The nominees for the 2026 JUNO Awards were announced by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences at a press conference at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto this morning, as Canada's top artists get ready for a trip to JUNO Week in Calgary, March 28 – April 3, 2026.
The Weeknd garnered six nominations including JUNO Fan Choice, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and R&B/Soul Recording of the Year.
Close behind with five nods each were Drake and Justin Bieber, both running for JUNO Fan Choice, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Artist of the Year. Drake also received a nomination for Rap Recording of the Year, while Justin Bieber was nominated for Pop Album of the Year.
Vying for four categories each, Alessia Cara was nominated for JUNO Fan Choice, Single of the Year, Breakthrough Artist of the Year and R&B/Soul Recording of the Year; while Shawn Mendes was nominated for JUNO Fan Choice, Album of the Year, Artist for the Year and Pop Album of the Year.
Artists with three nominations each include Buffy Sainte-Marie (Songwriter of the Year, Aboriginal Album of the Year, Contemporary Roots Album of the Year), City and Colour (Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Jack Richardson Producer of the Year), Tobias Jesso Jr. (Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Adult Alternative Album of the Year), and Walk Off the Earth (JUNO Fan Choice, Group of the Year, Pop Album of the Year).
2016 JUNO Awards Nominees
JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD (PRESENTED BY TD)
Alessia Cara Island Def Jam*Universal
Carly Rae Jepsen 604*Universal
Coeur de pirate Dare To Care*Universal
Dean Brody Open Road*Universal
Drake Cash Money*Universal
Justin Bieber Island Def Jam*Universal
Shawn Hook Kreative Soul*Universal
Shawn Mendes Island Def Jam*Universal
The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal
Walk Off The Earth Columbia*Sony
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Here Alessia Cara Island Def Jam*Universal
Hotline Bling Drake Cash Money*Universal
What Do You Mean? Justin Bieber Island Def Jam*Universal
Clothes Off Ria Mae Ria Mae Media*Sony
Can’t Feel My Face The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY IDLA ASSOCIATED LABEL DISTRIBUTION)
25 Adele XL*Select
Hozier Hozier Columbia*Sony
Title Meghan Trainor Epic*Sony
Four One Direction Columbia*Sony
Dream Your Life Away Vance Joy Atlantic*Warner
ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUSIC CANADA)
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late Drake Cash Money*Universal
À Paradis City Jean Leloup Dare to Care*Select
Purpose Justin Bieber Island Def Jam*Universal
Handwritten Shawn Mendes Island Def Jam*Universal
Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
City and Colour Dine Alone*Universal
Drake Cash Money*Universal
Justin Bieber Island Def Jam*Universal
Shawn Mendes Island Def Jam*Universal
The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Hedley Universal
Marianas Trench 604*Universal
Metric Metric Music International*Universal
Three Days Grace RCA*Sony
Walk Off The Earth Columbia*Sony
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, CANADA’S PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTERS, AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND)
Alessia Cara Island Def Jam*Universal
Coleman Hell 604*Universal
Francesco Yates 21 Entertainment*Warner
Scott Helman Warner
Tobias Jesso Jr. Arts & Crafts*Universal
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, CANADA’S PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTERS, AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND)
Dear Rouge Universal
Half Moon Run Indica*Universal
Milk & Bone Bonsound*Select
The Elwins Hidden Pony*Universal
Young Empires Pirates Blend*Sony
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY SOCAN)
Abel Tesfaye
“Can’t Feel My Face” – co-songwriters Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Peter Svensson, Ali Payami,
“In The Night” – co-songwriters Ahmad Balshe, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Peter Svensson, Ali Payami, “The Hills” – co-songwriters Ahmad Balshe, Emmanuel Nickerson, Carlo Mantagnese
BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADESS – The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal
Béatrice Martin
“Carry On”, “Crier tout bas”, “Oceans Brawl”
ROSES – Coeur de Pirate Dare to Care*Universal
Buffy Sainte-Marie
“Farm In The Middle Of Nowhere”, “Ke Sakihitin Awasis (I Love You Baby)”, “Love Charms (Mojo Bijoux)”
POWER IN THE BLOOD – Buffy Sainte-Marie True North*eOne
Dallas Green
“Blood”, “Lover Come Back”, “Wasted Love”
IF I SHOULD GO BEFORE YOU – City an Colour Dine Alone*Universal
Tobias Jesso Jr.
