Drake and Feist among Juno nominees
City and Colour, Dan Mangan, Drake, Feist, Hedley and Nickelback led the Juno Award nominations Tuesday with four nods apiece, setting up a wide-open race at this year's gala in Ottawa.
No one artist managed to rise above the pack as nominations were announced at a glitzy, crammed gathering in Toronto. After the first group of nominees, Avril Lavigne, Michael Buble and Deadmau5 followed with three nods each.Teen sensation Justin Bieber also earned a pair of nominations — including one for album of the year — while other multiple nominees included Blue Rodeo co-frontman Jim Cuddy, Hamilton rockers Arkells and Montreal-based indie-rockers Braids.
Star Trek icon William Shatner, meanwhile, has been named host of the April 1 gala, to be broadcast on CTV.
With so many multiple nominees, many artists will be duking it out with one another over and over again in several categories.“I could kick Bieber's ass but not Drake — he's a bit hardcore,” laughed Niagara Falls, Ont., electronic producer Deadmau5 (nee Joel Zimmerman), who's up for the Juno fan choice award and artist of the year — a nomination he called a “shocker.”
He's probably less surprised about being up for best dance recording, a category he's won four years in a row.
“It's not really weird when you're only one of like five Canadians making dance music these days,” he said of the unique scenario. “(But) I'm sure a lot more are, and that just kind of paves the way for a lot more to be recognized.”
Cuddy, meanwhile, has two nominations for his third solo record, “Skyscraper Soul,” on the same night that Blue Rodeo will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
“It's huge,” Cuddy said. “Obviously we love the status we have as a band that's been around for a long time, but you do want your newest work to be acknowledged. So I'm very, very pleased.”
When asked who he was excited about seeing at this year's show, Cuddy was definitive.
“William Shatner!” he said, his eyes widening. “I'm thrilled.”
Indeed, the hosting choice was drawing plenty of attention from nominated artists at Tuesday's bash. Shatner marks a sharp generational shift from last year, when Toronto rapper Drake received plaudits for showcasing his comedic side during an engaging turn as MC.
Still, there was certainly a buzz surrounding the 79-year-old Montrealer.
“Hopefully he wears the Trekkie suit at least for a little bit,” said Diamond Rings' John O'Regan, nominated for new artist of the year.
“They don't often have non-music people hosting,” said Sloan's Patrick Pentland, before joking: “The Canadian entertainment business — there's tons of people. And most of them probably turned it down. But they got William Shatner.”
Of the marquee names nominated, Mangan might have come as a surprise to some fans. Among his four nods, the 28-year-old Vancouver native is up for new artist of the year and songwriter of the year, a category in which he'll compete with Cuddy, Ron Sexsmith, Feist and Dallas Green.
Album of the year will pit Christmas albums by Bieber and Buble up against the latest from Drake, Avril Lavigne and Nickelback, while the field for artist of the year includes City and Colour, Deadmau5, Feist, Buble and, yes, Drake again.
The 25-year-old from Toronto was up for a leading six awards at last year's show before coming up empty-handed — and he still has fans who feel that was unjust.
“Drake's killing it right now,” O'Regan said. “And he deserves to win the awards twice over for what happened last time.
“So hopefully he wins them all.”
More performers were also added to the lineup on Tuesday — including group of the year nominees Nickelback and Hedley — joining Feist, City and Colour, Deadmau5 and Blue Rodeo.
For now, most nominees seemed focused on celebrating. Eighteen-year-old new artist of the year nominee Alyssa Reid was already mulling a shopping spree.
“I know this is very, very girly of me, but as soon as we leave here I'm going to look for a dress,” she said with a laugh.
“I just saw this place as we were driving here and I said: 'Oh my gosh, if we are nominated, I am stopping there, and I am getting that dress in the window.'”
Meanwhile, Wayne Petti of Cuff the Duke — up for adult alternative album of the year — already had evening plans with family.
“I'm actually going out for dinner with my dad tonight,” he said. “Maybe he'll buy.”
