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The Weeknd, Bieber, Drake Dominate 2016 Juno Award Nominantions – Here’s The Full List

The Weeknd grabbed 6 nominations for the 2016 Juno Awards; and Justin Bieber and Drake each received 5. The show, organized by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/02/the-weeknd-bieber-drake-dominate-2016-juno-award-nominantions

weekndThe Weeknd grabbed 6 nominations for the 2016 Juno Awards; and Justin Bieber and Drake each received 5. The show, organized by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, will air live on April 3rd. Here is the full list of nominees:

JUNO Fan Choice Award

Presented by TDWalk Off The EarthThe WeekndShawn HookShawn MendesJustin BieberDrakeDean BrodyCœur de pirateCarly Rae JepsenAlessia Cara

Single of the Year

drakeCan’t Feel My FaceThe WeekndClothes OffRia MaeWhat Do You Mean?Justin BieberHotline BlingDrakeHereAlessia Cara

International Album of the Year

Sponsored by IDLA Associated Label DistributionDream Your Life AwayVance JoyFourOne DirectionTitleMeghan TrainorHozierHozier25Adele

Album of the Year

Sponsored by Music CanadaBeauty Behind the MadnessThe WeekndHandwrittenShawn MendesPurposeJustin BieberÀ Paradis CityJean LeloupIf You’re Reading This It’s Too LateDrake

Artist of the Year

The WeekndShawn MendesJustin BieberDrakeCity and Colour

Group of the Year

Walk Off The EarthThree Days GraceMetricMarianas TrenchHedley

Breakthrough Artist of the Year

Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada, Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters, and Radio Starmaker FundTobias Jesso Jr.Scott HelmanFrancesco YatesColeman HellAlessia Cara

Breakthrough Group of the Year

Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada, Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters, and Radio Starmaker FundYoung EmpiresThe ElwinsMilk & BoneHalf Moon RunDear Rouge

Songwriter of the Year

Presented by SOCAN“When We Were Young” 25 – Adele | “Alive” Sia | “Without You” GOON – Tobias Jesso Jr.Tobias Jesso Jr.“Blood”, “Lover Come Back”, “Wasted Love” IF I SHOULD GO BEFORE YOU – City and ColourDallas Green“Carry On”, “Crier tout bas”, “Oceans Brawl” ROSES – Cœur de PirateBéatrice Martin“Farm In The Middle Of Nowhere”, “Ke Sakihitin Awasis (I Love You Baby)”, “Love Charms (Mojo Bijoux)” POWER IN THE BLOOD – Buffy Sainte-MarieBuffy Sainte-Marie“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 MADNESS – The Weeknd Abel Tesfaye

Country Album of the Year

FrontierPaul BrandtCounty LineHigh ValleyGypsy RoadDean BrodyPick Me UpBrett KisselAnchorAutumn Hill

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

Leave No Bridge UnburnedWhitehorseTobias Jesso Jr.GoonIn My DreamsMo KenneyThe Park Avenue Sobriety TestJoel PlaskettIf I’ve Only One Time Askin’Daniel Romano

Alternative Album of the Year

Sponsored by Long & McQuadeViet CongViet CongHalf FreeU.S. GirlsAre You Alone?Majical CloudzPoison SeasonDestroyerDeep in the IrisBRAIDS

Pop Album of the Year

Sponsored by TDSing It All AwayWalk Off The EarthHandwrittenShawn MendesAugustaScott HelmanPurposeJustin BieberHelloHedley

Rock Album of the Year

Future NostalgiaThe SheepdogsNo Fixed AddressNickelbackChaotic NeutralMatthew GoodThe Physical WorldDeath From Above 1979Get UpBryan Adams

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

Some Version of the TruthTara KannangaraThis Bitter EarthJaclyn GuillouClear DayEmilie-Claire BarlowLive from the CellarDan Brubeck QuartetNewAlex Pangman

Jazz Album of the Year: Solo

DuetsTara DavidsonMovin' ForwardRobi BotosAbengRich BrownDialecticsCurtis NowosadIt's About TimeAl Muirhead

