Juno Awards of 1990

Canadian Entertainer of the Year

This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.

Winner: The Jeff Healey Band

Other Nominees:

Blue Rodeo

Tom Cochrane

k.d. lang

Kim Mitchell

Best Female Vocalist

Winner: Rita MacNeil

Other Nominees:

Lee Aaron

Sass Jordan

Anne Murray

Candy Pennella

Best Male Vocalist

Winner: Kim Mitchell

Other Nominees:

Bruce Cockburn

George Fox

David Wilcox

Neil Young

Most Promising Female Vocalist

Winner: Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:

Annette Ducharme

Mitsou

Mary Margaret O'Hara

Anita Perras

Most Promising Male Vocalist

Winner: Daniel Lanois

Other Nominees:

Neil James Harnett

Ray Lyell

Roch Voisine

Rufus Wainwright

Group of the Year

Winner: Blue Rodeo

Other Nominees:

Tom Cochrane and Red Rider

Cowboy Junkies

The Jeff Healey Band

Rush

Most Promising Group

Winner: The Tragically Hip

Other Nominees:

Brighton Rock

Indio

Paradox

Sons of Freedom

Best Composer

Winner: David Tyson and Christopher Ward (for Alannah Myles)

Other Nominees:

Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy

Luba

Eddie Schwartz

Jim Vallance

Best Country Female Vocalist

Winner: k.d. lang

Other Nominees:

Carroll Baker

Rita MacNeil

Anne Murray

Lori Yates

Best Country Male Vocalist

Winner: George Fox

Other Nominees:

Gary Fjellgaard

Handsome Ned

Ian Tyson

Jesse Winchester

Best Country Group or Duo

Winner: The Family Brown

Other Nominees:

Alibi

Great Western Orchestra

Silver and Degazio

Stoker Brothers

Best Instrumental Artist

Winner: Manteca

Other Nominees:

Liona Boyd

Canadian Brass

Frank Mills

Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Orchestra

International Entertainer of the Year

Winner: Melissa Etheridge

Other Nominees:

Crowded House

Steve Earle

Rod Stewart

Randy Travis

Best Producer

Winner: Bruce Fairbairn, Pump by Aerosmith

Other Nominees:

Daniel Lanois, Acadie by Daniel Lanois

Bob Rock, Dr. Feelgood by Mötley Crüe & Blue Murder by Blue Murder

Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (with Co-producer Rupert Hine), "Force Ten" from Hold Your Fire & "Presto" from Presto by Rush

David Tyson, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles

Best Recording Engineer

Winner: Kevin Doyle, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:

Jean Claude Beaudoin, Tell Somebody by Sass Jordan

Lenny DeRose, Bodyrock by Lee Aaron & she by Dalbello

John Naslen, Big Circumstance by Bruce Cockburn

Rick Starks, Perfect Foot by Manteca

Michael Phillip Wojewoda, As the Crow Flies by Chalk Circle

Hall of Fame Award

Winner: Maureen Forrester

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: Rush

Album of the Year

Winner: Alannah Myles, Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:

Now the Bells Ring, Rita MacNeil

Rita, Rita MacNeil

See the Light, The Jeff Healey Band

Victory Day, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider

Best Children's Album

Winner: Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Susan Hammond and Barbara Nichol

Other Nominees:

The Boy Who Wanted to Talk to Whales, Robert Minden Ensemble

Footeprints, Norman Foote

Improvise with Eric Nagler, Eric Nagler

The People on My Street, Bob King

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)

Winner: 20th Century Original Piano Transcriptions, Louis Lortie

Other Nominees:

Beethoven: The Complete Quartets, The Orford String Quartet

Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Gabrieli and Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music, Canadian Brass

Kevin McMillan, baritone Kevin McMillan

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner: Boccherini: Cello Concertos and Symphonies, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Other Nominees:

Fete a la Francais, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit, piano Louis Lortie

Haydn Symphonies No. 1 and 5, National Arts Centre Orchestra, conductor Gabriel Chmura

Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit

Best Album Design

Winner: Hugh Syme, Presto by Rush

Other Nominees:

Jamie Bennett and Nuala Byles, Perfect Foot by Manteca

Robert LeBeuf and J.W. Stewart, The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century by Men Without Hats

Mary Margaret O'Hara, Miss America by Mary Margaret O'Hara

Hugh Syme, Rockland by Kim Mitchell

International Album of the Year

Winner: Girl You Know It's True, Milli Vanilli (disqualified)

Other Nominees:

Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul

The Raw & the Cooked, Fine Young Cannibals

Hangin' Tough, New Kids on the Block

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, Traveling Wilburys

Best Jazz Album

Winner: Skydance, Jon Ballantyne Trio featuring Joe Henderson

Other Nominees:

Friday the 14th, Bernie Senesky

Off Centre, Time Warp

Pas de Probleme, The Hugh Fraser Quintet

Something's Here, The Edmonton Jazz Ensemble

Best Roots and Traditional Album

Winner: * Je Voudrais Changer D'Chapeau, La Bottine Souriante

Other Nominees:

Humor Me, Jesse Winchester

I Make My Home in Shoes, Amos Garrett

Jubilation II, Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir

You Were On My Mind, Sylvia Tyson

Single of the Year

Winner: "Black Velvet", Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:

"All the Things I Wasn't", The Grapes of Wrath

"Love Is", Alannah Myles

"Rock n Roll Duty", Kim Mitchell

"Under Your Spell", Candi

Best Classical Composition

Winner: Concerto For Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Oskar Morawetz

Other Nominees:

Introduction and Three Folk Songs, Jean Coulthard

Sonata No. 1, Pat Carrabré

The Sons of Jacob, Sid Robinovitch

Third Chamber Concerto, Gary Kulesha

International Single of the Year

Winner: "Swing The Mood", Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

Other Nominees:

"Hangin' Tough", New Kids on the Block

"Like a Prayer", Madonna

"She Drives Me Crazy", Fine Young Cannibals

"Straight Up", Paula Abdul

Best R&B/Soul Recording

Winner: Spellbound, Billy Newton-Davis

Other Nominees:

Your Love, George Banton

Mega Love, Debbie Johnson

Another Love in Your Life, Jay W. McGee

Never Be Lonely, Lorraine Scott

Best Reggae/Calypso Recording

Winner: Too Late To Turn Back Now, Sattalites

Other Nominees:

Chuckie Prophesy, Clifton Joseph

Soca Band, Elsworth James

South Africa is a Disgrace, Leroy Sibbles

Tribute to Ben Johnson, Elsworth James

Best Dance Recording

Winner: "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)", Kon Kan

Other Nominees:

"Yada Yada", Jam Jam Jam

"Let Your Backbone Slide", Maestro Fresh-Wes

"Missing You", Candi

"Under Your Spell", Candi

Best Video

Winner: Cosimo Cavallaro, "Boomtown" by Andrew Cash

Other Nominees:

Don Allan, "Watcha Do to My Body" by Lee Aaron

Chris Hooper, Kevin Kane, Robert Longevall, "All the Things I Wasn't" by The Grapes of Wrath

Greg Masuak, "Giving Away a Miracle" by Luba

Kari Skogland, "Waterline" by Spoons