By SHAKIEL MAHJOURI. ET Canada.
The 2017 Juno Awards are underway and Canada’s biggest music stars are on hand to be honoured for their musical contributions over the past year.
A number of awards were presented at a special gala held on Saturday night, with seven key awards to be presented during Sunday night’s ceremony.
Follow along below as we update you on the winners as they are announced throughout the night.
Artist of the Year:
WINNER: Leonard Cohen (Posthumously)
Alessia Cara
Drake
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Album of the Year:
WINNER: “You Want It Darker”, Leonard Cohen (Posthumously)
“Starboy”, The Weeknd
“Illuminate”, Shawn Mendes
“Views”, Drake
“Encore un Soir”, Celine Dion
Fan Choice Award:
WINNER: Shawn Mendes
Alessia Cara
Belly
Drake
Hedley
Justin Bieber
Ruth B
The Strumbellas
The Weeknd
Tory Lanez
Group of the Year:
WINNER: The Tragically Hip
Arkells
Billy Talent
Tegan and Sara
The Strumbellas
Songwriter of the Year:
WINNER: Gord Downie
Donovan Woods
Tegan and Sara
Leonard Cohen
Ruth B
Pop Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Know-It-All’, Alessia Cara
“Summerland”, Coleman Hell
“Astoria”, Marianas Trench
“Illuminate”, Shawn Mendes
“Love You to Death”, Tegan and Sara
Country Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Kiss Me Quiet”, Jess Moskaluke
“The Score”, Aaron Pritchett
“Hearts on Fire”, Chad Brownlee
“Side Effects”, Dallas Smith
“Tin Roof”, Gord Bamford
Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
WINNER: Ruth B
KATYRANADA
Tory Lanez
Andy Shauf
Jazz Cartier
Single of the Year:
WINNER: “Spirits”, The Strumbellas
“Wild Things”, Alessia Cara
“One Dance”, Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla
“Treat You Better”, Shawn Mendes
“Starboy”, The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk
Dance Recording of the Year:
WINNER: “Off the Ground”, Bit Funk ft. Shae Jacobs
“Limitless”, Adventure Club ft. Delaney Jane
“Northern Lights”, Zeds Dead
“Let You Get Away”, Shaun Frank ft. Ashe
“You Can’t Deny”, Jacques Greene
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
WINNER: “Starboy”, The Weeknd
“Pilgrim’s Paradise”, Daniel Caesar
“Sept. 5”, dvsn
“PARTYNEXTDOOR 3”, PARTYNEXTDOOR
“Soul Run”, Tanika Charles
Rap Recording of the Year:
WINNER: “Hotel Paranoia”, Jazz Cartier
“Views”, Drake
“Another Day in Paradise”, Belly
“I Told You”, Tory Lanez
“Die Every Day”, Tasha the Amazon
Reggae Recording of the Year:
WINNER: “Siren”, Exco Levi
“Sorry”, Ammoye
“Roll ‘Dem”, Dubmatix ft. Gappy Ranks
“Cry Every Day”, Blessed
“Who Feels It Knows”, Jay Kartier
Recording Package of the Year:
WINNER: “Secret Path”, Gord Downie
“Art Angels”, Grimes
“L’Heptade”, Harmonium
“Live at Copps”, Alexisonfire
“OOBOPOPOP”, Valaire
Video of the Year:
WINNER: “Kill v Maim”, Grimes
“Killa”, Wiwek/Skrillex
“Lite Spots”, KAYTRANADA
“R.E.D”, A Tribe Called Red ft. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear
“The Stranger”, Gord Downie
Producer of the Year:
WINNER: A Tribe Called Red
Howie Beck
Ian D’Sa
Nineteen85
Eric Ratz
Recording Engineer of the Year:
WINNER: Jason Dufour
Matty Green
Eric Ratz
George Seara
Andy Shauf
Indigenous Music Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Tiny Hands”, Quantum Tangle
“Fish Out of Water”, Crystal Shawanda
“Round Dance and Beats (Powwow)”, Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie
“Debut”, Silla + Rise
“Earthly Days”, William Prince
Adult Alternative Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Secret Path”, Gord Downie
“Good Advice”, Basia Balut
“The Great Detachment”, Wintersleep
“You Want It Darker”, Leonard Cohen (Posthumous)
“The Party”, Andy Shauf
Adult Contemporary Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Wonderland”, Sarah McLachlan
“Encore du Soir”, Celine Dion
“Hard Sail”, Chantal Kreviazuk