Here are the 2012 Juno nominees, for the prizes handed out April 1 in Ottawa, arranged here in roughly descending order of general interest:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR Avril Lavigne, Goodbye Lullaby
Drake, Take Care
Justin Bieber, Under the Mistletoe
Michael Bublé, Christmas
Nickelback, Here And Now
ARTIST OF THE YEARCity and Colour
Deadmau5
Drake
Feist
Michael Bublé
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
City and Colour, “Fragile Bird”
The Sheepdogs, “I Don’t Know”
Hedley, “Invincible”
Johnny Reid, “Let’s Go Higher”
Nickelback, “When We Stand Together”
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
JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD
Arcade Fire
Avril Lavigne
City and Colour
Deadmau5
Drake
Ginette Reno
Hedley
Justin Bieber
Michael Bublé
Nickelback
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Dallas Green
Dan Mangan:
Feist
Jim Cuddy
Ron Sexsmith
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--ked Up, David Comes To Life
Timber Timbre, Creep On Creepin’ On
POP ALBUM OF THE YEARAvril 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
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEARClassified, Handshakes and Middle Fingers
D-Sisive, Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye
Drake, Take Care
Kardinal Offishall, Anywhere (Ol’ Time Killin’ Part.2)
Swollen Members, Daggermouth
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEARAnjulie, “Brand New Chick”
Deadmau5, “Aural Psynapse”
Duck Sauce, “Barbara Streisand”
Martin Solveig & Dragonette, “Hello’
Mia Martina, “Devotion”
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
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEARJRDN, IAMJRDN
Jully Black, “Set it Off feat. Kardinal OffishallKarl Wolf, “Ghetto Love” feat. Kardinal Offishall
Melanie Fiona, “Gone And Never Coming Back”
Robin Thicke, “Pretty Lil’ Heart” feat. Lil Wayne
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Dubmatix, Seeds of Love & Life feat. Luciano
Exco Levi, Bleaching Shop
Jay Douglas, Lover’s Paradise
Steele, Woman
Tanya Mullings, Rescue Me
ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLOBruce 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: GROUPGood Lovelies, Let The Rain Fall
The Deep Dark Woods, The Place I Left Behind
The Once, Row Upon Row Of The People We Know
The Wailin’ Jennys, Bright Morning Stars
Twilight Hotel, When The Wolves Go Blind
ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR Arthur Oskan, A Little More Than Everything
Austra, Feel It Break
Azari & III, Azari & III
Junior Boys, It’s All True
Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972
METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEARAnvil Juggernaut of Justice
Cauldron, Burning Fortune
Devin Townsend Project, Deconstruction
Fuck The Facts, Die Miserable
KEN mode, Venerable
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Bob Rock
Brian Howes
David Foster
k.d. lang
Noah “40” Shebib
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Jon Busby for Dan Mangan’s “Rows of Houses”
Jose Lourenco for Rural Alberta Advantage’s“Stamp”
Michael Maxxis for Hollerado’s “Good Day At The Races”
John JP Poliquin for Mother Mother’s “The Stand”
Mike Roberts for the Sadies’ “Rumbleseat”
MUSIC DVD OF THE YEAR
Feist: Look At What The Light Did Now
Tegan and Sara: Get Along
Rush: Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland
Peter Katz: Peter Katz Live At The Music Gallery
David Francey: Burning Bright
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEARChris Shreenan-Dyck
David Travers-Smith
George Seara
Jeff Wolpert
Michael Phillip Wojewoda
RECORDING PACKAGE OF THE YEAR
12, Dinah Thorpe
Creep On Creepin’ On, Timber Timbre
Get Yourself Home, Laura Repo
Metals, Feist
Rest of the Story, Chris Tarrry
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEARDownhere, On The Altar of Love
Hawk Nelson, Crazy Love
Jon Bauer, Forevermore
Kellie Loder, Imperfections & Directions
Sky Terminal, Don’t 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
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR Bill Johnson, Still Blue
David Gogo, Soul Bender
Harrison Kennedy, Shame The Devil
MonkeyJunk, To Behold
Suzie Vinnick, Me ‘n’ Mabel
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEARDiana 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 YEARChris 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 YEARDave Young Quintet, Aspects of Oscar
David Braid, Verge
Kirk MacDonald Orchestra, Deep Shadows
Mike Murley Septet, Still Rollin’
Oliver Jones, Live In Baden
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, One Nation
Murray Porter, Songs Lived & Life Played
Randy Wood, The Gift of Life
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEARAndrew Collins, Cats & Dogs
Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
L’Orkestre des Pas Perdus, L’Âge du cuivre
MAZ, Télescope
Stretch Orchestra, Stretch Orchestra
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEARCatherine Major, Le désert des solitudes
Coeur de Pirate, Blonde
Fred Pellerin Disques Tempête, C’est un monde
Jérôme Minière, Le vrai le faux
Malajube, La caverne
CHILDREN'S ALBUM OF THE YEARBobs & Lolo, Connecting the Dots
Charlie Hope Songs, Stories and Friends: Let’s 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 ENSEMBLECanadian 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 ACCOMPANIMENTAlexandre Da Costa/Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Daugherty: Fire and Blood
James Ehnes, 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 PERFORMANCEJane Archibald; Orchestre Symphonique Bienne; Thomas Rösner, Haydn Arias
Karina Gauvin - Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Handel: Streams of Pleasure
Le Nouvel Opéra, Caldara : La Conversione di Clodoveo
Marie-Josée Lord; Orchestre Métropolitain; Giuseppe Pietraroia, Marie-Josée Lord
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Daniel Taylor, J.S. Bach: Cantatas 70 & 154; Concerto 1060; Orchestral Suite No. 2
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEARAnn Southam, Glass Houses #5
Derek Charke, Sepia Fragments
Heather Schmidt, Piano Concerto No. 2
Jacques Hétu, String Quartet No. 2
Jeffrey Ryan, Fugitive Colours
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR Adele, 21
Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto
Lady Gaga Born This Way
LMFAO, Sorry For Party Rocking
Rihanna, Loud
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