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.

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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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