Jazz Album of the Year: Group

Sheer Tyranny of WillPeripheral VisionStealing From My YouthMark Kelso & The Jazz ExilesWhat I Hear NowJerry Granelli TrioOver My HeadBrad Turner QuartetForest GroveAllison Au Quartet

Instrumental Album of the Year

Legacy LiveJens Lindemann and Tommy BanksLost VoicesEsmerineOrchestral PowwowCris DerksenNever Were The Way She WasColin Stetson and Sarah NeufeldSpin CycleAfiara Quartet and Skratch Bastid

Francophone Album of the Year

Si l'auroreMarie-Pierre ArthurLes grandes artèresLouis-Jean CormierÀ Paradis CityJean LeloupZuluGalaxie22h22Ariane Moffatt

Children's Album of the Year

More Sheep, Less SleepThe Swinging BellesSongs from the BootSplash'N BootsForest Friends’ Nature Club AlbumGinalinaDirty FeetBobs & LoLoGreatest HitsBig Block Singsong

Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble

Franck & Strauss: Violin SonatasJames EhnesBerlin SonatasElinor FreyChamber Works by Jerzy FitelbergARC EnsembleLiszt: Piano Sonata & SonnetsAngela HewittMendelssohn: Op. 44 nos. 1, 2Cecilia String Quartet

Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3Stewart Goodyear with the Czech National SymphonyTomasi, Desenclos, Jolivet: French Trumpet ConcertosPaul Merkelo, Orchestre Symphonique de MontréalSymphony and New Works for Organ and OrchestraOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Olivier Latry and Jean-Willy KunzMahler 10Orchestre MétropolitainVivaldi: Four SeasonsJames Ehnes with the Sydney Symphony

Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance

Chansons PerpétuellesMarie-Nicole LemieuxLas Ciudades de OroL'Harmonie des SaisonsPeter-Anthony Togni: ResponsioJeff Reilly with Andrea Ludwig, Charles Daniels, John Potter, and Suzie LeblancSacred Reflections of Canada – A Canadian MassCanadian Chamber ChoirVivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 4Claire de Sévigné, Maria Soulis, and Aradia Ensemble

Classical Composition of the Year

BookburnersNicole LizéeCentennialsMichael OesterleThe AfarJordan PalPiano QuartetJohn BurgeTwo Pop Songs on Antique PoemsDinuk Wijeratne

Rap Recording of the Year

Kardi Gras Vol. 1: The ClashKardinal OffishallCan't Fly Without Gravityk-osIf You're Reading This It's Too LateDrakeSour SoulBADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface KillahFor The TownSonReal

Dance Recording of the Year

Sponsored by Stingray MusicBe Right ThereSleepy Tom & DiploSave Me ft. Katy BKeys N KratesAt AllKaytranadaBadman (Torro Torro Remix)Autoerotique & Max StylerWe All Fall Down ft. Jamie LidellA-Trak

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

Beauty Behind the MadnessThe WeekndButchy’s SonPatrick LehmanDéjà VuDruThe Fall OutAugust RigoFour Pink WallsAlessia Cara

Reggae Recording of the Year

Escape from the Mongoose GangLyndon John XSexy Gal ft. T.O.K.Kreesha TurnerNah Complain ft. Daddy U RoyKafinalHello MamaExco LeviThe French SessionsDubmatix

Aboriginal Album of the Year

Sponsored by Aboriginal Peoples Television NetworkRefinedDon AmeroRumbleDerek MillerPower In The BloodBuffy Sainte-MarieCome and Get Your Love: The Tribe SessionBlack BearThe OneArmond Duck Chief

Contemporary Roots Album of the Year

Power In The BloodBuffy Sainte-MarieSo Let’s Go Alan DoyleBeautiful ScarsLeE HaRVeY OsMONDIndian OceanFrazey FordThe BlissFortunate Ones

