2006 Juno Awards (Canada)

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35th Annual Juno Awards
Sunday April 2, 2006 LIVE

Broadcast on CTV LIVE from the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, February 18, 2006 at 10:00am (AST).

Bryan Adams - Canadian Music Hall Of Fame Inductee

Juno Fan Choice Award (Presented by Doritos)
- Céline Dion Columbia*SONY BMG
- Diana Krall Verve*Universal
- Michael Bublé - It's Time 143/Reprise*Warner
- Nickelback EMI
- Simple Plan Lava/Atlantic*Warner

Single Of The Year
- When the Night Feels My Song - Bedouin Soundclash Stomp*Warner
- Inside and Out - Feist Arts & Crafts*EMI
- Man I Used To Be - k-os Virgin*EMI
- Michael Bublé - Home 143/Reprise*Warner
- Photograph - Nickelback EMI

International Album Of The Year
- The Massacre - 50 Cent Shady/Aftermath/Interscope*Universal
- Monkey Business - Black Eyed Peas Interscope*Universal
- X&Y - Coldplay EMI
- Love.Angel.Music.Baby - Gwen Stefani Interscope*Universal
- Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson RCA*SONY BMG

Album Of The Year
- Christmas Songs - Diana Krall Verve*Universal
- 219 Days - Kalan Porter ViK*SONY BMG
- It's Time - Michael Bublé 143/Reprise*Warner
- All the Right Reasons - Nickelback EMI
- Under The Lights - Rex Goudie SONY BMG

Artist Of The Year
- Boom Desjardins Déjà Musique*Select
- Diana Krall Verve*Universal
- Kalan Porter ViK*SONY BMG
- Michael Bublé 143/Reprise*Warner
- Rex Goudie SONY BMG

Group Of The Year
- Barenaked Ladies Desperation*Warner
- Blue Rodeo WEA*Warner
- Nickelback EMI
- Our Lady Peace Columbia*SONY BMG
- Theory Of A Deadman 604*Universal

Instrumental Album Of The Year
- Sentimental Strings - Bobby Creed & His Orchestra aka Roberto Occhipinti Somerset*Universal
- Belladonna - Daniel Lanois Epitaph*FAB
- Christmas Serenity - George Carlaw, aka Yuri Sazonoff Universal
- Rainy Days and Mondays - Nancy Walker Somerset*Universal
- Balance - Tomas Hamilton aka Charles T. Cozens Somerset*Universal

Pop Album Of The Year
- Boom Desjardins - Boom Desjardins Déjà Musique*Select
- Jann Arden - Jann Arden Universal
- 219 Days - Kalan Porter ViK*SONY BMG
- It's Time - Michael Bublé 143/Reprise*Warner
- These Old Charms - Theresa Sokyrka TEP*MapleNationwide/Universal

Rock Album Of The Year
-Hedley - Hedley Universal
- Jonas - Jonas Déjà Musique*DKDD/Fusion III
- All The Right Reasons - Nickelback EMI
- Healthy In Paranoid Times - Our Lady Peace Columbia*SONY BMG
- Gasoline - Theory Of A Deadman 604*Universal

New Artist Of The Year (sponsored by FACTOR)
- Daniel Powter Warner Bros*Warner
- Divine Brown Blacksmith*Universal
- Jonas DÉJÀ MUSIQUE*DKDD/FUSION III
- Martha Wainwright MapleMusic*Universal
- Skye Sweetnam Capitol*EMI

New Group Of The Year (sponsored by FACTOR)
- Bedouin Soundclash Stomp*Warner
- Boys Night Out Ferret*RED/SONY BMG
- Hedley Universal
- Pocket Dwellers EMI
- Silverstein Victory*Universal

