50 Years of The JUNO Awards

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class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JUNO-Award-Statuette-full-look-GOLD-JUNO-Award-Winners-1-scaled.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JUNO-Award-Statuette-full-look-GOLD-JUNO-Award-Winners-1-scaled.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">The JUNOS return to Toronto in 2021 to celebrate their 50th Anniversary with three brand new JUNO statuettes.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="2020"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">2020</h2> <h3 class="section-title">The JUNO Awards were cancelled for the first time in history</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JUNOS-Cancellation.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JUNOS-Cancellation.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">The JUNOS were one of the first music award shows cancelled due to COVID-19 and the first to mount a fully virtual celebration 106 days following its cancellation. </p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="2018"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">2018</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Canada pays tribute to the late Gord Downie</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gord-Downie-Tribute.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gord-Downie-Tribute.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Kevin Drew and Pearl Wenjack introduced a heartfelt tribute performance by Downie鈥檚 longtime friends Sarah Harmer, Kevin Hearn, and City and Colour. </p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="2017"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">2017</h2> <h3 class="section-title">The JUNOS were held in Ottawa in honour of Canada's 150th Anniversary of Confederation</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Justin-Trudeau-Sophie-Leonard-Cohen-scaled.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Justin-Trudeau-Sophie-Leonard-Cohen-scaled.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gr茅goire-Trudeau delivered a moving speech on Leonard Cohen鈥檚 legacy.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="2016"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">2016</h2> <h3 class="section-title">The Weeknd wins five JUNO Awards</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The-Weeknd.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The-Weeknd.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">International superstar, The Weeknd won five JUNO Awards including Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, R&B/Soul Recording of the Year, Single of the Year and, Songwriter of the Year.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="2014"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">2014</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Bachman-Turner Overdrive reunited on the JUNOS stage</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Bachman-Turner-Overdrive-Photo-by-CARAS_iPhoto-scaled.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Bachman-Turner-Overdrive-Photo-by-CARAS_iPhoto-scaled.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Legendary rockers, Bachman-Turner Overdrive performed onstage for the first time in years while being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame by Col. Chris Hadfield.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="2011"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">2011</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Neil Young took home three JUNO Awards</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Neil-Young.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Neil-Young.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Neil Young won three awards; Adult Alternative Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and the Humanitarian Award. </p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="2010"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">2010</h2> <h3 class="section-title">The JUNOS had an impressive 94 first-time nominees</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Arkells-scaled.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Arkells-scaled.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">The JUNO Awards saw 94 first-time nominees including Justin Bieber, Drake, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Arkells.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="2007"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">2007</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Nelly Furtado won every award she was nominated for</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Nelly-Furtado.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Nelly-Furtado.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Nelly Furtado made JUNO history by being the first nominee with multiple nominations to win every award for which she was nominated. </p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="2003"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">2003</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Host Shania Twain dazzled in six custom-made gowns</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Celine-Dion.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Celine-Dion.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Shania Twain wore six custom-designed outfits emblazoned with different Canadian hockey team logos throughout the evening and took home the first-ever JUNO Fan Choice award. </p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="1999"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1999</h2> <h3 class="section-title">The Best Album category was split into genres for the first time</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Celine-Dion-1999.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Celine-Dion-1999.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">The Barenaked Ladies took home Pop, The Tragically Hip took home Rock, and C茅line Dion walked away with the overall Best Album award.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="1996"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1996</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Alanis Morissette dominated the JUNOS 25th Anniversary</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/059_1996_Alanis-Morissette-Rock-Album-OTY-1-scaled.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/059_1996_Alanis-Morissette-Rock-Album-OTY-1-scaled.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Alanis Morissette took home five JUNO Awards for her album "Jagged Little Pill" including Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="1995"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1995</h2> <h3 class="section-title">The JUNOS open tickets to the public for the first time</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/De-Crisp-2-scaled.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/De-Crisp-2-scaled.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Fans were able to attend the JUNOS for the first time ever with about 7,000 tickets sold for the show in Hamilton. </p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="1994"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1994</h2> <h3 class="section-title">The Best Music of Aboriginal Canada category was introduced</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Buffy-Sainte-Marie.