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The Juno Awards of 2009 honoured music industry achievements in Canada in the latter part of 2007 and in most of 2008. These ceremonies were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during the weekend ending 29 March 2009. Research the winners and nominees here: 1. Artist of the Year Winner Sam Roberts http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115343 Other Nominees: Bryan Adams http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/79798 City and Colour (Dallas Green) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/95034 k.d. Lang http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/80145 Serena Ryder http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/92269 2. Group of the Year Winner Nickelback http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91440 Other Nominees: Great Big Sea http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91371 Simple Plan http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/92775 Tokyo Police Club http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/95570

The Trews http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115407 3. New Artist of the Year Winner Lights http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91965 Other Nominees: Jessie Farrell Crystal Shawanda Kreesha Turner http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115483 Nikki Yanofsky http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/95896 4. New Group of the Year Winner The Stills Other nominees: Beast http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115467 Cancer Bats Crystal Castles Plants and Animals 5. Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Winner Daniel Lanois "Here Is What Is" and "Not Fighting Anymore" (Daniel Lanois) Other nominees: Stuart Brawley "Don’t Stop Now" and "Falling" (Emmy Rossum) David Foster "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Seal), "Silent Night" (Josh Groban) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91598

k.d. Lang "I Dream Of Spring" and "Coming Home" (k.d. Lang) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/80145 Nickelback and Joey Moi (co-producer Mutt Lange) "Gotta Be Somebody" and "Something In Your Mouth" (Nickelback) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91440 6. Recording Engineer of the Year Winner Kevin Churko "Disappearing" and "The Big Bang" (Simon Collins) Other nominees: John "Beetle" Bailey "Lucky" and "If I Were A Bell" (Molly Johnson) Mike Fraser "Rock N’ Roll Train" (AC/DC), "Them Kids" (Sam Roberts) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115343 Joey Moi "Gotta Be Somebody" and "Never Gonna Be Alone" (Nickelback) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91440 Randy Staub "Something In Your Mouth" (Nickelback) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91440 7. Songwriter of the Year Winner City and Colour "Waiting...", "Sleeping Sickness", "The Girl" http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/95034 Other nominees: Nathan Ferraro "Never Again", "Change For You", "Unaware" (The Midway State) Hedley "Old School", "For The Nights I Can’t Remember" (with Dave Genn), "Never Too Late" (with Greig Nori) (Hedley) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115372 Alanis Morissette "Underneath", "Not As We", "In Praise Of The Vulnerable Man" (Alanis Morissette) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/85717

Gordie Sampson "When I Said I Would" (Whitney Duncan), "Just A Dream" (Carrie Underwood), "Davey Jones" (Gordie Sampson) 8. Fan Choice Award Winner Nickelback http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91440 Other nominees: Céline Dion http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/84344 Feist http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91766 Hedley http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115372 The Lost Fingers http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115465 ALBUMS 1. Album of the Year Winner Dark Horse Nickelback http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376226 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91440 Other nominees: Famous Last Words Hedley http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376716 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115372 Lost in the 80's The Lost Fingers http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376697 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115465 70’s Volume 2 Sylvain Cossette http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115423 Simple Plan Simple Plan http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376810

http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/92775 2. Aboriginal Recording of the Year Winner Running for the Drum Buffy Sainte-Marie Other nominees: Auk/Blood Tanya Tagaq First Law of the Land Billy Joe Green No Lies Tracy Bone The World (And Everything In It) Team Rezofficial 3. Adult Alternative Album of the Year Winner Is It O.K. Serena Ryder http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376653 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/92269 Other nominees: Asking for Flowers Kathleen Edwards http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376844 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/97538 The Baroness Sarah Slean http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376838 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115491 Between the Beautifuls Workman Hawksley http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376863 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115494 Exit Strategy of the Soul Ron Sexsmith http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/88771

