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CBC
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Lowell, Tate McRae win big for global hits at Juno Awards industry gala
Tate McRae's Exes at the Juno Awards industry ceremony on Saturday, although the global popstar was absent because she was booked to appear at a music festival in Brazil. The Junos hardware was handed out during the gala in Vancouver where prizes in more than 40 categories will be awarded — including single and album of the year, as well as the new Juno recognizing South Asian music — ahead of Sunday's televised ceremony. Elizabeth Lowell Boland won the first songwriter of the year award created for non-performers. She picked up the prize for her work behind the scenes on Beyonce's Cowboy Carter album and the Beaches' Takes One To Know One. The Calgary-raised Boland pushed for splitting the songwriting Juno category into two awards — performer and non-performer — after seeing the only Juno songwriting trophy consistently won by well-known stage performers. "I've been fighting for this award," Boland said. "I chased down people at parties. I was really annoying. I joked that people would run away from me when they saw me at parties, because I wasn't really interested in mingling. I just wanted to change this one little thing. Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie and Haisla hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids were early winners at the Juno Awards industry ceremony. The Saturday evening soirée saw Elisapie's pop covers collection Inuktitut pick up adult alternative album, while Rez Kids' Red Future landed rap album of the year. "I had a good cry walking here," said Darren Metz from Rez Kids in the press room. "When you work so hard towards something for so long, and then finally get it, all the emotions that you endured throughout that journey just come out." Other early winners included No Time by Interplanetary Criminal and SadBoi, which earned dance recording of the year. This But More by Priori won electronic album. Folk singer Sarah Harmer will receive this year's humanitarian award for her advocacy of environmental and human rights issues. The ceremony, which streams live on CBC Music's YouTube page starting at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET, is a precursor to Sunday's televised CBC broadcast hosted by Michael Bublé. WATCH | Find out who wins at Saturday's gala: Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences chief executive Allan Reid, whose organization presents the Junos, says Bublé jumped at the opportunity to host for a third time after taking the role in 2013 and 2018. Reid says this year's show takes on new importance in the context of the Canada-U.S. trade dispute, with Canadian artists "at the forefront of culture" and helping "define who we are as a nation." WATCH | 5 reasons to be excited about the 2025 Junos: 5 reasons to be excited about the 2025 Junos 1 day ago Duration 2:23 Vancouver is hosting the 2025 Junos on March 30, turning the Rogers Arena into a celebration of all musical genres — from country ballads to South Asian rap. Canadian crooner Michael Bublé will host, and that's reason enough for senior entertainment reporter Eli Glasner to get excited. Bublé said on Friday he's letting his actions speak for his national pride by hosting the Juno Awards in Vancouver this weekend, as Canada-U.S. tensions surge in the background. Bublé says he doesn't want to "add to the energy of a troll" by being too vocal amid the dispute but is instead focusing his energy as a proud Canadian on "why we're so special" and "unique." He says he doesn't take the duty of celebrating the best of Canadian music lightly.
