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Arcade Fire, Drake, Tegan and Sara & more win at Canada's Juno Awards

31 March 2014, 16:30 | Written by Luke Morgan Britton
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The Juno Awards, or “Canadian Grammys”, took place over the weekend, with the full list of winners now revealed.

Among the biggest winners on the night were Arcade Fire, picking “Album Of The Year” for Reflektor, and Tegan and Sara, who took home trophies for “Group Of The Year”, “Songwriter Of The Year”, “Single Of The Year” and “Pop Album Of The Year”.

Elsewhere, Drake won “Rap Record Of The Year”, Ryan Hemsworth received the “Electronic Album Of The Year” accolade and Esmerine were heralded with the best “Instrumental Album”.

Check out the full list of winners beneath, via National Post:

JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD (PRESENTED BY TD)
Arcade Fire
Avril Lavigne
Céline Dion
Drake Cash
Hedley
WINNER Justin Bieber
Michael Bublé
Robin Thicke
Serena Ryder
Walk Off the Earth

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Reflektor, Arcade Fire
Inner Ninja, Classified
It’s a Beautiful Day, Michael Bublé
What I Wouldn’t Do, Serena Ryder
WINNER Closer, Tegan and Sara

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
WINNER Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars
The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem
Night Visions, Imagine Dragons
Take Me Home, One Direction
The Truth About Love, P!nk

ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUSIC CANADA)
WINNER Reflektor, Arcade Fire
Loved Me Back to Life, Céline Dion
Nothing Was the Same, Drake
To Be Loved, Michael Bublé
Harmony, Serena Ryder

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Céline Dion
Drake
Michael Bublé
Robin Thicke
WINNER Serena Ryder

GROUP OF THE YEAR
Arcade Fire
Blue Rodeo
Hedley
WINNER Tegan and Sara
Walk Off the Earth

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND)
WINNER Brett Kissel
Florence K
Tim Hicks
Tyler Shaw
Wake Owl

BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND)
WINNER A Tribe Called Red
Autumn Hill
Born Ruffians
Courage My Love
July Talk

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA)
Arcade Fire
Henry “Cirkut” Walter
Ron Sexsmith
WINNER Serena Ryder
Tegan and Sara Quin

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Started With a Song, Brett Kissel
WINNER Crop Circles, Dean Brody
Country Junkie, Gord Bamford
Small Town Pistols, Small Town Pistols
Throw Down, Tim Hicks

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Shut Down the Streets, A.C. Newman
Tall Tall Shadow, Basia Bulat
Us Alone, Hayden
WINNER Forever Endeavour, Ron Sexsmith
Internal Sounds, The Sadies

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY LONG & MCQUADE)
WINNER Reflektor, Arcade Fire
The Poet’s Dead, Rah Rah
Today We’re Believers, Royal Canoe
Warring, The Darcys
Uzu, Yamantaka//Sonic Titan

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY TD)
Wild Life, Hedley
To Be Loved, Michael Bublé
Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke
WINNER Heartthrob, Tegan and Sara
R.E.V.O., Walk Off the Earth

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUSICIANS’ RIGHTS ORGANIZATION CANADA)
Love + Fury, Headstones
WINNER Coyote, Matt Mays
Arrows of Desire, Matthew Good
Furiosity, Monster Truck
Transit of Venus, Three Days Grace

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Stealing Genius, Amy McConnell & William Sperandei
Courage, My Love, Erin Propp with Larry Roy
My Funny Valentine – The Chet Baker Songbook, Matt Dusk
WINNER Notes On Montréal ft. Sienna Dahlen Mike Rud
Triades, Sonia Johnson, Charles Biddle Jr. & Annie Poulain

CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Gratitude, Brandi Disterheft
WINNER Habitat, Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra
Brooklyn Babylon, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Mirror of the Mind, Earl MacDonald
Le refuge, Trifolia

TRADITIONAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Nine, Carn Davidson
The Ian McDougall 12tet LIVE, Ian McDougall 12-tet
Our Second Set, John MacLeod & His Rex Hotel Orchestra
WINNER Ripple Effect, Mike Downes
Look for the Silver Lining, Phil Dwyer and Don Thompson Triplet

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
New History Warfare Vol.3: To See More Light, Colin Stetson
WINNER Dalmak, Esmerine
Senna, Mahogany Frog
Down Home, Petr Cancura
Invitation, The Peggy Lee Band

FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FESTIVAL DU VOYAGEUR)
Himalaya mon amour, Alex Nevsky
Omniprésent, Damien Robitaille
Chic de ville, Daniel Bélanger
WINNER Fox, Karim Ouellet
Punkt, Pierre Lapointe

CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Sing As We Go! Charlie Hope Little
What’s the Big Idea?!? Gary Rasberry
WINNER Colour It, Helen Austin
Mon coffret à surprises, Marie-Claude
Coconuts Don’t Fall Far From the Tree, Splash’N Boots

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
WINNER Prokofiev Complete Works for Violin, James Ehnes
Chopin: Études Op. 10 & 25, Jan Lisiecki
Mozart: Concertos Nos. 13 & 14, Janina Fialkowska / The Chamber Players of Canada
Liszt at The Opera, Louis Lortie
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Stewart Goodyear

