The Juno Awards of 2009 will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on the weekend ending 29 March 2009.

The band Nickelback received five Juno Award nominations and is scheduled to perform at the broadcast ceremonies. Celine Dion and Hedley earned nominations in three categories apiece. Performances have also been scheduled from Simple Plan and Alexisonfire vocalist Dallas Green (performing as City and Colour).

Various award-related events begin on 26 March 2009, ending with the primary awards ceremony on 29 March 2009, which will be telecast by CTV from General Motors Place and hosted for the second consective year by Russell Peters.

Loverboy will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, while Sarah McLachlan will receive the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award.


Nominees


Artist of the Year

* Bryan Adams
* City and Colour (Dallas Green)
* k.d. lang
* Sam Roberts
* Serena Ryder

Group of the Year

* Great Big Sea
* Nickelback
* Simple Plan
* The Trews
* Tokyo Police Club

New Artist of the Year

* Crystal Shawanda
* Jessie Farrell
* Kreesha Turner
* Lights
* Nikki Yanofsky

New Group of the Year

* Beast
* Cancer Bats
* Crystal Castles
* Plants and Animals
* The Stills

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

* Stuart Brawley, “Don’t Stop Now” and “Falling” (Emmy Rossum)
* David Foster, “A Change Is Gonna Come” (Seal), “Silent Night” (Josh Groban)
* k.d. lang, “I Dream Of Spring” and “Coming Home” (k.d. lang)
* Daniel Lanois, “Here Is What Is” and “Not Fighting Anymore” (Daniel Lanois)
* Nickelback and Joey Moi (co-producer Mutt Lange), “Gotta Be Somebody and “Something In Your Mouth” (Nickelback)

Recording Engineer of the Year

* Joey Moi, “Gotta Be Somebody” and “Never Gonna Be Alone” (Nickelback)
* John “Beetle” Bailey, “Lucky” and “If I Were A Bell” (Molly Johnson)
* Kevin Churko, “Disappearing” and “The Big Bang” (Simon Collins)
* Mike Fraser, “Rock N’ Roll Train” (AC/DC), “Them Kids” (Sam Roberts)
* Randy Staub, “Something In Your Mouth” (Nickelback)

Songwriter of the Year

* Alanis Morissette, “Underneath”, “Not As We”, “In Praise Of The Vulnerable Man” (Alanis Morissette)
* Dallas Green, “Waiting...”, “Sleeping Sickness”, “The Girl” (City and Colour)
* Gordie Sampson, “When I Said I Would” (Whitney Duncan), “Just A Dream” (Carrie Underwood), “Davey Jones” (Gordie Sampson)
* Hedley, “Old School”, “For The Nights I Can’t Remember” (with Dave Genn), “Never Too Late” (with Greig Nori) (Hedley)
* Nathan Ferraro, “Never Again”, “Change For You”, “Unaware” (The Midway State)

Fan Choice Award

* Céline Dion
* Feist
* Hedley
* Nickelback
* The Lost Fingers

Nominated albums

Album of the Year

* Famous Last Words, Hedley
* Dark Horse, Nickelback
* Simple Plan, Simple Plan
* 70’s Volume 2, Sylvain Cossette
* Lost In The 80’s, The Lost Fingers

Aboriginal Recording of the Year

* Auk/Blood, Tanya Tagaq
* First Law Of The Land, Billy Joe Green
* No Lies, Tracy Bone
* Running For The Drum, Buffy Sainte-Marie
* The World (And Everything In It), Team Rezofficial

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

* Asking For Flowers, Kathleen Edwards
* The Baroness, Sarah Slean
* Between The Beautifuls, Hawksley Workman
* Exit Strategy Of The Soul, Ron Sexsmith
* Is it o.k, Serena Ryder

Alternative Album of the Year

* In The Future, Black Mountain
* Oceans Will Rise, The Stills
* Parc Avenue, Plants and Animals
* Soft Airplane, Chad VanGaalen
* The Chemistry of Common Life, ****ed Up

