Date 31 March 2012 | Other ceremonies 2011, 2013 Venue Canadian Tire Centre | |
The Juno Awards of 2012 honoured Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2010 and in most of 2011. The awards were presented in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada during the weekend of 31 March and 1 April 2012. A week of related events began on 26 March 2012.
Contents
- Bidding
- Events
- Main ceremony performers
- Nominees and winners
- Juno Fan Choice Award
- 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
- Allan Waters Humanitarian Award
- Album of the Year
- Aboriginal Album of the Year
- Adult Alternative Album of the Year
- Alternative Album of the Year
- Blues Album of the Year
- Childrens Album of the Year
- Classical Album of the Year solo or chamber ensemble
- Classical Album of the Year large ensemble
- Classical Album of the Year vocal or choral performance
- Contemporary ChristianGospel Album of the Year
- Country Album of the Year
- Electronic Album of the Year
- 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
- MetalHard Music Album of the Year
- Pop Album of the Year
- Rap Recording 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
- Dance Recording of the Year
- RBSoul Recording of the Year
- Reggae Recording of the Year
- Music DVD of the Year
- Recording Package of the Year
- Video of the Year
- Compilation album
- References
Blue Rodeo was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Broadcast executive Gary Slaight was designated the 2012 recipient of the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.
Bidding
Ottawa's bid for the awards became known in March 2011 when it was revealed the province of Ontario allocated $100,000 in funding towards the city's 2012 Juno Awards bid. The bid was jointly supported by the city, the province and the National Capital Commission. Ottawa hosted the awards on one other occasion, in 2003.
Montreal was also considered as a 2012 host city. There was a bid from Victoria, British Columbia for the 2013 awards which was since granted to Regina. Victoria then planned a bid for 2014.
Events
The Juno Cup charity hockey game between a team of musicians and a team of former National Hockey League players was held at Nepean Sportsplex on 30 March.
Winners of most award categories were announced at a private gala on 31 March at the Ottawa Convention Centre.
On 1 April, prior to the main ceremony, Dan Mangan hosted a songwriters' event at Centrepointe Theatre featuring Kiran Ahluwalia, Terri Clark, David Francey, Max Kerman of Arkells, Kardinall Offishall and Lindi Ortega.
Main ceremony performers
William Shatner hosted the main ceremony at Scotiabank Place. The following artists performed:
Nominees and winners
Nominations for the various award categories were announced on 7 February 2012. Most awards were announced at the private gala on 31 March. The remaining eight categories were announced the following day on the main televised ceremony. Two Christmas holiday albums were nominated for the Album of the Year award: Christmas by Michael Bublé and Under the Mistletoe by Justin Bieber. A Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year category was introduced for the 2012 awards.
Juno Fan Choice Award
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
Allan Waters Humanitarian Award
Album of the Year
Aboriginal Album of the Year
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
Alternative Album of the Year
Blues Album of the Year
Children's Album of the Year
Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)
Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)
Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
Country Album of the Year
Electronic Album of the Year
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
Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year
Pop Album of the Year
Rap Recording 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
Dance Recording of the Year
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
Reggae Recording of the Year
Music DVD of the Year
Recording Package of the Year
Winner: Jeff Harrison (Designer) and Kim Ridgewell (Illustrator) for Rest of the Story (Chris Tarry)
Video of the Year
Compilation album
Universal Music Canada released a compilation album of songs from the year's Juno nominees on 13 March 2012. It debuted on the Canadian Albums Chart at number 32.