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Juno Awards 2012
Juno Awards 2012
Compilation album by various artists
Released	13 March 2012
Label	Universal Music Canada

Juno Awards of 2012
Juno Awards of 2012
Date	31 March – 1 April 2012
Venue	Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario
Hosted by	William Shatner
Television/radio coverage
Network	CTV

The Juno Awards of 2012 honoured Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2010 and in most of 2011. The awards were presented in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada during the weekend of 31 March and 1 April 2012. A week of related events began on 26 March 2012.^[1]^[2]

Blue Rodeo was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.^[3] Broadcast executive Gary Slaight was designated the 2012 recipient of the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Bidding

Ottawa's bid for the awards became known in March 2011 when it was revealed the province of Ontario allocated $100,000 in funding towards the city's 2012 Juno Awards bid.^[7] The bid was jointly supported by the city, the province and the National Capital Commission. Ottawa hosted the awards on one other occasion, in 2003.^[8]

Montreal was also considered as a 2012 host city. There was a bid from Victoria, British Columbia for the 2013 awards which was since granted to Regina. Victoria then planned a bid for 2014.^[9]

Events

The Juno Cup charity hockey game between a team of musicians and a team of former National Hockey League players was held at Nepean Sportsplex on 30 March.^[10]

Winners of most award categories were announced at a private gala on 31 March at the Ottawa Convention Centre.^[11]

On 1 April, prior to the main ceremony, Dan Mangan hosted a songwriters' event at Centrepointe Theatre featuring Kiran Ahluwalia, Terri Clark, David Francey, Max Kerman of Arkells, Kardinall Offishall and Lindi Ortega.^[12]

Main ceremony performers

William Shatner hosted the main ceremony at Scotiabank Place.^[13] The following artists performed:^[14]^[15]

Nickelback - "This Means War"
Hey Rosetta! - "Welcome"
Dragonette - "Hello"
Alyssa Reid - "Alone Again"
JRDN - "U Can Have It All"
Mia Martina - "Stereo Love"
Anjulie - "Brand New Chick"
Simple Plan - "Summer Paradise" ft. K'naan^[16]
Hedley - "One Life"
Feist - "The Bad in Each Other"
City and Colour - "Grand Optimist"
Blue Rodeo - "Lost Together" ft. Sarah McLachlan
deadmau5 - "Raise Your Weapon" with Lights, and "Hi Friend" with MC Flipside^[16]

Nominees and winners

Nominations for the various award categories were announced on 7 February 2012. Most awards were announced at the private gala on 31 March.^[17] The remaining eight categories were announced the following day on the main televised ceremony. Two Christmas holiday albums were nominated for the Album of the Year award: Christmas by Michael Bublé and Under the Mistletoe by Justin Bieber.^[18] A Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year category was introduced for the 2012 awards.^[13]

People

Juno Fan Choice Award

Artist of the Year

Group of the Year

New Artist of the Year

New Group of the Year

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

Brian Howes ("Heaven's Gonna Wait", Hedley and "Trying Not to Love You", Nickelback)
David Foster ("White Christmas", Michael Bublé)
k.d. lang ("I Confess" and "Sugar Buzz", k.d. lang)
Bob Rock ("Only the Lonely", Jann Arden)
Noah "40" Shebib ("Marvin's Room" and "Take Care", Drake)

Recording Engineer of the Year

George Seara ("A Little Bit of Love", Michael Kaeshammer and "Let Go", Laila Biali)
Chris Shreenan-Dyck ("Everybody Watched the Wedding" and "Watch Yourself Go", Jim Cuddy)
David Travers-Smith ("All the Stars", The Wailin' Jennys and "Soon the Birds", Oh Susanna)
Michael Phillip Wojewoda ("Circle" and "Mama", Paisley Jura)
Jeff Wolpert ("You're Not Alone" and "Cosmic Ballet", Sarah Slean)

Songwriter of the Year

Dallas Green, "Fragile Bird", "We Found Each Other" and "Weightless"
Jim Cuddy, "Everyone Watched the Wedding", "Skyscraper Soul" and "Watch Yourself Go Down"
Feist, "How Come You Never Go There", "Graveyard" and "The Circle Married the Line"
Dan Mangan, "About as Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help at All", "Post-War Blues" and "Oh Fortune"
Ron Sexsmith, "Get in Line", "Believe it When I See It" and "Middle of Love"

