2018 Juno Awards Winners and Wrap
The 2018 Juno Awards were handed out in Vancouver over the weekend, with artists from all over Canada recognized for their accomplishments in music.
At the Saturday night gala and the Sunday night awards show, all genres were represented while the industry and fans celebrated and honoured emerging artists and legendary talents together in the biggest celebration of music in the country.
At the top of many lists is the emotion that came from Gord Downie’s posthumous awards for Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year (with Kevin Drew), and Adult Alternative Album of the Year. The loss of Downie is one that is still being felt by family, friends, and fans – and his legacy will continue to live on, with these awards as the exclamation point added to the album that was released just 10 days after his passing.
It is also exciting to see Juno wins for young artists making their way to the top. James Barker Band, The Beaches, Alvvays, Lights, Grimes, and more had various career accomplishments coming into the weekend. But regardless of their differences, they all now share the distinction of being Juno Award winners.
Congratulations to all of the winners, we can’t wait to see what happens on March 17, 2019 in London, Ontario at the 48th annual Juno Awards.
Before we get to the list of winners, here are some photos we’ve taken over the last few years of 2018 winners The Beaches, James Barker Band, The Glorious Sons, A Tribe Called Red, The Dead South, and International Album of the Year winner, Kendrick Lamar.
2018 Juno Award Winners
JUNO Fan Choice
Shawn Mendes
Single of the Year
“There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back”, Shawn Mendes
Artist of the Year
Gord Downie
Group of the Year
A Tribe Called Red
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Jessie Reyez
Breakthrough Group of the Year
The Beaches
Songwriter of the Year
Gord Downie and Kevin Drew
International Album of the Year
DAMN., Kendrick Lamar
Album of the Year
Everything Now, Arcade Fire
Country Album of the Year
Game On, James Barker Band
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
Introduce Yerself, Gord Downie
Alternative Album of the Year
Antisocialites, Alvvays
Pop Album of the Year
Skin & Earth, Lights
Rock Album of the Year
Young Beauties and Fools, The Glorious Sons
Indigenous Music Album of the Year
Medicine Songs, Buffy Sainte-Marie
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year
Bone on Bone, Bruce Cockburn
Traditional Roots Album of the Year
Illusion & Doubt, The Dead South
Electronic Album of the Year
Mass Manipulation, Rezz
Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year
Voice of the Void, Anciients
Adult Contemporary Album of the Year
Nobody But Me, Michael Bublé
Comedy Album of the Year
I Wanted To Be A Dinosaur, Ivan Decker
Blues Album of the Year
Time to Roll, MonkeyJunk
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
First Day of My Life, The Color
World Music Album of the Year
Where the Galleon Sank, Kobo Town
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Turn Up the Quiet, Diana Krall
Jazz Album of the Year: Solo
Root Structure, Mike Downes
Jazz Album of the Year: Group
The North, David Braid, Mike Murley, Anders Mogensen and Johnny Aman
Instrumental Album of the Year
Stubborn Persistent Illusions, Do Make Say Think
Francophone Album of the Year
Paloma, Daniel Bélanger
Children’s Album of the Year
Hear the Music, Fred Penner
Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber
Chopin Recital 3, Janina Fialkowska
Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble
Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra, Jan Lisiecki with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral
Crazy Girl Crazy, Barbara Hannigan with Ludwig Orchestra
Classical Composition of the Year
“My Name is Amanda Todd”, Jocelyn Morlock
Rap Recording of the Year
“Shooters”, Tory Lanez
Dance Recording of the Year
“Closer (ft. Laurell)”, Nick Fiorucci
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
“Freudian”, Daniel Caesar
Reggae Recording of the Year
“Greater”, Kirk Diamond
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award
Diana Krall and Tommy Lipuma
Recording Engineer of the Year
Riley Bell
Album Artwork of the Year
Marianne Collins, Ian Ilavsky and Steve Farmer
Video of the Year
“VENUS FLY”, Grimes
International Achievement Award
Arcade Fire
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Barenaked Ladies
Humanitarian Award (Formally Allan Waters Humanitarian Award)
Gary Slaight
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
Denise Donlon
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