CBC
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Juno Awards 2025: a breakdown of this year's nominees
The 2025 Juno Award nominees are out — and with 46 awards and 208 nominees, there's a lot to take in. The 54th Juno Awards are heading to Vancouver on March 30, hosted by Michael Bublé. CBC is the official media partner for the Juno Awards, and the show will be broadcast and streamed live across Canada from 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. AT on CBC-TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen and globally at and on CBC Music's YouTube page. The full list of Juno nominees is quite dense, so we broke it down to find out what new trends are emerging. Below we took a look at the introduction of new categories, exciting first-time nominees, the gender parity of the list, the regional breakdown and more. Tate McRae and Josh Ross are tied for most nominations Calgary's Tate McRae and Waterdown, Ontario's Josh Ross are going head-to-head in three categories: single of the year, album of the year and artist of the year, as well as the TikTok Juno Fan Choice Award. The reigning Canadian pop princess also nabbed a nomination for pop album of the year for her sophomore album, Think Later, which includes hits "Greedy" and "Exes." Ross, a rising voice in Canadian country, is also up for country album of the year for his debut release, Complicated. The 5 must-hear songs from Tate McRae's new album, Think Later WATCH | The music video for Tate McRae's 'Exes': McRae and Ross are followed closely by the Weeknd and Shawn Mendes, who both have four nominations. The Weeknd is four wins away from beating Anne Murray's longstanding record of most Juno wins ever. Murray has 25 Junos, and has held the record since 1993. Nemahsis, AP Dhillon, Karan Aujla and Snotty Nose Rez Kids all have three nominations each, and Aqyila, Mustafa, Jessie Reyez, Shawn Everett, Les Cowboys Fringants, Celeigh Cardinal, Mother Mother, Sum 41, Spiritbox, Preston Pablo, Classified, DijahSB, Evan Blair and Elisapie each have two. Surprisingly, despite releasing her comeback album, 7, last year, Nelly Furtado isn't nominated for any awards. Neither was Orville Peck's album Stampede, which includes duets with Willie Nelson, Elton John and Kylie Minogue, nor Cindy Lee's Diamond Jubilee, which was critically acclaimed and regarded by Pitchfork and Exclaim! as the No. 1 album of 2024. Artists are responsible for submitting their own work for consideration, and it's unclear if any of these artists chose to submit or not. 117 artists earn their 1st Juno nods There are 117 first-time individual nominees this year, up from 90 in 2024. Independent singer-songwriter Nemahsis and Punjabi rapper AP Dhillon are tied as the most-nominated first-timers, with three nominations each. Several first-time nominees follow closely behind with two nominations each, including pop singer Alexander Stewart, R&B singer Zeina, rapper DijahSB, producer/songwriter Evan Blair and more. WATCH | The music video for Nemahsis's 'Stick of Gum': Other emerging artists who received their first nominations include Tia Wood, King Cruff, Ryan Ofei, Avenoir, Elenee, Sukha, AR Paisley, Loony, Sebastian Gaskin, Skystar, Nobro, Ekkstacy, Wawa, India Gailey and more. Language diversity in nominations for album of the year For the first time in Juno history, there are four languages represented in the category for album of the year, which is based on sales and streaming numbers, with the majority of albums being non-English releases. Elisapie's Inuktitut is an Inuktitut album, Roxane Bruneau's Submergé is in French, and Sukha's Undisputed is a Punjabi record. The remaining two nominees, Tate McRae's Think Later and Josh Ross's Complicated, are in English. None of the nominees in the category have ever taken home the Juno for album of the year. McRae is the only artist who has previously been nominated in this category, as she received a nomination in 2022 for Too Young to Be Sad and another in 2023 for I Think I Could Fly. Inuktitut won Elisapie the Juno for contemporary Indigenous artist or group of the year in 2024, and it's the only album in the category to have already won a Juno. Ontario artists lead, with almost half of nominees hailing from the province Ontario's lead has slipped a bit from last year, but it's still the front-runner by a mile. Making up 45 per cent of the list, down from 50 per cent in 2024, Ontarians are represented in almost all the categories, from Shawn Mendes's nom for pop album of the year to Jessie Reyez's nom for songwriter of the year. Much of the Canadian music industry is concentrated in the province, so it makes sense that it is represented so heavily in the Juno nominations. WATCH | The music video for Shawn Mendes's 'Why Why Why': Quebec follows in second, accounting for 20 per cent of the list, down from 24 per cent in 2024. Aside from expectedly Quebec-heavy categories like francophone album of the year, artists from la belle province make up a big chunk of the underground dance single of the year (Hicky & Kalo, Suray Sertin, Jesse Mac Cormack) and electronic album of the year categories (Kaytranada, Priori, Fred Everything). British Columbia is up from 2024, with 13.5 per cent of nominees over last year's 10. The rest of the provinces make up the remaining 18 per cent, and there are zero nominees from any of the