The Juno Award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best instrumental album in Canada . The award was originally called the "Instrumental Artist of the Year".[citation needed
Winners
2003 - Robert Michaels , Allegro 2004 - I Sorenti, Italian Love Songs 2005 - Oscar Lopez , Mi Destino/My Destiny 2006 - Daniel Lanois , Belladonna 2007 - Sisters Euclid, Run Neil Run 2008 - Jayme Stone , The Utmost 2009 - DJ Brace , DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra, Nostomania 2010 - Bell Orchestre , As Seen Through The Windows 2011 - Fond of Tigers , Continent & Western 2012 - Stretch Orchestra, Stretch Orchestra 2013 - Pugs and Crows , Fantastic Pictures 2014 - Esmerine , Dalmak 2015 - Quartango, Encuentro 2016 - Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld , Never Were the Way She Was 2017 - The Fretless , Bird's Nest 2018 - Do Make Say Think , Stubborn Persistent Illusions 2019 - Gordon Grdina, China Cloud 2020 - Alexandra Stréliski , Inscape 2021 - Blitz//Berlin , Movements III [ 1] 2022 - David Myles , That Tall Distance 2023 - Esmerine , Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More [ 2] 2024 - Colin Stetson , When we were that what wept for the sea [ 3]
References
Awards to individuals Awards for recordings Awards for technicality Discontinued categories Special awards Years Leadership Notes 1 Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.