Juno Awards of 1999
| Juno Awards of 1999 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 7 March 1999 |
| Venue | Mike Bullard |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBC |
The Juno Awards of 1999 honouring Canadian music industry achievements were held in
Nominations were announced 27 January 1999 from the
CBC technicians under the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada were on strike in early 1999. However, the union chose not to picket the Juno Awards broadcast.
Luc Plamondon was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
Nominees and winners
Best Female Vocalist
Winner: Celine Dion
Other Nominees:
Best Male Vocalist
Winner: Jim Cuddy
Other Nominees:
Best New Solo Artist
Winner: Melanie Doane
Other Nominees:
Best Group
Winner: Barenaked Ladies
Other Nominees:
- Matthew Good Band
- Philosopher Kings
- The Rankins
- The Tragically Hip
Best New Group
Winner: Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra
Other Nominees:
- Love Inc.
- The Moffatts
- New Meanies
- The Wilkinsons
Best Songwriter
Winner: Bryan Adams, "On a Day Like Today" with Phil Thornalley, "When You're Gone" with Eliot Kennedy
Other Nominees:
- Loreena McKennitt, "The Mummer's Dance"
- Ed Robertson, "One Week"
- Amy Sky, "Love Pain and the Whole Damn Thing" and "Heaven" (both with Steven MacKinnon), "Ordinary Miracles" with David Pickell
- Shania Twain, "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)", "From This Moment On", "You're Still the One" (all with Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
Best Country Female Vocalist
Winner: Shania Twain
Other Nominees:
Best Country Male Vocalist
Winner: Paul Brandt
Other Nominees:
Best Country Group or Duo
Winner: Leahy
Other Nominees:
- Farmer's Daughter
- Prairie Oyster
- Thomas Wade and Wayward
- The Wilkinsons
International Achievement Award
Winner: Celine Dion
Best Producer
Winner: Colin James "Let's Shout" (with co-producer Joe Hardy) and "C'mon With The C'mon"
Other Nominees:
- Bryan Adams (with Bob Rock), "C'mon, C'mon, C'mon", "How Do Ya Feel Tonight" both by Bryan Adams
- Bruce Fairbairn, "Within" and "I Finally Found My Way" by Kiss
- Brandy
- Daniel Lanois, "The Maker" by Willie Nelson
Best Recording Engineer
Winner: Kevin Doyle, "Stanstill" by various artists and "Soul On Soul" by Amy Sky
Other Nominees:
- Philosopher Kings
- Ormond Jobin, "Desperately" and "If We Had Never Met" by Shirley Eikhard
- Randy Staub, "C'mon, C'mon, C'mon" by Bryan Adams and "Radio" by Copyright
- John Whynot, "Disappointment" and "All in Time" by Jim Cuddy
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Winner: Luc Plamondon
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
Winner: Allan Waters
Nominated and winning albums
Best Album
Winner: Let's Talk About Love, Celine Dion
Other Nominees:
- The Book of Secrets, Loreena McKennitt
- Grand parleur petit faiseur, Kevin Parent
- Happy?, Jann Arden
- Phantom Power, The Tragically Hip
Best Alternative Album
Winner: Rufus Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright
Other Nominees:
- Breath from Another, Esthero
- Bring Yourself Up, Bodega
- BTK, BTK
- The Closer I Get, Hayden
Best Blues Album
Winner: Blues Weather, Fathead
Other Nominees:
- Big Boy, Carlos del Junco
- Blues Boss Boogie, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
- Blues Money, Michael Pickett
- Colin James and the Little Big Band II, Colin James
Best Children's Album
Winner: Mozart's Magnificent Voyage, Susan Hammond's Classical Kids
Other Nominees:
- Accordelidon, Danielle Martineau
- Celebrate the Music, Sandra Beech
- If Fish Could Sing, Teresa Doyle
- Musical Mystery Machines, Ken Whiteley
Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)
Winner: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - Book 1, Angela Hewitt
Other Nominees:
- Dvorak, Mendelssohn: Piano Trios, The Gryphon Trio
- In Brahms' Apartment, Amici Ensemble
- Medtner: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Marc-André Hamelin
- Telemann: Tafelmusik, Ensemble Arion
Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)
Winner: Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks, Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (musical director)
Other Nominees:
- Bartok: Dance Suite, Music for Strings, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Reverie et Caprice: Violin Romances, Chantal Juillet, Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Saint-Saëens - Fauré - Roussel, Stéphane Lemelin, CBC Vancouver Orchestra
- Schnittke, Part, Gorecki, I Musici de Montreal
Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)
Winner: Songs of Travel, Gerald Finley (baritone) and Stephen Ralls (piano)
Other Nominees:
- A Britten Serenade, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Henriette Schellenberg (soprano), Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), James Sommerville (horn)
- Messiah: The Complete Choruses, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and Orchestra
- Musica Intima, Musica Intima
- Vivaldi: Motets for Soprano, Karina Gauvin (soprano)
Best Album Design
Winner: Andrew McLachlan, Rob Baker, Brock Ostrom, Bernard Clark, David Ajax, Phantom Power by The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees:
- David Ashcroft, Ivan Otis, Margaret Malandruccolo, Three Seeds by New Meanies
- Steve Goode, David Anthony, Since When by 54-40
- John Rummen, Jay Blakesburg, Stunt by Barenaked Ladies
- Hugh Syme, Geddy Lee, Andrew MacNaughton, Different Stages by Rush
Best Gospel Album
Winner: Life Is, Sharon Riley and Faith Chorale
Other Nominees:
- Follow Him, Toronto Mass Choir
- Listen to the Sound, Lianna Klassen
- Our Message, Selections
- To Whom It May Concern, Expression of Praise
Best Selling Francophone Album
Winner: S'il suffisait d'aimer, Celine Dion
Other Nominees:
- L'Album du peuple, volume 1, François Perusse
- Enchantée, Carmen Campagne
- Grand parleur petit faiseur, Kevin Parent
- Lynda Lemay, Lynda Lemay
Best Instrumental Album
Winner: My Roots are Showing, Natalie MacMaster
Other Nominees:
- Celtic Awakening, Howard Baer, Dan Gibson
- Celtic Dance, Casadh An tSúgáin (composers Oliver Schroer, John Herberman)
- Vertigo, Jesse Cook
- Whispering Woods, David Bradstreet, Dan Gibson
Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)
Winner: Let's Talk About Love, Céline Dion
Other Nominees:
- Come On Over, Shania Twain
- Ray of Light, Madonna
- Spiceworld, Spice Girls
- Titanic, Music from the Motion Picture, James Horner
Best Mainstream Jazz Album
Winner: The Atlantic Sessions, Kirk MacDonald
Other Nominees:
- Cactus, François Bourassa
- Inner Urge, Dave Young Trio
- Kenny and Sonny Live at the Montreal Bistro, The Kenny Wheeler, Sonny Greenwich Quintet
- Siren's Song, Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, John Taylor and the Maritime Jazz Orchestra
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Winner: Metalwood 2, Metalwood
Other Nominees:
- Cruel Yet Fair, Hard Rubber Orchestra
- In the Vernacular: The Music of John Carter, François Houle
- Road Stories, Phil Dwyer
- You Are Here, Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra
Best Roots or Traditional Album - Group
