Nominations Announced for The 2024 JUNO Awards
WRITTEN BY: KATIE GORDON & Mitchell Jodrey // THE BOOM AT NOON
On February 6, The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced nominees and the next wave of performers for the 53rd Annual JUNO Awards, which will take place on Saturday, March 23 in Halifax.
Charlotte Cardin leads with six nominations, Daniel Caesar and TALK follow with five. Josh Ross, Karan Aujla and TALK were added to the list of performers.
Several artists from Nova Scotia received nominations, including Barbara Hannigan for Classical Album of the Year (Solo Artist), Jah'Mila for Reggae Recording of the Year, Marc Djokic for Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble), Matt Andersen for Blues Album of the Year, Mike Murley for Jazz Album of the Year (Group), Morgan Toney for Traditional Roots Album of the Year, and Rich Aucoin for Electronic Album of the Year. Chip Sutherland, an entertainment lawyer and artist manager based in Halifax, will also be honoured with the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.
The nominees are:
TIKTOK JUNO FAN CHOICE
Charlotte Cardin
Daniel Caesar
DVBBS
Josh Ross
Karan Aujla
Shubh
Tate McRae
The Weeknd
ThxSoMch Elektra
Walk off the Earth
SINGLE OF THE YEAR |PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE
Confetti | Charlotte Cardin
Always | Daniel Caesar
Pretty Girl Era | LU KALA
A Little Bit Happy | TALK
greedy | Tate McRae
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Gettin’ Old | Luke Combs
HEROES & VILLAINS | Metro Boomin
One Thing At A Time | Morgan Wallen
SOS | SZA
1989 (Taylor’s Version) | Taylor Swift
ALBUM OF THE YEAR | PRESENTED BY MUSIC CANADA
Néo-Romance | Alexandra Stréliski
99 Nights | Charlotte Cardin
NEVER ENOUGH | Daniel Caesar
Mirror | Lauren Spencer Smith
Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees | TALK
ARTIST OF THE YEAR | PRESENTED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA
Charlotte Cardin
Daniel Caesar
Lauren Spencer Smith
Shania Twain
Tate McRae
GROUP OF THE YEAR | PRESENTED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA
Arkells
Loud Luxury
Nickelback
The Beaches
Walk off the Earth
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR | PRESENTED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND CANADA’S PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTERS
Connor Price
Karan Aujla
LU KALA
Shubh
TALK
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR |PRESENTED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND CANADA’S PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTERS
Busty and the Bass
Crash Adams
Good Kid
Men I Trust
New West
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR | PRESENTED BY SOCAN
Allison Russell
Aysanabee
Charlotte Cardin, Jason Brando & Lubalin
Nicholas Durocher & Connor Riddell
William Prince
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Compass Project – South Album | Brett Kissel
Right Round Here | Dean Brody
Do It Anyway | Jade Eagleson
Ahead Of Our Time | James Barker Band
Spillin’ My Truth | Tyler Joe Miller
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR | PRESENTED BY LONG & MCQUADE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Powder Blue Begonia Birthday Cake
Multitudes | Feist
Are We Good | Hayden
Motewolonuwok | Jeremy Dutcher
Revolution | Shawnee Kish
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Here and Now | Aysanabee
Dizzy Dizzy | Royal Mountain
To Learn | Leith Ross
See You In The Dark | Softcult
Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees | TALK
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
99 Nights | Charlotte Cardin
Mirror | Lauren Spencer Smith
Saturn Return | Rêve 31
Queen Of Me | Shania Twain
Lost In Translation | Valley
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Fearless | Crown Lands
Formentera II | Metric
Blame My Ex | The Beaches
Pretty Monster | The Blue Stones
Glory | The Glorious Sons
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Songwriter | Alex Bird & Ewen Farncombe
You’re Alike, You Two | Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher
Little Bit a’ Love | Denielle Bassels
Our Roots Run Deep | Dominique Fils-Aimé
Your Requests | Laila Biali
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)
Day Moon | Christine Jensen
Walls Made of Glass | Gentiane MG
Sonic Bouquet | Jocelyn Gould
Twelve | Noam Lemish
The South Detroit Connection | Russ Macklem