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Buffy-Sainte-Marie.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">The legendary, Buffy Sainte-Marie, participated in handing out the first Best Music of Aboriginal Canada JUNO Award to Lawrence Martin. </p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="1991"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1991</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Maestro Fresh-Wes won the first JUNO Award for Rap Recording of the Year</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Maestro-Fresh-Wes-1.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Maestro-Fresh-Wes-1.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">The success of Maestro Fresh-Wes's debut album "Symphony in Effect" inspired the introduction of the Rap Recording of the Year Award which he took home that year.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="1988"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1988</h2> <h3 class="section-title">The JUNO Awards were postponed</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The-Band-1989.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The-Band-1989.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">After four years of hosting the show in the fall, CARAS decided to move the JUNO Awards back to the spring of 1989.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="1987"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1987</h2> <h3 class="section-title">k.d. lang ended Anne Murray's seven-year winning streak</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/k.d.lang-87.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/k.d.lang-87.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">k.d. lang accepted her first Country Female Vocalist of the Year award, ending Anne Murray鈥檚 consecutive seven wins in that category.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="1984"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1984</h2> <h3 class="section-title">MuchMusic inspired the introduction of the Best Video award</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Sunglasses-at-Night.png" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Sunglasses-at-Night.png" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Rob Quartly won the first Best Video award for Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night" and was nominated 4x in the category that year - a record number of nominations in a single category.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="1982"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1982</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Loverboy won six awards in one evening</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Loverboy.jpeg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Loverboy.jpeg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Calgary's Loverboy took home Group of the Year, Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Composer of the Year, Producer of the Year, and Engineer of the Year</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="1980"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1980</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Rough Trade shocked audiences</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Rough-Trade.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Rough-Trade.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Rough Trade took to the JUNO stage with a then-controversial performance of their hit "High School Confidential," leaving an impression on the likes of k.d. lang and Anne Murray.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="1979"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1979</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau praised the Canadian music industry</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Trudeau-1979.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Trudeau-1979.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">The Prime Minister delivered a speech on the grandiosity of cultural industries in Canada before inducting Hank Snow into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="1978"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1978</h2> <h3 class="section-title">The Canadian Music Hall of Fame was introduced</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Oscar-Peterson.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Oscar-Peterson.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson, and bandleader Guy Lombardo (posthumously) became the first artists to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="1976"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1976</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Walt Grealis was celebrated for his contributions</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Grealis.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Grealis.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Randy Bachman presented a maple leaf plaque to Walt Grealis, creator of the RPM Gold Leaf Awards (now known as The JUNO Awards), resulting in a standing ovation for Grealis.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="1975"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1975</h2> <h3 class="section-title">The JUNO Awards were televised for the first time</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/75-Paul_Anka.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/75-Paul_Anka.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">The JUNOS came to television for the first time on CBC with superstar host Paul Anka serenading the crowd between awards.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="left" data-year="1972"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1972</h2> <h3 class="section-title">Anne Murray won her second Female Vocalist award</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Anne-Murray-1.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Anne-Murray-1.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">Anne Murray brought home the Female Vocalist award for the second year in a row in 1972. She'd go on to become the most decorated JUNO Award-winner ever with 25 total wins.</p> </div> </section> <section id="year-2020" class="section" data-layout="right" data-year="1971"> <div class="section-container"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-year">1971</h2> <h3 class="section-title">The first official JUNO Awards</h3> </div> <div class="section-ornament"> <img src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/assets/img/gold.png" alt="gold"> </div> <div class="section-image"> <img class="section-logo-award" src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/029_1989_Walt-Grealis-Pierre-Juneau-scaled.jpg" srcset="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/029_1989_Walt-Grealis-Pierre-Juneau-scaled.jpg" alt=""> </div> <p class="section-description">The Gold Leaf Awards were renamed The JUNO Awards in 1971 in honour of CRTC chairman Pierre Juneau and his work improving Canadian content regulations which put Canadian artists at the forefront of the industry.</p> </div> </section> </div>   <div id="progress-mobile"></div>  <div id="progress-desktop"></div>  <footer id="footer"> </footer>  </div>  <script src="https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/themes/junos/templates/dist/core.bundle.js"></script> </body> </html>

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