Songwriter Of The Year (sponsored by SOCAN)
- Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" | "Rebellion (Lies)" | "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)"
- Joel Plaskett - "Happen Now" | "Natural Disaster" | "Lying on a Beach"
- Kathleen Edwards - "In State" | "Copied Keys" | "Back To Me
- Neil Young - "The Painter" | "When God Made Me" | "Prairie Wind"
- Ronald Eldon Sexsmith - "Listen" | "One Less Shadow" | "Lemonade Stand"

Country Recording Of The Year
- Waitin' On The Wonderful -Aaron Lines SONY BMG
- Amanda Wilkinson - Amanda Wilkinson Universal South*Universal
- Hey, Do You Know Me - Lisa Brokop Curb*EMI
- Life Goes On - Terri Clark Mercury*Universal
- The Road Hammers - The Road Hammers Open Road*Universal

Adult Alternative Album Of The Year
- Are You Ready - Blue Rodeo WEA*Warner
- Back To Me - Kathleen Edwards MapleMusic*Univesal
- Ex-Girlfriends - Low Millions Manhattan*EMI
- Broken (and other rogue states) - Luke Doucet Six Shooter*Warner
- Prairie Wind - Neil Young Reprise*Warner

Rap Recording Of The Year
- Boy-Cott-In The Industry - Classified Urbnet*Outside
- It's Called Life - Eternia Urbnet*Outside
- Kardinal Offishall - Fire and Glory EMI
- The Dusty Foot Philosopher - K'naan track & field*SONY BMG
- United We Fall - Sweatshop Union Battle Axe*EMI

Alternative Album Of The Year
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene Arts & Crafts*EMI
Elevator - Hot Hot Heat Sire*Warner
Live It Out - Metric Last Gang*Universal
So Jealous - Tegan & Sara Superclose*Universal
Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers Mint*Outside/Scratch

Vocal Jazz Album Of The Year
- Twenty For One - Cadence Cadence
- Christmas Songs - Diana Krall Verve*Universal
- Rock Swings - Paul Anka Verve*Universal
- Just You, Just Me - Ranee Lee Justin Time*Fusion III
- Sophie Milman - Sophie Milman Linus*Universal

R&B / Soul Recording Of The Year
The Naughty Song - Cory Lee Sextant
Divine Brown - Divine Brown Blacksmith*Universal
This Is Me - Jully Black Jully Black Entertainment*Universal
Massari - Massari Capital Prophet*MapleNationwide/Universal
Back For More - Shawn Desman Uomo/SONY BMG

Jack Richardson Producer Of The Year
David Foster - "Home" | "Feeling Good"- IT'S TIME - Michael Bublé 143/Reprise*Warner
Gggarth Richardson - "Gunnin" | "Villain" - HEDLEY - Hedley Universal
Jann Arden / Russell Broom - "Where No One Knows Me" | "Willing To Fall Down" - JANN ARDEN - Jann Arden Universal
Neil Young - The Painter - PRAIRIE WIND - Neil Young Reprise*Warner
Nickelback (co-producer Joey Moi) - "Photograph" | "Animals" - All THE RIGHT REASONS - NickelbackEMI

Information on the Following Awards can be seen on the site:
-- Contemporary Jazz Album Of The Year
-- Traditional Jazz Album Of The Year
-- Francophone Album Of The Year
-- Children's Album Of The Year
-- Classical Album Of The Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble
-- Classical Album Of The Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment
-- Classical Album Of The Year: Vocal or Choral Performance
-- Classical Composition Of The Year
-- Dance Recording Of The Year
-- Reggae Recording Of The Year
-- Aboriginal Recording Of The Year
-- Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year: Solo
-- Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year: Group
-- Blues Album Of The Year
-- Contemporary Christian / Gospel Album Of The Year
-- World Music Album Of The Year
-- Recording Engineer Of The Year
-- CD/DVD Artwork Design Of The Year (sponsored by Ever-Reddy Packaging)
-- Video Of The Year (sponsored by VideoFACT)
-- Music DVD Of The Year

Recent news:

- Juno tickets in Halifax sold out in 15 minutes

- Pamela Anderson has been announced as this year's host of the Junos.