Allan Waters Humanitarian Award

Simple Plan^[19]

Albums

Album of the Year

Aboriginal Album of the Year

Murray Porter, Songs Lived and Life Played
Bruthers of Different Muthers, Speakers of Tomorrow
Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen, One Nation
Donny Parenteau, To Whom it May Concern
Randy Wood, The Gift of Life

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

Feist, Metals
Jim Cuddy, Skyscraper Soul
Cuff the Duke, Morning Comes
Jenn Grant, Honeymoon Punch
Ron Sexsmith, Long Player Late Bloomer

Alternative Album of the Year

Blues Album of the Year

MonkeyJunk, To Behold
Bill Johnson, Still Blue
David Gogo, Soul Bender
Harrison Kennedy, Shame the Devil
Suzie Vinnick, Me 'n' Mabel

Children's Album of the Year

Charlie Hope, Songs, Stories and Friends: Let's Go Play!
Bobs & Lolo, Connecting the Dots
Eddie Douglas, Sleepy Sky Lullaby
Music with Brian, Everyone
Vocal Paint, My Butterfly/A Cappella Lullabies

Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)

Marc-André Hamelin, Liszt Piano Sonata
Canadian Brass, Brahms on Brass
Susan Hoeppner, American Flute Masterpieces
Louis Lortie, Louis Lortie Plays Liszt
New Orford String Quartet, Schubert and Beethoven

Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)

Alexandre Da Costa with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Daugherty: Fire and Blood
James Ehnes, Bartók Violin Concertos
Yannick Nézet-Séguin with the Orchestre Métropolitain, Bruckner 4
Yannick Nézet-Séguin with the Orchestre Métropolitain, Florent Schmidt: La tragédie de Salomé
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Vivaldi Cello Concertos

Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)

Jane Archibald with the Orchestre Symphonique Bienne (Thomas Rösner, conductor), Haydn Arias
Karina Gauvin and Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Handel: Streams of Pleasure
Marie-Josée Lord and the Orchestre Métropolitain (Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor), Marie-Josée Lord
Le Nouvel Opéra, Caldara: La Conversione di Clodoveo
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra with Daniel Taylor, J.S. Bach: Cantatas 70 & 154; Concerto 1060; Orchestral Suite No. 2

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

Downhere, On the Altar of Love
Jon Bauer, Forevermore
Hawk Nelson, Crazy Love
Kellie Loder, Imperfections & Directions
Sky Terminal, Don't Close Your Eyes

Country Album of the Year

Electronic Album of the Year

Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972
Austra, Feel It Break
Azari & III, Azari & III
Junior Boys, It's All True
Arthur Oskan, A Little More Than Everything

Francophone Album of the Year

Malajube, La caverne
Cœur de pirate, Blonde
Catherine Major, Le Désert des solitudes
Jérôme Minière, Le vrai le faux
Fred Pellerin, C'est un monde

Instrumental Album of the Year

Stretch Orchestra, Stretch Orchestra
Andrew Collins, Cats & Dogs
MAZ, Téléscope
L'Orkestre des Pas Perdus, L'Âge du cuivre
Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges

International Album of the Year

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

Phil Dwyer Orchestra feat. Mark Fewer, Changing Seasons
Hilario Durán and Jane Bunnett, Cuban Rhapsody
François Bourassa Quartet, Idiosyncrasie
Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
Chris Tarry, Rest of the Story

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

David Braid, Verge
Dave Young Quintet, Aspects of Oscar
Oliver Jones, Live in Baden
Kirk MacDonald Orchestra, Deep Shadows
Mike Murley Septet, Still Rollin'

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

Sonia Johnson, Le Carré de nos amours
Fern Lindzon, Two Kites
Sophie Milman, In the Moonlight
The Nylons, Skin Tight
Diana Panton, To Brazil with Love

Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (solo)

Bruce Cockburn, Small Source of Comfort
Craig Cardiff, Floods & Fires
David Francey, Late Edition
Dave Gunning, A Tribute to John Allan Cameron
Lindi Ortega, Little Red Boots

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (group)

The Wailin' Jennys, Bright Morning Stars
The Deep Dark Woods, The Place I Left Behind
The Good Lovelies, Let the Rain Fall
The Once, Row Upon Row of the People They Know
Twilight Hotel, When the Wolves Go Blind

