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# Alessia Cara, Shawn Mendes Top Juno Award Winners [FULL LIST]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/alessia-cara-shawn-mendes-top-juno-award-winners-full-list/
- Published: 2020-07-01T12:34:32.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-01T12:37:29.000Z
- Description: Canadian Alessia Cara took top honors at the Juno Awards this week with her 2019 release “The Pains of Growing” winning the award for album of the year. The multi-platinum. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2020/07/alessia-cara-shawn-mendes-top-juno-award-winners-full-list.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Conventions & Awards, Indie Music, Major Labels, Music Business, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:51

Canadian Alessia Cara took top honors at the Juno Awards this week with her 2019 release “The Pains of Growing” winning the award for album of the year.

The multi-platinum singer-songwriter also took home trophies after winning Pop Album of the Year Presented by Live Nation Canada and Songwriter of the Year Presented by SOCAN.

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Alessia Cara

Singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes won the award for single of the year for the third consective year for his hit “Señorita” and was recognized as artist of the year for the second year in a row

Tory Lanez continued his reign of the Rap Recording of the Year category, marking his third consecutive win. Lanez also became the first artist to win in both the Rap Recording and R&B/Soul Recording category (where he was a co-winner alongside Jessie Reyez) in the same year.

Billie Eilish won the award for international album of the year for her smash hit “When we fall asleep, where do we go?” while Canadian dance duo Loud Luxury won the prize for group of the year.

Other first time winners included Celeigh Cardinal, who won indigenous artist fof the year, and Neon Dreams, who won breakthrough group of the year.

Nine-time JUNO Award winner Avril Lavigne won for JUNO Fan Choice Presented by TD and Regina based folkers The Dead South won the Juno for traditional roots album of the year.

Among the special appearances of the night were presenters Chris Boucher from the 2019 NBA Championship team the Toronto Raptors, Actor and musician, Finn Wolfhard from Stranger Things, IT and the upcoming Ghostbuster: Afterlife, JUNO Award winner and singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez, two-time JUNO Award-winning soprano Measha Brueggergosman, Indigenous Music Summit founder and Producer and JUNO Award-winning artist with Digging Roots – ShoShona Kish, and the Minister of Canadian Heritage The Honourable Steven Guilbeault.

The award show, which took place mostly via streaming, was the fastest Juno Awards in record time, with all of the awards distributed within 90 minutes.

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#### The complete list of Juno Award winners:

### **JUNO FAN CHOICE (PRESENTED BY TD)**  

**Avril Lavigne**  
BMG\*ADA

### **SINGLE OF THE YEAR**  

**Señorita**  
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello  
*Universal*

### **INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?**  
Billie Eilish  
*Universal*

### **ALBUM OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY MUSIC CANADA)**  

**The Pains Of Growing**  
Alessia Cara  
*Universal*

### **ARTIST OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY CBC MUSIC)**  

**Shawn Mendes**  
*Universal*

### **GROUP OF THE YEAR**  

**Loud Luxury**  
*Sony*

### **BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND CANADA’S PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTERS)**

**Lennon Stella**  
*Columbia\*Sony*

### **BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND CANADA’S PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTERS)**  

**Neon Dreams**  
*Dreaming Out Loud\*Warner*

### **SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY SOCAN)**

**Alessia Cara**  
Publisher – Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada  
*“Growing Pains”* – co-songwriters Andrew Wansel, Warren Fielder, *“Out of Love”* – co-songwriter Rick Nowels  
PAINS OF GROWING – Alessia Cara *Universal*  
*“Rooting For You”* – co-songwriter Jon Levine  
THIS SUMMER – Alessia Cara *Universal*  

### **COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**Wild As Me**  
Meghan Patrick  
*Warner*

### **ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**A Blemish in the Great Light**  
Half Moon Run  
*Crystal Math\*Universal*

### **ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY LONG & MCQUADE)**  

**Morbid Stuff**  
PUP  
*Little Dipper\*Universal*

### **POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY LIVE NATION CANADA)**  

**The Pains of Growing**  
Alessia Cara  
*Universal*

### **ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA)**  

**A War On Everything**  
The Glorious Sons  
*Black Box\*Fontana North*

### **VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**Stay Tuned!**  
Dominique Fils-Aimé  
*Ensoul\*Select/Believe*