“When We Were Young” 25 – Adele XL*Sony
“Alive” Sia RCA*Sony
“Without You” GOON – Tobias Jesso Jr. Arts & Crafts*Universal
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Anchor Autumn Hill Wax*Universal
Pick Me Up Brett Kissel BAK2BAK*Warner
Gypsy Road Dean Brody Open Road*Universal
County Line High Valley Open Road*Universal
Frontier Paul Brandt Road Angel*Warner
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
If I’ve Only One Time Askin’ Daniel Romano New West*Warner
The Park Avenue Sobriety Test Joel Plaskett Pheromone*Fontana North
In My Dreams Mo Kenney Pheromone*Fontana North
Goon Tobias Jesso Jr. Arts & Crafts*Universal
Leave No Bridge Unburned Whitehorse Six Shooter*Universal
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY LONG & MCQUADE)
Deep in the Iris BRAIDS Flemish Eye*Outside
Poison Season Destroyer Merge*F.A.B.
Are You Alone? Majical Cloudz Arts & Crafts*Universal
Half Free U.S. Girls 4AD*Select
Viet Cong Viet Cong Flemish Eye*Outside
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY TD)
Hello Hedley Universal
Purpose Justin Bieber Island Def Jam*Universal
Augusta Scott Helman Warner
Handwritten Shawn Mendes Island Def Jam*Universal
Sing It All Away Walk Off The Earth Columbia*Sony
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Get Up Bryan Adams Badams*Universal
The Physical World Death From Above 1979 Last Gang* Universal
Chaotic Neutral Matthew Good Warner
No Fixed Address Nickelback Nickelback II Productions*Universal
Future Nostalgia The Sheepdogs Warner
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
New Alex Pangman Justin Time*Universal
Live from the Cellar Dan Brubeck Quartet Blue Forest
Clear Day Emilie-Claire Barlow Empress*eOne
This Bitter Earth Jaclyn Guillou Independent
Some Version of the Truth Tara Kannangara Independent
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO
It's About Time Al Muirhead Chronograph*Outside
Dialectics Curtis Nowosad Cellar Live*Conveyor
Abeng Rich Brown Independent
Movin' Forward Robi Botos A440*Universal
Duets Tara Davidson Addo*Conveyor
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP
Forest Grove Allison Au Quartet Independent
Over My Head Brad Turner Quartet Groundhog*Independent
What I Hear Now Jerry Granelli Trio Addo*Conveyor
Stealing From My Youth Mark Kelso & The Jazz Exiles Independent
Sheer Tyranny of Will Peripheral Vision Independent
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Spin Cycle Afiara Quartet and Skratch Bastid Centrediscs* Naxos
Never Were The Way She Was Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld Constellation*Outside
Orchestral Powwow Cris Derksen Tribal Spirit*Independent
Lost Voices Esmerine Constellation*Outside
Legacy Live Jens Lindemann and Tommy Banks Independent
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
22h22 Ariane Moffatt Simone*Select
Zulu Galaxie La Meute*Select
À Paradis City Jean Leloup Dare to Care*Select
Les grandes artères Louis-Jean Cormier Simone*Select
Si l'aurore Marie-Pierre Arthur Simone*Select
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Greatest Hits Big Block Singsong Razor & Tie
Dirty Feet Bobs & LoLo KidsWerk*Sony
Forest Friends’ Nature Club Album Ginalina Independent
Songs from the Boot Splash'N Boots Dockside*Independent
More Sheep, Less Sleep The Swinging Belles Independent
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Liszt: Piano Sonata & Sonnets Angela Hewitt Hyperion*HM
Chamber Works by Jerzy Fitelberg ARC Ensemble Chandos*Naxos
Mendelssohn: Op. 44 nos. 1, 2 Cecilia String Quartet Analekta*Select
Berlin Sonatas Elinor Frey Passacaille*Naxos
Franck & Strauss: Violin Sonatas James Ehnes Onyx*HM
