Chantal Kreviazuk, nominated for Single of the Year and Pop Album of the Year at the 2007 Juno Awards in Saskatoon. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)
Last year, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) made an unusually garish choice of host for the Juno Awards — Pamela Anderson, who brought the room down with her pithy objections to northern Canada’s seal hunt. For this year’s soiree on April 1, CARAS tapped a more classy, of-the-moment personality: Nelly Furtado. And what a busy woman she’s going to be. Not only is the Victoria native going to play MC, she’ll also be performing — and given that she’s nominated for five awards, chances are good that we’ll see her at the podium uttering a litany of breathless thank yous.
While Nelly will monopolize much of the evening, the show at Saskatoon’s Credit Union Centre will also include performances by Billy Talent, Montreal crooner Gregory Charles, the Tragically Hip and k-os. Here’s a scorecard for the major categories.
Categories
Diana Krall
Gregory Charles
Loreena McKennitt
Nelly Furtado
Pierre Lapointe
Alexisonfire
Billy Talent
Hedley
The Tragically Hip
Three Days Grace
Devil in a Midnight Mass, Billy Talent
All I Can Do, Chantal Kreviazuk
Pull Me Through, Jim Cuddy
Sunday Morning, K-os
Promiscuous feat. Timbaland, Nelly Furtado
Billy Talent II, Billy Talent
I Think of You, Gregory Charles
Hedley, Hedley
Loose, Nelly Furtado
One-X, Three Days Grace
New Artist of the YearBilly Talent: from left, Jonathan Gallant, Benjamin Kowalewicz, Ian D'Sa and Aaron Solowoniuk. The band is nominated for five Juno awards this year, including Group of the Year, Single of the Year and Album of the Year. (Warner Music Canada)
Eva Avila
Melissa O’Neil
Neverending White Lights
Patrick Watson
Tomi Swick
Gordie Sampson — Jesus Take the Wheel (for Carrie Underwood), Words Get in the Way (for Trace Adkins) and Crybaby (for Carolyn Dawn Johnson)
K-os — Sunday Morning, The Rain and Flypaper
Nickelback — Far Away, If Everyone Cared and Rockstar
Ron Sexsmith — All in Good Time, Never Give Up and Hands of Time
Sarah Harmer — I Am Aglow, Oleander and Escarpment Blues
The Light That Guides You Home, Jim Cuddy
When the Angels Make Contact, Matt Mays
Living with War, Neil Young
Time Being, Ron Sexsmith
I’m a Mountain, Sarah Harmer
Skelliconnection, Chad Van Gaalen
Sometimes, City and Colour
Return to the Sea, Islands
Trompe-l’Oeil, Malajube
Not Saying/Just Saying, Shout Out Out Out Out
Ghost Stories, Chantal Kreviazuk
Atlantis: Hymns for Disco, k-os
Loose, Nelly Furtado
Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan
Stalled Out in the Doorway, Tomi Swick
Billy Talent II, Billy Talent
Tomorrow Starts Today, Mobile
Chemical City, Sam Roberts
Never Hear the End of It, Sloan
World Container, The Tragically Hip
Vocal Jazz Album of the YearMolly Johnson, nominated for Jazz Vocal Album of the Year. (UniversalMusic Group)
From This Moment On, Diana Krall
Start to Move, Elizabeth Shepherd
Fight or Flight?, Kellylee Evans
Calling for Rain, Lori Cullen
Messin’ Around, Molly Johnson
Il était une fois dans l’est, Antoine Gratton
Le coeur dans la tête, Ariane Moffatt
Trompe-l’Oeil, Malajube
La forêt des mal-aimés, Pierre Lapointe
Compter les corps, Vulgaires Machins
Adrianne Pieczonka Sings Wagner and Strauss, Adrianne Pieczonka, Munchner Rundfunk Orchester/Ulf Schirmer
Wagner: Arias, Ben Heppner, Staatskapelle Dresden/Peter Schneider
Mozart: Arie e Duetti, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Michael Schade, Russell Braun, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra/Richard Bradshaw
Purcell, Karina Gauvin, Les Boréades/Francis Colpron
Extase, Measha Brueggergosman, Orchestre symphonique de Québec/Yoav Talmi
Seeds, Digging Roots
Burn, Jason Burnstick
Sedzé, Leela Gilday
Stay Red, Northern Cree
Blood Red Earth, Susan Aglukark
Big Wheel, Aaron Pritchett
Love & Negotiation, Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Doc Walker, Doc Walker
Countrified, Emerson Drive
Somebody Wrote Love, George Canyon
The Frenzy of Renown, Arabesque
Hitch Hikin’ Music, Classified
Organic Music for a Digital World, DL Incognito
The Answer, Rich London feat. Shantall
Black Magic, Swollen Members
Life Less Ordinary, Deesha
Believe, George
mySOUL, jacksoul
Face Behind the Face, Karl Wolf
Been Gone, Keshia Chanté
Devil in a Midnight Mass (Billy Talent), Sean Michael Turrell
Hurt (Christina Aguilera), Floria Sigismondi and Christina Aguilera
Coast Is Clear (In-Flight Safety), Drew Lightfoot
ElectriK HeaT: The Seekwill (k-os), The Love Movement (feat. k-os, Micah Meisner and Zeb Roc)
Bridge to Nowhere (Sam Roberts), Duplex (aka Dave Pawsey and Jonathan Legris)
The Juno Awards will be broadcast April 1.
Andre Mayer writes about the arts for CBC.ca.
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