Last night the 2017 Juno Awards took place, bringing together the Canadian music industry, and handing out awards the artist and teams that have gone above and beyond.
Some of the more relevant winners are
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR: Jazz Cartier, Hotel Paranoia.
ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR: KAYTRANADA, 99.9%.
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR: The Weeknd, Starboy
INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Drake
JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: A Tribe Called Red, “R.E.D.” (featuring Yasiin Bey, Narcy and Black Bear) and “Sila” (featuring Tanya Tagaq) from We Are the Hallucination.
Jazz Cartier actually used his limelight to shine some light on a touchy topic here in Canada, and Toronto in specific. In a speech, which wasn’t televised, Jazz Cartier recognized his peers — past and present — and made a point of calling out Canadian radio, as well as the Junos, for diminishing rap’s significant cultural contributions. He shared the details in an Instagram post after the event, writing, “This means a lot to me but like I said this evening the Canadian radio is gonna have to stop bullshitting and start playing our own on our radio so these kids don’t feel the need to leave to the states in order to make it or get heard. And also @thejunoawards while you guys enjoy all the hip hop in the world at your after parties, next year you gotta have this category filmed on television.”
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Below we have included a list of all 34 winners..
ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Leonard Cohen.
SINGLE OF THE YEAR: The Strumbellas, “Spirits.”
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR: The Dirty Nil.
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Gord Downie, Secret Path.
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: July Talk, Touch.
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR: The Tragically Hip, Man Machine Poem.
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR: Bit Funk featuring Shae Jacobs, Off the Ground.
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR: Exco Levi, Siren.
INDIGENOUS MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Quantum Tangle, Tiny Hands.
CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR: William Prince, Earthly Days.
TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR: The East Pointers, Secret Victory.
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Paul Reddick, Ride the One.
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Bria Skonberg, Bria.
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR – SOLO: Renée Rosnes, Written in the Rocks.
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR – GROUP: Metalwood, Twenty.
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: The Fretless, Bird’s Nest.
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Laurence Nerbonne, XO.
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Diana Panton, I Believe in Little Things.
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR – SOLO OR CHAMBER: New Orford String Quartet, Brahms: String Quartets, Op. 51, Nos. 1 & 2.
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR – LARGE ENSEMBLE: Steve Wood and the Northern Cree Singers and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation.
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR: Jason Dufour for “Push + Pull” and “Beck + Call” from July Talk’s Touch.
RECORDING PACKAGE OF THE YEAR: Gord Downie, Secret Path – Jonathan Shedletzky (art director), Isis Essery (designer) and Jeff Lemaire (illustrator).
VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Grimes, “Kill v. Maim” (director: Claire Boucher).
METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Mandroid Echostar, Coral Throne.
ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Sarah McLachlan, Wonderland.
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Coldplay, A Head Full of Dreams.