Traditional Roots Album of the Year

Jayme Stone’s Lomax ProjectJayme StoneThe ChanceJ.P. CormierSongs In The DarkThe Wainwright SistersA Wanderer I’ll StayPharis and Jason RomeroDomestic EccentricOld Man Luedecke

Blues Album of the Year

Sliding DeltaMichael Jerome BrowneThis Is From HereHarrison KennedyVicksburg CallDavid GogoBrothers In This WorldBlackburnFaded But Not GoneBig Dave McLean

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

TREES – Chapter 2Tim NeufeldWe AreThe City HarmonicSaints & SinnersMatt MaherWhere The Light IsDan BremnesBrave New WorldAmanda Cook

World Music Album of the Year

Sponsored by Canada Council for the ArtsResistanceThe Souljazz OrchestraMoorkaLemon Bucket OrkestraRevuelta Danza PartyGypsy Kumbia OrchestraNeo-ReconquistaBoogatHealerAlex Cuba

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

“Bungalow” AUGUSTA – Scott Helman | “Rule The World” (co-producer Gianni Luminati) SING IT ALL AWAY – Walk Off The EarthThomas "Tawgs" Salter“La Llorona”, “On a Clear Day” CLEAR DAY – Emilie-Claire BarlowSteve Webster & Emilie-Claire Barlow“Locked Away ft. Adam Levine” (co-producer Lukasz “Dr. Luke Gottwald) WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF – R. City | “Sugar” (co-producer Joshua "Ammo” Coleman) V – Maroon 5Henry "Cirkut" Walter(co-producer Karl Bareham) “Lover Come Back”, “Wasted Love” IF I SHOULD GO BEFORE YOU – City and ColourDallas Green“Honey Honey”, “What Love Is All About” WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT – Johnny ReidBob Ezrin

Recording Engineer of the Year

Sponsored by Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology [OIART]“Can’t Feel My Face”, “In The Night” BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS – The WeekndSerban Ghenea“Jungle”, “Know Yourself” IF YOU’RE READING THIS IT’S TOO LATE – DrakeNoah "40" Shebib“Celebrate”, “The Governess” PAGANS IN VEGAS – MetricLiam O'Neil“Downtown”, “Sweet Disaster” LEAVE NO BRIDGE UNBURNED – WhitehorseGus Van Go“Don’t Wanna Fight”, “Gimme All Your Love” SOUND & COLOUR – Alabama Shakes Maple Shawn Everett

Recording Package of the Year

LES GRANDES ARTÈRES – Louis-Jean CormierSarah Marcotte-Boislard (Art Director)WEST TRAINZ – West TrainzErik West Milette (Art Director)ELEMENTS – Long Distance RunnersDuncan Major (Art Director/Designer), Joel Upshall (Photographer)LOST VOICES – EsmerineClyde Henry Productions: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (Art Directors/Designers/Illustrators/Photographers), Constellation: Ian Ilavsky (Designer)CLUB MEDS – Dan Mangan + BlacksmithCam Dales (Art Director/Designer), Ben Clarkson (Art Director/Illustrator)

Video of the Year

Sponsored by MuchFACT, exclusively funded by Bell MediaHello – ADELEXavier DolanAvalanche – KALLE MATTSONPhilip SportelFor the Town – SONREALPeter HuangDark Days – PUPJeremy Schaulin-Rioux, Chandler LevackVirgins – DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979Eva Michon

Electronic Album of the Year

The Other DayPomoNoontideHUMANSThe Midas TouchDiscreteConcubineConcubineA Life Well LivedAM Static

Heavy Metal Album of the Year

SuccessKEN modeOf Ghosts and GodsKataklysmDesire Will RotFuck the FactsNever Wanna DieDiemondsSearching for ZeroCancer Bats

Adult Contemporary Album of the Year

Under One SkyThe TenorsWhat Love Is All AboutJohnny ReidA Jann Arden ChristmasJann ArdenRefinedDon AmeroWallflowerDiana Krall

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Burton Cummings

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Rosalie Trombley