Good things are coming in fours for several of Canada's big name musical acts as Drake, City and Colour, Hedley, Dan Mangan and Nickelback all received a quartet of nods as this year's nominees for the 2012 Juno Awards nominations were announced Tuesday morning.
A few other familiar faces also made the nomination lists, as both Michael Buble and Justin Bieber were nominated for their recent Christmas records in the category of Best Album of The Year.
The Juno list, which was presented at a media event at Toronto's Design Exchange, also featured many new acts, including Hey Rosetta!, The Sheepdogs, Braids, Mother Mother, Diamond Rings, The Rural Alberta Advantage and JRDN were among the 99 Canadian acts to get first-time Juno nods.
The 2012 Juno Awards will take place at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa. Hosted by William Shatner, the ceremony will feature performances by Feist, City and Colour, deadmau5, Blue Rodeo, Nickelback and Hedley.
Below is the complete list of nominees:
JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD
Arcade Fire
Avril Lavigne
City and Colour
Deadmau5
Drake
Ginette Reno
Hedley
Justin Bieber
Michael Bublé
Nickelback
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
City and Colour
Fragile Bird
Hedley Universal
Invincible
Johnny Reid
Let's Go Higher
Nickelback
When We Stand Together
The Sheepdogs
I Don't Know
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Coldplay
Mylo Xyloto
Lady Gaga
Born This Way
LMFAO
Sorry For Party Rocking
Rihanna
Loud
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Avril Lavigne
Goodbye Lullabye
Drake
Take Care
Justin Bieber
Under the Mistletoe
Michael Bublé
Christmas
Nickelback
Here And Now
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
City and Colour
Deadmau5
Drake
Feist
Michael Bublé
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Arkells
Down With Webster
Hedley
Nickelback
Sam Roberts Band
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Alyssa Reid
Dan Mangan
Diamond Rings
JRDN
Lindi Ortega
NEW GROUP OF THE YEAR
Braids
Hey Rosetta!
Mother Mother
The Rural Alberta Advantage
The Sheepdogs
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Dallas Green
Dan Mangan
Feist
Jim Cuddy
Ron Sexsmith
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Doc Walker
16 & 1
High Valley
High Valley
Jason McCoy
Everything
Jimmy Rankin
Forget About the World
Terri Clark
Roots and Wings
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Cuff The Duke
Morning Comes
Feist
Metals
Jenn Grant
Honeymoon Punch
Jim Cuddy
Skyscraper Soul
Ron Sexsmith
Long Player Late Bloomer
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Braids, Native Speaker
Dan Mangan, Oh Fortune
Destroyer, Kaputt
F***ed Up, David Comes To Life
Timber Timbre, Creep On Creepin¹ On
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Avril Lavigne, Goodbye Lullaby
Down With Webster, Time To Win Vol. II
Hedley, Storms
Lights, Siberia
Marianas Trench, Ever After
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Arkells, Michigan Left
Matthew Good, Lights of Endangered Species
Sam Roberts Band, Collider
Sloan, The Double Cross
The Sheepdogs, Learn & Burn
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Diana Panton, To Brazil With Love
Fern Lindzon, Two Kites
Sonia Johnson, Le carré de nos amours
Sophie Milman, In The Moonlight
The Nylons, Skin Tight
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Chris Tarry, Rest of the Story
Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
François Bourassa Quartet, Idiosyncrasie
Hilario Duran & Jane Bunnett, Cuban Rhapsody
Phil Dwyer Orchestra feat. Mark Fewer, Changing Seasons
TRADITIONAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Dave Young Quintet, Aspects of Oscar
David Braid, Verge
Kirk MacDonald Orchestra, Deep Shadows
Mike Murley Septet, Still Rollin
Oliver Jones, Live In Baden
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Andrew Collins, Cats & Dogs
Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
L¹Orkestre des Pas Perdus, L¹Âge du cuivre
Stretch Orchestra, Stretch Orchestra
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Catherine Major, Le désert des solitudes
Coeur de Pirate, Blonde
Fred Pellerin, C¹est un monde
Jérôme Minière, Le vrai le faux
Malajube, La caverne
CHILDREN'S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Bobs & Lolo, Connecting the Dots
Charlie Hope, Songs, Stories and Friends: Let¹s Go Play!
