Juno Award Nominations and Performers Announced

On the last weekend in March Canada will honour its musical stars with the Juno Awards. Awarded by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) will reward excellence in music to Canada's top musical performers. While the actual awards show takes place on Sunday night, the weekend in filled with musical events including the Juno Cup and Junofest - a two day musical festival. The 2009 edition of the Juno Awards will be on March 29 at the General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The first round of performers for the thirty-eighth Juno Awards have been announced with former Juno Award winners topping the list and more performers are to be announced in the coming weeks. On tap so far are Nickelback, Simple Plan, City and Colour, and Sarah McLachlin.

Nominees for the 2009 Juno Awards are:

Juno Fan Choice Award

Celine DionCeline Dion

Feist

Hedley

Nickelback

The Lost Fingers

Single of the Year

"Taking Chances" by Celine Dion

"Lay it on the Line" by Divine Brown

"Dangerous" by Kardinal Offishall

"Lost" by Michael Buble'

"Gotta be Somebody" by Nickelback

International Album of the Year

"Black Ice" by ACDC

"Viva La Vida" by Coldplay

"Chinese Democracy" by Guns N' Roses

"Sleep Through the Static" by Jack JohnsonJack Johnson

"Death Magnetic" by Metallica

Album of the Year

"Famous Last Words" by Hedley

"Dark Horse" by Nickelback

"70s Volume 2" by Sylvain Cossette

"Simple Plan" by Simple Plan

"Lost in the 80s" by The Lost Fingers

Artist of the Year

Bryan AdamsBryan Adams

City and Colour

k.d. lang

Sam Roberts

Serena Ryder

Group of the Year

Great Big Sea

Nickelback

Simple Plan

The Trews

Tokyo Police Club

New Artist of the Year

Crystal Shawanda

Jessie Farrell

Kreesha Turner

Lights

Nikki Yanofsky

New Group of the Year

Beast

Cancer Bats

Crystal Castles

Plants and Animals

The Stills

Songwriter of the Year

Alanis MorissetteAlanis Morissette

Dallas Green

Gordie Sampson

Hedley

Nathan Ferraro

Country Recording of the Year

"Thankful" by Aaron Pitchett

"Dawn of a New Day" by Crystal Shawanda

"Beautiful Life" by Doc Walker

"What I Do" by George Canyon

"Chasing the Sun" by Tara Oram

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

"Between the Beautifuls" by Hawksley Workman

"Asking for Flowers" by Kathleen Edwards

"Exit Strategy of the Soul" by Ron Sexsmith

"The Baroness" by Sarah Slean

"Is It O.K." by Serena Ryder

Alternative Album of the Year

"In the Future" by Black Mountain

"Soft Airplane" by Chad VanGaalen

"The Chemistry of Common Life" by F*&(#D Up

"Parc Avenue" by Plants and Animals

"Oceans Will Rise" by The Stills

Pop Album of the Year

"Flavors of Entanglement" by Alanis Morissette

"No Sleep at All" by Creature

"Wake Up and Say Goodbye" by David Usher

"Passion" by Kressha Turner

"Holes" by The Midway State

Rock Album of the Year

"Terminal Romance" by Matt Mays & El Torpedo

"Fortress" by Protest The Hero

"Love at the End of the World" by Sam Roberts

"Parallel Play" by Sloan

"No Time for Later" by The Trews

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

"If the Moon Turns Green..." by Diana Panton

"Parkdale" by Elizabeth Shepherd

"Lucky" by Molly Johnson

"Ells...Of Thee I Swing" by Mikki Yanofsky

"Ima" by Yvette Tollar

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

"Existential Detective" by Barry Romberg's Random Access Large Ensemble

"Rasstones" by Francois Bourassa Quartet

"Embracing Voices" by Jane Bunnett

"The Sicilian Jazz Project" by Michael Occhipinti

"A Bend in the River" by Roberto Occhipinti

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year"

"Small Wonder" by Brad Turner Quartet

"Solo" by Chris Donnelly

"For Kenny Wheeler" by the Don Thompson Quartet

"TV Trio" by John Stetch

"Second Time Around" by Oliver Jones

Instrumental Album of the Year

"Nostomania" by DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra

"The Soundtrack" by The Creaking Tree Sting Quartet

"The Furniture Moves Underneath" by Inhabitants

"Telescope" by Steve Dawson

"Auk/Blood" by Tanya Tagaq

Francophone Album of the Year

"Tous les sens" by Anane Moffatt

"L'arbre aux parfums" by Caracol

"Coeur de pirate" by Coeur de pirate

"Le volume du vent" by Karkwa

"Tradamac" by Swing

Children's Album of the Year

"Snacktime!" by the Barenaked Ladies

"FiddleFire!" by Chris McKhool

"Oui!" by Gregg LeRock

"Catchy Tune" by Jack Grunsky

"The Kerplunks" by The Kerplunks

Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble

"Schumann: Sonata in F# minor & Humoreske" by Angela Hewitt

"Haydn: Six Sonatas for Piano" by Anton Kueti

"Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues opus 87" by David Jalbert