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE OR SOLOIST(S) WITH LARGE ENSEMBLE ACCOMPANIMENT
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 27, Angela Hewitt
WINNER Britten & Shostakovich: Violin Concerti, James Ehnes
Canadian Concerto Project, Volume One, Nadina Mackie Jackson and Guy Few with Group of 27
House of Dreams, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances & Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL PERFORMANCE
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été – Palej : The Poet & the War – Rorate Coeli Group of 27, Eric Paetkau -
Conductor, Shannon Mercer – Soprano Centaur*Naxos
Ravel, Sayat-Nova & Kradjian: Troubadour & the Nightingale Isabel Bayrakdarian MCO*HM
WINNER Lettres de Madame Roy à sa fille Gabrielle Marie-Nicole Lemieux & André Gagnon Audiogram*Select
Handel: Orlando, HWV 31 Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann, Owen Willets, Karina
Gauvin, Allyson McHardy, Amanda Forsythe, Nathan Berg ATMA*Naxos
A Quiet Place: Music for Healing III Vancouver Chamber Choir Grouse*Independent

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
WINNER Field Notes Allan Gordon Bell GRAVITY AND GRACE
Isomorphia for Orchestra and Electronics James O’Callaghan MAHLER SYMPHONY 9
Quatuors à cordes No. 12 R. Murray Schafer QUATUOR MOLINARI ATMA
Magnificat Stephen Chatman MAGNIFICAT: SONGS OF REFLECTION
Atacama: Symphonie No. 3 Tim Brady ATACAMA: Symphonie No. 3 ATMA

RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Classified, Classified
WINNER Nothing Was the Same, Drake
In My Opinion, Rich Kidd
Flying Colours, Shad
Everywhere We Go, SonReal

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
WINNER This is What it Feels Like, Armin van Buuren & Trevor Guthrie Armada*Sony
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Tsunami, DVBBS & Borgeous
Locked Down, Jacynthe
Heartbreaker, Mia Martina

R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Kaleidoscope, Joanna Borromeo
WINNER Can’t Choose, JRDN ft. Kardinal Offishall
There’s Only One, Kim Davis
Gone, Melanie Durrant
Kiss Land, The Weeknd

REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Mandela Akustix, Independent
Baby It’s You, Ammoye Flava
Love Collision, Dru
Rebel Massive, Dubmatix
WINNER Strive, Exco Levi & Kabaka Pyramid

ABORIGINAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK)
Keep a Fire, Amanda Rheaume
Small Town Stories, Desiree Dorion
WINNER Surrender, George Leach
Burn Me Down, Inez Jasper
Road Renditions, Nathan Cunningham

ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO
Come Cry With Me, Daniel Romano
So Say We All, David Francey
Don’t Get Too Grand, Donovan Woods
WINNER Valleyheart, Justin Rutledge
Tin Star, Lindi Ortega

ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP (SPONSORED BY WINNIPEG FOLK FESTIVAL)
The Folk Sinner, Lee Harvey Osmond
Bison Ranch Recording Sessions, Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five
Volume One, The Devin Cuddy Band
WINNER We Still Move On Dance Floors, The Strumbellas
Island of Echoes, The Wilderness of Manitoba

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY GALAXIE, YOUR MUSICAL UNIVERSE)
Come on Down, David Gogo
WINNER Can You Hear the Music
Soulscape, Harrison Kennedy
My Guitar’s My Only Friend, James Buddy
All Frequencies, MonkeyJunk

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Search the Heavens, Fraser Campbell
Jordan Raycroft, Jordan Raycroft
Heart The City, Harmonic
Lost & Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion, The High Bar
WINNER Trees, Tim Neufeld

WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
Sabor A Café Adonis Puentes Tumba
Lamentation of Swans – A Journey Towards Silence Azam Ali and Loga R.Torkian
WINNER Walk to the Sea David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana
Jumbie in the Jukebox Kobo Town
Lume, Lume Lemon Bucket Orkestra

JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY SLAIGHT MUSIC)
Brian Howes and Jacob Hoggard
Eric Ratz
WINNER Henry “Cirkut” Walter
Ryan Guldemond and Ben Kaplan
Thomas “Tawgs” Salter

RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
David Travers-Smith
WINNER Eric Ratz
Kevin Churko (co-engineer Kane Churko)
Randy Staub

RECORDING PACKAGE OF THE YEAR
Bones, Bodhi Jones
Lullabies and Wake-Up Calls, Dinah Thorpe
White Paint, Hollerado
WINNER Arts & Crafts: 2003-2013
La Mort Pop Club, We Are Wolves

VIDEO OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUCHFACT, EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED BY BELL MEDIA)
Je t’aime comme tu es, Agathe Bray-Bourret (Daniel Belanger)
Friend of Mine, Briin ‘Briin?’ Bernstein & Daniel AM Rosenberg (D-Sisive)
Anything, John Poliquin (Hedley)
King and Lionheart, WeWereMonkeys (Of Monsters and Men)
WINNER Feeling Good, Matt Barnes (The Sheepdogs)

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY ROLAND)
Nation II Nation, A Tribe Called Red
Untogether, Blue Hawaii
Graze, Graze
Third Culture, Noah Pred
WINNER Guilt Trips, Ryan Hemsworth

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Heart of Oak, Anciients
Colored Sands, Gorguts
Entrench, KEN Mode
WINNER Volition, Protest the Hero
Dead Language, The Flatliners

ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
In My Head, Alysha Brilla
Loved Me Back To Life, Céline Dion
Dream Catcher, Chloe Albert
The Year He Drove Me Crazy, Coral Egan
WINNER A Christmas Gift To You, Johnny Reid

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