Feist leads 2008 Juno Award winners
Leslie Feist was the most successful artist as the Juno Awards concluded in Calgary, Alberta on Sunday. The performer of the internationally-successful single “1234” won in five categories: Album of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.
Veteran group Blue Rodeo won in three categories: Group of the Year, Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Video of the Year.
The Canadian Music Hall of Fame added veteran Canadian rock band Triumph to its honour roll. The Humanitarian Award was presented to country performer Paul Brandt while the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award was presented to Citytv and MuchMusic founder Moses Znaimer.
The Juno Awards began in 1970, initially known as the Gold Leaf Awards, and are Canada’s most prominent annual music honours. The awards have been nationally televised within Canada since 1975. Next year’s ceremonies will be hosted in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Here is the complete list of 2008 Juno Award winners:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Feist, The Reminder
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Feist, “1234”
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Blue Rodeo
NEW GROUP OF THE YEAR
Wintersleep
JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD
Michael Bublé
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Feist, The Reminder
COUNTRY RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Paul Brandt, Risk
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Feist
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Serena Ryder
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Feist, “I Feel It All,” “My Moon My Man” and “1234” from The Reminder
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Blue Rodeo, Small Miracles
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Finger Eleven, Them Vs. You Vs. Me
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Sophie Milman, Make Someone Happy
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Chris Tarry Group, Almost Certainly Dreaming
TRADITIONAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Brandi Disterheft, Debut
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Jayme Stone, The Utmost J
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Daniel Bélanger, L’échec du matériel
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Jen Gould, Music Soup
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Marc-André Hamelin, Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE OR SOLOIST(S) WITH LARGE ENSEMBLE ACCOMPANIMENT
James Ehnes, Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Korngold, Barber & Walton Violin Concertos
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL PERFORMANCE
Measha Brueggergosman, Suprise
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
Constantinople, Christos Hatzis
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Belly, The Revolution
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Billy Newton-Davis vs. Deadmau5, All U Ever Want
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Jully Black, Revival
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Mikey Dangerous, Don’t Go Pretending
ABORIGINAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Derek Miller, The Dirty Looks
ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO
David Francey, Right Of Passage
ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP
Nathan, Key Principles
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Fathead, Building Full Of Blues
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Brian Doerksen, Holy God
WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Alex Cuba, Agua Del Pozo
JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Joni Mitchell, “Hana,” and “Bad Dreams” from Shine
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Kevin Churko, “I Don’t Wanna Stop” and “God Bless The Almighty Dollar” from Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Rain
CD/DVD ARTWORK DESIGN OF THE YEAR
Tracy Maurice (Director/Designer); François Miron (Photographer)
Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Blue Rodeo, “C’mon”
MUSIC DVD OF THE YEAR
Billy Talent, 666 Live
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