Tate McRae gained each main awards she was nominated for on the 2024 Juno Opening Evening Awards, which was livestreamed from the Halifax Conference Centre on Saturday (March 23). The Calgary-born breakout famous person continued her huge 12 months each in Canada and internationally, one which included a main Billboard chart hit and showing on the duvet of Billboard. She gained single of the 12 months for “grasping” and artist of the 12 months, although the California-based singer was not in attendance to just accept both award.
McRae carried out eventually 12 months’s ceremony and was nominated for 5 2023 awards however didn’t win any of them, however 2024 introduced her to even greater heights with the discharge of her album Assume Later. She’s additionally nominated for the TikTok Juno Fan Alternative Award on the primary Juno Awards telecast on Sunday (March 24), which provides her the prospect to win 4 this 12 months.
A number of breakout Canadian stars earned accolades on the Opening Evening Awards. In response to Allan Reid, President & CEO of the Juno Awards, 2024 had probably the most submissions in Juno Awards historical past, which led to 90 first-time nominees.
Aysanabee gained for each songwriter of the 12 months and different album of the 12 months for Hear and Now, and talked about his rags-to-riches journey. “I grew up in a trailer in North Ontario with out electrical energy or operating water,” he stated. “And now I’m right here.”
Till just lately, it was uncommon for Indigenous musicians to win Junos exterior of the Indigenous class, however that’s begun to alter as First Nations artists have made a significant affect within the nation’s music trade. Aysanabee shouted out Amanda Rheume and ShoShona Kish, who based the feminine and Indigenous-owned label Ishkodé Information. He acknowledged that this was probably the most Indigenous artists who had ever been nominated, and invited all of them to face up.
Regardless of his two wins, he truly misplaced within the up to date Indigenous artist or group of the 12 months class to Quebec’s Elisapie, whose album Inuktitut reimagines basic pop and rock hits within the title language. Peguis First Nation singer-songwriter William Prince’s Stand within the Pleasure gained for up to date roots album of the 12 months.
The Seashores and Charlotte Cardin each had their first American chart hits since final 12 months’s Junos, and each gained main awards this 12 months. The Seashores gained for rock album of the 12 months for Blame My Ex, whereas Cardin gained for pop album of the 12 months for 99 Nights. The Montreal-based Cardin led all artists for many nominations this 12 months and can have an opportunity to win two extra on Sunday for the popular-voted fan alternative and for the 12 months’s largest award, album of the 12 months. “That is so cool!” she stated, accepting the award.
New West gained for breakthrough group of the 12 months and joked that they had been a “very very well-known TikTok band.” Co-hosts Aba Amuquandoh and Damhnait Doyle, each CBC personalities, earlier commented that being an artist in 2024 typically meant changing into a TikTok star or being rediscovered by a brand new era, however that Canadians “punch above our weight” due to each hustle and assist from authorities arts funding. That’s underneath the microscope within the trade proper now throughout an updating of the Broadcasting Act. The occasion additionally acknowledged this 12 months’s Walt Grealis Particular Achievement Award to music govt, creator and lawyer Chip Sutherland, one of many architects of the Radio Starmaker Fund, which helps launch rising Canadian artists with assist from radio.
Successful digital album of the 12 months for INFINITY CLUB, Bambii talked concerning the unparalleled energy of Toronto’s underground scene, “the true Toronto,” and implored journalists and trade stakeholders to “do your analysis” and dig deeper.
A number of Juno winners have additionally finished nicely within the U.S. market. R&B star SZA gained for worldwide album of the 12 months for SOS, whereas Shawn Everett gained for each producer of the 12 months and recording engineer of the 12 months for his work with Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard. Daniel Caesar gained within the up to date R&B recording of the 12 months class for By no means Sufficient, whereas long-running singer-songwriter Feist gained grownup different album of the 12 months for Multitudes. And Nashville-based Allison Russell’s video and its director Ethan Tobman gained music video of the 12 months for “Demons.”
A complete of 42 awards had been offered in rapid-fire succession on the Opening Evening Awards. Performers included Aqyila, LU KALA, Begonia, Jah’Mila and Lili-Ann De Francesco.
4 extra awards will probably be offered on the televised broadcast on Sunday evening at 8 p.m. ET on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Pay attention, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos and CBC Music’s Fb, YouTube and Twitter pages.
Right here’s the entire checklist of winners on the 2024 Juno Opening Evening Awards.