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP)
Migrations | Allison Au with the Migrations Ensemble
Septology-The Black Forest Session | Canadian Jazz Collective
Cry Me A River | Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band
Recent History | Mike Murley & Mark Eisenman Quartet
Convergence | Nick Maclean Quartet feat. Brownman Ali
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Néo-Romance | Alexandra Stréliski
When we were that what wept for the sea | Colin Stetson
Calibrating Friction | Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis
Fourth Album | Markus Floats
Tesseract | Meredith Bates
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR | ALBUM FRANCOPHONE DE L’ANNÉE
Zayon FouKi | Disques
Dans la seconde | Karkwa Simone
En concert avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (sous la direction du chef Simon Leclerc) | Les Cowboys Fringants & l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Les Disques de La Tribu
À boire deboutte | Salebarbes
Non conventional | Souldia
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Big Words | ABC Singsong
Going Back: Remembered and Remixed Family Folk Songs, Vol. 1 | Ginalina
Love-a-By | Splash’N Boots
Welcome to the Flea Circus | The Swinging Belles
Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro Stick To Your Vision For Young Athletes | Young Maestro
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST)
Infinite Voyage | Barbara Hannigan
Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4 | James Ehnes
Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles | Marc-André Hamelin
De Hartmann: Cello Concerto | Matt Haimovitz
mouvance | Suzie LeBlanc
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE)
Bekah Simms: Bestiaries | Cryptid Ensemble, Ensemble Contemporain de Montreal
Maxime Goulet: Symphonie de la tempête de verglas | Orchestre classique de Montréal, conducted by/dirigé par Jacques Lacombe
Sibelius 3 & 4 | Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted by/dirigé par Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 | Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, conducted by/dirigé par Rafael Payare
Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead | The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by/dirigé par Yannick Nézet-Séguin Deutsche
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE)
Mythes | Andrew Armstrong & James Ehnes
Portrait: Alex Baranowski | Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà
Portrait | Cheng² Duo
Il Ponte di Leonardo | Constantinople
Basta parlare! | Les Barocudas
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
Simulacra | Amy Brandon
Portrait of an Imaginary Sibling | Dinuk Wijeratne
…and the Higher Leaves of the Trees Seemed to Shimmer in the Last of the Sunlight’s Lingering Touch of Them…| Emilie Cecilia LeBel
Shāhīn-nāmeh, for Voice and Orchestra | Iman Habibi
Don’t Throw Your Head in Your Hands | Nicole Lizée
RAP ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR
bag or die | bbno$
Spin the Globe | Connor Price
Crying Crystals | Haviah Mighty
KAYTRAMINÉ | KAYTRAMINÉ
PANIC |TOBi
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Eat Your Man | Dom Dolla & Nelly Furtado
Crew Thang | DVBBS, Jeremih & Sk8
Need Your Love | Felix Cartal & Karen Harding
I Go Dancing | (feat. Ella Henderson) Frank Walker
Next To You | (feat. Kane Brown) Loud Luxury & DVBBS
CONTEMPORARY R&B RECORDING OF THE YEAR
For the Better | Aqyila
Never Enough | Daniel Caesar
Heartbreak Hill | Jon Vinyl
When It Blooms | Nonso Amadi
FACETS | Shay Lia
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Stir This Thing | Ammoye
Feel Like Home | Exco Levi
Roots Girl | Jah’Mila
Dread | Kirk Diamond & Finn
Rush Dem | (feat. 4Korners, Haviah Mighty) Omega Mighty
CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR |
PRESENTED BY DESTINATION INDIGENOUS
Here and Now | Aysanabee
Scream, Holler & Howl | Blue Moon
Inuktitut | Elisapie
Revolution | Shawnee Kish
Bekka Ma’iingan | Zoon
CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Returner | Allison Russell
We Will Never Be The Same | Good Lovelies
Beyond The Reservoir | Julian Taylor
A Light in the Attic | Logan Staats
Stand in the Joy | William Prince
TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Paint Horse | Benjamin Dakota Rogers
The Breath Between | David Francey
Roses | Jackson Hollow
Second Hand | James Keelaghan
Resilience | Morgan Toney