4. Alternative Album of the Year Winner Oceans Will Rise The Stills Other nominees: The Chemistry of Common Life Fucked Up In the Future Black Mountain Parc Avenue Plants and Animals Soft Airplane Chad VanGaalen 5. Blues Album of the Year Winner Ramblin’ Son Julian Fauth Other nominees: Acoustic Blues: Got 'Em from the Bottom Big Dave McLean Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield Amos Garrett Love & Sound Garrett Mason Mess of Blues Jeff Healey 6. CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year Winner Anouk Pennel and Stéphane Poirer En concert dans la forêt des mal-aimés avec l’Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Pierre Lapointe http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115414 Other nominees: John Cook, Kelly Ferguson, John James Audubon, Koko Bonaparte Sugarbird, Paul Reddick Phoebe Greenberg, George Fok, Daniel Fortin, Leda & St. Jacques, Productions l’Éloi,

Pulse of the Planet, Slim Williams Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet Mountain Meadows, Elliott Brood Dallas Wehrle, Robyn Kotyk, Alex vs. Alex Kensington Heights, Constantines 7. Children's Album of the Year Winner Snacktime! Barenaked Ladies Other nominees: Catchy Tune Jack Grunsky FiddleFire! Chris McKhool The Kerplunks The Kerplunks Oui! Gregg LeRock 8. Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year Winner Ending Is Beginning Downhere Other nominees: Colors and Sounds Article One I Will Go Starfield Roar Of Heaven Life Support Salvation Station newworldson 9. Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble) Winner Beethoven: Ideals Of The French Revolution

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Kent Nagano Other nominees: Bach: Métamorphoses Orchestre symphonique de Québec and Yoav Talmi Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 Tafelmusik and Bruno Weil Bruckner: Symphonie No 9 Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal and Yannick Nézet-Séguin Haydn: Symphonies 62, 107 & 108 Toronto Chamber Orchestra and Kevin Mallon 10. Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble) Winner Homage James Ehnes http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/114040 Other nominees: Haydn: Six Sonatas for Piano Anton Kuerti Schubert: Complete Piano Trios The Gryphon Trio Schumann: Sonata in F#Minor & Humoreske Angela Hewitt Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues opus 87 David Jalbert http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115442 11. Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance) Winner Gloria! Vivaldi’s Angels Ensemble Caprice Other nominees: Bach and the Liturgical Year Shannon Mercer and Luc Beauséjour Handel: Arias Karina Gauvin

Schumann: Dichterliebe & other Heine Settings Gerald Finley The Voice of Bach Daniel Taylor 12. Francophone Album of the Year Winner Tous les sens Ariane Moffatt http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115373 Other nominees: L’arbre aux parfums Caracol Cœur de pirate Cœur de pirate Tradarnac Swing Le volume du ven Karkwa http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376816 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115360 13. Instrumental Album of the Year Winner Nostomania DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra Other nominees: Auk/Blood Tanya Tagaq The Furniture Moves Underneath Inhabitants The Soundtrack Creaking Tree String Quartet Telescope Steve Dawson

14. International Album of the Year Winner Viva La Vida Coldplay http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91701 Other nominees: Black Ice AC/DC http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376624 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/80293 Chinese Democracy Guns N’ Roses http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376632 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/79730 Death Magnetic Metallica http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376637 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/79852 Sleep Through the Static Jack Johnson http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376715 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91865 15. Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year Winner Embracing Voices Jane Bunnett Other nominees: A Bend In The River Roberto Occhipinti Existential Detective Barry Romberg’s Random Access Large Ensemble Rasstones François Bourassa Quartet The Sicilian Jazz Project Michael Occhipinti 16. Traditional Jazz Album of the Year Winner Second Time Around

Oliver Jones Other nominees: For Kenny Wheeler Don Thompson Quartet Small Wonder Brad Turner Quartet Solo Chris Donnelly TV Trio John Stetch 17. Vocal Jazz Album of the Year Winner Lucky Molly Johnson Other nominees: Ella...Of Thee I Swing Nikki Yanofsky http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/95896 If the Moon Turns Green... Diana Panton Ima Yvette Tollar Parkdale Elizabeth Shepherd 18. Pop Album of the Year Winner Flavors of Entanglement Alanis Morissette http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376747 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/85717 Other nominees: Holes The Midway State No Sleep At All Creature