Single of the Yr
“Confetti,” Charlotte Cardin, Cult Nation*The Orchard
“All the time,” Daniel Caesar, Republic*Common
“Fairly Lady Period,” LU KALA, LVK/Amigo Information*AWAL
“A Little Bit Glad,” TALK, Capitol*Common
WINNER: “grasping,” Tate McRae, RCA*Sony
Worldwide Album of the Yr
Gettin’ Outdated, Luke Combs, River Home/Columbia*Sony
HEROES & VILLAINS, Metro Boomin, Boominati*Common
One Factor At A Time, Morgan Wallen, Massive Loud/Republic*Common
WINNER: SOS, SZA, High Dawg/RCA*Sony
1989 (Taylor’s Model), Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift*Common
Artist of the Yr
Charlotte Cardin, Cult Nation*The Orchard
Daniel Caesar, Republic*Common
Lauren Spencer Smith, Common
Shania Twain, Republic*Common
WINNER: Tate McRae, RCA*Sony
Breakthrough Group of the Yr
Busty and the Bass, Arts & Crafts*Common
Crash Adams, Warner
Good Child, Good Individuals*The Orchard
Males I Belief, Impartial
WINNER: New West, Republic*Common
Songwriter of the Yr
Allison Russell, Writer: PO GIRL MUSIC / CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING
WINNER: Aysanabee, Writer: SELF PUBLISHED
Charlotte Cardin, Jason Brando & Lubalin, Writer: BIG BOY ED
Nicholas Durocher & Connor Riddell, Writer: SUMMER CAMP MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD. / ARTHAUS MEDIA INC. / PEER MUSIC CANADA INC.
William Prince, Writer: SELF PUBLISHED
Nation Album of the Yr
The Compass Venture – South Album, Brett Kissel, Massive Star*Common
Proper Spherical Right here, Dean Brody, Starseed*Stem
Do It Anyway, Jade Eagleson, Starseed*Stem
WINNER: Forward Of Our Time, James Barker Band, RECORDS/Columbia*Sony
Spillin’ My Fact, Tyler Joe Miller, MDM*Common
Grownup Different Album of the Yr
Powder Blue, Begonia, Birthday Cake*The Orchard
WINNER: Multitudes, Feist, Common
Are We Good, Hayden, Arts & Crafts*Common
Motewolonuwok, Jeremy Dutcher, Secret Metropolis*F.A.B.
Revolution, Shawnee Kish, Amelia*Symphonic
Different Album of the Yr
WINNER: Right here and Now, Aysanabee, Ishkōdé*Common
Dizzy, Dizzy, Royal Mountain*Common
To Be taught, Leith Ross, Republic*Common
See You In The Darkish, Softcult, Simple Life*The Orchard
Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees, TALK, Capitol*Common
Pop Album of the Yr
WINNER: 99 Nights, Charlotte Cardin, Cult Nation*The Orchard
Mirror, Lauren Spencer Smith, Common
Saturn Return, Rêve, 31 East*Common
Queen Of Me, Shania Twain, Republic*Common
Misplaced In Translation, Valley, Common
Rock Album of the Yr
Fearless, Crown Lands, Common
Formentera II, Metric, Metric Music*Thirty Tigers/The Orchard
WINNER: Blame My Ex, The Seashores, AWAL*Impartial
Fairly Monster, The Blue Stones, MNRK*Exterior
Glory, The Superb Sons, TGS*Warner
Vocal Jazz Album of the Yr
Songwriter, Alex Chicken & Ewen Farncombe, Impartial
You’re Alike, You Two, Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher, La Reserve*Impartial/The Orchard
Little Bit a’ Love, Denielle Bassels, Impartial
WINNER: Our Roots Run Deep, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Ensoul*F.A.B./Imagine
Your Requests, Laila Biali, Empress*Impartial/Imagine
Jazz Album of the Yr (Solo)
WINNER: Day Moon, Christine Jensen, Justin Time*F.A.B./Nettwerk
Partitions Made from Glass, Gentiane MG, TPR*Propagande/A-Practice
Sonic Bouquet, Jocelyn Gould, Impartial
Twelve, Noam Lemish, TPR*Impartial/A-Practice
The South Detroit Connection, Russ Macklem, TQM*Impartial/IDLA
Jazz Album of the Yr (Group)
Migrations, Allison Au with the Migrations Ensemble, Impartial
Septology-The Black Forest Session, Canadian Jazz Collective, HGBS Blue*MIG/Correct/UMV/MVD/Impartial
WINNER: Cry Me A River, Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Massive Band, Alma*Common
Current Historical past, Mike Murley & Mark Eisenman Quartet, Cornerstone*Exterior/The Orchard
Convergence, Nick Maclean Quartet feat. Brownman Ali, Browntasauras/Impartial
Instrumental Album of the Yr
Néo-Romance, Alexandra Stréliski, Secret Metropolis* F.A.B.
