Date 17–18 April 2010 | ||
Venue Mile One CentreGeorge Street, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | ||
The Juno Awards of 2010 honoured music industry achievements in Canada for the latter part of 2008 and for most of 2009. These ceremonies were in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada during the weekend ending 18 April 2010. Primary ceremonies were held at the Mile One Centre and at an outdoor venue on George Street. This also marks the first time to not feature a host.
Contents
- Events
- Primary ceremony
- Changes to nomination categories for 2010
- Nominees and winners
- Artist of the Year
- Group of the Year
- New Artist of the Year
- New Group of the Year
- Jack Richardson Producer of the Year
- Recording Engineer of the Year
- Songwriter of the Year
- Fan Choice Award
- Album of the Year
- Aboriginal Recording of the Year
- Adult Alternative Album of the Year
- Alternative Album of the Year
- Blues Album of the Year
- Recording Package of the Year
- Childrens Album of the Year
- Contemporary ChristianGospel Album of the Year
- Classical Album of the Year large ensemble
- Classical Album of the Year solo or chamber ensemble
- Classical Album of the Year vocal or choral performance
- Francophone Album of the Year
- Instrumental Album of the Year
- International Album of the Year
- Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year
- Traditional Jazz Album of the Year
- Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
- Pop Album of the Year
- Rock Album of the Year
- Roots and Traditional Album of the Year Solo
- Roots and Traditional Album of the Year Group
- World Music Album of the Year
- Single of the Year
- Classical Composition of the Year
- Country Album of the Year
- Dance Recording of the Year
- Music DVD of the Year
- RBSoul Recording of the Year
- Rap Recording of the Year
- Reggae Recording of the Year
- Video of the Year
- Compilation album
- References
April Wine was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Bryan Adams received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career. Ross Reynolds, an original board member of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and former head of Universal Music Canada received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.
CARAS, the association responsible for the awards, awarded the 2010 ceremonies to the Newfoundland and Labrador capital based on a bid which included government support commitments totalling $1.5 million (CA$), half funded by the province, $250,000 from the St. John's municipal government and the remainder from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
Events
Preliminary award-related events, known as Juno Week, began on 12 April 2010 with a launch event at the Confederation Building. Activities during this time included concerts such as JunoFest and the Juno Cup charity hockey game.
On 17 April, the Juno Fan Fare event featured artist interviews, prizes and opportunities for the public to meet musicians. However, some artists such as Alexisonfire were unable to attend when fog conditions that weekend delayed air travel into St. John's. The fog delays also cancelled some concerts the previous evening, and disrupted rehearsals for the main Sunday broadcast.
Also on that Saturday, winners in 32 Juno categories were announced at a special gala dinner at the St. John's Convention Centre. On the following day, prior to the main awards broadcast, a Songwriters' Circle concert was hosted by Dallas Green then broadcast on CBC Radio 2.
Primary ceremony
The primary awards ceremony on 18 April 2010 was telecast by CTV from Mile One Centre and from an outdoor venue on George Street, featuring multiple hosts and presenters.
Classified began the proceedings with "Oh... Canada" from the George Street venue. Bryan Adams could not attend in person due to the air travel disruption from the Icelandic ash cloud incident; he therefore received his Allan Waters Humanitarian Award via satellite.
Other artists performing at the ceremonies broadcast were Justin Bieber, Billy Talent, Blue Rodeo, Michael Bublé, Drake, Great Lake Swimmers, K'naan, Metric and Johnny Reid.
Award presenters and personalities included:
The following seven categories were awarded during the main broadcast:
Rebroadcasts of the Juno Awards telecast were scheduled for A, Bravo!, MuchMore, Star! in late April.
Changes to nomination categories for 2010
Changes were made to the following award categories for this year's nominations:
Nominees and winners
Nominees in the following categories were announced on 3 March 2010. Michael Bublé received the most nominations of any artist this year, represented in six categories and winning four of those (Album of the Year, Fan Choice Award, Pop Album of the Year and Single of the Year). Billy Talent, Drake and Johnny Reid each received four nominations. Drake, who had yet to release a full album, won in two categories (New Artist of the Year and Rap Recording of the Year). K'Naan also won two of his nominations (Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year).
Winners of most categories were announced on 17 April at a gala dinner.