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE OR SOLOIST(S) WITH LARGE ENSEMBLE ACCOMPANIMENT
Vivaldi: Four Seasons James Ehnes with the Sydney Symphony Onyx*HM
Mahler 10 Orchestre Métropolitain ATMA*Naxos
Symphony and New Works for Organ and Orchestra Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Olivier Latry and Jean-Willy Kunz Analekta*Select
Tomasi, Desenclos, Jolivet: French Trumpet Concertos Paul Merkelo, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Analekta*Select
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3 Stewart Goodyear with the Czech National Symphony Steinway*Naxos
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL PERFORMANCE
Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 4 Claire de Sévigné, Maria Soulis, and Aradia Ensemble Naxos
Sacred Reflections of Canada - A Canadian Mass Canadian Chamber Choir Independent
Peter-Anthony Togni: Responsio Jeff Reilly with Andrea Ludwig, Charles Daniels, John Potter, and Suzie Leblanc ATMA*Naxos
Las Ciudades de Oro L'Harmonie des Saisons ATMA*Naxos
Chansons Perpétuelles Marie-Nicole Lemieux Naïve*Naxos
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems Dinuk Wijeratne Centrediscs*Naxos
Piano Quartet John Burge Centrediscs*Naxos
The Afar Jordan Pal Independent
Centennials Michael Oesterle Naxos
Bookburners Nicole Lizée Centrediscs*Naxos
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Sour Soul BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah eOne
If You're Reading This It's Too Late Drake Cash Money*Universal
Kardi Gras Vol. 1: The Clash Kardinal Offishall Black Stone Colleagues*Universal
Can't Fly Without Gravity k-os Dine Alone*Universal
For The Town SonReal Black Box*Universal
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY STINGRAY MUSIC)
We All Fall Down ft. Jamie Lidell A-Trak Last Gang*Universal
Badman (Torro Torro Remix) Autoerotique & Max Styler Dim Mak*ADA
At All Kaytranada HW&W*Sony
Save Me ft. Katy B Keys N Krates Dim Mak*BMG Chrysalis
Be Right There Sleepy Tom & Diplo Mad Decent
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Four Pink Walls Alessia Cara Island Def Jam*Universal
The Fall Out August Rigo Summerchild*Foundation Media
Déjà Vu Dru Effortless*Fontana North
Butchy’s Son Patrick Lehman September Soul*Pheromone
Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
The French Sessions Dubmatix Renegade*Independent
Hello Mama Exco Levi Silly Walks*Independent
Nah Complain ft. Daddy U Roy Kafinal Sing N Act*Independent
Sexy Gal ft. T.O.K. Kreesha Turner Lizopal*Universal
Escape from the Mongoose Gang Lyndon John X Independent
ABORIGINAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK)
The One Armond Duck Chief Independent
Come and Get Your Love: The Tribe Session Black Bear Tribal Spirit*Powwow Trail/Tribal Spirit
Power In The Blood Buffy Sainte-Marie True North*eOne
Rumble Derek Miller Smithsonian
Refined Don Amero Independent
CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
So Let’s Go Alan Doyle Skinner’s Hill*Universal
Power In The Blood Buffy Sainte-Marie True North*eOne
The Bliss Fortunate Ones Old Farm Pony*Outside
Indian Ocean Frazey Ford Nettwerk*Sony
Beautiful Scars LeE HaRVeY OsMOND Latent*Warner
TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Chance J.P. Cormier Independent*Fontana North
Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project Jayme Stone Borealis*eOne
Domestic Eccentric Old Man Luedecke True North*eOne
A Wanderer I’ll Stay Pharis and Jason Romero Borealis*eOne
Songs In The Dark The Wainwright Sisters Maple Music*Fontana North