Blues Album of the Year

* Acoustic Blues – Got ‘Em From The Bottom, Big Dave McLean
* Get Way Back – A Tribute To Percy Mayfield, Amos Garrett
* Love & Sound, Garrett Mason
* Mess Of Blues, Jeff Healey
* Ramblin’ Son, Julian Fauth

CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year

* John Cook, Kelly Ferguson, John James Audubon, Koko Bonaparte, Sugarbird, Paul Reddick
* Phoebe Greenberg, George Fok, Daniel Fortin, Leda & St. Jacques, Productions l’Éloi, Pulse Of The Planet, Slim Williams
* Anouk Pennel and Stéphane Poirer, En concert dans la forêt des mal-aimés avec l’Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Pierre Lapointe
* Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet, Mountain Meadows, Elliott Brood
* Dallas Wehrle, Robyn Kotyk, Alex vs. Alex, Kensington Heights, Constantines

Children's Album of the Year

* Catchy Tune, Jack Grunsky
* FiddleFire!, Chris McKhool
* The Kerplunks, The Kerplunks
* Oui!, Gregg LeRock
* Snacktime!, Barenaked Ladies

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

* Colors And Sounds, Article One
* Ending Is Beginning, Downhere
* I Will Go, Starfield
* Roar Of Heaven, Life Support
* Salvation Station, newworldson

[Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)

* Bach: Métamorphoses, Orchestre symphonique de Québec and Yoav Talmi
* Beethoven: Ideals Of The French Revolution, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Kent Nagano
* Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8, Tafelmusik and Bruno Weil
* Bruckner: Symphonie No 9, Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal and Yannick Nézet-Séguin
* Haydn: Symphonies 62, 107 & 108, Toronto Chamber Orchestra and Kevin Mallon

Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)

* Haydn: Six Sonatas for Piano, Anton Kuerti
* Homage, James Ehnes
* Schubert: Complete Piano Trios, The Gryphon Trio
* Schumann: Sonata in F# Minor & Humoreske, Angela Hewitt
* Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues opus 87, David Jalbert

Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)

* Bach and the Liturgical Year, Shannon Mercer and Luc Beauséjour
* Gloria! Vivaldi’s Angels, Ensemble Caprice
* Handel: Arias, Karina Gauvin
* Schumann: Dichterliebe & other Heine Settings, Gerald Finley
* The Voice of Bach, Daniel Taylor

Francophone Album of the Year

* L’arbre aux parfums, Caracol
* Cœur de pirate, Cœur de pirate
* Tous les sens, Ariane Moffatt
* Tradarnac, Swing
* Le volume du vent, Karkwa

Instrumental Album of the Year

* Auk/Blood, Tanya Tagaq
* The Furniture Moves Underneath, Inhabitants
* Nostomania, DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra
* The Soundtrack, The Creaking Tree String Quartet
* Telescope, Steve Dawson

International Album of the Year

* Black Ice, AC/DC
* Chinese Democracy, Guns N’ Roses
* Death Magnetic, Metallica
* Sleep Through The Static, Jack Johnson
* Viva La Vida, Coldplay

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

* A Bend In The River, Roberto Occhipinti
* Embracing Voices, Jane Bunnett
* Existential Detective, Barry Romberg’s Random Access Large Ensemble
* Rasstones François, Bourassa Quartet
* The Sicilian Jazz Project, Michael Occhipinti

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

* For Kenny Wheeler, Don Thompson Quartet
* Second Time Around, Oliver Jones
* Small Wonder, Brad Turner Quartet
* Solo, Chris Donnelly
* TV Trio, John Stetch

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

* Ella...Of Thee I Swing, Nikki Yanofsky
* If the Moon Turns Green..., Diana Panton
* Ima, Yvette Tollar
* Lucky, Molly Johnson
* Parkdale, Elizabeth Shepherd