- Performing artists and presenters include Bedouin Soundclash, Bryan Adams, Coldplay, Michael Bublé and Nickelback.

- Swag Bags include: Danier Leather VIP Celebrity Traveler bags,T-shirts from Allmaple Apparel. They will get two of the more popular Ts – the "Friggen Eh" and "I Love Poutine" vintage designs. They can look suave in Bollé and Serengeti model shades, bling with a Meir and co. watch, and smell irresistible in Chanel Allure Sport cologne and Chanel No. 5 perfume.
The goody bag includes Crest products to whiten teeth, MAC cosmetics and hair care products from Pantene.

- Other luxe items inside the swag bag include:Zip up jackets by Mondetta;
PF Flyers/New Balance shoes; A CSI: Crime Scene Investigation board game;
Gredico Footwear Foamtreads Leisure inserts; A Timothy's World Coffee home brewer; UJeans custom-designed jeans; A vacuum cleaner by Dyson Canada Ltd.; and Bedding products from Westex International.

- Presenters and performers can snack on decadent Saxon chocolates and connect with their friends and family using their Sony Ericsson W600 Walkman Mobile phones.

- Partiers can rejuvenate their minds and bodies after the big event with lotions from Aveda and a two-hour session at body blitz - health by water spa.

Four Canadian Idol competitors vying for Junos
Thu. Mar. 30 2006 10:42 AM ET
Canadian Press

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TORONTO — A Juno nomination is a big deal for any budding artist, but for Canadian Idol runner-up Rex Goudie, it's a chance to prove he's more than just a made-for-TV pop star.

"You try to use Canadian Idol as a stepping stone to show people what you can actually do," he said earlier this week from Moncton, where he's currently on tour.

"To be nominated for artist of the year . . . shows most people that I'm real, that I want to be able to do this for awhile."

Finalists of the wildly popular televised singing contest may have won over the viewing public, but many of the newly anointed pop stars are keenly aware that there's a segment of music fans that regard them with a wary ear.

Four former Canadian Idol competitors earned Juno nominations this year for prosperous albums.

Aside from artist of the year, Goudie, of Burlington, N.L., is also up for album of the year for Under The Lights.

He'll be competing at this weekend's awards against 2004 Idol winner Kalan Porter in those two categories. Porter will also vie for pop album of the year, where he'll face off against Theresa Sokyrka - who finished just behind him on Idol.

Hedley, the pop-rock band fronted by third-place Idol finisher Jacob Hoggard, is nominated for best rock album and best new group.

No matter how you feel about Canadian Idol, the nominations are justified, said Aaron Brophy, managing editor at Chart Magazine.

"I know lots of people like to grumble about Canadian Idol artists being nominated for things but mathematically a lot of their nominations are justified," he said, referring to the sales eligibility rules in certain key Juno categories.

The categories where Sokyrka, Porter and Goudie's nominations fall are based on sales. Winners are selected by voting members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Hedley's best new group nomination is based on a combination of sales and panel voting.

But despite the high sales, Brophy admits to being among the naysayers.

"It still leaves a bit of a bad taste in my mouth," he said. "To me they're not fully formed artists yet. They're splashy pseudo artists that I can't 100 per cent get behind . . . it's fine if they get nominated but I don't really want them winning anything."

It's become a familiar challenge faced by singers who've come up through the Idol franchise: build credibility with cynical music fans.

It took Kelly Clarkson, winner of the first American Idol competition, three years to sway skeptics.

She finally did it with last year's Breakaway album, which included the hit Since U Been Gone. The album earned her massive sales, critical respect and two Grammy Awards.

Clarkson has said she doesn't mind being associated with the show so long as listeners look at her work beyond it.

"I don't want people to only focus on that," she said.

Hoggard has repeatedly admitted that redirecting his career from Idol has been a rough ride.

"It's taxing to just win people over and make it a band thing as opposed to an Idol thing," the Abbotsford, B.C.,-native has said.

