "Here Comes The River" – co-songwriters Joseph Baron Grass, Jules Buckley, Mikhail Stein (Wave)
Publisher – Secret City Music Publishing
Patrick Watson"I Kept The Roses" – co-songwriters Chris Gelbuda, Dustin Christensen (I Kept The Roses), "Jersey On The Wall (I'm Just Asking)" – co-songwriters Gordie Sampson, Tina Parol (Jersey On The Wall (I'm Just Asking)), "White Horse" – co-songwriters Daniel Tashian, Jeremy Spillman (White Horse)
Publisher – Red Brick Music Publishing
Tenille Townes"All Hands," "Dance," "The Eighteenth Hole," (Forever Overheard)
Publisher – Plug Your Ears Publishing
Tim Baker -
Country Album of the Year
V, Aaron Goodvin
The Fall, Dallas Smith
Black Sheep, Dean Brody
State of Mind, Hunter Brothers
Wild As Me, Meghan Patrick -
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
A Pill for Loneliness, City and Colour
A Blemish in the Great Light, Half Moon Run
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Thanks for the Dance, Leonard Cohen
Wave, Patrick Watson -
Alternative Album of the Year
Destroyer, Black Mountain
Foxwarren, Foxwarren
Here Comes The Cowboy, Mac DeMarco
Pony, Orville Peck
Morbid Stuff, Pup -
Pop Album of the Year
The Pains of Growing, Alessia Cara
Head Above Water, Avril Lavigne
Crystalline, Bülow
8:47, Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
HERE WE GO!, Walk Off The Earth -
Rock Album of the Year
…but for the sun, Big Wreck
PEOPLESKILLS, Headstones
Order In Decline, Sum 41
Master Volume, The Dirty Nil
A War On Everything, The Glorious Sons -
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Nothing Never Happens, Bria Skonberg
Stay Tuned!, Dominique Fils-Aimé
MONTRÉAL, Elizabeth Shepherd
Wishes, Jazz Affair
Friday, Monkey House -
Jazz Album of the Year: Solo
Migrations, Jacques Kuba Séguin
Unstoppable, Joel Miller
Black Sea Suite, John Stetch
Absolutely Dreaming, Ted Quinlan
The Chronicles of Fezziwig, The Mark Kelso Jazz Project -
Jazz Album of the Year: Group
Undertones, Al Muirhead's Canadian Quintent
Jump Up, Brad Turner Quartet with Guest Seamus Blake
Trouble in Mind, Dave Young Trio
Abundance, Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop
On Firm Ground / Tierra Firme, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque -
Instrumental Album of the Year
INSCAPE, Alexandra Stréliski
The Silent Wish, Bill McBirnie with Bernie Senensky
Calm and Cents, Kevin Hearn
SymphRONica UpfRONt, Ron Davis' Symphronica
Toothsayer, Tanya Tagaq -
Francophone Album of the Year
Après, Fred Pellerin
L'étrange pays, Jean LeLoup
La nuit des longs couteaux, Koriass
La nuit est une panthère, Les Louanges
Tout ça pour ça, Loud -
Children's Album of the Year
Greatest Hits, Vol. 4, Big Block Singsong
A Cheerful Little Earful, Diana Panton
It's GForce, GForce
This Is Us, Girl Pow-R
Sharon, Bram & Friends, Sharon & Bram -
Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber
detach, Angela Schwarzkopf
Alone & Unalone, Ensemble Paramirabo
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Op. 12, James Ehnes
Elles, Marina Thibeault and Marie-Éve Scarfone
John Zorn: Cat O’Nine Tails, The Dead Man, Memento Mori & Kol Nidre, Quatuor Molinari -
Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble
The Bounds of our Dreams, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra/Orchestre du Centre National Des Art du Canada, Conducted by Alexander Shelley feat. Alain Lefèvre & Y?suke Kawasaki
Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos, Jan Lisiecki with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Sibelius 1, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Chopin: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Conducted by Kent Nagano Feat. Charles Richard-Hamelin
The John Adams Album, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Conducted by Kent Nagano -
Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance
When There Is Peace: An Armistice Oratorio, Chor Lenoi Men's Choir
Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, Gerald Finley
Handel: Dixit Dominus; Bach & Schutz: Motets, Ottawa Bach Choir, Conducted by Lisette Canton
Summer Night, Peter Barret Martha Guth, Allyson McHardy, Helen Becqué
Schubert: Winterreise, Philippe Sly with Le Chimera Project -
Classical Composition of the Year
Evta, Ana Sokolovi?
