2020

Winners + Nominees

JUNO Fan Choice

WINNER

Avril Lavigne

NOMINEES

Alessia Cara

Ali Gatie

bbno$

Justin Bieber

Loud Luxury

NAV

Shawn Mendes

The Weeknd

Tory Lanez

Single of the Year

WINNER

Señorita

Shawn Mendes Camila Cabello

NOMINEES

Out Of Love

Alessia Cara

Sweet Little Lies

bülow

La Di Da

Lennon Stella

Hang Ups

Scott Helman

International Album of the Year

WINNER

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

Billie Eilish

NOMINEES

Hollywood’s Bleeding

Post Malone

No.6 Collaborations Project

Ed Sheeran

Free Spirit

Khalid

Thank U, Next

Ariana Grande

Album of the Year

Presented by Music Canada

WINNER

The Pains Of Growing

Alessia Cara

NOMINEES

INSCAPE

Alexandra Stréliski

Shine A Light

Bryan Adams

love

Michael Bublé

Bad Habits

NAV

Artist of the Year

WINNER

Shawn Mendes

NOMINEES

Tory Lanez

Jessie Reyez

Bryan Adams

Alessia Cara

Group of the Year

WINNER

Loud Luxury

NOMINEES

88Glam

Walk Off the Earth

The Reklaws

Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine

Breakthrough Artist of the Year

Presented by FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters

WINNER

Lennon Stella

NOMINEES

Alexandra Stréliski

Ali Gatie

bbno$

Tenille Townes

Breakthrough Group of the Year

Presented by FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters

WINNER

Neon Dreams

NOMINEES

Hunter Brothers

Valley

The Blue Stones

Palaye Royale

Songwriter of the Year

Presented by SOCAN

WINNER

“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

NOMINEES

Publisher – Plug Your Ears Publishing
“All Hands”, “Dance”, “The Eighteenth Hole”
FOREVER OVERHEAD – Tim Baker

Tim Baker

Publisher – Red Brick Music Publishing
“I Kept The Roses” – co-songwriters Chris Gelbuda, Dustin Christensen I KEPT THE ROSES – Tenille Townes
“Jersey On The Wall (I’m Just Asking)” – co-songwriters Gordie Sampson, Tina Parol JERSEY ON THE WALL (I’M JUST ASKING) – Tenille Townes
“White Horse” – co-songwriters Daniel Tashian, Jeremy Spillman WHITE HORSE – Tenille Townes

Tenille Townes

Publisher – Secret City Music Publishing
“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 - Patrick Watson

Patrick Watson

Publisher – Wax on Wax Off Publishing / Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada
“Boys Will Be Boys” – co-songwriters David Charles Fischer, Mike Wise, Nathan Ferraro THE CONTENDER – bülow
“Sweet Little Lies” – co-songwriters David Charles Fischer, Mike Wise, Nathan Ferraro CRYSTALLINE – bülow
“Two Punks In Love” – co-songwriters David Charles Fischer, Mike Wise, Nathan Ferraro TWO PUNKS IN LOVE – bülow

bülow

Country Album of the Year

WINNER

Wild As Me

Meghan Patrick

NOMINEES

State of Mind

Hunter Brothers

Black Sheep

Dean Brody

The Fall

Dallas Smith

V

Aaron Goodvin

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

WINNER

A Blemish in the Great Light

Half Moon Run

NOMINEES

Thanks for the Dance

Leonard Cohen

acākosīk

Iskwé

A Pill for Loneliness

City and Colour

Wave

Patrick Watson

Alternative Album of the Year

Presented by Long & McQuade

WINNER

Morbid Stuff

Pup

NOMINEES

Pony

Orville Peck

Here Comes The Cowboy

Mac DeMarco

Foxwarren

Foxwarren

Destroyer

Black Mountain

Pop Album of the Year

WINNER

The Pains of Growing

Alessia Cara

NOMINEES

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

WINNER

A War On Everything

The Glorious Sons

NOMINEES

Master Volume

The Dirty Nil

Order In Decline

Sum 41

PEOPLESKILLS

Headstones

…but for the sun

Big Wreck

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

WINNER

Stay Tuned!