Pop Album of the Year

* Flavors of Entanglement, Alanis Morissette
* Holes, The Midway State
* No Sleep At All, Creature
* Passion, Kreesha Turner
* Wake Up And Say Goodbye, David Usher

Rock Album of the Year

* Fortress, Protest The Hero
* Love At The End Of The World, Sam Roberts
* No Time For Later, The Trews
* Parallel Play, Sloan
* Terminal Romance, Matt Mays & El Torpedo

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)

* The Contradictor, Ndidi Onukwulu
* Ghost Notes, Matthew Barber
* Happy Here, Suzie Vinnick
* Proof Of Love, Old Man Luedecke
* Tinderbox, Fred Eaglesmith

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)

* Chic Gamine, Chic Gamine
* Fast Paced World, The Duhks
* Highway Prayer, Twilight Hotel
* Mountain Meadows, Elliott Brood
* XOK, NQ Arbuckle

World Music Album of the Year

* Africa To Appalachia, Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko
* The Art Of The Early Egyptian Qanun, George Dimitri Sawa
* Cairo to Toronto, Maryem & Ernie Tollar
* Contrabanda, Lubo and Kaba Horo
* Shivaboom, Eccodek

Nominated releases

Single of the Year

* "Dangerous", Kardinal Offishall
* "Gotta Be Somebody", Nickelback
* "Lay It On The Line", Divine Brown
* "Lost", Michael Bublé
* "Taking Chances", Céline Dion

Classical Composition of the Year

* "Flanders Fields Reflections", John Burge
* "From The Dark Reaches", T. Patrick Carrabré
* "Manhattan Music", Bramwell Tovey
* "Notes Towards A Poem That Can Never Be Written", Timothy Corlis
* "Song of Songs", Sid Robinovitch

Country Recording of the Year

* "Beautiful Life", Doc Walker
* "Chasing The Sun", Tara Oram
* "Dawn Of A New Day", Crystal Shawanda
* "Thankful", Aaron Pritchett
* "What I Do", George Canyon Reiny

Dance Recording of the Year

* "Everything’s Gonna Be Alright", James Doman
* "Get Blahsted", Hatiras and MC Flipside
* "Move For Me", Deadmau5 vs. Kaskade
* "Random Album Title", Deadmau5
* "Yes We Can", House Music United

Music DVD of the Year

* Blue Road (Blue Rodeo)
* Here Is What Is (Daniel Lanois)
* It All Started With A Red Stripe (Moneen)
* Live In Las Vegas – A New Day (Céline Dion)
* A MultiMedia Life (Buffy Sainte-Marie)

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

* Elise Estrada, Elise Estrada
* The Love Chronicles, Divine Brown
* Money, Zaki Ibrahim
* The Promise, Deborah Cox
* TONY, Ivana Santilli

Rap Recording of the Year

* A Captured Moment In Time, DL Incognito
* The Book, D-Sisive
* I Rap Now, Famous
* Not 4 Sale, Kardinal Offishall
* Point Blank, Point Blank

Reggae Recording of the Year

* "Jah Lift Me Up", Blessed
* "Renegade Rocker", Dubmatix
* "Everything", Humble
* "The Peacemaker’s Chauffeur", Jason Wilson
* "Truth Will Reveal", Souljah Fyah

Video of the Year

* Davin Black, "Blond Kryptonite" (Saint Alvia)
* Wendy Morgan, "Going On" (Gnarls Barkley)
* Dave Pawsey, "Detroit ‘67" (Sam Roberts)
* Dave Pawsey, "Them Kids" (Sam Roberts)
* Anthony Seck, "Honey Honey" (Feist)


Source: Juno Awards official website

Good for Alanis...
I love her, she's a great songwritter.

Yeah she deserves it, but so weird she had a few noms only...

Lights ^_^

go Celine!

no girlicious?