"Homage" by James Ehnes

"Schubert: Complete Piano Trios" by The Gryphon Trio

Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment

"Bruckner: Symphonie No9" by Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand Montreal/Yannick Nezet-Seguin

"Beethoven: Ideals of the French Revolution" by Orchestre symphonique de Montreal/Kent Nagano

"Bach: Metamorphoses" by Orchestre symphonique de Quebec/Yoav Talmi

"Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 7&8" by Tafelmusik

"Haydn: Symphonies 62, 107 & 108" by the Toronto Chamber Orchestra/Kevin Mallon

Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance

"The Voice of Back" by Daniel Taylor

"Gloria! Vivaldi's Angles" by the Ensemble Caprice

"Schumann: Dichterliebe & other Heine Settings" by Gerald Finley

"Handel: Arias" by Karina Gauvin

"Back and the Liturgical Year" by Shannon Mercer/Luc Beausejour

Classical Composition of the Year

"Manhattan Music" by Bramwell Tovey

"Flanders Fields Reflections" by John Burge

"Song of Songs" by Sid Robinovitch

"From the Dark Reaches" by T. Patrick Carabre'

"Notes Towards a Poem that Can Never be Written" by Timothy Corlis

Rap Recording of the Year

"A Captured Moment in Time" by DL Incognito

"The Book" by D-Sisive

"I Rap Now" by Famous

"Not 4 Sale" by Kardinal Offishall

"Point Blank" by Point Blank

Dance Recording of the Year

"Everything's Gonna be Alright" by James Doman

"Get Blahsted" by Hatiras & MC Flipside

"Move for Me" by Deadmau5 vs Kaskade

"Random Album Title" by Deadmau5

"Yes We Can" by House Music United

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

"The Love Chronicles" by Divine Brown

"The Promise" by Deborah Cox

"Elise Estrada" by Elise Estrada

"TONY" Ivana Santilli

"Money" by Zaki Ibrahim

Reggae Recording of the Year

"Jah Lift Me Up" by Blessed

"Renegade Rocker" by Dubmatix

"Everything" by Humble

"The Peacemaker's Chauffeur" by Jason Wilson

"Truth Will Reveal" by Souljah Fyah

Aboriginal Album of the Year

"First Law of the Land" by Billy JoeBilly Joe Green

"Running for the Drum" by Buffy Sainte-Marie

"Auk/Blood" by Tanya Tagaq

"The World (and Everything in it)" by Team Rezofficial

"No Lies" by Tracy Bone

Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo

"Tinderbox" by Fred Eaglesmith

"Ghost Notes" by Matthew Barber

"The Contradictor" by Mdidi Onukwulu

"Proof of Love" by Old Man Luedecke

"Happy Hero" by Suzie Vinnick

Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group

"Chic Gamine" by Chic Gamine

"Fast Paced World" by the Duhks

"Mountain Meadows" by Elliott Brood

"XOK" by NQ Arbuckle

"Highway Prayer" by Twilight Hotel

Blues Album of the Year

"Get Way Back - A Tribute to Percy Mayfiled" by Amos Garrett

"Acoustic Blues - Got ‘em from the Botton" by Big Dave McLean

"Love & Sound" by Garrett Mason

"Mess of Blues" by Jeff Healey

"Ramblin' Son" by Julian Fauth

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

"Colors and Sound" by Article One

"Ending is Beginning" by Downhere

"Roar of Heaven" by Life Support

"Salvation Station" by Newworldson

"I Will Go" by Starfield

World Music Album of the Year

"Shivaboom" by Eccodek

"The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun" by George Dimitri Sawa

"Africa to Appalachia" by Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko

"Contradbanda" by Lubo & Kaba Horo

"Cairo to Toronto" by Maryem & Ernie Tollar

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

David Foster

Daniel Lanois

k.d. lang

Nickelback & Joey Moi

Stuart Brawley

Recording Engineer of the Year

Joey Moi

John "Beetle" Bailey

Kevin Churko

Mike Fraser

Randy Staub

CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year

Anouk Pennel & Stephane Poirer

Phoebe Greenberg, George Fok, Daniel Fortin, and Leda & St. Jacques, Productrions l'Eloi

John Cook, Kelly Ferguson, John James Audubon, and Koko Bonaparte

Mark Sasso and Casey Laforet

Dallas Wehrle and Robyn Kotyk

Video of the Year

"Honey Honey" by Feist

"Goning On" by Gnarles Barkely

"Blond Kryptonite" by Saint Alvia

"Detroit ‘67" by Sam Roberts

"Them Kids" by Sam Roberts

Music DVD of the Year

"Blue Road" by Blue Rodeo

"A MultiMedia Life" by Buffy Sainte-Marie

"Live in Las Vegas - A New Day" by Celine Dion

"Here is What Is" by Daniel Lanois

"It All Started with a Red Stripe" by Moneen