territories. Women represent 32% of nominees, mixed-gender groups 17% and non-binary artists 2.5% In 2024 and 2023, men made up more than 50 per cent of the Juno nominees (57 per cent and 56 per cent, respectively). For 2025, 48.5 per cent of the nominees are men, with mixed-gender groups and non-binary artists making up a larger share of the list than in previous years. Women have seen an incremental increase from last year, 32 per cent over 31 per cent in 2024. When calculating this breakdown, duos and groups that include members with different genders (e.g. Mother Mother, Valley, Wild Rivers, Spiritbox) are counted separately. They make up 17 per cent of the total nominees, up from 11 per cent in 2024. Non-binary artists make up the remaining 2.5 per cent of the list, up from one per cent in 2024. Diving deeper into these numbers: McRae is the only woman nominated for the Tik Tok Juno Fan Choice Award, as men make up the remaining nine nominees, which include the Weeknd, Shawn Mendes, Josh Ross and Les Cowboys Fringants. The category for breakthrough artist of the year is in a similar boat, with only two women nominated: Zeina and Nemahsis. The other eight nominees are all men, including AR Paisley, Alexander Stewart and AP Dhillon. WATCH | The music video for Nobro's 'Where My Girls At: On the other hand, the category for rock album of the year has the best gender parity since its inception in 1991, with Nobro, JJ Wilde and Mother Mother nominated alongside Sum 41 and Big Wreck (two female acts, one mixed-gender group and two male bands). Women have historically ruled the vocal jazz album of the year category and this year shows no deviation from that trend. It's the only category that includes all women: Andrea Superstein, Caity Gyorgy, Kellylee Evans, Laila Biali and Sarah Jerrom. There are three male-only categories this year: music video of the year, Jack Richardson producer of the year and electronic album of the year. 2 new categories, plus category changes Two new awards will be handed out at the 2025 Junos: songwriter of the year (non-performer) and South Asian music recording of the year. The South Asian music recording of the year Juno "will celebrate recordings throughout the diaspora, supporting their tremendous growth and success," stated the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) in a press release. Karan Aujla, who won his first Juno for TikTok Juno Fan Choice last year, is the only previous Juno winner in the South Asian music recording category. The other nominees — AP Dhillon (who made his Juno debut with a performance of "Summer High" in 2023), Jonita Gandhi, Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga, Jazzy B, Yanchan Produced and Sandeep Narayan — are all first-timers. WATCH | AP Dhillon performs 'Summer High' at the Juno Awards: The songwriter of the year category is now split in two: the non-performer category acknowledges the musicians behind the scenes who compose songs for others, while the songwriter of the year Juno is presented to artists who sing their own songs. Songwriter of the year (non-performer) nominees include previous Juno nominees Tobias Jesso Jr., who was nominated for three Junos in 2016 (songwriter of the year, adult alternative album of the year and breakthrough artist of the year) and DJ and songwriter Shaun Frank, who was nominated for a Juno in 2017. First-time nominees in the category include Lowell and Nathan Ferraro, who both worked on Beyoncé's Grammy-winning Cowboy Carter album, as well as Evan Blair, who penned songs for Benson Boone and Maren Morris. Ferraro was nominated in 2009 for pop album of the year with his band the Midway State, but this is his first solo nomination. The new categories came after CARAS reversed its decision to put the awards for reggae recording of the year, Christian/gospel album of the year and children's album of the year on hiatus. The international album of the year category is currently on pause, with the most recent winner being SZA, who won for her album SOS. Additionally, the categories for breakthrough artist and breakthrough group of the year have been combined into one large category with 10 nominees, which this year includes pianist Tony Ann, country singer Owen Riegling and more. Artists cross genres Several artists have received nominations in different genre categories than they've normally competed at previous Junos. Jessie Reyez, who has won Junos for R&B/soul recording of the year and contemporary R&B recording of the year, has earned her first nomination in the rap single of the year category for her song "Shut Up." WATCH | The music video for Jessie Reyez's collab with Big Sean, 'Shut Up': The previously mentioned DJ and producer Frank, who was nominated in 2017 for dance recording of the year, earned his first nomination for songwriter of the year (non-performer). Pop band Valley, whose record Lost in Translation was nominated last year for pop album of the year, is nominated in the alternative album category at this year's Junos for Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden. First-time nominee and rapper DijahSB has crossed multiple genres with their nominations: they are recognized in both the hip-hop and dance music categories as their album The Flower That Knew is up for rap album/EP of the year, and their track "Uh Huh" is up for dance recording of the year.
CBC
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Tate McRae, Josh Ross lead nominees for country-loving 2025 Junos
Alberta pop sensation Tate McRae and Nashville up-and-comer Josh Ross lead the list of nominees with five apiece for the 2025 Junos, which were released on Tuesday and highlight the rise of both country and Punjabi music in the Canadian mainstream. McRae isn't exactly a newcomer to the Junos field, though she has seen stratospheric success in a relatively short span of time. Since her first nomination in 2021, she's never been left off the board — though she only managed to take home her first statues in 2024. This year, she's vying in many of the top awards to be given out in Vancouver on March 30. Her 2023 album Think Later and its single Exes put her in the running for fan choice, single, artist, album and pop album of the year. She is competing in the album category against a linguistically diverse group of candidates. Roxane Bruneau's Submergé is a French-language release and Sukha's Undisputed is Punjabi, while Elisapie, who won 2024's trophy for contemporary Indigenous artist or group of the year, is nominated for Inuktitut, her album in that same language. McRae's explosive rise is perhaps slightly eclipsed by fellow album of the year nominee Josh Ross. After his first nomination last year — for fan choice — the country star's single (Single Again) and album (Complicated) have him up for all the same categories as McRae, only swapping the "pop" album category for country. It comes after his surprise win at the Country Music Association awards in the U.S., and big wins at the Canadian Country Music Awards in late 2024. It also presages a seeming invasion of country music throughout the Junos' setlist: four out of the 10 fan choice nominees are country or country-adjacent, while a fifth (Shawn Mendes) was honoured this year largely on the strength of his country-influenced single Why Why Why. Mendes is up for three additional awards: single, artist and pop album of the year (Shawn). That ties him for the second-most nominations with The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye), who is up for fan choice, artist, songwriter and single of the year (Timeless feat. Playboi Carti). Tesfaye previously announced that his most recent album (Hurry Up Tomorrow, which was released in January) would be his last under the Weeknd moniker. He will be eligible for more nominations for Hurry Up Tomorrow next year. If he were to win all four of the categories he is nominated in this year, he would become the Junos' most awarded artist of all time. He currently boasts 22 wins, just behind Anne Murray's 25. Tiktok Juno fan choice: Bbno$, Dean Brody, Jade Eagleson, Josh Ross, Karan Aujla, Les Cowboys Fringants, Preston Pablo, Shawn Mendes, Tate McRae, The Weeknd. Artist of the year: Josh Ross, Kaytranada, Shawn Mendes, Tate McRae, The Weeknd. Album: Inuktitut, Elisapie; Complicated, Josh Ross; Submergé, Roxane Bruneau; Undisputed, Sukha; Think Later; Tate McRae. Single: Single Again, Josh Ross; Winning Speech, Karan Aujla; Why Why Why, Shawn Mendes; Exes, Tate McRae; Timeless, The Weeknd (feat. Playboi Carti). Group: Crash Adams, Mother Mother, Spiritbox, Sum 41, the Beaches. His nomination count matches another huge artist making a showing at this year's Junos. Beyoncé's album Cowboy Carter shows up four times in the Junos shortlist — though with none of the nominations geared toward the singer herself. Instead, four Canadians are up for the work they contributed to Beyoncé's Grammy-winning country album. Calgary-born Lowell and Ontario's Nathan Ferraro are in the running for songwriter of the year (non-performer) for some of the album's biggest tracks. Meanwhile, Jack Rochon and Shawn Everett are in the running for Jack Richardson producer of the year for the Cowboy Carter songs II Hands II Heaven, Protector and Jolene; and II Most