World Music Album of the Year

Kiran Ahluwalia, Aam Zameen: Common Ground
Azam Ali, From Night to the Edge of Day
Aboulaye Kone and Bolo Kan, Afo Gné
Aline Morales, Flores, Tambores e Amores
Socalled, Sleepover

Songs

Single of the Year

The Sheepdogs, "I Don't Know"
City and Colour, "Fragile Bird"
Hedley, "Invincible"
Nickelback, "When We Stand Together"
Johnny Reid, "Let's Go Higher"

Classical Composition of the Year

Derek Charke, "Sepia Fragments"
Jacques Hétu, "String Quartet No. 2"
Jeffrey Ryan, "Fugitive Colours"
Heather Schmidt, "Piano Concerto No. 2"
Ann Southam, "Glass Houses #5"

Dance Recording of the Year

Martin Solveig and Dragonette, "Hello"
Anjulie, "Brand New Chick"
Deadmau5, "Aural Psynapse"
Duck Sauce, "Barbra Streisand"
Mia Martina, Devotion

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

Melanie Fiona, "Gone and Never Coming Back"
Jully Black, "Set it Off (feat. Kardinal Offishall)"
JRDN, IAMJRDN
Robin Thicke, "Pretty Lil Heart (feat. Lil Wayne)"
Karl Wolf, "Ghetto Love (feat. Kardinal Offishall)"

Reggae Recording of the Year

Exco Levi, "Bleaching Shop"
Jay Douglas, "Lover's Paradise"
Dubmatix, "Seeds of Love & Life"
Tanya Mullings, "Rescue Me"
Steele, "Woman"

Other

Music DVD of the Year

Feist: Look at What the Light Did Now (Anthony Seck, Janine McInnes and Chip Sutherland)
David Francey: Burning Bright (Tony Girardin)
Peter Katz: Live at the Music Gallery (Tim Martin, Framebender and Peter Katz)
Rush: Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland (Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn and Peggi Cecconi)
Tegan and Sara: Get Along (Elinor Svoboda-Salazar, Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Piers Henwood and Nick Blasko)

Recording Package of the Year

Winner: Jeff Harrison (Designer) and Kim Ridgewell (Illustrator) for Rest of the Story (Chris Tarry)

Feist, Metals (Janine McInnes, Robyn Kotyk, Graydon Sheppard, Sammy Rawal, Petra Cuschieri and Heather Goodchild)
Laura Repo, Get Yourself Home (Kirsten Gauthier, Anthony Swaneveld, Steve Dunk and Janet Kimber)
Dinah Thorpe, 12 (Jayme Spinks and Dinah Thorpe)
Timber Timbre, Creep on Creepin' On (Taylor Kirk, Robyn Kotyk and Nina Nielsen)

Video of the Year

Mike Roberts ("Rumbleseat", The Sadies)
Jon Busby ("Rows of Houses", Dan Mangan)
José Lourenço ("Stamp", The Rural Alberta Advantage)
Michael Maxxis ("Good Day at the Races", Hollerado)
John JP Poliquin ("The Stand", Mother Mother)

Compilation album

Universal Music Canada released a compilation album of songs from the year's Juno nominees on 13 March 2012. It debuted on the Canadian Albums Chart at number 32.^[20]

No.	Title	Artist
1.	"When We Stand Together"	Nickelback
2.	"What The Hell"	Avril Lavigne
3.	"Hold On"	Michael Bublé
4.	"Invincible"	Hedley
5.	"Pray"	Justin Bieber
6.	"Headlines"	Drake
7.	"Sofi Needs a Ladder"	Deadmau5
8.	"Toes"	Lights
9.	"She's Dope"	Down With Webster
10.	"Haven't Had Enough"	Marianas Trench
11.	"Alone Again"	Alyssa Reid (with P. Reign)
12.	"Let’s Go Higher"	Johnny Reid
13.	"I Don't Know"	The Sheepdogs
14.	"Unkind"	Sloan
15.	"Whistleblower"	Arkells
16.	"Zero Orchestra"	Matthew Good
17.	"I Feel You"	Sam Roberts Band
18.	"Fragile Bird"	City and Colour
19.	"Row of Houses"	Dan Mangan
20.	"How Come You Never Go There"	Feist

