Juno Awards of 2005

Nominations were announced 7 February 2005.

The Tragically Hip were this year's Canadian Music Hall of Fame recipient. Dan Aykroyd was originally scheduled to present this honour, but inexplicably cancelled several days before the awards ceremony. Sarah Harmer presented the Hall of Fame award in his place. Both Aykroyd and Harmer have ties to the Kingston, Ontario community in which The Tragically Hip are based.

Other Juno Weekend events included the JunoFest concert series held at venues around the city, the Songwriters’ Circle on Sunday afternoon, and the Juno Fan Fare autograph session with Keshia Chanté, Great Big Sea, Kardinal Offishall, The Tea Party, Thornley, and other Canadian bands and artists.

The following awards were presented during the primary ceremonies, with other categories awarded at a non-televised ceremony the previous night:

• Group of the Year
• New Artist of the Year
• Juno Fan Choice Award
• Songwriter of the Year
• Album of the Year
• Adult Alternative Album of the Year
• Rap Recording of the Year
• Single of the Year

Nominees and winners

Artist of the Year

Winner: Avril Lavigne

Other Nominees:

• Bryan Adams
• Celine Dion
• Diana Krall
• k.d. lang

New Artist of the Year

Winner:

Other Nominees:

• Keshia Chanté
• Fefe Dobson
• Matt Dusk
• Matt Mays

Group of the Year

Winner: Billy Talent

Other Nominees:

• Great Big Sea
• Simple Plan
• Sum 41
• The Tragically Hip

Juno Fan Choice Award

Winner: Avril Lavigne

Other Nominees:

• Diana Krall
• Sarah McLachlan
• Marie-Elaine Thibert
• Shania Twain

New Group of the Year

Winner: Alexisonfire

Other Nominees:

• Death from Above 1979
• The Marble Index
• Thornley
• The Waking Eyes

Songwriter of the Year

Winner: Ron Sexsmith, "Whatever It Takes", "Not About to Lose", "Hard Bargain"

Other Nominees:

• Buck 65 "Wicked and Weird", "463", "Sore" (all co-written with T.O.A.B. La Rone)
• Marc Jordan, "Let's Waste Some Time" and "Shot Down My Heart" (both co-written by Steve MacKinnon), "Tears of Hercules" (co-written by Stephan Moccio)
• Avril Lavigne, "Don't Tell Me" (co-written by Evan Taubenfeld), "My Happy Ending" (co-written by Butch Walker), "Nobody's Home" (co-written by Ben Moody)
• Gordie Sampson, "Sunburn" and "Paris" (both co-written by Blair Daly and Troy Verges), "You (Or Somebody Like You)"

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

Winner: Bob Rock, "Welcome to My Life" by Simple Plan and "Some Kind of Monster" by Metallica

Other Nominees:

• David Foster, "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban, "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Michael Bublé
• Raine Maida, "How Does it Feel" and "Fall to Pieces" by Avril Lavigne
• Nickelback and Joey Moi, "Someday" and "Figured You Out" by Nickelback
• Track & Field and Nelly Furtado, "Try" and "Explode" by Nelly Furtado

Recording Engineer of the Year

Winner: L. Stu Young, "What Do You Want" and "Man in Your Life" by Prince, Musicology

Other Nominees:

• Vic Florencia, "Shot Down My Heart" and "When Rita Takes the 'A' Train" by Marc Jordan, Make Believe Ballroom
• John MacLean, Sheldon Zaharko, "Jumbo Jet Headache" by Limblifter, I/O
• Peter Prilesnik, "Lucky Me" and "Day One" by Sarah Slean, Day One
• Bob Rock, "Welcome to My Life" and "Me Against the World" by Simple Plan, Still Not Getting Any

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winner: The Tragically Hip

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: Allan Slaight

Nominated and winning albums

Album of the Year

Winner: Billy Talent, Billy Talent

Other Nominees:

• The Girl in the Other Room, Diana Krall
• Miracle, Celine Dion
• Still Not Getting Any, Simple Plan
• Under My Skin, Avril Lavigne

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

Winner: All of Our Names, Sarah Harmer

Other Nominees:

• Day One, Sarah Slean
• Matt Mays, Matt Mays
• Retriever, Ron Sexsmith
• Want Two, Rufus Wainwright

Alternative Album of the Year

Winner: