Grimes, The Weeknd, Japandroids, Carly Rae Jepsen & more nominated for Canada's Juno Awards 2013

The nominations for Canada’s Juno Awards have been announced.

Veteran songwriter Leonard Cohen is up against the youthful duo of Carly Rae Jepsen and Justin Bieber, as well as electronic producer Deadmau5 for ‘Artist of the Year’, while Metric fight it out with the likes of Billy Talent and Rush for ‘Group of the Year’.

The ‘Breakthrough Artist’ category sees the likes of Grimes, The Weeknd and Cold Specks all nominated, while Drake is up for Juno’s ‘Fan Choice Award’.

‘Single of the Year’ predictably sees Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Call Me Maybe’ leading the way, as does her record in ‘Album of the Year’.

Elsewhere, Kathleen Edwards is up for ‘Adult Alternative Album of the Year’ and Japandroids for ‘Alternative Album of the Year’.

The ceremony takes place on 21 April 2013. A shortened list of the nominations can be found below:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen
Deadmau5
Johnny Reid
Justin Bieber
Leonard Cohen

GROUP OF THE YEAR
Billy Talent
Marianas Trench
Metric
Rush
The Sheepdogs

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cold Specks
Elisapie
Grimes
Kira Isabella
The Weeknd

JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD
Carly Rae Jepsen
Céline Dion
Drake
Hedley
Justin Bieber
Leonard Cohen
Marianas Trench
Metric
Michael Bublé
Nickelback

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Billy Talent – Viking Death March
Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
Hedley – Kiss You Inside Out
Serena Ryder – Stompa
The Sheepdogs – The Way It Is

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen – Kiss
Céline Dion – Sans Attendre
Hedley – Storms
Justin Bieber – Believe
Marianas Trench – Ever After

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Bahamas – Barchords
Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur
Royal Wood – We Were Born To Glory
Serena Ryder – Harmony
The Barr Brothers – The Barr Brothers

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Hannah Georgas – Hannah Georgas
Japandroids – Celebration Rock
Metric – Synthetica
Said The Whale – Little Mountain
Stars – The North