Passion Kreesha Turner http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376718 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115483 Wake Up and Say Goodbye David Usher http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376694 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/111201 19. Rock Album of the Year Winner Love at the End of the World Sam Roberts http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376766 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115343 Other nominees: Fortress Protest The Hero http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376856 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/95635 No Time for Later The Trews http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376846 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115407 Parallel Play Sloan http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376759 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115310 Terminal Romance Matt Mays & El Torpedo http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376739 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115486 20. Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo) Winner Proof of Love Old Man Luedecke Other nominees: The Contradictor Ndidi Onukwulu

Ghost Notes Matthew Barber Happy Here Suzie Vinnick Tinderbox Fred Eaglesmith 21. Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group) Winner Chic Gamine Chic Gamine Other nominees: Fast Paced World The Duhks Highway Prayer Twilight Hotel Mountain Meadows Elliott Brood XOK NQ Arbuckle 22. World Music Album of the Year Winner Africa to Appalachia Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko Other nominees: The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun George Dimitri Sawa Cairo to Toronto Maryem & Ernie Tollar Contrabanda Lubo and Kaba Horo Shivaboom Eccodek

RELEASES 1. Single of the Year Winner “Dangerous” Kardinal Offishall http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/92771 Other nominees: "Gotta Be Somebody" Nickelback http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91440 "Lay It On The Line" Divine Brown http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115484 "Lost" Michael Bublé http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91637 "Taking Chances" Céline Dion http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376850 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/84344 2. Classical Composition of the Year Winner "Flanders Fields Reflections" John Burge Other nominees: "From The Dark Reaches" T. Patrick Carrabré "Manhattan Music" Bramwell Tovey "Notes Towards A Poem That Can Never Be Written" Timothy Corlis "Song of Songs" Sid Robinovitch 3. Country Recording of the Year Winner Beautiful Life Doc Walker

Other nominees: Chasing the Sun Tara Oram Dawn of a New Day Crystal Shawanda Thankful Aaron Pritchett What I Do George Canyon http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115410 4. Dance Recording of the Year Winner "Random Album Title" Deadmau5 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91707 Other nominees: "Everything’s Gonna Be Alright" James Doman "Get Blahsted" Hatiras and MC Flipside "Move For Me" Deadmau5 vs. Kaskade "Yes We Can" House Music United 5. Music DVD of the Year Winner Blue Road (Blue Rodeo) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115322 Other nominees: Here Is What Is (Daniel Lanois) It All Started With A Red Stripe (Moneen) Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... (Céline Dion) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/84344 A MultiMedia Life (Buffy Sainte-Marie)

6. R&B/Soul Recording of the Year Winner The Love Chronicles Divine Brown http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376719 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115484 Other nominees: Elise Estrada Elise Estrada Money Zaki Ibrahim The Promise Deborah Cox TONY Ivana Santilli 7. Rap Recording of the Year Winner Not 4 Sale Kardinal Offishall http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/releases/376701 http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/92771 Other Nominees: A Captured Moment in Time DL Incognito The Book D-Sisive I Rap Now Famous Point Blank Point Blank 8. Reggae Recording of the Year Winner "Everything" Humble

Other nominees: "Jah Lift Me Up" Blessed "Renegade Rocker" Dubmatix "The Peacemaker’s Chauffeur" Jason Wilson "Truth Will Reveal" Souljah Fyah 9. Video of the Year Winner Anthony Seck "Honey Honey" (Feist) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91766 Other nominees: Davin Black "Blond Kryptonite" (Saint Alvia) Wendy Morgan "Going On" (Gnarls Barkley) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/91885 Dave Pawsey "Detroit ‘67" (Sam Roberts) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115343 Dave Pawsey "Them Kids" (Sam Roberts) http://musicid.academicrightspress.com/artists/115343