### **JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO**  

**MiGRATIONS**  
Jacques Kuba Séguin  
*ODD SOUND\*Select*

### **JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP**  

**Abundance**  
Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop  
*ANZIC\*A-Train*

### **INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**INSCAPE**  
Alexandra Stréliski  
*Secret City\*Fontana North*

### **ALBUM FRANCOPHONE DE L’ANNÉE**  

**La nuit est une panthère**  
Les Louanges  
*Bonsound\*Sony*

### **CHILDREN’S** **ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**Greatest Hits, Vol. 4**  
Big Block Singsong  
*Independent*

### **CLASSICAL** **ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER**  

**detach**  
Angela Schwarzkopf  
*Redshift*

### **CLASSICAL** **ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE**  

**The John Adams Album**  
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano  
*Universal*

### **CLASSICAL** **ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL**  

**Handel: Dixit Dominus; Bach & Schutz: Motets**  
Ottawa Bach Choir, conducted by Lisette Canton  
*ATMA\*Naxos*

### **CLASSICAL** **COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR**  

**Evta**  
Ana Sokolović  
*ATMA\*Naxos*

### **RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR**  

**Freaky**  
Tory Lanez  
*Interscope\*Universal*

### **DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR**  

**Love Me**  
Felix Cartal & Lights  
*Physical Presents\*Fontana North*

### **R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR**  

**Feel It Too**  
Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez, & Tainy  
*Universal*

### **REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR**  

**The Warning Track**  
Lyndon John X  
*Independent*

### **INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY APTN)**  

**Stories from a Downtown Apartment**  
Celeigh Cardinal  
*Independent*

### **CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**Mohawk**  
Lee Harvey Osmond  
*Latent\*Warner*

### **TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**Sugar & Joy**  
The Dead South  
*Six Shooter\*Universal*

### **BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**Mad Love**  
Dawn Tyler Watson  
*Independent*

### **CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**The Advent Of Christmas**  
Matt Maher  
*Provident\*Sony/Anchor*

### **WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**BAROKAN**  
Djely Tapa  
*Disques Nuits d’Afrique\*Independent/Select*

### **JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR**  

**Ben Kaplan**  
*“Brittle Bones Nicky”* BRITTLE BONES NICKY – Rare Americans  
*Independent*  
*“It’s Alright”* (co-producer Ryan Guldemond)DANCE AND CRY – Mother Mother  
*Universal*

### **RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR**  

**John ‘Beetle’ Bailey**  
*“Dividido (feat. Silvana Estrada)”* SUBLIME – Alex Cuba *Caracol\*Fontana North*  

*Canadian Contributor:*

- Mastering Engineer: Harry Hess (HBomb Mastering)

*“Shotgun”* FRIDAY – Monkey House Alma\*Universal  

*Canadian Contributors*

- Additional Engineer: Taylor Kernohan
- Mastering Engineer: Peter Letros (Wreckhouse Mastering)

### **ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR**  

**Chad Moldenhauer** *(Art Director),* **Ian Clarke** *(Designer)*, **Warren Clark and Lance Inkwell** *(Illustrators)*  
SELECTIONS FROM CUPHEAD – Kristofer Maddigan  
*Independent*

### **MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY STINGRAY)**  

**Little Star**  
*Sarah Legault* iskwē  
*iskwē music\*The Orchard*

*Canadian Contributors*

- Art Department: Art Pratten, Cora Paiero, Melissa Panth, Meron Kebede, Nidia Martinez, Shaylyn Lucas, Tylor White
- Special Effects: Adam Caplan, Sammy Roach (web.isod.es)

### **ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**Beyond The Senses**  
REZZ  
*Rezz Music\*AWAL*

### **METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**Play to Win**  
Striker  
*Independent*

### **ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR**  

**Shine A Light**  
Bryan Adams  
*Universal*

### **COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA)**  

**Lil Bit of Buddle**  
Sophie Buddle  
*Independent*

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