Winner: The McGarrigle Hour, Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Other Nominees:
- Heartbreak Hill, Heartbreak Hill
- Matapat, Bourque, Bernard et Lepage
- Return of the Wanderer, Puirt a Baroque
- Strang, Zubot & Dawson
Best Roots or Traditional Album - Solo
Winner: Heartstrings, Willie P. Bennett
Other Nominees:
- Crazy Old Man, Roy Forbes
- My Roots Are Showing, Natalie MacMaster
- Sally's Dream, Bill Bourne
- Stones, Gordie Sampson
Best Pop Album
Winner: Stunt, Barenaked Ladies
Other Nominees:
- Chapter 1: A New Beginning, The Moffatts
- Philosopher Kings
- Grand parleur petit faiseur, Kevin Parent
- Happy?, Jann Arden
- Let's Talk About Love, Celine Dion
Best Rock Album
Winner: Phantom Power, The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees:
Nominated and winning releases
Best Single
Winner: "One Week", Barenaked Ladies
Other Nominees:
- "Adia", Sarah McLachlan
- "Apparitions", Matthew Good Band
- "Hurts To Love You", Philosopher Kings
- "My Heart Will Go On", Celine Dion
Best Classical Composition
Winner: "Concerto For Wind Orchestra", Colin McPhee
Other Nominees:
- "Sonata for Viola and Piano". Chris Harman
- "Songs for an Acrobat". Linda Bouchard
- "Tre Vie". Malcolm Forsyth
- "Wine of Peace: Two Songs for Soprano and Orchestra". John Weinzweig
Best Rap Recording
Winner: Northern Touch by Rascalz featuring Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, Thrust, and Checkmate
Other Nominees:
- Maestro
- The Epic, Citizen Kane
- Frankenstein UV, Frankenstein
- Ghetto Concept, The Album, Ghetto Concept
Best R&B/Soul Recording
Winner: One Wish by Deborah Cox
Other Nominees:
- Bout Your Love, Glenn Lewis
- I Need Some Time, Kirsten Farkollie
- Rally'n, Jully Black featuring Saukrates
- Tamia, Tamia
Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording
Winner: Contact from the Underworld of Redboy, Robbie Robertson
Other Nominees:
- Hearts of the Nations, The 1997 Aboriginal Women's Voices Group
- Message from a Drum, J. Hubert Francis and Eagle Feather
- Thirst, Jani Lauzon
- Welcome to the Playground, TKO
Best Reggae/Calypso Recording
Winner: Vision, Frankie Wilmot
Other Nominees:
- Chains and Shackles, Inspector Lenny
- Glorious Ride, Lazah Current
- The Original, DJ Ray
- The Way I Feel, Mystics
Best Global Album
Winner: The Message, Alpha Yaya Diallo
Other Nominees:
- Endless, Silk Road Music
- Karsilama, Karsilama
- Por El Sol, Diego Marulanda & Pacande
- Vertigo, Jesse Cook
Best Dance Recording
Winner: Broken Bones,
Other Nominees:
- Hands of Time, Temperance
- I Got What It Takes, Jacynthe
- Popcorn, The Boomtang Boys
- Try My Love, Shauna Davis
Best Video
Winner: Javier Aguilera, "Forestfire" by David Usher
Other Nominees:
- Ulf Buddensieck, "Lukey" by Great Big Sea and The Chieftains
- Bill Morrison, "Apparitions" by Matthew Good Band
- Floria Sigismondi, "Sweet Surrender" by Sarah McLachlan
- Jeth Weinrich, "Wishing That" by Jann Arden
References
- McLaren, Leah (28 January 1999). "Dion leads Juno nominees / Ladies and Twain also up for awards". The Globe and Mail. pp. D1, D2.
- "List of 1999 Juno Award nominations". Saskatoon StarPhoenix. 28 January 1999. p. D1.
- Saunders, Doug (3 March 1999). "CBC negotiations break down; programs feel bite of strike". The Globe and Mail. p. A7.
- "National Report: CBC union won't picket Junos". The Globe and Mail. 4 March 1999. p. A7.
- Gill, Alexandra (4 March 1999). "Dion elbows out the competition at Junos". The Globe and Mail. p. A6.
- "Complete list of Juno Award winners". The Globe and Mail. 9 March 1999. p. C2.
External links
- McCann, Mike (7 March 1999). "Live Reviews: 1999 Juno Awards". )
- Juno Awards site