While there are plenty of Idol nominations, they could conceivably cancel each other out at Sunday's Junos, and each could walk away empty handed.

Goudie says he's not expecting to win but is grateful to just be included this early in his career.

"Oh my lord! I'm with some of the best in Canadian music," he gushed.

"To just pop on the scene and be nominated for these awards is unreal."

Early Junos Awards Announced
Sun, 02 Apr CBC News

Neil Young and Nickelback each walked away with two awards Saturday night at a private gala held by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in Halifax, the first of two Juno Award presentations.

Members of Nickelback Daniel Adair, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and Chad Kroeger, win group of the year at Saturday's Juno Awards.

Young, who was not at the industry ceremony, was named producer of the year for his song The Painter from Prairie Wind, which in turn took the prize for best adult alternative album.

This brings Young's lifetime Juno tally to five, with a total of 24 nominations. He's also up for songwriter of the year on Sunday, alongside Arcade Fire, Kathleen Edwards, Joel Plaskett and Ron Sexsmith.

Alberta rockers Nickelback were named group of the year and took the trophy for best rock album for All the Right Reasons, which debuted at No. 1 in the United States and Canada. They were also up for the producing title snagged by Young.

Other double winners were the Tragically Hip and Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque . The Hip won for best music DVD for their retrospective Hipeponymous, and for best artwork design.

The Toronto-based Tafelmusik's Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5 et 6 was named best large ensemble classical album. The orchestra also was given the award for best children's album.

Newcomer K'naan won best rap recording for his debut The Dusty Foot Philosopher.

Daniel Powter of Vernon, B.C., was named best new artist, beating Martha Wainwright, Divine Brown, Jonas and Skye Sweetnam. Since his track Bad Day was used in a pop commercial in France last year, Powter's popularity has been steadily growing, especially in Europe, where he has sold more than a million records.

The Road Hammers took the award for best country recording for their album The Road Hammers.

Juno favourite Diana Krall won her seventh award for Christmas Songs, named top vocal jazz album. Jane Bunnett's Radio Guantanamo was honoured for best contemporary jazz album.

B.C. crooner Michael Bublé took the trophy for best pop album for It's Time, beating Canadian Idol alumni Theresa Sokyrka and Kalan Porter.

Thirty-two Junos were handed out in advance of Sunday's live broadcast, where host Pamela Anderson will take the stage for the presentation of the final seven high-profile Junos, including best new group, best single and artist of the year. The evening's headliners, Coldplay and Black Eyed Peas, tied for best international album Saturday.

Great show! Except for Pamela Anderson. She blew it by bringing politics into the spotlight over her stance on seal hunting. She garnered BOOs from the audience more than once. :ohno

I thought all the performances were great, particularly starting off with a bang of fire from Nickleback, to quieting down with Bedoin Soundclash and then spicing it up again with Black Eyed Peas.

The D.J., was in control all evening. At one point I thought that HE was the host as Pamela didn't really do a whole lot during the show. She looked really good though.

It was definitely Mike's Night as Michael Buble garnered several more Junos, surprising even him.

Here are the winners as I recall. A total list will follow tomorrow as it has not been posted at this time. The Canadian Idols didn't win, but they were honored just to have been nominated :winkgrin.

Juno Fan Choice Award (Presented by Doritos)
- Simple Plan Lava/Atlantic*Warner

Single Of The Year
- Michael Bublé - Home 143/Reprise*Warner

International Album of the Year - TIED
- Monkey Business - Black Eyed Peas Interscope*Universal
- X&Y - Coldplay EMI

Album Of The Year
- It's Time - Michael Bublé 143/Reprise*Warner

Artist Of The Year
- Michael Bublé 143/Reprise*Warner

New Group Of The Year (sponsored by FACTOR)
- Bedouin Soundclash Stomp*Warner

Songwriter Of The Year (sponsored by SOCAN)
- Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" | "Rebellion (Lies)" | "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)"