“Beating Heart”, Mark Masri
“A Fine Line”, Heather Rankin
Alternative Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Touch”, July Talk
“Art Angels”, Grimes
“IV”, Black Mountain
“Weaves”, Weaves
“Sore”, Dilly Dally
Blues Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Ride the One”, Paul Reddick
“The Northern South Vol 1.”, Whitehorse
“Rich in Love”, Colin Linden
“Blue Highways”, Colin James
“Monkey Brain”, Sean Pinchin
Children’s Album of the Year:
WINNER: “I Believe in Little Things”, Diana Panton
“Owl Singalong”, Raffi,
“Big Yellow Tunes”, Splash’N Boots
“De Tombouctou à Bombay”, Kattam
“Wordplay”, Will Stroet
Best Metal Performance:
WINNER: “Dystopia” — Megadeth
“Shock Me” — Baroness
“Slivera” — Gojira
“Rotting in Vain” — Korn
“The Price Is Wrong” — Periphery
Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble:
WINNER: “Brahms: String Quartets”, Op. 51 NOS. 1 & 2, New Orford String Quartet
“Schubert: Sonatas and Impromptus”, Janina Fialkowska
“Overtures to Bach”, Matt Haimovitz
“Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker”, OP. 71 TH14, Stewart Goodyear
“Beethoven, Enescu & Chopin: Works for Piano (Live)”, Charles Richard-Hamelin
Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment:
WINNER: “Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation”
“Beethoven Symphony No. 9”
“Poulenc: Piano Concertos & Aubade”
“Schumann”
“Vivaldi: Concertos”
Electronic Album of the Year:
WINNER: “99.9%”, KAYTRANADA
“Congrats”, Holy F**k
“We Are the Halluci Nation”, A Tribe Called Red
“Days Gone By”, Bob Moses
“Checkpoint Titanium”, Harrison
Francophone Album of the Year:
WINNER: “XO”, Laurence Nerbonne
“Trente”, Karim Ouellet
“Le fantastique des astres”, Yann Perreau
“Ultramarr”, Fred Fortin
“Love Supreme”, Koriass
Instrumental Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Bird’s Nest”, The Fretles
“The Ridge”, Sarah Neufel
“Flow”, David Braid
“Movements 1”, Blitz//Berlin
“Everyone knows Everyone”, Pugs & Crows and Tony Wilson
International Album of the Year:
WINNER: “A Head Full of Dreams”, Coldplay
“ANTI”, Rihanna
“This Is Acting”, Sia
“Made in the A.M.”, One Direction
“Dangerous Woman”, Ariana Grande
Jazz Album of the Year – Solo:
WINNER: “Written in the Rocks”, Renee Rosnes
“Blue Canvas”, Brandi Disterheft
“Momentum”, Shirantha Beddage
“Superconductor”, Seamus Blake
“Nudging Forever”, Mike Janzen
Jazz Album of the Year – Group:
WINNER: “Twenty”, Metalwood
“Real Enemies”, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
“One Way Up”, Dave Young Quintet
“Flux”, Quinsin Nachoff’s FLUX
“Sweet Canadian”, Order of Canada Band
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Bria”, Bria Skonberg
“Quiet Nights”, Matt Dusk & Florence K
“You’ll Never Know”, Heather Bambrick
“I’m Still Learning”, Barbra Lica
“Words”, Amanda Tosoff
Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Coral Throne”, Mandroid Echostar
“Transcendence”, Devin Townsend Project
“Pacific Myth”, Protest the Hero
“Beast”, Despised Icon
“Suicide Society”, Annihilator
Rock Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Man Machine Poem”, The Tragically Hip
“Morning Report”, Arkells
“Sittin’ Heavy”, Monster Truck
“Afraid of Heights”, Billy Talent
“Terraform”, Sam Roberts Band
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Earthly Days”, William Prince
“The Family Album”, Matthew Barber & Jill Barber
“Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?, Lisa LeBlanc
“Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams”, Corin Raymond
“Strange Country”, Kacy & Clayton
Traditional Roots Album of the Year:
WINNER: “Secret Victory”, The East Pointers
“Gathering”, Maria Dunn,
“Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind”, The High Bar Gang
“The Original Jenny Whiteley” Jenny Whiteley
“Aupres du poele”, Ten Strings and a Goat Skin