Eddie Douglas, Sleepy Sky Lullaby
Music with BRIAN, Everyone
Vocal Paint, My Butterfly/A Capella Lullabies
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Canadian Brass, Brahms On Brass
Louis Lortie, Louis Lortie Plays Liszt
Marc-André Hamelin, Liszt Piano Sonata
New Orford String Quartet, Schubert & Beethoven
Susan Hoeppner, American Flute Masterpieces
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE OR SOLOIST(S) WITH LARGE
ENSEMBLE ACCOMPANIMENT
Alexandre Da Costa/Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Daugherty : Fire and Blood
James Ehnes Chandos, Bartók Voilin Concertos
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Vivaldi Cello Concertos
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Orchestre Métropolitain, Bruckner 4
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Orchestre Métropolitain, Florent Schmidt- La tragédie de salomé
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL PERFORMANCE
Jane Archibald;
Orchestre Symphonique Bienne; Thomas Rösner ATMA*Naxos
Haydn Arias
Karina Gauvin - Marie-Nicole Lemieux Naive*Naxos
Handel: Streams of Pleasure
Le Nouvel Opéra ATMA*Naxos
Caldara : La Conversione di Clodoveo
Marie-Josée Lord; Orchestre Métropolitain; Giuseppe Pietraroia ATMA*Naxos
Marie-Josée Lord
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Daniel Taylor Analekta*Sélect
J.S. Bach: Cantatas 70 & 154; Concerto 1060; Orchestral Suite No. 2
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
Ann Southam, Glass Houses #5
Derek Charke, Sepia Fragments
Heather Schmidt, Piano Concerto No. 2
Jacques Hétu, String Quartet No. 2
Jeffrey Ryan, Fugitive Colours
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Classified, Handshakes and Middle Fingers
D-Sisive, Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye
Drake, Take Care
Kardinal Offishall, Anywhere (Ol¹ Time Killin¹ Part.2)
Swollen Members, Daggermouth
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Anjulie, Brand New Chick
Deadmau5, Aural Psynapse
Duck Sauce, Barbara Streisand
Martin Solveig & Dragonette, Hello
Mia Martina, Devotion
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
JRDN, IAMJRDN
Jully Black, Set it Off ft. Kardinal Offishall
Karl Wolf Lone Wolf, Ghetto Love ft. Kardinal Offishall
Melanie Fiona, Gone And Never Coming Back
Robin Thicke, Pretty Lil¹ Heart ft. Lil Wayne
ABORIGINAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Bruthers of Different Muthers, Speakers of Tomorrow
Donny Parenteau, To Whom It May Concern
Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen Balanced, One Nation
Murray Porter, Songs Lived & Life Played
Randy Wood, The Gift of Life
ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO
Bruce Cockburn, Small Source of Comfort
Craig Cardiff, Floods & Fires
Dave Gunning, A Tribute To John Allan Cameron
David Francey, Late Edition
Lindi Ortega, Little Red Boots
ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP
Good Lovelies, Let The Rain Fall
The Deep Dark Woods, The Place I Left Behind
The Once Borealis, Row Upon Row Of The People We Know
The Wailin¹ Jennys, Bright Morning Stars
Twilight Hotel, When The Wolves Go Blind
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Bill Johnson, Still Blue
David Gogo, Soul Bender
Harrison Kennedy, Shame The Devil
MonkeyJunk, To Behold
Suzie Vinnick, Me + Mabel
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Downhere Centricity, On The Altar of Love
Hawk Nelson, Crazy Love
Jon Bauer, Forevermore
Kellie Loder, Imperfections & Directions
Sky Terminal, Don¹t Close Your Eyes
WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Aboulaye Kone et Bolo Kan, Afo Gné
Aline Morales, Flores, Tambores e Amores
Azam Ali, From Night To The Edge Of Day
Kiran Ahluwalia, Aam Zameen : common ground
Socalled, Sleepover
JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Bob Rock
Brian Howes
David Foster
Noah Shebib
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Chris Shreenan-Dyck
David Travers-Smith
George Seara
Jeff Wolpert
Michael Phillip Wojewoda
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
John JP Poliquin - The Stand - MOTHER MOTHER
Jon Busby - Rows of Houses - DAN MANGAN
Jose Lourenco - Stamp - THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE
Michael Maxxis - Good Day At The Races -HOLLERADO
Mike Roberts - Rumbleseat - THE SADIES
ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Arthur Oskan, A Little More Than Everything
Austra, Feel It Break
Azari & III, Azari & III
Junior Boys, It¹s All True
Tim Hecker, Ravendeath, 1972
METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Anvil, Juggernaut of Justice
Cauldron Earache, Burning Fortune
Devin Townsend Project, Deconstruction
F**k The Facts, Die Miserable
And if you missed our live coverage of the nominations, you can replay it below:
posted by
Brad Frenette
on Feb 07, 2012