The 45th Juno Awards Announce 2016 Nominees
Posted Feb 2, 2016 02:43:43 PM.
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The Phoenix Concert Theatre welcomed the official JUNO Awards Press Conference this morning in Toronto.
Marking its 45th year of celebrating the nation’s finest musicians, and artists, President Allan Reid opened the conference to a packed house of performers, publicists and media.
JUNO Week kicks off March 28th and runs till April 4th in Calgary, Alberta. “Mayor Nenshi (Calgary) declared that 2016 was the ‘year for music in the City’,” Reid told the crowd, continuing, “‘We are super excited to offer the first look inside the National Music Centre and Studio Bell, which also happens to be the new home of the Canadian Music Hall of fame.'” The NMC is also hosting the Welcome Reception on Friday, March 3rd.
Performances through-out the morning included Calgary’s Transat with his “Ode to Alberta” and Scott Helman who performed his 2015 smash, “Bungalow”.
This year, Burton Cummings will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a solo musician (his band, The Guess Who, were inducted in 1987), and Rosalie Tromblay has been named as the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award recipient.
In addition to the nomination reveals (see below), Bryan Adams, The Weeknd, Shawn Mendes and country artist, Dean Brody were announced as performers in addition to the previously confirmed Alessia Carr.
The Weeknd leads the pack of nods this year, with a total of 6 nominations that include Artist, Album and Songwriter of the Year. Drake and Justin Bieber follow closely behind with a tied 5 nominations each. Newcomers, Alessia Carr and Shawn Mendes each earned 4 nods in total, both up for the JUNO Fan Choice Award.
More nominations at junoawards.ca
