Artist of the year:
Drake
Feist
Michael Bublé
City and Colour “Winner”
Deadmau5
Best Album:
Goodbye Lullabye, Avril Lavigne
Take Care, Drake; “Winner”
Under the Mistletoe, Justin Bieber
Christmas, Michael Bublé
Here and Now, Nickleback
Best Single:
Fragile Bird, City and Colour
Invincible, Hedley
Let’s Go Higher, Johnny Reid
When We Stand Together, Nickelback
I Don’t Know, The Sheepdogs “Winner”
Note: Now I’m just picking the Sheepdogs because I think “I Don’t Know” is a better song than “Let’s go Higher”. Johnny Reid could easily take this category!!
Best Group:
Arkells “Winner”
Down With Webster
Hedley
Nickelback
Sam Roberts Band
International album:
21, Adele; “Winner”
Mylo Zyloto, Coldplay;
Born This Way, Lady Gaga
Sorry for Party Rocking, LMFAO
Loud, Rihanna
New artist:
Alyssa Reid
Dan Mangan “Winner”
Diamond Rings
JRDN
Lindi Ortega
Note: This category is very close between Dan Mangan and Alyssa Reid. Alyssa is not as popular in eastern Canada and she is in the west. Dan Mangan is not as popular as Alyssa in the West, but is much more popular in the East and is more popular in the west than Alyssa is in the east. Winner Dan Mangan by a hair.
New group:
Braids
Hey Rosetta
Mother Mother
The Rural Alberta Advantage
The Sheepdogs. “Winner”
Juno fan choice:
Arcade Fire
Avril Lavigne
City and Colour
Deadmau5
Drake
Ginette Reno,
Hedley
Justin Bieber “Winner”
Michael Bublé
Nickelback.
Songwriter:
Dallas Green “Winner”
Dan Mangan
Feist
Jim Cuddy
Ron Sexsmith.
Country album:
16 & 1, Doc Walker
High Valley, High Valley
Everything, Jason McCoy
Forget About the World, Jimmy Rankin “Winner”
Roots and Wings, Terri Clark
Adult alternative album
Morning Comes, Cuff The Duke
Metals, Feist “Winner”
Honeymoon Punch, Jenn Grant
Skyscraper Soul, Jim Cuddy
Long Player Late Bloomer, Ron Sexsmith
Alternative album:
Native Speaker, Braids
Oh Fortune, Dan Mangan “Winner”
Kaputt, Destroyer
David Comes To Life, F–ked Up
Creep On Creepin’ On, Timber Timbre.
Pop album:
Goodbye Lullaby, Avril Lavigne
Time To Win Vol. II, Down With Webster
Storms, Hedley
Siberia, Lights “Winner”
Ever After, Marianas Trench
Note: I just want to see her win. I think she deserves it and her Siberia album is her best yet!!
Rock album:
Michigan Left, Arkells “Winner”
Lights of Endangered Species, Matthew Good
Collider, Sam Roberts Band
The Double Cross, Sloan
Learn & Burn, The Sheepdogs
Vocal jazz album:
To Brazil With Love, Diana Panton
Two Kites, Fern Lindzon
Le carré de nos amours, Sonia Johnson “Winner”
In The Moonlight, Sophie Milman
Skin Tight, The Nylons
Contemporary jazz album
Rest of the Story, Chris Tarry
New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges, Colin Stetson
Idiosyncrasie, François Bourassa Quintet
Cuban Rhapsody, Hilario Duran & Jane Bunnett “Winner”
Changing Seasons, Phil Dwyer Orchestra feat. Mark Fewer
Traditional jazz album
Aspects of Oscar, Dave Young Quintet “Winner”
Verge, David Braid
Deep Shadows, Kirk MacDonald Orchestra
Still Rollin’, Mike Murley Septet
Live In Baden, Oliver Jones
Instrumental album:
Cats & Dogs, Andrew Collins “Winner”
New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges, Colin Stetson
L’Âge du cuivre, L’Orkestre des Pas Perdus
Télescope, MAZ
Stretch Orchestra, Stretch Orchestra
Francophone album:
Le désert des solitudes, Catherine Major
Blonde, Coeur de Pirate “Winner”
C’est un monde, Fred Pellerin
Le vrai le faux, Jérôme Minière
La caverne, Malajube
Rap recording
Handshakes and Middle Fingers, Classified
Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye, D-Sisive
Take Care, Drake “Winner”
Anywhere (Ol’ Time Killin’ Part.2), Kardinal Offishall
Daggermouth, Swollen Members
Dance recording:
Brand New Chick, Anjulie
Aural Psynapse, Deadmau5
Barbara Streisand, Duck Sauce “Winner”
Hello, Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Devotion, Mia Martina.
