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Hosted by
  
Jann Arden

Other ceremonies
  
1996, 1998

Host
  
Jann Arden

Network
  
CBC

Date
  
1997

Venue
  
Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario

The Juno Awards of 1997, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 9 March 1997 in Hamilton, Ontario at a ceremony in the Copps Coliseum. Jann Arden was host for the major ceremonies which were broadcast on CBC Television.

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Nominations were announced on 29 January 1997. Major winners were Celine Dion and The Tragically Hip.

Best Female Vocalist

Winner: Celine Dion

Other Nominees:

  • Deborah Cox
  • Lara Fabian
  • Amanda Marshall
  • Alannah Myles

    • Best Male Vocalist

    Winner: Bryan Adams

    Other Nominees:

  • Paul Brandt
  • Corey Hart
  • John McDermott
  • Neil Young

    • Best New Solo Artist

    Winner: Terri Clark

    Other Nominees:

  • Damhnait Doyle
  • Chantal Kreviazuk
  • Wendy Lands
  • Duane Steele

    • Group of the Year

    Winner: The Tragically Hip

    Other Nominees:

  • 54-40
  • I Mother Earth
  • Moist
  • Noir Silence

    • Best New Group

    Winner: The Killjoys

    Other Nominees:

  • Limblifter
  • Pluto
  • Starkicker
  • Victor

    • Songwriter of the Year

    Winner: Alanis Morissette (Glen Ballard, co-songwriter)

    Other Nominees:

  • Bryan Adams (with Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
  • Dean McTaggart
  • Amy Sky
  • The Tragically Hip

    • Best Country Female Vocalist

    Winner: Shania Twain

    Other Nominees:

  • Terri Clark
  • Patricia Conroy
  • Rachel Matkin
  • Michelle Wright

    • Best Country Male Vocalist

    Winner: Paul Brandt

    Other Nominees:

  • Chris Cummings
  • Charlie Major
  • Jason McCoy
  • Duane Steele

    • Best Country Group or Duo

    Winner: The Rankin Family

    Other Nominees:

  • Farmer's Daughter
  • Prairie Oyster
  • Quartette
  • Thomas Wade and Wayward

    • International Achievement Award

    Winners:

  • Celine Dion
  • Alanis Morissette
  • Shania Twain

    • Best Instrumental Artist

    Winner: Ashley MacIsaac

    Other Nominees:

  • Richard Abel
  • Hennie Bekker
  • Samuel Reid and Ernest Lyons
  • Sandule and Nikolai

    • Best Producer

    Winner: Garth Richardson, "Bar-X-the Rocking M" by Melvins and "Mailman" by The Jesus Lizard

    Other Nominees:

  • Bryan Adams (with Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" and "Let's Make a Night to Remember" by Bryan Adams
  • Bruce Fairbairn (with The Cranberries), "Free to Decide" and "When You're Gone" by The Cranberries
  • David Foster, "Runaway" by The Corrs and "Both Sides Now" by Natalie Cole
  • Corey Hart, "Black Cloud Rain" and "Simplicity" by Corey Hart

    • Best Recording Engineer

    Winner: Paul Northfield, "Another Sunday" and "Leave It Alone"

    Other Nominees:

  • Stuart Bruce, "Seeds of Love" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Loreena McKennitt
  • Colin Nairne, "Secrets in Your Heart" and "White Water" by Murray McLauchlan
  • Lenny de Rose, "Get Up" by Starkicker and "Huron Carol" by Don Ross
  • Randy Staub, "Until it Sleeps" and "Hero of the Day" by Metallica

    • Canadian Music Hall of Fame

    Winner: Lenny Breau (posthumously), Gil Evans (posthumously), Maynard Ferguson, Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell

    Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

    Winner: Dan Gibson

    Best Album

    Winner: Trouble at the Henhouse, The Tragically Hip

    Other Nominees:

  • Amanda Marshall, Amanda Marshall
  • 18 til I Die, Bryan Adams
  • Falling Into You, Celine Dion
  • Hi™ How Are You Today?, Ashley MacIsaac

    • Best Children's Album

    Winner: Songs from The Tree House, Martha Johnson

    Other Nominees:

  • Jumpin' Jack, Jack Grunsky
  • Like a Ripple on the Water, Kim and Jerry Brodey
  • Maestro Orpheus and the World Clock, R.H. Thomson
  • Walking in the Sun, Jake Chenier

    • Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)

    Winner: Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Marc-André Hamelin

    Other Nominees:

  • Bach: French Suites, Angela Hewitt
  • Fialkowska Plays Szymanowski, Janina Fialkowska
  • Music of Bach's Sons, Les Violins du Roy
  • Paganini: 24 Caprices, James Ehnes

    • Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

    Winner: Ginastera/Villa-Lobos/Evangelista, I Musici de Montréal

    Other Nominees:

  • Handel: Water Music, Tafelmusik, musical director Jeanne Lamon
  • Kodaly: Hary Janos, Peacock Variations, l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit
  • Mussrogsky: Pictures of an Exhibition, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  • Ravel: The Piano Concertos, l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit, soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet

    • Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)

    Winner: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Choeur et orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit

    Other Nominees:

  • Benjamin Britten: The Canticles, tenor Benjamin Butterfield, baritone Brett Polegato, countertenor Daniel Taylor
  • Chi il Bel Sogno... What a Beautiful Dream, l'Orchestre symphonique de Laval, soprano Manon Feuble
  • Purcell: Halcyon Days, soprano Nancy Argenta
  • Richard Margison Sings French and Italian Arias, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, tenor Richard Margison

    • Best Album Design

    Winner: John Rummen and Crystal Heald, Decadence - Ten Years of Various Nettwerk

    Other Nominees:

