Date 18 March 1990 | ||
The Juno Awards of 1990, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 18 March 1990 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Contents
- Canadian Entertainer of the Year
- Best Female Vocalist
- Best Male Vocalist
- Most Promising Female Vocalist
- Most Promising Male Vocalist
- Group of the Year
- Most Promising Group
- Best Composer
- Best Country Female Vocalist
- Best Country Male Vocalist
- Best Country Group or Duo
- Best Instrumental Artist
- International Entertainer of the Year
- Best Producer
- Best Recording Engineer
- Hall of Fame Award
- Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
- Album of the Year
- Best Childrens Album
- Best Classical Album Solo or Chamber Ensemble
- Best Classical Album Large Ensemble
- Best Album Design
- International Album of the Year
- Best Jazz Album
- Best Roots and Traditional Album
- Single of the Year
- Best Classical Composition
- International Single of the Year
- Best RBSoul Recording
- Best ReggaeCalypso Recording
- Best Dance Recording
- Best Video
- References
Alannah Myles won in three Juno categories on the strength of her internationally successful debut album.
Specialty television service YTV would broadcast a repeat of the televised awards ceremony one week later, according to a five-year agreement announced before the 1990 Juno Awards.
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:
Best Female Vocalist
Winner: Rita MacNeil
Other Nominees:
Best Male Vocalist
Winner: Kim Mitchell
Other Nominees:
Most Promising Female Vocalist
Winner: Alannah Myles
Other Nominees:
Most Promising Male Vocalist
Winner: Daniel Lanois
Other Nominees:
Group of the Year
Winner: Blue Rodeo
Other Nominees:
Most Promising Group
Winner: The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees:
Best Composer
Winner: David Tyson and Christopher Ward (for Alannah Myles)
Other Nominees:
Best Country Female Vocalist
Winner: k.d. lang
Other Nominees:
Best Country Male Vocalist
Winner: George Fox
Other Nominees:
Best Country Group or Duo
Winner: The Family Brown
Other Nominees:
Best Instrumental Artist
Winner: Manteca
Other Nominees:
International Entertainer of the Year
Winner: Melissa Etheridge
Other Nominees:
Best Producer
Winner: Bruce Fairbairn, Pump by Aerosmith
Other Nominees:
Best Recording Engineer
Winner: Kevin Doyle, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles
Other Nominees:
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:
Best Children's Album
Winner: Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Susan Hammond and Barbara Nichol
Other Nominees:
Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)
Winner: 20th Century Original Piano Transcriptions, Louis Lortie
Other Nominees:
Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)
Winner: Boccherini: Cello Concertos and Symphonies, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Other Nominees:
Best Album Design
Winner: Hugh Syme, Presto by Rush
Other Nominees:
International Album of the Year
Winner: Girl You Know It's True, Milli Vanilli (disqualified)
Other Nominees:
Best Jazz Album
Winner: Skydance, Jon Ballantyne Trio featuring Joe Henderson
Other Nominees:
Best Roots and Traditional Album
Winner: * Je Voudrais Changer D'Chapeau, La Bottine Souriante
Other Nominees:
Single of the Year
Winner: "Black Velvet", Alannah Myles
Other Nominees:
Best Classical Composition
Winner: Concerto For Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Oskar Morawetz
Other Nominees:
International Single of the Year
Winner: "Swing The Mood", Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
Other Nominees:
Best R&B/Soul Recording
Winner: Spellbound, Billy Newton-Davis
Other Nominees:
Best Reggae/Calypso Recording
Winner: Too Late To Turn Back Now, Sattalites
Other Nominees:
Best Dance Recording
Winner: "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)", Kon Kan
Other Nominees:
Best Video
Winner: Cosimo Cavallaro, "Boomtown" by Andrew Cash
Other Nominees: