Other ceremonies 1993, 1995 | Date 1994 | |
Venue Sony Centre for the Performing Arts |
The Juno Awards of 1994, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 20 March 1994 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Roch Voisine was the host for the ceremonies, which were taped that afternoon for broadcast that evening on CBC Television.
Contents
- Canadian Entertainer of the Year
- Best Female Vocalist
- Best Male Vocalist
- Best New Solo Artist
- Group of the Year
- Best New Group
- Songwriter of the Year
- Best Country Female Vocalist
- Best Country Male Vocalist
- Best Country Group or Duo
- Best Instrumental Artist
- Best Producer
- Best Recording Engineer
- Canadian Music Hall of Fame
- Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
- Best Album
- Best Childrens Album
- Best Classical Album Solo or Chamber Ensemble
- Best Classical Album Large Ensemble
- Best Classical Album Vocal or Choral Performance
- Best Album Design
- Best Selling Album Foreign or Domestic
- Best Mainstream Jazz Album
- Best BluesGospel Album
- Best Contemporary Jazz Album
- Best Selling Francophone Album
- Hard Rock Album of the Year
- Best Roots or Traditional Album
- Single of the Year
- Best Classical Composition
- Best Rap Recording
- Best RBSoul Recording
- Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording
- Best Reggae Recording
- Best Global Recording
- Best Dance Recording
- Best Video
- References
Nominations were announced 8 February 1994. Starting in 1994, the Best New Solo Artist combined the former Most Promising Male and Female Vocalist categories. Reggae also received its own category, after years of being included under banners such as "world beat" or mixed with calypso.
A new category for aboriginal music was also introduced and was awarded by Robbie Robertson. The award faced controversy after nominee Sazacha Red Sky was accused of cultural appropriation by Leonard George son of Chief Dan George, the alleged writer of the song that has since been registered as Public Domain, because she was not personally a member of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation and according to Leonard George did not have the right to record it under their cultural traditions. His son Leonard George sought a legal injunction to prevent the award from being presented at the Juno Awards ceremony at all, and a final compromise revising Red Sky's nomination to reflect the album instead of the song was announced on the morning of the ceremony.
Around the time of the 1994 ceremonies, there were plans to host the 1995 ceremonies in Winnipeg. However, Juno organisers CARAS was demanding substantial funding from the Winnipeg committee attempting to host the awards.
Atlantic group The Rankin Family was the major winner in 1994, winning awards in four categories including Entertainer of the Year.
Canadian Entertainer of the Year
This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.
Winner: The Rankin Family
Other Nominees:
Best Female Vocalist
Winner: Celine Dion
Other Nominees:
Best Male Vocalist
Winner: Roch Voisine
Other Nominees:
Best New Solo Artist
Winner: Jann Arden
Other Nominees:
Group of the Year
Winner: The Rankin Family
Other Nominees:
Best New Group
Winner: The Waltons
Other Nominees:
Songwriter of the Year
Winner: Leonard Cohen
Other Nominees:
Best Country Female Vocalist
Winner: Cassandra Vasik
Other Nominees:
Best Country Male Vocalist
Winner: Charlie Major
Other Nominees:
Best Country Group or Duo
Winner: The Rankin Family
Other Nominees:
Best Instrumental Artist
Winner: Ofra Harnoy
Other Nominees:
Best Producer
Winner: Steven MacKinnon and Marc Jordan, "Waiting for a Miracle" from Reckless Valentine by Marc Jordan
Other Nominees:
Best Recording Engineer
Winner: Kevin Doyle, "Old Cape Cod" and "Cry Me a River" by Anne Murray
Other Nominees:
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Winner: Rush
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
Winner: John V. Mills
Best Album
Winner: Harvest Moon, Neil Young
Other Nominees:
Best Children's Album
Winner: Tchaikovsky Discovers America, Susan Hammond, Classical Kids
Other Nominees:
Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)
Winner: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opus 10, No 1-3, Louis Lortie
Other Nominees:
Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)
Winner: Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op.3 No. 1-6, Tafelmusik, director Jeanne Lamon
Other Nominees:
Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)
Winner: Debussy Songs, soprano Claudette Leblanc, piano Valerie Tryon
Other Nominees:
Best Album Design
Winner: Marty Dolan, Faithlift by Spirit of the West
Other Nominees:
Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)
Winner: The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston
Other Nominees:
Best Mainstream Jazz Album
Winner: Fables and Dreams, Dave Young/Phil Dwyer Quartet
Other Nominees:
Best Blues/Gospel Album
Winner: South at Eight/North at Nine, Colin Linden
Other Nominees:
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Winner: Don't Smoke in Bed, Holly Cole Trio
Other Nominees:
Best Selling Francophone Album
Winner: Album de Peuple Tome 2, Francois Perusse
Other Nominees:
Hard Rock Album of the Year
Winner: Dig, I Mother Earth
Other Nominees:
Best Roots or Traditional Album
Winner: My Skies, James Keelaghan
Other Nominees:
Single of the Year
Winner: "Fare Thee Well Love", The Rankin Family
Other Nominees:
Best Classical Composition
Winner: "Among Friends", Chan Ka Nin
Other Nominees:
Best Rap Recording
Winner: "One Track Mind", TBTBT
Other Nominees:
Best R&B/Soul Recording
Winner: "The Time Is Right (I'll Be There for You)", Rupert Gayle
Other Nominees:
Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording
Winner: Wapistan Is Lawrence Martin, Wapistan
Other Nominees:
Best Reggae Recording
Winner: "Informer", Snow
Other Nominees:
Best Global Recording
Winner: "El Camino Real", Ancient Cultures
Other Nominees:
Best Dance Recording
Winner: "Thankful (Raw Club Mix)", Red Light
Other Nominees:
Best Video
Winner: Jeth Weinrich, Jann Arden, "I Would Die For You"
Other Nominees: