Juno Awards of 1997

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