R&B/Soul recording:
IAMJRDN, JRDN
Set it Off ft. Kardinal Offishall,Jully Black
Ghetto Love ft. Kardinal Offishall, Karl Wolf
Gone And Never Coming Back, Melanie Fiona
Pretty Lil’ Heart ft. Lil Wayne, Robin Thicke “Winner”
Reggae recording:
Seeds of Love & Life ft. Luciano, Dubmatix
Bleaching Shop, Exco Levi
Lover’s Paradise, Jay Douglas “Winner”
Woman, Steele
Rescue Me, Tanya Mulling.
Aboriginal album:
Speakers of Tomorrow, Bruthers of Different Muthers
To Whom It May Concern, Donny Parenteau “Winner”
One Nation, Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen
Lived & Life Played, Murray Porter
The Gift of Life, Randy Wood
Roots & Traditional album, solo:
Small Source of Comfort, Bruce Cockburn “Winner”
Floods & Fires, Craig Cardiff
A Tribute To John Allan Cameron, Dave Gunning
Late Edition, David Francey
Little Red Boots, Lindi Ortega
Roots & Traditional album,group:
Let The Rain Fall, Good Lovelies
The Place I Left Behind, The Deep Dark Woods
Row Upon Row Of The People We Know, The Once “Winner”
Bright Morning Stars, The Wailin’ Jennys
When The Wolves Go Blind, Twilight Hotel
Blues album:
Still Blue, Bill Johnson
Soul Bender, David Gogo “Winner”
Shame The Devil, Harrison Kennedy
To Behold, MonkeyJunk
Me ‘n’ Mabel, Suzie Vinnick
Contemporary Christian/Gospel album:
On The Altar of Love, Downhere
Crazy Love, Hawk Nelson
Forevermore, Jon Bauer
Imperfections & Directions, Kellie Loder “Winner”
Don’t Close Your Eyes, Sky Terminal
World Music album:
Afo Gné, Aboulaye Kone et Bolo Kan
Flores, Tambores e Amores, Aline Morales
From Night To The Edge Of Day, Azam Ali “Winner”
Aam Zameen : common ground, Kiran Ahluwalia
Sleepover, Socalled
Producer of the year:
Bob Rock (Jann Arden)
Brian Howes (Hedley, Nickelback) “Winner”
David Foster (Shania Twain, Michael Bublé)
k.d. lang (k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang)
Noah “40” Shebib (Drake)
Recording engineer:
Chris Shreenan-Dyck (Jim Cuddy) “Winner”
David Travers-Smith (The Wailin’ Jennys, Oh Susanna)
George Seara (Michael Kaeshammer, Laila Biali)
Jeff Wolpert (Sarah Slean)
Michael Phillip Wojewoda (Paisley Jura)
Recording package:
Metals, Feist; 12, Dinah Thorpe “Winner”
Rest of the Story, Chris Tarry
Get Yourself Home, Laura Repo
Creep On Creepin’ On, Timber Timbre
Video of the year:
The Stand, Mother Mother
Rows of Houses, Dan Mangan
Stamp, The Rural Alberta Advantage
Good Day At The Races, Hollerado “Winner”
Outside Rumbleseat, The Sadies
Music DVD:
Feist: Look At What The Light Did Now
Tegan and Sara: Get Along
Rush: Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland “Winner”
Peter Katz: Peter Katz Live At The Music Gallery
David Francey: Burning Bright
Electronic album:
A Little More Than Everything, Arthur Oskan
Feel It Break, Austra; Azari & III, Azari & III “Winner”
It’s All True, Junior Boys
Ravendeath, 1972, Tim Hecker
Metal/hard music album:
Juggernaut of Justice, Anvil “Winner”
Burning Fortune, Cauldron
Deconstruction, Devin Townsend
Die Miserable, F–k The Facts
Venerable, KEN mode
Let me know what you think, if you agree or disagree I would love to know what you think!
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