Juno Awards of 2007
| Juno Awards of 2007 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 31 March-1 April 2007 |
| Venue | Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Hosted by | Nelly Furtado |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CTV |
The
Ceremonies
Most winners were announced at the Juno Gala Dinner and Awards ceremony on 31 March. This was a non-televised event conducted at
The primary ceremonies of the major awards originated from the
Winners in the following categories were announced during the primary ceremonies:
- Album of the Year
- Group of the Year
- Juno Fan Choice Award
- New Artist of the Year
- R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
- Rock Album of the Year
- Single of the Year
Telecast
CTV originally planned to provide a tape-delayed broadcast from 22:00
National ratings for the Juno telecast were measured by
Nominees and winners
Nominees were announced on 6 February 2007.[9]
Artist of the Year
Winner: Nelly Furtado
Other nominees:
Group of the Year
Winner: Billy Talent
Other nominees:
New Artist of the Year
Winner: Tomi Swick
Other nominees:
- Eva Avila
- Neverending White Lights
- Melissa O'Neil
- Patrick Watson
New Group of the Year
Winner: Mobile
Other nominees:
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year
Winner: Brian Howes, "Trip" (Hedley) and "Lips of an Angel" (Extreme Behavior)
Other nominees:
- Bob Rock, "In View" and "World Container" (The Tragically Hip)
- David Foster, "Un Giorno Per Noi (Romeo E Giulietta)" and "Un Dia Llegara" (Josh Groban)
- Julius "Juice" Butty, "Save Your Scissors" (City and Colour) and "This Could Be Anywhere in the World" (Alexisonfire)
- k-os, "The Rain" and "Sunday Morning"
Recording Engineer of the Year
Winner: John "Beetle" Bailey, "Rain" (Molly Johnson) and "Sisters of Mercy" (Serena Ryder)
Other nominees:
- David Travers-Smith, "The Devil's Paintbrush Road" and "Prairie Town" (The Wailin' Jennys)
- Eric Ratz, "Devil in a Midnight Mass" and "Red Flag" (Billy Talent)
- L. Stu Young, "Fury" and "3121" (Prince)
- Sheldon Zaharko, "Back Up on the Horse" (Barney Bentall) and "Unsung" (Jenny Whiteley)
Songwriter of the Year
Winner: Gordie Sampson, "Jesus Take the Wheel", "Words Get in the Way" and "Crybaby"
Other nominees:
- Sarah Harmer, "I Am Aglow", "Oleander" and "Escarpment Blues"
- k-os, "Sunday Morning", "The Rain" and "Flypaper"
- Nickelback, "Far Away", "If Everyone Cared" and "Rockstar"
- Ron Sexsmith, "All in Good Time", "Never Give Up" and "Hands of Time"
Fan Choice Award
Winner: Nelly Furtado
Other nominees:
Nominated albums
Album of the Year
Winner: Loose, Nelly Furtado
Other nominees:
- Billy Talent II, Billy Talent
- Hedley, Hedley
- I Think of You, Gregory Charles
- One-X, Three Days Grace
Aboriginal Recording of the Year
Winner: Sedzé, Leela Gilday
Other nominees:
- Blood Red Earth, Susan Aglukark
- Burn, Jason Burnstick
- Seeds, Digging Roots
- Stay Red, Northern Cree
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
Winner: The Light That Guides You Home, Jim Cuddy
Other nominees:
- I'm a Mountain, Sarah Harmer
- Living with War, Neil Young
- Time Being, Ron Sexsmith
- When the Angels Make Contact, Matt Mays
Alternative Album of the Year
Winner: Sometimes, City and Colour
Other nominees:
- Not Saying/Just Saying, Shout Out Out Out Out
- Return to the Sea, Islands
- Skelliconnection, Chad VanGaalen
- Trompe-l'oeil, Malajube
Blues Album of the Year
Winner: House of Refuge, Jim Byrnes
Other nominees:
- Acoustic, David Gogo
- Colin James & The Little Big Band 3, Colin James
- Easin' Back To Tennessee, Colin Linden
- The Way It Feels, Roxanne Potvin
CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year
Winner:
Other nominees:
- Alexisonfire, Garnet Armstrong and Erno Rossi, Crisis (Alexisonfire)
