The 48th Annual JUNO Awards is back for another exciting year celebrating Canadian musicians, bands, recording engineers, artists, and industry leaders. The JUNO Awards and a JUNO Week will be hosted in London, Ontario from March 11 through March 17, 2019. Canada's biggest musical award ceremony provides a serious boost to the local economy, quoted at $12 million CAD ($9 million USD).
EARMILK is proud to help cover the Awards this year for the first time ever. We'll be providing a real perspective into the talented Canadian creators making international waves with their music. The JUNO Week entails A JUNO Comedy Show, JUNOfest happening at 15 venues around London, and a JUNO Cup hockey match. Outside the Budweiser Gardens will be the JUNO side stage this weekend with performances from JUNO nominees: The Reklaws, KILLY, Loud Luxury, Jess Moskaluke, 88GLAM,The Washboard Union, Anders, and Ryan Shepherd.
People from all over can stream The JUNO Awards live from the Budweiser Gardens at 8 PM EST on Sunday, March 17, on CBC Radio, CBC Music, the free CBC Gem streaming service in Canada and globally on CBC's Website.
You can see a large segment of the JUNO nominations for 2019 in detail below:
| Award | Nomination 1 | Nomination 2 | Nomination 3 | Nomination 4 | Nomination 5 |
| Artist of the Year | Alessia Cara | Michael Bublé | Shawn Mendes | The Weeknd | Tory Lanez |
| Single of the Year | "Not a Love Song" by bülow | "Growing Pains" by Alessia Cara | "Body" by Loud Luxury | "In My Blood" by Shawn Mendes | "Pray For Me" by The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar |
| Album of the Year | 'Darlène' by Hubert Lenoir | 'These Are The Days' by Jann Arden | 'Shawn Mendes' by Shawn Mendes | 'My Dear Melancholy' by The Weeknd | 'Outsider' by Three Days Grace |
| International Album of the Year | 'Camila' by Camila Cabello | 'Invasion of Privacy' by Cardi B | 'Red Pill Blues' by Maroon 5 | 'beerbongs & bentleys' by Post Malone | 'ASTROWORLD' by Travis Scott |
| Group of the Year | Arkells | Chromeo | Metric | The Sheepdogs | Three Days Grace |
| Breakthrough Artist of the Year |
bülow | grandson | Johnny Orlando | KILLY | Meghan Patrick |
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Breakthrough Group of |
88Glam | Dizzy | Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine | Loud Luxury | The Washboard Union |
| Songwriter of the Year | Bahamas | Donovan Woods | Frank Dukes | Jessie Reyez | Shawn Mendes |
| Alternative Album of the Year |
'ken' by Destroyer | 'Baby Teeth' by Dizzy | 'Dose Your Dreams' by Fucked Up | 'TPC' by Tokyo Police Club | 'In A Poem Unlimited' by U.S. Girls |
| Dance Recording of the Year |
"Gotasoul" (ft. James Baley) by AZARI | "Jackie Chan" (ft. Preme & Post Malone) by Dzeko and Tiesto | "Avatar Beach" by Jacques Greene | "CURA" by Keys N Krates | "Body" by Loud Luxury |
| Electronic Album of the Year | 'Crystal Eyes' by Ekali | 'Next Season' by Felix Cartal | 'Give It a Rest' by iamhill | 'Deception Bay' by Milk & Bone | 'Certain Kind of Magic' by REZZ |
| R&B/Soul Recording of the Year | "Twos" by Anders | "Pain & Pleasure" by Black Atlass | "Stone Woman" by Charolette Day Wilson | "Being Human In Public" by Jessie Reyez | "My Dear Melancholy," by The Weeknd |
| Indigenous Music Album of the Year | 'The Ballad of the Runaway Girl' by Elisapie | 'Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa' by Jeremy Dutcher | 'Standing in the Light' by Leonard Sumner | 'Nitisanak – Brothers and Sister' by Northern Cree | 'The Average Savage' by Snotty Nose Rez Kids |
| Blues Album of the Year | 'Miles to Go' by Colin James | 'Checkmate' by Jack de Keyzer | 'Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues' by Myles Goodwyn | 'Run To Me' by Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar | 'The Ice Queeen' by Sue Foley |
| Rap Recording of the Year | "88GLAM RELOADED" by 88Glam | "IMMIGRANT" by Belly | "Surrender Your Soul" by KILLY | "RECKLESS" by NAV | "LoVE me NOw" by Tory Lanez |
| Recording Engineer of the Year | Ben Kaplan | Jason Dufour | Robbie Lackritz | Shawn Everett | Steve Bays |
| Reggae Recording of the Year | "Money Don't Grow Pon Trees" by Blessed | "Genesis" by Chelsea Stewart | "Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix – Overdubbed" by Dubmatix | "Narrative" by Exco Levi | "Talk Or No Talk" by Kafinal ft. Queen Ifrica |
| Album Artwork of the Year | Gareth Aduen-Hole for Jack Pine and the Fire | Geordan Moore for Joshua Van Tassel | Michael DeAngelis, Matt Barnes, Jess Baumung, & Sarah Froese for Arkells | Mike Milosh for Rhye | Simon Dupuis for Les Hotesses d'Hilaire |
| World Music Album of the Year | 'Zoubida' by Ayrad | 'San Cristobal Baile Inn' by Boogat | 'Naath' by Emmanuel Jal & Nyaruach | 'Fuerza Arara' by Telmary y Habana Sana | 'Rapadou Kreyol' by Wesli |
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