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Faded But Not Gone Big Dave McLean Black Hen*eOne
Brothers In This World Blackburn Electro-Fi*Outside
Vicksburg Call David Gogo Cordova Bay*Fontana
This Is From Here Harrison Kennedy Electro-Fi*Outside
Sliding Delta Michael Jerome Browne Borealis*eOne
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Brave New World Amanda Cook Bethel*David C. Cook
Where The Light Is Dan Bremnes Sparrow/Universal*David C. Cook
Saints & Sinners Matt Maher Provident/Sony*David C. Cook
We Are The City Harmonic Integrity Music
TREES - Chapter 2 Tim Neufeld Independent*David C. Cook
WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
Healer Alex Cuba Caracol*Fontana North
Neo-Reconquista Boogat Maisonnette*Select
Revuelta Danza Party Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra Productions Girovago*Outside
Moorka Lemon Bucket Orkestra Independent
Resistance The Souljazz Orchestra Do Right*Outside
JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Bob Ezrin “Honey Honey”, “What Love Is All About” WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT – Johnny Reid Johnny Mac Entertainment*Universal
Dallas Green (co-producer Karl Bareham) “Lover Come Back”, “Wasted Love” IF I SHOULD GO BEFORE YOU – City and Colour Dine Alone*Universal
Henry "Cirkut" Walter “Locked Away ft. Adam Levine” (co-producer Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald) WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF – R. City Kemosabe/RCA*Sony | “Sugar” (co-producer Joshua ”Ammo” Coleman) V – Maroon 5 Interscope*Universal
Steve Webster & Emilie-Claire Barlow “La Llorona”, “On a Clear Day” CLEAR DAY – Emilie-Claire Barlow Empress*eOne
Thomas "Tawgs" Salter “Bungalow” AUGUSTA – Scott Helman Warner | “Rule The World” (co-producer Gianni Luminati) SING IT ALL AWAY – Walk Off The Earth Columbia*Sony
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF AUDIO RECORDING TECHNOLOGY [OIART])
Gus Van Go “Downtown”, “Sweet Disaster” LEAVE NO BRIDGE UNBURNED – Whitehorse Six Shooter*Universal
Liam O'Neil “Celebrate”, “The Governess” PAGANS IN VEGAS – Metric Metric Music International*Universal
Noah "40" Shebib “Jungle”, “Know Yourself” IF YOU’RE READING THIS IT’S TOO LATE – Drake Cash Money*Universal
Serban Ghenea “Can’t Feel My Face”, “In The Night” BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS – The Weeknd The Weeknd XO*Universal
Shawn Everett “Don’t Wanna Fight”, “Gimme All Your Love” SOUND & COLOUR – Alabama Shakes Maple Music/ATO*Fontana North
RECORDING PACKAGE OF THE YEAR
Cam Dales (Art Director/Designer), Ben Clarkson (Art Director/Illustrator) CLUB MEDS – Dan Mangan + Blacksmith Arts & Crafts*Universal
Clyde Henry Productions: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (Art Directors/Designers/Illustrators/Photographers), Constellation: Ian Ilavsky (Designer) LOST VOICES – Esmerine Constellation*Outside
Duncan Major (Art Director/Designer), Joel Upshall (Photographer) ELEMENTS – Long Distance Runners LDR*Independent Erik West Milette (Art Director) WEST TRAINZ – West Trainz L-Abe*Select
Sarah Marcotte-Boislard (Art Director) LES GRANDES ARTÈRES - Louis-Jean Cormier Simone*Select
VIDEO OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUCHFACT, EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED BY BELL MEDIA)
Virgins Eva Michon DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 Last Gang*Universal
Dark Days Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and Chandler Levack PUP Royal Mountain*Universal
For the Town Peter Huang SONREAL Black Box*Universal
Avalanche Philip Sportel KALLE MATTSON Home Music*Sony
Hello Xavier Dolan ADELE XL*Select