Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year

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The Juno Award for "Songwriter of the Year" has been awarded since 1971, as recognition each year for the best songwriter in Canada. It was also known as the Juno Award for "Composer of the Year" from 1975 to 1990.

Best Songwriter (1971 - 1974)

1971 - Gene MacLellan (Special Award Canadian Composer)

1972 - Rich Dodson

1973 - Gordon Lightfoot

1974 - Murray McLauchlan

Composer of the Year (1975 - 1990)

1975 - Paul Anka

1976 - Hagood Hardy, "The Homecoming"

1977 - Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

1978 - Dan Hill (Co-composer), "Sometimes When We Touch"

1979 - Dan Hill (Co-composer), "Sometimes When We Touch"

1980 - Frank Mills, "Peter Piper"

1981 - Eddie Schwartz, "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"

1982 - Mike Reno / Paul Dean, "Turn Me Loose"

1983 - Bob Rock / Paul Hyde, "Eyes of a Stranger"

1984 - Bryan Adams / Jim Vallance, "Cuts Like a Knife"

1985 - Bryan Adams / Jim Vallance

1986 - Jim Vallance

1987 - Jim Vallance

1989 - Tom Cochrane

1990 - David Tyson / Christopher Ward

Songwriter of the Year (1991 - 1998)

1991 - David Tyson

1992 - Tom Cochrane

1993 - k.d. lang / Ben Mink

1994 - Leonard Cohen

1995 - Jann Arden

1996 - Alanis Morissette

1997 - Alanis Morissette (Glen Ballard, co-songwriter)

1998 - Sarah McLachlan with Pierre Marchand, "Building a Mystery" by Sarah McLachlan

Best Songwriter (1999 - 2002)

1999 - Bryan Adams (co-songwriter), "On a Day Like Today" with Phil Thornalley, "When You're Gone" with Eliot Kennedy

2000 - Shania Twain (co-songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"; "You've Got a Way"; "That Don't Impress Me Much"

2001 - Nelly Furtado, "Turn Off the Light"; "I'm like a Bird"; "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)"

2002 - Jann Arden, "Never Mind", "Thing for You" (co-songwriter Russell Broom)

Songwriter of the Year (2003 - Present)

2003 - Chad Kroeger/Nickelback, "Hero" - Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man; "Too Bad" and "How You Remind Me" - Silver Side Up

2004 - Sarah McLachlan (co-songwriter Pierre Marchand) - "World on Fire", "Fallen" and "Stupid" - Afterglow

2005 - Ron Sexsmith, "Whatever It Takes", "Not About to Lose" and "Hard Bargain" - Retriever

2006 - Arcade Fire, "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (with Josh Deu), "Rebellion (Lies)", "Wake Up" - Funeral

2007 - Gordie Sampson, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" (co-songwriters Brett James & Hillary Lindsey) - Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood; "Words Get In The Way" (co-songwriters Troy Verges / Aimee Mayo) - Dangerous Man by Trace Adkins; "Crybaby" (co-songwriters Carolyn Dawn Johnson / Troy Verges) - Love & Negotiation by Carolyn Dawn Johnson

2008 - Feist, "My Moon My Man", "1234" and "I Feel It All" - The Reminder

2009 - City and Colour, "Waiting...", "Sleeping Sickness", "The Girl" - Bring Me Your Love

2010 - K'naan - "Wavin' Flag" (co-songwriters B. Mars, P. Lawrence and J. Daval), "Take A Minute", "If Rap Gets Jealous" (co-songwriters Gerald Eaton and Brian West) - Troubadour

2011 - Arcade Fire, "Ready to Start", "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)", "We Used To Wait" - The Suburbs

2012 - Dallas Green of City and Colour, "Fragile Bird", "We Found Each Other" and "Weightless" - Little Hell

2013 - Leonard Cohen, "Amen", "Going Home" (co-songwriter Patrick Leonard), and "Show Me the Place" (co-songwriter Patrick Leonard) - Old Ideas

2014 - Serena Ryder, "Stompa", "What I Wouldn't Do", and "When You Know ft. Serena Ryder" - Harmony & Learning to Lose Control

2015 - Afie Jurvanen, "All the Time", "Bitter Memories", "Stronger Than That" - Bahamas Is Afie

2016 - Abel Tesfaye, "Can't Feel My Face" (co-songwriters Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Peter Svensson, Ali Payami), "In the Night" (co-songwriters Ahmad Balshe, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Peter Svensson, Ali Payami), "The Hills" (co-songwriters Ahmad Balshe, Emmanuel Nickerson, Carlo Mantagnese) - Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd

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