The 47th annual JUNO Awards ceremony will be taking place in Vancouver on Sunday, March 25th at the Rogers Arena, hosted by, the returning master of ceremony, Michael Bublè.

Honoring the best in Canadian music, The Juno Awards will return once again this year, with a large variety of categories. From Adult Contemporary Album of the Year to Comedy Album of the Year, the categories and nominees differ in both their style and genre.

Amongst the fight for Album of the Year award is as follows: Arcade Fire, Johnny Reid, Michael Bublè, Ruth B and Shania Twain. Not short of similar icons, the International Album of the Year nominees include, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran.

As for Single of the Year, Arcade Fire has been nominated again, battling against, The Arkells, Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd. In the meantime, with a repetition of a few artist, Artist of the Year nominees included Shania Twain, Ford Downie, Daniel Caesar and Lights.

With a variety of nominees, Group of the Year nominees are Arcade Fire, A Tribe Called Red, Alvvays, Broken Social Scene and Hedley.

Following this ,with more specialized categories, the Hard Music Album of the Year nominees includes Anciients, Archspire, Longhouse, METZ and Striker, while the Rock Album of the year nominees are Death From Above, Nickelback, Big Wrck, Glorious Sons and Theory of Dead Man.

With multi-nominations in various categories, Arcade Fire takes the stage again with their nomination for best Alternative Album of the year award. Following them are Alvvays, Land of Talk, Tanya Tagaq and Weaves.

Moving on, with more specialized categories is, the Comedy Album of the Year Award. The nominees include, Charlie Demers, DJ Demers, Ivan Decker, Becca Kohler, K. Trevor Wilson.

From what the nominations have shown, Arcade Fire came out as the most sought after nominees earning four nominations in various categories, from Single of the Year, to Album of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year.

Tying in second place is Daniel Caesar, The Arkells, the late Gord Downie, Ruth b and Hedley, with three nominations each.

If the amazing nominates are not enough, a number of show stopping performers are scheduled for the show, which including artist such as , Daniel Caesar Jessie Reyez and Hedley.

JUNO Choice Award Nominees:

Juno Fan Choice Award

The Weeknd
Jesie Reyez
Shawn Hook
Shawn Mendes
Theory of a Dead Man
Walk off the Earth
Alessia Cara
Arkells
Hedley
Justin Bieber

Single of The Year:
Alessia Cara, “How Far I’ll Go”
Arcade Fire, “Everything Now”
Arkells, “Knocking at the Door”
The Weeknd, “I Feel it Coming”
Shawn Mendes, “There’s Nothing Holdin’ me Back”

International Album of the Year:
Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
Ed Sheeran, Divide
Post Malone, Stoney
Taylor Swift, Reputation
Kendrick Lamar, DAMN

Album of the Year:
Johnny Reid, Revival
Michael Bublè, Nobody But Me
Ruth B, Safe Haven
Shania Twain, NOW
Arcade Fire,Everything Now

Artist Of the Year:
Ruth B
Shania Twain
Gord Downie
Daniel Caesar
Lights

Group of the Year:
A Tribe Called Red
Arcade Fire
Alvvays
Broken Social Scene
Hedley

Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
Jessie Reyez
NAV
Virginia to Vegas
Allan Rayman
Charlotte Cardin

Breakthrough Group of the Year:
James Barker Band
The Beaches
The Dead South
The Franklin Electric
The Jerry Cans
Songwriter of the Year:
Rose Cousins
Scott Helman
Amelia Curran
Gord Downie & Kevin Drew
Charlotte Cardin

Country Album of the Year:
James Barker Band- Games On
Jess Moskaluke- Past the Past
Tim Hicks- Shake These Walls
Dean Brody- Beautiful Freakshow
High Valley- Dear Life

Adult Alternative Album of the Year:
Leif Vollebekk- Twin Solitude
Terra Lightfoot- New Mistakes
Timber Timbre- Sincerely, Future Pollution
Whitehourse- Parnther in the Dollhouse
Gord Downie- Introduce Yerself

Alternative Album of the Year:
Land of Talk- Life After Youth
Tanya Tagaq- Retribution
Arcade Fire- Everything Now
Weaves- Wide Open
Alvvays-Antisocialities