Artist of the Year
Winner: K'Naan
Other Nominees:
Group of the Year
Winner: Metric
Other nominees:
New Artist of the Year
Winner: Drake
Other nominees:
New Group of the Year
Winner: Arkells
Other Nominees:
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year
Winner: Bob Rock, "Haven't Met You Yet" and "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" (Michael Bublé, Crazy Love)
Other Nominees:
Recording Engineer of the Year
Winner: Dan Brodbeck, "Apple Of My Eye" and "Be Careful" (Dolores O’Riordan, No Baggage)
Other Nominees:
Songwriter of the Year
Winner: K'naan - "Wavin' Flag" (written with B. Mars, P. Lawrence and J. Daval), "Take A Minute", "If Rap Gets Jealous" (written with Gerald Eaton and Brian West) (K'naan, Troubadour)
Other nominees:
Fan Choice Award
Winner: Michael Bublé
Other nominees:
Album of the Year
Winner: Crazy Love - Michael Bublé
Other nominees:
Aboriginal Recording of the Year
Winner: We Are... - Digging Roots
Other Nominees:
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
Winner: Three - Joel Plaskett
Other Nominees:
Alternative Album of the Year
Winner: Fantasies - Metric
Other Nominees:
Blues Album of the Year
Winner: The Corktown Sessions - Jack de Keyzer
Other Nominees:
Recording Package of the Year
Winner: Martin Bernard, Stéphane Cocke, Thomas Csano: Beats on Canvas, Beats on Canvas
Other Nominees:
Children's Album of the Year
Winner: Love My New Shirt - Norman Foote
Other Nominees:
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
Winner: Where's Our Revolution - Matt Brouwer
Other Nominees:
Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)
Winner: Mathieu, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: Concertino & Concertos - Alain Lefèvre & London Mozart Players
Other Nominees:
Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)
Winner: Joel Quarrington: Garden Scene - Joel Quarrington
Other Nominees:
Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)
Winner: Adrianne Pieczonka sings Puccini - Adrianne Pieczonka
Other Nominees:
Francophone Album of the Year
Winner: Les sentinelles dorment - Andrea Lindsay
Other Nominees:
Instrumental Album of the Year
Winner: As Seen Through Windows - Bell Orchestre
Other Nominees:
International Album of the Year
Winner: Only by the Night - Kings of Leon
Other Nominees:
Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year
Winner: The Happiness Project - Charles Spearin
Other Nominees:
Traditional Jazz Album of the Year
Winner: It's About Time - Terri Clark
Other Nominees:
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Winner: Ranee Lee Lives Upstairs - Ranee Lee
Other Nominees:
Pop Album of the Year
Winner: Crazy Love - Michael Bublé
Other Nominees:
Rock Album of the Year
Winner: Billy Talent III - Billy Talent
Other Nominees:
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)
Winner: Hunter, Hunter, Amelia Curran
Other Nominees:
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)
Winner: The Good Lovelies, The Good Lovelies
Other Nominees:
World Music Album of the Year
Winner: Comfortably Mine, Dominic Mancuso
Other Nominees:
Single of the Year
Winner: "Haven't Met You Yet" - Michael Bublé
Other Nominees:
Classical Composition of the Year
Winner: "Lament In The Trampled Garden", Marjan Mozetich (album, Lament in the Trampled Garden)
Other Nominees:
Country Album of the Year
Winner: Dance With Me, Johnny Reid
Other Nominees:
Dance Recording of the Year
Winner: For Lack of a Better Name, Deadmau5
Other Nominees:
Music DVD of the Year
Winner: Iron Maiden: Flight 666 (Iron Maiden), Stefan Demetriou, Sam Dunn, Scott McFadyen, Rod Smallwood, Andy Taylor
Other Nominees:
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
Winner: "Lonesome Highway", Jacksoul
Other Nominees:
Rap Recording of the Year
Winner: So Far Gone, Drake
Other nominees:
Reggae Recording of the Year
Winner: Gonna Be Alright, Dubmatix with Prince Blanco
Other Nominees:
Video of the Year
Winner: "Little Bit of Red" - Serena Ryder
Other Nominees:
Compilation album
A compilation album featuring selected Juno nominees was released on 30 March 2010 by Sony Music Entertainment Canada. Sales of the album support the CARAS music education charity MusiCounts. The artists and track listing is as follows:
- "Haven’t Met You Yet", Michael Bublé
- "Wavin’ Flag", K'naan
- "Burn It To The Ground", Nickelback
- "Break", Three Days Grace
- "Rusted From The Rain", Billy Talent
- "Oh, The Boss Is Coming!", Arkells
- "Gimme Sympathy", Metric
- "Dead End Countdown", The New Cities
- "Cha-Ching", Hedley
- "Anybody Listening", Classified
- "One Time", Justin Bieber
- "Rich Girl$", Down With Webster
- "Best I Ever Had", Drake
- "Summer Girl", Stereos
- "Operator (A Girl Like Me)", Shiloh
- "Love Is A First", The Tragically Hip
- "A Million Miles Away", Jann Arden
- "Arizona Dust", Blue Rodeo
- "A Woman Like You", Johnny Reid
- "Walk On By", Diana Krall