Edition of Canadian music award ceremony
The
Juno Awards of 2009
honoured music industry achievements in Canada in the latter part of 2007 and in most of 2008. These ceremonies were held in
Vancouver, British Columbia
, Canada during the weekend ending 29 March 2009.
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[2]
Loverboy
was inducted into the
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
, and
Sarah McLachlan
received the
Allan Waters Humanitarian Award
.
[3]
Long-time broadcast executive Fred Sherratt, a former
CHUM Limited
executive, received the
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
.
[4]
Events
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Preliminary award-related events began on 26 March 2009. The following day featured a Welcome Reception at the
Commodore Ballroom
and a
Juno Cup
ice hockey
game at the
UBC Thunderbird Arena
.
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Most awards were announced at a Gala Dinner and Awards which was a restricted-access, non-televised event at Vancouver's Westin Bayshore Hotel on 28 March 2009. The only multiple-category winner at that event was
The Stills
who won New Group of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year (
Oceans Will Rise
). Kardinal Offishall's single "
Dangerous
" was awarded
Single of the Year
, over competition from songs by established major artists such as Michael Buble, Celine Dion and Nickelback.
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Primary ceremonies
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The primary awards ceremony on 29 March 2009 was telecast by
CTV
from
General Motors Place
and hosted for the second consecutive year by
Russell Peters
.
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Artists performing at the ceremonies broadcast included
City and Colour
,
Nickelback
,
Sarah McLachlan
and
Simple Plan
.
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The complete list of performing artists was:
[10]
Nominees and winners
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The band
Nickelback
received five Juno Award nominations, the most of any band or individual artist.
Celine Dion
and
Hedley
earned nominations in three categories apiece.
[11]
Performances have also been scheduled from
Simple Plan
and
Alexisonfire
vocalist
Dallas Green
(performing as
City and Colour
).
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Nominees were announced at a press conference on 5 February 2009. Reporters in attendance expressed an uncertain reaction to the announcement, particularly to the number of nominations given to the critically reviled Nickelback.
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The following were the 2009 Juno nominees and winners:
[11]
Winner:
Sam Roberts
Other Nominees:
Winner:
Nickelback
Other Nominees:
Winner:
Lights
Other Nominees:
Winner:
The Stills
Other nominees:
Winner:
Daniel Lanois
, "Here Is What Is" and "Not Fighting Anymore" (Daniel Lanois)
Other nominees:
Winner:
Kevin Churko
, "Disappearing" and "The Big Bang" (
Simon Collins
)
Other nominees:
Winner:
City and Colour
, "Waiting...", "Sleeping Sickness", "The Girl"
Other nominees:
- Nathan Ferraro, "Never Again", "Change For You", "Unaware" (
The Midway State
)
- Hedley
, "Old School", "For The Nights I Can't Remember" (with
Dave Genn
), "Never Too Late" (with
Greig Nori
) (
Hedley
)
- Alanis Morissette
, "Underneath", "Not As We", "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man" (
Alanis Morissette
)
- Gordie Sampson
, "When I Said I Would" (
Whitney Duncan
), "Just A Dream" (
Carrie Underwood
), "Davey Jones" (
Gordie Sampson
)
Winner:
Nickelback
Other nominees:
Nominated albums
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Winner:
Dark Horse
,
Nickelback
Other nominees:
Winner:
Running for the Drum
,
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Other nominees:
Winner:
Is It O.K.
,
Serena Ryder
Other nominees:
Winner:
Oceans Will Rise
,
The Stills
Other nominees:
Winner:
Ramblin' Son
,
Julian Fauth
Other nominees:
Winner:
Anouk Pennel and Stephane Poirer,
En concert dans la foret des mal-aimes avec l'Orchestre Metropolitain
,
Pierre Lapointe
Other nominees:
- John Cook, Kelly Ferguson,
John James Audubon
, Koko Bonaparte,
Sugarbird
,
Paul Reddick
- Phoebe Greenberg, George Fok, Daniel Fortin, Leda & St. Jacques, Productions l'Eloi,
Pulse of the Planet
,
Slim Williams
- Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet,
Mountain Meadows
,
Elliott Brood
- Dallas Wehrle
, Robyn Kotyk, Alex vs. Alex,
Kensington Heights
,
Constantines
Winner:
Snacktime!
,
Barenaked Ladies
Other nominees:
Winner:
Ending Is Beginning
,
Downhere
Other nominees:
Winner:
Beethoven: Ideals Of The French Revolution
,
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
and
Kent Nagano
Other nominees:
Winner:
Homage
,
James Ehnes
Other nominees:
- Haydn: Six Sonatas for Piano
,
Anton Kuerti
- Schubert: Complete Piano Trios
, The Gryphon Trio
- Schumann: Sonata in F#Minor & Humoreske
,
Angela Hewitt
- Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues opus 87
,
David Jalbert
Winner:
Gloria! Vivaldi's Angels
, Ensemble Caprice
Other nominees:
Winner:
Tous les sens
,
Ariane Moffatt
Other nominees:
Winner:
Nostomania
,
DJ Brace
presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra
Other nominees:
Winner:
Viva La Vida
,
Coldplay
Other nominees:
Winner:
Embracing Voices
,
Jane Bunnett
Other nominees:
- A Bend in the River
,
Roberto Occhipinti
- Existential Detective
, Barry Romberg's Random Access Large Ensemble
- Rasstones
, Francois Bourassa Quartet
- The Sicilian Jazz Project
,
Michael Occhipinti
Winner:
Second Time Around
,
Oliver Jones
Other nominees:
Winner:
Lucky
,
Molly Johnson
Other nominees:
Winner:
Flavors of Entanglement
,
Alanis Morissette
Other nominees:
Winner:
Love at the End of the World
,
Sam Roberts
Other nominees:
Winner:
Proof of Love
,
Old Man Luedecke
Other nominees:
Winner:
Chic Gamine
,
Chic Gamine
Other nominees:
Winner:
Africa to Appalachia
,
Jayme Stone
and Mansa Sissoko
Other nominees:
- The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun
, George Dimitri Sawa
- Cairo to Toronto
,
Maryem & Ernie Tollar
- Contrabanda
, Lubo and Kaba Horo
- Shivaboom
,
Eccodek
Nominated releases
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Winner:
"
Dangerous
",
Kardinal Offishall
Other nominees:
Winner:
"Flanders Fields Reflections",
John Burge
Other nominees:
Winner:
Beautiful Life
,
Doc Walker
Other nominees:
Winner:
"
Random Album Title
",
Deadmau5
Other nominees:
Winner:
Blue Road
(
Blue Rodeo
)
Other nominees:
Winner:
The Love Chronicles
,
Divine Brown
Other nominees:
Winner:
Not 4 Sale
,
Kardinal Offishall
Other Nominees:
Winner:
"Everything", Humble
Other nominees:
Winner:
Anthony Seck
, "Honey Honey" (
Feist
)
Other nominees:
Compilation CD
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A compilation album for the awards was released in March 2009
References
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External links
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Special awards
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Leadership
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Notes
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Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
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