Pop Album of the Year:
Lights – Skin & Earth
Ria Mae – My Love
Ruth B – Safe Haven
Scott Helman – Hôtel de Ville
Hedley – Cageless

Rock album of the Year:
Big Wreck, Grace Street
Death From Above, Outrage! Is Now
Nickelback, Feed the Machine
The Glorious Sons, Young Beauties and Fools
Theory, Wake Up Call

Jazz album of the Year: solo
Brad Cheeseman, The Tide Turns
Chet Doxas, Rich in Symbols
Hilario Durán, Contumbao
Mike Downes, Root Structure
Ralph Bowen, Ralph Bowen

Jazz album of the Year: group
Andrew Downing’s, Otterville
Carn Davidson 9, Murphy
Christine Jensen & Ingrid Jensen, Infinitude
David Braid, Mike Murley, Anders Mogensen & Johnny Aman, The North
Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop, Rev

Francophone album of the Year:
Alex Nevsky, Nos Eldorados
Daniel Bélanger, Paloma
Klȏ Pelgag, L’étoile thoracique
Patrice Michaud,Almanach
Pierre Lapointe, La science du coeur

Instrumental album of the Year:
Do Make Say Think, Stubborn Persistent Illusions
Five Alarm Funk, Sweat
Kristofer Maddigan, Cuphead
Oktopus, Hapax
Peregrine Falls, Peregrine Falls

Children’s album of the Year:
Big Block Singsong, Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
Bobs & Lolo, Blue Skies
Fred Penner, Hear the Music
Splash ‘N Boots, Love, Kisses and Hugs
The Moblees,The Moblees (Songs from the Hit TV Show)

Classical album of the Year: solo or chamber
ARC Ensemble,Chamber Works by Szymon Laks
David Jalbert, Stravinsky & Prokofiev: Transcriptions pour piano
James Ehnes with Andrew Armstrong, Beethoven: Violin
Sonatas Nos. 6 & 9 Kreutzer
Janina Fialjowska,Chopin Recital 3
Louis Lortie, Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 5

Classical album of the Year: large ensemble
Arion Orchestre Baroque, Rebelles Baroques
James Ehnes with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Beethoven &
Schubert: Violin Concerto
Jan Lisiecki with NDR Elbphilharmonie Ochester, Chopin:
Works for Piano & Orchestra
Johannes Moser with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande,Elgar &
Tchaikovsky
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra & Nunavut Sivuniksavut, The
Shaman & Arctic Symphony

Classical album of the Year: vocal or choral
Barbara Hannigan with Ludwig Orchestra, Crazy Girl Crazy
Daniel Taylor with the Trinity Choir, The Tree of Life
Gerald Finley with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, In the
Stream of Life: Songs by Sibelius
Isabel Bayrakdarian with Coro Vox Aeterna, Mother of Light
Armenian Hymns & Chants in Praise of Mary
Philippe Sly & John Charles Britton, Schubert Sessions: Lieder
with Guitar

Classical composition of the Year:
Alice Ping Yee Ho, Cœur à Cœur
Andrew Staniland, Phi, Caelestis
James Rolfe, Breathe
Jocelyn Morlock,My Name is Amanda Todd
Vincent Ho, The Shaman

Rap recording of the Year:
Belly, Mumble Rap
Clairmont the Second, Lil Mont From the Ave
Lou Phelps,001: Experiments
Maestro Fresh Wes, Coach Fresh
Tory Lanez, Shooters
Dance recording of the Year:
DVBBS feat. Gia Koka & CMC$, Not Going Home
Felix Cartal, Get What You Give
KAPRI, Deeper
Nick Fioricci feat. Laurell, Closer
Sultan + Shepard feat. Nadia Ali & Iro, Almost Home

Reggae recording of the Year:
Ammoye, The Light
Blessed, Hold Up Slow Down
Eyesus, Neva Judge
Kirk Diamond, Greater
Kreesha Turner & K’Coneil, Love How You Whine

Indigenous music album of the Year:
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Medicine Songs
DJ Shub, PowWowStep
Indian City, Here & Now
Iskwé, The Fight Within
Kelly Fraser, Sedna

R&B/soul recording of the Year:
Daniel Caesar, Freudian
Jahkoy, Foreign Water
Jessie Reyez, Kiddo
Jhyve, Human
Keshia Chanté, Unbound 01
Contemporary roots album of the Year:
Amelia Curran, Watershed
Bruce Cockburn, Bone on Bone
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Medicine Songs
The Jerry Cans, Inuusiq
The Weather Station,The Weather Station

Traditional roots album of the Year:
Cassie and Maggie, The Willow Collection
Còig, Rove
Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone’s Folklife
The Dead South, Illusion & Doubt
The East Pointers, What We Leave Behind

Blues album of the Year:
Big Dave McLean, Better the Devil You Know
Downchild, Something I’ve Done
MonkeyJunk, Time to Roll
Steve Strongman, No Time Like Now
Williams, Wayne and Isaak, Big City, Back Country Blues

Contemporary Christian/gospel album of the Year:
Jon Neufeld, We Are Free
Love & the Outcome, These Are the Days
Manafest, Stones
Matt Maher, Echoes
The Color, First Day of my Life

World music album of the Year:
Autorickshaw, Meter
Battle of Santiago, La Migra
Beny Esguerra and New Tradition,A New Tradition Vol. 2:
Return of the KUISi
Briga, Femme
Kobo Town, Where the Galleon Sank

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award:
Brian Howes & Jason Van Poederooyen: “Better Days” (co
producer Jacob Hoggard) (Hedley, Cageless), “The Drugs” (co
producer Ryan Guldemond) (Mother Mother, No Culture)
Diana Krall: “L-O-V-E,” “Night and Day” (co-producer Tommy
Lipuma) (Diana Krall, Turn Up the Quiet)
Felix Cartal: “Get What You Give” (Felix Cartal, Get What You
Give), “Drifting Away” (Felix Cartal, Drifting Away)
Jordan Evans & Matthew Burnett: “Get You” feat. Kali Uchis,
“We Find Love” (Daniel Caesar, Freudian)
Thomas “Tawgs” Salter: “PDA” (Scott Helman,Hȏtel de Ville)

Recording engineer of the Year:
Ben Kaplan: “Widowmaker” (Five Alarm Funk, Sweat),
“Speak” (Ninjaspy, Spüken)
Eric Ratz: “Knocking at the Door” (Arkells, Morning Report), “My
Little RnR” (Danko Jones, Wild Cat)
Gus van Go: “Paradise” (Terra Lightfoot, New Mistakes), “Boys
Like You” (Whitehorse, Panther in the Dollhouse)
Riley Bell: “Get You” feat. Kali Uchis, “We Find Love” (Daniel
Caesar,Freudian)
Shawn Everett: “Slip Away” (Perfume Genius, No Shape), “Pain”
(The War on Drugs, A Deeper Understanding)

Album artwork of the Year:
Catherine Lepage & Simon Rivest (art directors) (Arcade Fire,
Everything Now)
Geneviève Lapointe (art director), Martin Tremblay
(photographer) (The Lost Fingers, Coconut Christmas)
Jean-Sébastien Denis (art director, illustrator), Ian Ilavsky
(designer), Guy L’Heureux (photographer) (Esmerine,
Mechanics of Dominion)
Keavan Yazdani (art direction, photographer), Sean Brown
(designer), Eric Lachance (illustrator) (Daniel Caesar, Freudian)
Marianne Collins (art director, illustrator), Ian Ilavsky
(designer), Steve Farmer (photographer) (Do Make Say Think,
Stubborn Persistent Illusions)

Video of the Year:
Christopher Mills, “Leaving the Table” (Leonard Cohen)
Emma Higgins, “The Drugs” (Mother Mother)
Claire Boucher, “Venus Fly” (Grimes)
Peter Huang, “Gatekeeper” (Jessie Reyez)
Shane Cunningham and Mark Myers, “Knocking at the
Door” (Arkells)
Adult contemporary album of the Year:
Alysha Brilla, Rooted
Johnny Reid, Revival
Michael Bublé, Nobody But Me
Nuela Charles, The Grand Hustle
The Tenors, Christmas Together

Comedy album of the Year:
Charlie Demers, Fatherhood
DJ Demers, [Indistinct Chatter]
Ivan Decker, I Wanted to be a Dinosaur
K. Trevor Wilson, Sorry! (A Canadian Album)
Rebecca Kohler, In Living Kohler

Photo-Credit:Sharon Alagna