  • Doug Aucoin, Living River by Rawlins Cross
  • Eve Hartling, Jeff Kleinsmith, and Jannie McInnes, So Wound by Jale
  • John Rummen, Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff by Sarah McLachlan
  • Paolo Venturi, Wayne Hoecherl, Nest by Odds

    • Best Blues/Gospel Album

    Winner: Right to Sing the Blues, Long John Baldry

    Other Nominees:

  • Alive and Loose, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
  • Fire, Tongues of Fire
  • If My Daddy Could See Me Now, Johnny V
  • Sixteen Shades of Blue, The Whiteley Brothers

    • Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)

    Winner: Falling Into You, Céline Dion

    Other Nominees:

  • Daydream, Mariah Carey
  • Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Smashing Pumpkins
  • The Score, Fugees
  • What's the Story Morning Glory, Oasis

    • Best Mainstream Jazz Album

    Winner: Ancestors, Renee Rosnes

    Other Nominees:

  • Even Canadians Get the Blues, Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass
  • Live at Bourbon St., Lonny Breau with Dave Young
  • Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore, Oscar Peterson
  • Two by Two, Piano Bass Duets Vol II, Dave Young

    • Best Contemporary Jazz Album

    Winner: Africville Suite, Joe Sealy

    Other Nominees:

  • FireWater, NOJO
  • Spirit in the Air, Sonny Greenwich
  • Time Zones, James Gelfand
  • Touché, Paul Bley and Kenny Wheeler

    • Best Roots or Traditional Album - Group

    Winner: Matapédia, Kate & Anna McGarrigle

    Other Nominees:

  • En Spectacle, La Bottine Souriante
  • High or Hurtin', Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
  • Living River, Rawlins Cross
  • Victory Train, Bill Bourne and Shannon Johnson

    • Best Roots or Traditional Album - Solo

    Winner: Drive-In Movie, Fred Eaglesmith

    Other Nominees:

  • Bal Canaille, Danielle Martineau
  • Gulliver's Taxi, Murray McLauchlan
  • Life on a String, Daniel Koulack
  • No Boundaries, Natalie MacMaster

    • Best Alternative Album

    Winner: One Chord to Another, Sloan

    Other Nominees:

  • It's Sydney or the Bush, The Inbreds
  • Limblifter, Limblifter
  • Purple Blue, Eric's Trip
  • Self=title, Treble Charger

    • Best Selling Francophone Album

    Winner: Live à Paris, Celine Dion

    Other Nominees:

  • Luce Dufault, Luce Dufault
  • Noir Silence, Noir Silence
  • Pure, Lara Fabian
  • Quatre saisons dans le désordre, Daniel Bélanger

    • North Star Rock Album of the Year

    Winner: Trouble at the Henhouse, The Tragically Hip

    Other Nominees:

  • Brand New Day, The Watchmen
  • Hemi-Vision, Big Sugar
  • Scenery and Fish, I Mother Earth
  • Test for Echo, Rush

    • Single of the Year

    Winner: "Ironic", Alanis Morissette

    Other Nominees:

  • "Ahead by a Century", The Tragically Hip
  • "Because You Loved Me", Celine Dion
  • "Birmingham", Amanda Marshall
  • "Sleepy Maggie", Ashley MacIsaac

    • Best Classical Composition

    Winner: Picasso Suite (1964), Harry Somers

    Other Nominees:

  • "The Charmer", Chan Ka Nin
  • "Quintette for Winds", Malcolm Forsyth
  • "Lyric for Orchestra (1960)", Harry Somers
  • "Lonely Child", Claude Vivier

    • Best Rap Recording

    Winner: What It Takes, Choclair

    Other Nominees:

  • Bright Lights, Big City, Scales Empire
  • FitnRedi, Rascalz
  • The Master Plan, Dream Warriors
  • Naughty Dread, Kardinal Offishall

    • Best R&B/Soul Recording

    Winner: Feelin' Alright, Carlos Morgan

    Other Nominees:

  • Blindfolded and Ready, Earthtones
  • In Another Lifetime, The McAuley Boys
  • Never Stop, George St. Kitts
  • Can I Get Close, Gavin Hope

    • Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording

    Winner: Up Where We Belong, Buffy Sainte-Marie

    Other Nominees:

  • Freedom, Chester Knight and the Wind
  • Innu Town, Claude McKenzie
  • Go Back, Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat
  • Tudjaat, Tudjaat

    • Best Reggae/Calypso Recording

    Winner: Nana McLean, Nana McLean

    Other Nominees:

  • Just the Other Night, Lenn Hammond
  • Rise Up!, Kali and Dub (Hayes Thurton)
  • Rude Boy on the Bus, Adrian Miller
  • time bomb, Tatix

    • Best Global Album

    Winner: Africa Do Brasil, Paulo Ramos Group

    Other Nominees:

  • Anhata, Ranev Pandit
  • Asza, Asza
  • Futur, Alpha Yaya Diallo
  • Gravity, Jesse Cook

    • Best Dance Recording

    Winner: "Astroplane (City of Love Mix)", BKS

    Other Nominees:

  • "All My Dreams (Don't Ever Leave) (Extended Skywalkers Mix)", Laya (band)
  • "Forever Young (Tempered Club Mix)", Temperance
  • "Happy Days (original)", P.J.
  • "In Your Arms (album version)", Emjay

    • Best Video

    Winner: Jeth Weinrich, "Burned Out Car" by Junkhouse

    Other Nominees:

  • Andrew MacNaughton, "Run Runaway" by Great Big Sea
  • Stephen Scott and James Cooper, "Soaked" by The Killjoys
  • Curtis Wehfritz, "Someone Who's Cool" by Odds
  • Eric Yealland, "Ahead by a Century" by The Tragically Hip

    • References

    Juno Awards of 1997 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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