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
SoulFunkn’BLUES | Blackburn Brothers
Scream, Holler & Howl | Blue Moon Marquee
One Step Closer | Brandon Isaak
The Big Bottle of Joy | Matt Andersen
Gettin’ Together | Michael Jerome Browne
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN | GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Glory To God | Brooke Nicholls
ALL YE LEPERS | Joshua Leventhal
Arrow | K-Anthony
Where I’m Meant to Be | Stirling John
Alive | Tuzee
GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Donte sann yo | Bel and Quinn
Kizavibe | Kizaba
SMS for Location Vol. 5 | Moonshine
Okantomi | OKAN
Soap Box | Waahli Wyzah
JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY AUDIO-TECHNICA)
Hill Kourkoutis
Jason Brando, Lubalin, Mathieu Sénéchal & Sam Avant
Joel Stouffer
Shawn Everett
Wondagurl
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Denis Tougas
George Seara
Matty Green
Serban Ghenea
Shawn Everett
ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR
Carolyne De Bellefeuille (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Jessica Ledoux (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Mali Savaria-Ille (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Veronique Lafortune (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Leeor Wild (Photographer/Photographe)
INUKTITUT | Elisapie
Heather Goodchild (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Colby Richardson (Designer/Concepteur), Colin Fletcher (Illustrator /Illustrateur), Sara Melvin (Photographer/Photographe)
MULTITUDES | Feist
Kit King (Illustrator), Vanessa Heins (Photographer/Photographe)
THE LOVE STILL HELD ME NEAR | City and Colour
Nicolas Lemieux (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Mykaël Nelson (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Albert Zablit (Photographer/Photographe)
RIOPELLE SYMPHONIQUE | Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Quinton Nyce (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Brodie Metcalfe (Designer/Concepteur), Davis Graham (Illustrator /Illustrateur), Kaylee Smoke (Photographer/Photographe)
I’M GOOD, HBU? | Snotty Nose Rez Kids
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Of Woods and Seas | Andrew De Zen Alaskan Tapes
Demons | Ethan Tobman Allison Russell
onetwostep (feat. juicelover) | Jordan Clarke des hume
DAMN RIGHT | Sterling Larose Snotty Nose Rez Kids
feral canadian scaredy cat | Sterling Larose & Zachary Vague young friend
ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR | PRESENTED BY NISSAN
INFINITY CLUB | Bambii
Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees | Harrison
Creatures of the Late Afternoon | Kid Koala
Synthetic Season 2 | Rich Aucoin
No Highs | Tim Hecker
METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
As Gomorrah Burns | Cryptopsy
Electric Sounds | Danko Jones
Goliath | Kataklysm
VOID | KEN mode
Morgöth Tales | Voivod
ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Heavy Lifting | Amanda Marshall
I Wish I Was Flawless, I’m Not | BANNERS
To Be Loved, Vol. 1 | Josh Sahunta
Run Where the Light Calls | Luca Fogale
Wildflower | Steph La Rochelle
COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR | PRESENTED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA
Life of Leisure | Derek Seguin
Never Was | Graham Clark
A Lylebility | Kyle Brownrigg
Sexiest Fish in the Lake | Laurie Elliott Howl & Roar
SAP | Mae Martin
TRADITIONAL R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Hello | Aqyila
Unbreakable | Jhyve
Where To Find Me | Katie Tupper
9 to 5 | Luna Elle
Real World | RealestK
RAP SINGLE OF THE YEAR
American Nightmare | Belly XO
Spinnin (feat. Bens) | Connor Price
Honey Bun | Haviah Mighty
Minimum Wage | Pressa
Someone I Knew | TOBi
UNDERGROUND DANCE SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Call My Name | BLOND:ISH
Mad Mess | DJ Karaba DJ Karaba
Could Be Wrong | LOSTBOYJAY
Eclipse | Peach Psychic Readings
Concorde Groove | Smalltown DJs Fool’s Gold
TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Sing. Pray. Love. Joel Wood
LFS5 Nimkii & the Niniis
Mitòòdebi (For My Relatives) The Bearhead Sisters
Reverie The Red River Ramblers
Drum Nation Young Scouts
Tune IN TO SEE WHO WINS
The 2024 JUNO Awards, hosted by Nelly Furtado will broadcast and stream live across Canada from Scotiabank Centre in Halifax at 9 pm AST on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos and CBC Music’s YouTube page.