"Everything Is... Distorted," Bekah Simms
Under Sea, Above Sky, Jared Miller
The Coming of Sobs, Rose Bolton
Kickin' It 2.0, Vincent Ho -
Rap Recording of the Year
88GLAM2, 88Glam
Tomorrow Could Be The Day Things Change, Classified
Light Path 8, Killy
Bad Habits, Nav
Freaky, Tory Lanez -
Dance Recording of the Year
Love Me, Felix Cartal & Lights
Only When It Rains, Frank Walker x Astrid S
I'm Not Alright, Loud Luxury and Bryce Vine
Gravity, Ralph
We Found Love, Sultan + Shepard x Showtek -
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
Black Dove, Amaal
CASE STUDY 01, Daniel Caesar
Feel It Too, Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez & Tainy
The Gumption, Tanika Charles
Chixtape 5, Tory Lanez -
Reggae Recording of the Year
Jah Children, Jay Douglas
Wah Gwaan, Exco Levi
The Warning Track, Lyndon John X
Never Broken, Petraa
Another Man, Storry -
Indigenous Music Album of the Year
Yellowstone, Digawolf
Stories from a Downtown Apartment, Celeigh Cardinal
nipiy, nêhiyawak
Siqinnaarut, Northern Haze
ataataga, Riit -
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year
Coyote, Catherine MacLellan
Easy Keeper, Del Barber
Little Bones, Irish Mythen
Passages, Justin Rutledge
Mohawk, Lee Harvey Osmond -
Traditional Roots Album of the Year
Once A Day, April Verch
By Appointment Or Chance, Miranda Mulholland
Sketches, Natalie MacMaster
Sugar & Joy, The Dead South
Assiniboine & The Red, The Small Glories -
Blues Album of the Year
Pocket Full Of Nothin', Big Dave McLean
Hand Me Down Blues, Durham County Poets
That's Where It's At, Michael Jerome Browne
Mad Love, Dawn Tyler Watson
The Northern South Vol. 2, Whitehorse -
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
The Heart Of Christmas, Brian Doerksen
Pursue, Brooke Nicolls
Wherever I Go, Dan Bremnes
ILL Street Blues, Fresh I.E.
The Advent Of Christmas, Matt Maher -
World Music Album of the Year
Barokan, Djely Tapa
Sombras, Okan
Africa Without Borders, Okavango African Orchestra
Risorgimento, Romina Di Gasbarro
Galactic Gala, Silla and Rise -
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year
"Brittle Bones Nicky," Brittle Bones Nicky, Rare Americans, "It's Alright" (co producer Ryan Guldemond), Dance and Cry, Mother Mother
Ben Kaplan"Fear of the Flame," Fear of the Flame, Logan Staats, "Hide Your Love," Night in the Park, Kiss in the Dark, Caveboy
Derek Hoffman"October," "Rooting For You" (co-producer Midi Jones), This Summer, Alessia Cara
Jon Levine"Just Friends," Hartland St., Virginia to Vegas, "Sweet Little Lies," Crystalline, Bülow
Michael Wise"Record Shop," Cascadia, Said The Whale, "Song In My Head," RIP, We Are The City
Steve Bays -
Recording Engineer of the Year
"If I Can't Have You," If I Can't Have You, Shawn Mendes, "Incredible," Incredible, James TW
George Seara"Dividido (feat. Silvana Estrada)," Sublime, Alex Cuba, "Shotgun," Friday, Monkey House
John 'Beetle' Bailey"Push For Yellow," "There's Still A Light In The House," Maybe, Valley
Jason Dufour"2 Myself," Ludic, Ludic, "Known Better," MELT, Nuela Charles
Ryan Worsley"Midnight," "Over Me," Midnight, Brooke Palsson
Vic Florencia -
Album Artwork of the Year
Selections from Cuphead, Kristofer Maddigan
Chad Moldenhauer (Art Director), Ian Clarke (Designer), Warren Clark and Lance Inkwell (Illustrators)The Superhero Suite, Kevin Hearn and Friends
Kevin Hearn (Art Director), Antoine Moonen (Designer), Lauchie Reid and Harland Williams (Illustrators)Bloodcrush/Bloodmyth, Ensign Broderick
Kris Knight (Illustrator), Jason Sniderman (Art Director), James Mejia (Designer), Chris Peters (Illustrators), Stefanie Schneider (Photographer)Case Study 01, Daniel Caesar
Sean Brown & Keavan Yazdani (Art Directors)Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath, Belle Plaine
Terri Fidelak (Art Director, Designer, & Illustrator), Regan Fraser (Art Director), Carey Shaw (Photographer) -
Music Video of the Year
"Bun Dem," Sarahmée, Caraz
"Record Shop," Said the Whale, Johnny Jansen
"Topographe," Corridor, Jonathan Robert
"Back Off," Laurence Nerbonne, Le Ged
"Little Star," iskw?, Sarah Legault -
Electronic Album of the Year
Battle Lines, Bob Moses
Memory Emotion, Electric Youth
Dawn Chorus, Jacques Greene
A Beat Tape For Your Friends, Keys N Krates
Beyond The Senses, Rezz -
Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year
Evolution, Kobra and the Lotus
Martyr, Lindsay Schoolcraft
Through A Wall, Single Mothers
Play to Win, Striker
Orphans, The Agonist -
Adult Contemporary Album of the Year
Shine a Light, Bryan Adams
Unplugged Vol. 1, Lauren Spencer-Smith
Both Sides, Marc Jordan
Melt, Nuella Charles
Empower, Renée Lamoureux -
Comedy Album
General Anxiety Disorder, Adam Christie
Straight White Fail, Jarrett Campbell
The Abyss Stares Back, Monty Scott
Lil Bit of Buddle, Sophie Buddle
I'm Not Well, Steph Tolev