- Tim Domoslai, Treeful of Starling (Hawksley Workman)
- Julien Mineau and Virginie Parr, Trompe-l'oeil (Malajube)
- Garnet Armstrong, Simon Paul, Linda Philp and Susan Michalek, World Container (The Tragically Hip)
Children's Album of the Year
Winner: My Beautiful World, Jack Grunsky
Other nominees:
- Dinosaurs, Dragons & Me, Donna & Andy
- Join the Band, Ken Whiteley
- Murmel Murmel Munsch!, Robert Munsch
- Snooze Music, Rick Scott
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
Winner: Wide-Eyed and Mystified, Downhere
Other nominees:
- Beauty in the Broken, Starfield
- Glory, Manafest
- Pollyanna's Attic, Carolyn Arends
- Smile, It's The End of the World, Hawk Nelson
Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)
Winner: Mozart: Violin Concerti, James Ehnes and the Mozart Anniversary Orchestra
Other nominees:
- Mozart: Violin Concerti, Jon Kimura Parker/James Parker/Ian Parker/CBC Radio Orchestra/Mario Bernardi
- Rhapsodies, Alain Lefèvre and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ", Philippe Bélanger/Orchestre Métropolitain/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Shostakovich's Circle, I Musici de Montréal
Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)
Winner:
Other nominees:
- Mozart: Complete Piano Trios, The Gryphon Trio
- Mozart the Mason, Jonathan Crow, Douglas McNabney and Matt Haimovitz
- On the Threshold of Hope: Chamber Music by Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Artists of the Royal Conservatory
- Shostakovich: String Quartets 3, 7 & 8, St. Lawrence String Quartet
Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)
Winner: Mozart: Arie e Duetti, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Michael Schade and Russell Braun with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Other nominees:
- Adrianne Pieczonka Sings Wagner and Strauss, Adrianne Pieczonka
- Extase, Orchestre symphonique de Québec
- Purcell, Karina Gauvin and Les Boréades
- Wagner: Arias, Ben Heppner
Francophone Album of the Year
Winner: Il était une fois dans l'est, Antoine Gratton
Other nominees:
- La Coeur dans la tête, Ariane Moffatt
- Compter les corps, Vulgaires Machins
- La Forêt des mal-aimés, Pierre Lapointe
- Trompe-l'oeil, Malajube
Instrumental Album of the Year
Winner: Run Neil Run, Sisters Euclid
Other nominees:
- ...and another thing, Joël Fafard
- Café Tropical, Johannes Linstead
- Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light, Bell Orchestre
- Yours Truly, Natalie MacMaster
International Album of the Year
Winner:
Other nominees:
- Ancora, Il Divo
- Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna
- FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake
- Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year
Winner: From the Heart, Hilario Durán and his Latin Jazz Big Band
Other nominees:
- At Sea, Ingrid Jensen
- Hugmars, Hugh Marsh
- Moment in Time, Richard Underhill
- Obsession, Kent Sangster
Traditional Jazz Album of the Year
Winner: Avenue Standard, Jon Ballantyne
Other nominees:
- Mnemosyne's March, The David Braid Quartet
- Movin' and Groovin', Jake Langley
- Other Stories, William Carn
- ZHEN: The David Braid Sextet Live, Volume II, David Braid
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Winner: From This Moment On, Diana Krall
Other nominees:
- Calling for Rain, Lori Cullen
- Fight or Flight?, Kellylee Evans
- Messin' Around, Molly Johnson
- Start to Move, Elizabeth Shepherd
Pop Album of the Year
Winner: Loose, Nelly Furtado
Other nominees:
- Atlantis: Hymns for Disco, k-os
- Ghost Stories, Chantal Kreviazuk
- Stalled Out in the Doorway, Tomi Swick
- Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan
Rock Album of the Year
Winner: Billy Talent II, Billy Talent
Other nominees:
- Chemical City, Sam Roberts
- Never Hear the End of It, Sloan