Dominique Fils-Aimé

NOMINEES

Nothing Never Happens

Bria Skonberg

MONTRÉAL

Elizabeth Shepherd

Wishes

Jazz Affair

Friday

Monkey House

Jazz Album of the Year: Solo

WINNER

MiGRATIONS

Jacques Kuba Séguin

NOMINEES

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

WINNER

Abundance

Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop

NOMINEES

On Firm Ground / Tierra Firme

Jane Bunnett and Maqueque

Trouble in Mind

Dave Young Trio

Jump Up

Brad Turner Quartet

Undertones

Al Muirhead’s Canadian Quintet

Instrumental Album of the Year

WINNER

INSCAPE

Alexandra Stréliski

NOMINEES

The Silent Wish

Bill McBirnie

Calm and Cents

Kevin Hearn

SymphRONica UpfRONt

Ron Davis’ SymphRONica

Toothsayer

Tanya Tagaq

Francophone Album of the Year

WINNER

La nuit est une panthère

Les Louanges

NOMINEES

Après

Fred Pellerin

L'étrange pays

Jean Leloup

La nuit des longs couteaux

Koriass

Tout ça pour ça

Loud

Children's Album of the Year

WINNER

Greatest Hits, Vol. 4

Big Block Singsong

NOMINEES

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

WINNER

detach

Angela Schwarzkopf

NOMINEES

John Zorn: Cat O’Nine Tails, The Dead Man, Memento Mori & Kol Nidre

Quatuor Molinari

Elles

Marina Thibeault Marie-Ève Scarfone

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Op. 12

James Ehnes

Alone & Unalone

Ensemble Paramirabo

Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble

WINNER

The John Adams Album

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Kent Nagano

NOMINEES

Chopin: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Kent Nagano Charles Richard-Hamelin

Sibelius 1

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal

Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos

Jan Lisiecki

The Bounds of our Dreams

Alexander Shelley National Arts Centre Orchestra

Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral

WINNER

Handel: Dixit Dominus; Bach & Schutz: Motets

Lisette Canton Ottawa Bach Choir

NOMINEES

When There Is Peace: An Armistice Oratorio

Chor Leoni Men’s Choir

Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge

Gerald Finley

Summer Night

Helen Becqué Allyson McHardy Peter Barrett Martha Guth

Schubert: Winterreise

Philippe Sly Le Chimera Project

Classical Composition of the Year

WINNER

Evta

Ana Sokolović

NOMINEES

Under Sea, Above Sky

Jared Miller

The Coming of Sobs

Rose Bolton

Kickin' It 2.0

Vincent Ho

"Everything Is... Distorted"

Bekah Simms

Rap Recording of the Year

WINNER

Freaky

Tory Lanez

NOMINEES

88GLAM2

88Glam

Tomorrow Could Be The Day Things Change

Classified

Light Path 8

KILLY

Bad Habits

NAV

Dance Recording of the Year

WINNER

Love Me

Felix Cartal Lights

NOMINEES

Gravity

RALPH

We Found Love

Sultan + Shepard

Only When It Rains

Frank Walker

I'm Not Alright

Loud Luxury

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

WINNER

Feel It Too

Jessie Reyez Tory Lanez

NOMINEES

Chixtape 5

Tory Lanez

The Gumption

Tanika Charles

CASE STUDY 01

Daniel Caesar

Black Dove

Amaal

Reggae Recording of the Year

WINNER

The Warning Track

Lyndon John X (LJX)

NOMINEES

Another Man

STORRY

Never Broken

Petraa

Jah Children

Jay Douglas

Wah Gwaan

Exco Levi

Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year

Presented by APTN

WINNER

Stories from a Downtown Apartment

Celeigh Cardinal

NOMINEES

Siqinnaarut

Northern Haze

ataataga

Riit

Yellowstone

Digawolf

nipiy

nêhiyawak

Contemporary Roots Album of the Year

WINNER

Mohawk

Lee Harvey Osmond

NOMINEES

Passages

Justin Rutledge

Little Bones

Irish Mythen

Easy Keeper

Del Barber

Coyote

Catherine MacLellan

Traditional Roots Album of the Year

WINNER

Sugar & Joy

The Dead South

NOMINEES

Assiniboine & The Red

The Small Glories

Sketches

Natalie MacMaster

By Appointment Or Chance

Miranda Mulholland

Once A Day

April Verch

Blues Album of the Year

WINNER

Mad Love

Dawn Tyler Watson

NOMINEES

Pocket Full Of Nothin'