Wanted, respectively. WATCH | Cowboy Carter and country's renaissance for Black artists: Beyoncé's country album giving artists hope for a Black country renaissance 11 months ago Duration 2:02 Lowell and Ferraro's "non-performing" songwriter category is a new one, and among a raft of shifted categories for 2025's show. Also new this year is "South Asian music recording of the year," which is meant to highlight homegrown talent inspired by that region's genres, including Punjabi and Bollywood music. Among its nominees are AP Dhillon (The Brownprint), Jonita Gandhi (Love Like That) and Karan Aujla, who last year became the first Punjabi artist to win fan choice. Aujla is nominated in the South Asian music category for Tauba Tauba, and is also nominated for fan choice and single of the year (Winning Speech). Dhillon is also up for songwriter and breakthrough artist or group of the year — a category that was merged for this year. Artists Sukha and AR Paisley help round out the Punjabi artists nominated in that category. Also nominated for breakthrough is Palestinian Canadian artist Nemahsis, who told CBC's Q that she was dropped by her label in 2023 for posting pro-Palestinian content on her social media accounts. She is nominated as an independent artist. Breakthrough artist or group of the year: Alexander Stewart, AP Dhillon, AR Paisley, Chris Grey, Ekkstacy, Nemahsis, Owen Riegling, Sukha, Tony Ann, Zeina. Songwriter: Abel Tesfaye, AP Dhillon, Jessie Reyez, Mustafa, Nemah Hasan. Songwriter (non-performer): Evan Blair, Lowell, Nathan Ferraro, Shaun Frank, Tobias Jesso Jr. Rap album: 96 Miles from Bethlehem, Belly; Luke's View, Classified; The Flower That Knew, DijahSB; See You When I See You, Dom Vallie; Red Future, Snotty Nose Rez Kids. Pop album: Bleeding Heart, Alexander Stewart; If This Is It..., Jamie Fine; Anywhere But Here, Preston Pablo; Shawn, Shawn Mendes; Think Later, Tate McRae Country album: The Compass Project — West Album, Brett Kissel; Dallas Smith, Dallas Smith; Complicated, Josh Ross; Nobody's Born With a Broken Heart, MacKenzie Porter; Going Home, Tyler Joe Miller. Unchanged this year are the reggae recording, and children's and Christian/gospel album categories. While Junos organizers initially announced those categories would be put on "hiatus," a backlash prompted them to reinstate all three — while maintaining their decision to exclude the international album category. The children's album nominees also feature what is quickly becoming the Juno's most youthful mainstay. Romeo Eats (real name Romeo Aniello) now boasts his third Juno nomination, since becoming the youngest-ever nominee at four years old in 2022 and the youngest-ever winner the following year. When it comes to exclusions, eagle-eyed fans may notice the absence of certified lover boy and Super Bowl talking point Drake. Despite releasing multiple tracks in his infamous feud with rapper Kendrick Lamar, Drake is once again absent from Junos lists — an unsurprising omission, since the God's Plan artist stopped submitting his music for consideration in 2018. Also absent from this year's lists are Arkells for group of the year. As the most awarded group ever in that category, with six wins, it's a notable exclusion. Since 2010, they have only been left off the short list four times. Rockers Sum 41 are up for the award, however, and are also scheduled to give their final performance as a band at the Vancouver show. B.C.'s Michael Bublé is hosting the ceremonies for the third time, and will share the stage with fellow hometown nominees Peach Pit, Ekkstacy, Tobias Jesso Jr., Mother Mother, Snotty Nose Rez Kids and more. Boi-1da is set to receive the International Achievement Award and Sarah Harmer the 2025 Humanitarian Award. The show will broadcast March 30 at 8 pm ET/5pm PT on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen and globally at and CBC Music's YouTube page.