- Tomorrow Starts Today, Mobile
- World Container, The Tragically Hip
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)
Winner: Yellowjacket, Stephen Fearing
Other nominees:
- An Ancient Muse, Loreena McKennitt
- Milly's Cafe, Fred Eaglesmith
- We Belong to the Gold Coast, Steve Dawson
- When We Get There, Lennie Gallant
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)
Winner: Bloom, The McDades
Other nominees:
- Firecracker, The Wailin' Jennys
- Be Good Tanyas
- Let's Frolic, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
- Migrations, The Dukhs
World Music Album of the Year
Winner: Kaba Horo, Lubo Alexandrov
Other nominees:
- African Guitar Summit II, Alpha Ya Ya Diallo, Mighty Popo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe, Madagascar Slimand Donné Robert
- Bahiatronica, Monica Freire
- Coeur vagabond, Bïa
- The Edge, Mr. Something Something
Nominated releases
Single of the Year
Winner: "Promiscuous", Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
Other nominees:
- "All I Can Do", Chantal Kreviazuk
- "Devil in a Midnight Mass", Billy Talent
- "Pull Me Through", Jim Cuddy
- "Sunday Morning", k-os
Classical Composition of the Year
Winner: "Clere Vénus", Denis Gougeon
Other nominees:
- "A Midwinter Night's Dream", Harry Somers
- "Of Memory and Desire", Harry Somers
- "Tumbling Strain", Neil Currie
- "Varley Suite for Solo Violin", Stephen Chatman
Country Recording of the Year
Winner: Somebody Wrote Love, George Canyon
Other nominees:
- Big Wheel, Aaron Pritchett
- Countrified, Emerson Drive
- Doc Walker, Doc Walker
- Love & Negotiation, Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Dance Recording of the Year
Other nominees:
- "Airbreak", Danny D
- "Lift Off", Taras
- "(Maybe You'll Get) Lucky", The Sound Bluntz
- Champion
Music DVD of the Year
Winner: Escarpment Blues, Sarah Harmer
Other nominees:
- It's Not Fun. Don't Do It!, Tegan and Sara
- Try This at Home, Hedley
- R30, Rush
- Rock Swings - Live, Paul Anka
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
Winner:
Other nominees:
- "Life Less Ordinary", Deesha
- "Believe", George
- "Face Behind The Face", Karl Wolf
- "Been Gone", Keshia Chanté
Rap Recording of the Year
Winner: Black Magic, Swollen Members
Other nominees:
- The Answer, Rich London
- The Frenzy of Renown, Arabesque
- Hitch Hikin' Music, Classified
- Organic Music for a Digital World, DL Incognito
Reggae Recording of the Year
Winner: Xrated, Korexion
Other nominees:
- Hard to See, Humble
- In the Streets, Trinity Chris feat. Blessed
- Kulcha Connection, Kulcha Connection
- Survival, Kwesi Selassie
Video of the Year
Winner: Dave Pawson and Jonathan Legris, "Bridge to Nowhere" (Sam Roberts)
Other nominees:
- Sean Michael Turrell, "Devil in a Midnight Mass" (Billy Talent)
- Floria Sigismondi, "Hurt" (Christina Aguilera)
- Drew Lightfoot, "Coast Is Clear" (In-Flight Safety)
- k-os, Micah Meisner and Zeb Roc, "ElectriK HeaT: The Seekwill" (k-os)
Compilation CD
A compilation album of the awards was released in 2007
Track list
- Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland "Promiscuous" 4:03
- k-os "Sunday Morning" 3:47
- Chantal Kreviazuk "All I Can Do" 3:36
- Sam Roberts "Bridge To Nowhere" 3:10
- Billy Talent "Devil in a Midnight Mass" 2:54
- Mobile "Montreal Calling" 3:07
- Nickelback "Far Away" 3:59
- Melissa O'Neil "Speechless" 4:04
- Diana Krall "Little Girl Blue" 5:39
- Loreena McKennitt "Caravanserai" 3:54
- Pierre Lapointe "Deux Par Deux Rassemblés" 3:50
- Jim Cuddy "Pull Me Through" 4:45
- Eva Avila "Meant To Fly" 3:27
- Stabilo "Flawed Design" 3:47
- The Tragically Hip "In View" 3:59
- Hedley "Gunnin'" 4:11
- Three Days Grace "Animal I Have Become" 3:52
- Alexisonfire "This Could Be Anywhere in the World" 4:02
References
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