Juno Awards 2017: Nominee List

Album of the Year
The Weeknd (Starboy)
Shawn Mendes (Illuminate)
Leonard Cohen (You Want It Darker)
Drake (Views)
Céline Dion (Encore un Soir)

It has yet to be confirmed if 2017 Juno Awards host Michael Buble will be sticking to his sophomore run emceeing Canada’s big night in music.

It was revealed in November 2016 that the singer’s son is suffering from cancer and undergoing treatment.

However, one thing that we can count on is a great evening in music for the Great White North as this year’s show returns to our country’s capital for the first time since 2012. 

Check out the full list of contenders below and tune into CTV on Sunday April 2 to watch the 46th Juno Awards live from the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, ON. 

2017 Juno Awards Nominees:

Indigenous Music Album of the Year
 
Crystal Shawanda Fish Out Of Water
Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie Round Dance & Beats (Powwow)
Quantum Tangle Tiny Hands
Silla + Rise Debut
William Prince Earthly Days
 
JUNO Fan Choice Award
 
Hedley
Justin Bieber
Drake
Shawn Mendes
Alessia Cara
Belly
Ruth B
The Weeknd
Tory Lanez
The Strumbellas
 
Single of the Year
 
Shawn Mendes “Treat You Better”
Drake “One Dance ft. Wizkid & Kyla”
Alessia Cara “Wild Things”
The Weeknd “Starboy “ft. Daft Punk
The Strumbellas “Spirits”
 
International Album of the Year
 
Sia This is Acting
Rihanna ANTI
One Direction Made in the A.M.
Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams
Ariana Grande Dangerous Woman
 
Album of the Year
 
The Weeknd Starboy
Shawn Mendes Illuminate
Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker
Drake Views
Céline Dion Encore un Soir
 
Artist of the Year
 
Shawn Mendes
Drake
Alessia Cara
Leonard Cohen
The Weeknd
 
Group of the Year
 
Billy Talent
The Tragically Hip
Arkells
Tegan and Sara
The Strumbellas
 
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
 
KAYTRANADA
Ruth B
Tory Lanez
Andy Shauf
Jazz Cartier
 
Breakthrough Group of the Year

Bleeker
Cold Creek County
Bob Moses
The Zolas
The Dirty Nil
 
Songwriter of the Year
 
Donovan Woods “Leaving Nashville,” “What Kind of Love Is That,” “They Don’t Make Anything in that Town”
Tegan & Sara “Boyfriend,” “100x,” “Stop Desire”
Gord Downie “The Stranger,” “The Only Place to Be,” “Son”
Leonard Cohen “You Want It Darker,” “It Seemed the Better Way,” “Traveling Light”
Ruth B “Lost Boy,” “Superficial Love,” “2 Poor Kids”
 
Country Album of the Year
 
Aaron Pritchett The Score
Chad Brownlee Hearts on Fire
Dallas Smith Side Effects
Gord Bamford Tin Roof
Jess Moskaluke Kiss Me Quiet
 
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
 
Basia Bulat Good Advice
Gord Downie Secret Path
Wintersleep The Great Detachment
Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker
Andy Shauf The Party
 
Alternative Album of the Year
 
July Talk Touch
Grimes Art Angels
Black Mountain IV
Weaves Weaves
Dilly Dally Sore
 
Pop Album of the Year
 
Alessia Cara Know-It-All
Coleman Hell Summerland
Marianas Trench Astoria
Shawn Mendes Illuminate
Tegan and Sara Love You to Death
 
Rock Album of the Year

Arkells Morning Report
Billy Talent Afraid of Heights
Monster Truck Sittin’ Heavy
Sam Roberts Band TerraForm
The Tragically Hip Man Machine Poem
 
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
 
Matt Dusk & Florence K Quiet Nights
Heather Bambrick You’ll Never Know
Barbra Lica I’m Still Learning
Bria Skonberg Bria
Amanda Tosoff Words
 
Jazz Album of the Year: Solo
 
Brandi Disterheft Blue Canvas
Renee Rosnes Written in the Rocks
Shirantha Beddage Momentum
Seamus Blake Superconductor
Mike Janzen Nudging Forever
 
Jazz Album of the Year: Group

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society Real Enemies
Dave Young Quintet One Way Up
Metalwood Twenty
Quinsin Nachoff’s FLUX Flux
Order of Canada Band Sweet Canadiana
 
Instrumental Album of the Year
 
Sarah Neufeld  The Ridge
David Braid Flow
Blitz//Berlin Movements 1
The Fretless Bird’s Nest
Pugs & Crows and Tony Wilson Everyone Knows Everyone
 
Francophone Album of the Year

Karim Ouellet Trente
Yann Perreau Le fantastique des astres
Fred Fortin Ultramarr
Koriass Love Suprême
Laurence Nerbonne XO
 
Children’s Album of the Year
 
Diana PantonI Believe in Little Things
Raffi Owl Singalong
Splash’N Boots Big Yellow Tunes
Kattam De Tombouctou à Bombay
Will Stroet Wordplay
 
Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble
 
Janina Fialkowska Schubert: Sonatas and Impromptus
Matt Haimovitz Overtures to Bach
New Orford String Quartet Brahms: String Quartets, Op. 51 NOS. 1 & 2
Stewart Goodyear Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, OP. 71 TH14
Charles Richard-Hamelin Beethoven, Enescu & Chopin: Works for Piano (Live)
 
Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment
 
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier, BBC Philharmonic Poulenc: Piano Concertos & Aubade
Steve Wood and the Northern Cree Singers, Tanya Tagaq, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation
Jan Lisiecki, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Schumann
Les Violons du Roy & Mathieu Lussier Vivaldi: Concertos
 
Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance
 
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano L’Aiglon
Tapestry Opera, Gryphon Trio, Elmer Iseler Singers Dark Star Requiem
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Sir Andrew Davis Handel Messiah
Arion Baroque Orchestre, Alexandre Weimann Bach: Magnificat BWV 243
Daniel Taylor, The Trinity Choir Four Thousand Winter
 
Classical Composition of the Year
 
Christos Hatzis “Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation”
Kati Agócs “The Debrecen Passion”
Jordan Nobles “Immersion”
Ana Sokolović “And I need a room to receive five thousand people with raised glasses…or…what a glorious day, the birds are singing ‘halleluia'”
Andrew Staniland “Dark Star Requiem”
 
Rap Recording of the Year

Belly Another Day in Paradise
Drake Views
Tory Lanez I Told You
Jazz Cartier Hotel Paranoia
Tasha the Amazon Die Every Day
 
Dance Recording of the Year
 
Adventure Club “Limitless” ft. Delaney Jane
Zeds Dead “Northern Lights”
Shaun Frank “Let You Get Away” ft. Ashe
Bit Funk “Off the Ground” ft. Shae Jacobs
Jacques Greene “You Can’t Deny”
 
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
 
The Weeknd Starboy
Dvsn Sept. 5th
Daniel Caesar Pilgrim’s Paradise
Tanika Charles Soul Run
PARTYNEXTDOOR PARTYNEXTDOOR 3
 
Reggae Recording of the Year
 
Ammoye “Sorry”
Blessed “Cry Every Day”
Dubmatix “Roll ‘Dem” ft. Gappy Ranks
Exco Levi “Siren”
Jay Kartier “Who Feels It Knows”
 
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year
 
Matthew Barber & Jill Barber The Family Album
Lisa LeBlanc Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
Corin Raymond Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams
William Prince Earthly Days
Kacy & Clayton Strange Country
 
Traditional Roots Album of the Year
 
The High Bar Gang Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind
Maria Dunn Gathering
Jenny Whiteley The Original
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin Auprès du poêle
The East Pointers Secret Victory
 
Blues Album of the Year
 
Whitehorse The Northern South Vol. 1
Paul Reddick Ride The One
Colin Linden Rich in Love
Colin James Blue Highways
Sean Pinchin Monkey Brain
 
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
 
Warren Dean Flandez Eternally Grateful
Tim Neufeld & the Glory Boys Hootenanny!
Steve Bell Where the Good Way Lies
MANAFEST Reborn
Jaylene Johnson Potter & Clay
 
World Music Album of the Year
 
Lorraine Klaasen Nouvelle Journée
Sultans of String Subcontinental Drift
Okavango African Orchestra Okavango African Orchestra
Turkwaz Nazar
Nomadica Dance of the Infidels
 
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year
 
Howie Beck – “Work” (Charlotte Day Wilson), “High Five” (Dragonette)
Eric Ratz – “The Enforcer” (Monster Truck), “Fever” (Royal Tusk)
A Tribe Called Red – “R.E.D.” (A Tribe Called Red ft. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear), “Sila” (A Tribe Called Red ft. Tanya Tagaq)
Nineteen85 – “One Dance” (Drake), “Too Good” (Drake)
Ian D’Sa – “Afraid of Heights” (Billy Talent), “Rabbit Down the Hole” (Billy Talent)
 
Recording Engineer of the Year
 
Eric Ratz – “Afraid of Heights” (Billy Talent), “Don’t Tell Me How to Live” (Monster Truck)
George Seara –  “Treat You Better” (Shawn Mendes), “Don’t Be A Fool” (Shawn Mendes)
Andy Shauf – “The Magician” (Andy Shauf), “To You” (Andy Shauf)
Matty Green – “Shine a Light” (Banners), “Armageddon” (Michelle Treacy)
Jason Dufour – “Push + Pull” (July Talk), “Beck + Call” (July Talk)
 
Recording Package of the Year
 
Valaire OOBOPOPOP
Harmonium L’Heptade
Gord Downie Secret Path
Alexisonfire Live at Copps
Grimes Art Angels
 
Video of the Year
 
Grimes “Kill v Maim”
KAYTRANADA “Lite Spots”
A Tribe Called Red “R.E.D.” ft. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear
Wiwek/Skrillex “Killa”
Gord Downie “The Stranger”
 
Electronic Album of the Year
 
KAYTRANADA 99.9%
Holy Fuck Congrats
A Tribe Called Red We Are the Halluci Nation
Bob Moses Days Gone By
Harrison Checkpoint Titanium
 
Heavy Metal Album of the Year
 
Devin Townsend Project Transcendence
Protest the Hero Pacific Myth
Despised Icon Beast
Annihilator Suicide Society
Mandroid Echostar Coral Throne
 
Adult Contemporary Album of the Year
 
Céline Dion Encore un soir
Chantal Kreviazuk Hard Sail
Mark Masri Beating Heart
Sarah McLachlan Wonderland
Heather Rankin A Fine Line

[H/T Exclaim!]