References

^ "Juno Awards to Return to Canada's Capital Region, Ottawa in 2012". CARAS. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
^ "Ottawa to host 2012 Juno Awards". CBC News. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
^ Bawagan, Juanita (14 December 2011). "Blue Rodeo named to Canadian Music Hall of Fame". Ottawa Citizen/Postmedia. Retrieved 17 December 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Gary Slaight to receive special Junos honour". CBC News. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
^ "Juno Awards: Feist, Michael Buble Win Big in Canada". Billboard.com. 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
^ "Feist, Sheepdogs win two Juno Awards each at Saturday dinner gala". Toronto: The Globe and Mail. 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
^ Armstrong, Denis. "Ottawa bids for 2012 Junos". Ottawa Sun. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
^ "Ottawa covets 2012 Juno Awards". CBC News. 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
^ "Project Chronology". Victoria, British Columbia: Capital Region Music Awards. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
^ Baines, Tim (1 March 2012). "Canadian rockers in hockey heaven". Ottawa Sun. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
^ Simpson, Peter (8 March 2012). "Video: What the stars will eat at Juno gala". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
^ Lofaro, Tony (6 March 2012). "The Songwriters Circle: Concert featuring Juno nominees offers a peek into the creative process". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "William Shatner to host Junos". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
^ "Simple Plan Announced as Final Performer for the 2012 Juno Awards" (PDF). CARAS. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
^ Feibel, Adam (14 December 2011). "The Junos in Ottawa: Blue Rodeo, City and Colour, Feist among Juno performers". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 17 December 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "Additional performance details and first group of presenters announced for CTV's broadcast of the 2012 Juno Awards, April 1". CARAS. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ "Canadian talent honoured in the Capital". CARAS. 31 March 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
^ "Two Christmas albums up for Best Album Juno". CBC News. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
^ "Allan Waters Humanitarian Award | The JUNO Awards". Junoawards.ca. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
^ "CANOE - JAM! Music - SoundScan Charts". Jam.canoe.ca. 21 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 December 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

Juno Awards official site

[1] "Juno Awards to Return to Canada's Capital Region, Ottawa in 2012". CARAS. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.

[2] "Ottawa to host 2012 Juno Awards". CBC News. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.

[3] Bawagan, Juanita (14 December 2011). "Blue Rodeo named to Canadian Music Hall of Fame". Ottawa Citizen/Postmedia. Retrieved 17 December 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Gary Slaight to receive special Junos honour". CBC News. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.

[5] "Juno Awards: Feist, Michael Buble Win Big in Canada". Billboard.com. 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

[6] "Feist, Sheepdogs win two Juno Awards each at Saturday dinner gala". Toronto: The Globe and Mail. 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

[7] Armstrong, Denis. "Ottawa bids for 2012 Junos". Ottawa Sun. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.

[8] "Ottawa covets 2012 Juno Awards". CBC News. 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2011.

[9] "Project Chronology". Victoria, British Columbia: Capital Region Music Awards. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

[10] Baines, Tim (1 March 2012). "Canadian rockers in hockey heaven". Ottawa Sun. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.

[11] Simpson, Peter (8 March 2012). "Video: What the stars will eat at Juno gala". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

[12] Lofaro, Tony (6 March 2012). "The Songwriters Circle: Concert featuring Juno nominees offers a peek into the creative process". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

[GM07Feb2012-13] "William Shatner to host Junos". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.

[14] "Simple Plan Announced as Final Performer for the 2012 Juno Awards" (PDF). CARAS. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

[15] Feibel, Adam (14 December 2011). "The Junos in Ottawa: Blue Rodeo, City and Colour, Feist among Juno performers". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 17 December 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[CARAS22Mar2012-16] "Additional performance details and first group of presenters announced for CTV's broadcast of the 2012 Juno Awards, April 1". CARAS. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[Gala-17] "Canadian talent honoured in the Capital". CARAS. 31 March 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

[18] "Two Christmas albums up for Best Album Juno". CBC News. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

[19] "Allan Waters Humanitarian Award | The JUNO Awards". Junoawards.ca. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

[20] "CANOE - JAM! Music - SoundScan Charts". Jam.canoe.ca. 21 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 December 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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