Big Dave McLean

Hand Me Down Blues

Durham County Poets

That's Where It's At

Michael Jerome Browne

The Northern South Vol. 2

Whitehorse

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

WINNER

The Advent Of Christmas

Matt Maher

NOMINEES

ILL Street Blues

Fresh IE

Wherever I Go

Dan Bremnes

Pursue

Brooke Nicholls

The Heart Of Christmas

Brian Doerksen

World Music Album of the Year

WINNER

BAROKAN

Djely Tapa

NOMINEES

Risorgimento

Romina Di Gasbarro

Galactic Gala

Silla and Rise

Sombras

OKAN

Africa Without Borders

Okavango African Orchestra

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

WINNER

“Brittle Bones Nicky” BRITTLE BONES NICKY – Rare Americans, “It’s Alright” (co-producer Ryan Guldemond) DANCE AND CRY – Mother Mother

Ben Kaplan

NOMINEES

“Record Shop” CASCADIA – Said The Whale, “Song In My Head” RIP – We Are The City

Steve Bays

“Just Friends” HARTLAND ST. – Virginia to Vegas , “Sweet Little Lies" CRYSTALLINE – bülow

Mike Wise

"October”, “Rooting For You” (co-producer Midi Jones) THIS SUMMER – Alessia Cara

Jon Levine

“Fear of the Flame” FEAR OF THE FLAME – Logan Staats, “Hide Your Love” NIGHT IN THE PARK, KISS IN THE DARK – Caveboy

Derek Hoffman

Recording Engineer of the Year

WINNER

“Dividido (feat. Silvana Estrada)” SUBLIME – Alex Cuba, “Shotgun” FRIDAY – Monkey House

John “Beetle” Bailey

NOMINEES

“Midnight”, “Over Me” MIDNIGHT – Brooke Palsson

Vic Florencia

“2 Myself” LUDIC – Ludic, “Known Better” MELT – Nuela Charles

Ryan Worsley

“Push For Yellow”, “There's Still A Light In The House” MAYBE – Valley

Jason Dufour

“If I Can't Have You” IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU – Shawn Mendes, “Incredible” INCREDIBLE – James TW

George Seara

Album Artwork of the Year

WINNER

SELECTIONS FROM CUPHEAD – Kristofer Maddigan

Chad Moldenhauer Ian Clarke Warren Clark Lance Inkwell

NOMINEES

MALICE, MERCY, GRIEF & WRATH – Belle Plaine

Terri Fidelak Carey Shaw

CASE STUDY 01 – Daniel Caesar

Sean Brown Keavan Yazdani

BLOODCRUSH /BLOODMYTH – Ensign Broderick

Kris Knight Jason Sniderman James Mejia Chris Peters Stefanie Schneider

THE SUPERHERO SUITE – Kevin Hearn and Friends

Kevin Hearn Antoine Moonen Harland Williams Lauchie Reid

Music Video of the Year

WINNER

Little Star - iskwē

Sarah Legault Iskwé

NOMINEES

Back Off - Laurence Nerbonne

Le GED Laurence Nerbonne

Topographe - Corridor

Jonathan Robert Corridor

Record Shop - Said the Whale

Johnny Jansen Said The Whale

Bun Dem - Sarahmée

Caraz Sarahmée

Electronic Album of the Year

WINNER

Beyond The Senses

Rezz

NOMINEES

A Beat Tape For Your Friends

Keys N Krates

Dawn Chorus

Jacques Greene

Memory Emotion

Electric Youth

Battle Lines

Bob Moses

Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year

WINNER

Play to Win

Striker

NOMINEES

Orphans

The Agonist

Through A Wall

Single Mothers

Martyr

Lindsay Schoolcraft

Evolution

Kobra And The Lotus

Adult Contemporary Album of the Year

WINNER

Shine a Light

Bryan Adams

NOMINEES

Empower

Renée Lamoureux

Melt

Nuela Charles

Both Sides

Marc Jordan

Unplugged Vol. 1

Lauren Spencer-Smith

Comedy Album of the Year

WINNER

Lil Bit of Buddle

Sophie Buddle

NOMINEES

General Anxiety Disorder

Adam Christie

I'm Not Well

Steph Tolev

The Abyss Stares Back

Monty Scott

Straight White Fail

Jarrett Campbell