WINNER: Once we had been that what wept for the ocean, Colin Stetson, 52 Hz
Calibrating Friction, Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis, New Amsterdam*Naxos
Fourth Album, Markus Floats, Constellation*Secretly
Tesseract, Meredith Bates, Phonometrograph*Impartial
Francophone Album of the Yr
Zayon, FouKi, Disques 7ième, Ciel*Imagine
Dans la seconde, Karkwa, Simone*Sony/The Orchard
WINNER: En live performance avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (sous la route du chef Simon Leclerc), Les Cowboys Fringants & l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Les Disques de La Tribu*Propagande/Imagine
À boire deboutte, Salebarbes, Productions Grand V.*The Orchard
Non conventionnel Souldia, Disques 7ième Ciel*Impartial/Imagine
Youngsters’s Album of the Yr
Massive Phrases, ABC Singsong, Impartial/The Orchard
Going Again: Remembered and Remixed Household Folks Songs, Vol. 1, Ginalina, Impartial
Love-a-By, Splash’N Boots, Impartial/The Orchard
WINNER: Welcome to the Flea Circus, The Swinging Belles, Impartial
Maestro Contemporary Wes Presents: Younger Maestro, Stick To Your Imaginative and prescient For Younger Athletes, Younger Maestro, Impartial
Classical Album of the Yr (Solo Artist)
Infinite Voyage, Barbara Hannigan, Alpha Classics*Naxos/Impartial
WINNER: Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4, James Ehnes, Chandos*Naxos/The Orchard
Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles, Marc-André Hamelin, Hyperion*Common
De Hartmann: Cello Concerto, Matt Haimovitz, Pentatone/Naxos
mouvance, Suzie LeBlanc, Centrediscs*Canadian Music Centre/Naxos
Classical Album of the Yr (Massive Ensemble)
Bekah Simms: Bestiaries, Cryptid Ensemble, Ensemble Contemporain de Montreal, Centrediscs*Canadian Music Centre/Naxos
WINNER: Maxime Goulet: Symphonie de la tempête de verglas, Orchestre classique de Montréal, carried out by/dirigé par Jacques Lacombe, ATMA*Common
Sibelius 3 & 4, Orchestre Métropolitain, carried out by/dirigé par Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA*Common
Mahler: Symphony No. 5, Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, carried out by/dirigé par Rafael Payare, Pentatone*Naxos
Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Lifeless, The Philadelphia Orchestra, carried out by/dirigé par Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Deutsche Grammophon*Common
Classical Album of the Yr
Mythes, Andrew Armstrong & James Ehnes, Onyx*The Orchard
Portrait: Alex Baranowski, Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà, Analekta*Naxos/The Orchard
Portrait, Cheng² Duo, Centrediscs*Canadian Music Centre/Naxos
WINNER: Il Ponte di Leonardo, Constantinople, Glossa*Naxos
Basta parlare!, Les Barocudas, ATMA*Common
Classical Composition of the Yr
Simulacra, Amy Brandon, Impartial
Portrait of an Imaginary Sibling, Dinuk Wijeratne, Centrediscs*Canadian Music Centre/Naxos
…and the Increased Leaves of the Timber Appeared to Shimmer within the Final of the Daylight’s Lingering Contact of Them…, Emilie Cecilia LeBel, Redshift
Shāhīn-nāmeh, for Voice and Orchestra, Iman Habibi, Analekta*Naxos/The Orchard
WINNER: Don’t Throw Your Head in Your Palms, Nicole Lizée, Redshift
Rap Album of the Yr
bag or die, bbno$, Impartial*Stem
Spin the Globe, Connor Worth, Impartial
Crying Crystals, Haviah Mighty, Mighty Gang*Basis Media
KAYTRAMINÉ, KAYTRAMINÉ, Impartial
WINNER: PANIC, TOBi, RCA*Sony
Dance Recording of the Yr
“Eat Your Man,” Dom Dolla & Nelly Furtado, Three Six Zero*Sony
“Crew Thang,” DVBBS, Jeremih & Sk8, Extremely*Sony
WINNER: “Want Your Love,” Felix Cartal & Karen Harding, Bodily Presents*Fontana North
“I Go Dancing” (feat. Ella Henderson), Frank Walker, Extremely*Sony
“Subsequent To You” (feat. Kane Brown), Loud Luxurious & DVBBS, Armada*Sony
Up to date R&B Recording of the Yr
“For the Higher,” Aqyila, Sony
WINNER: “By no means Sufficient,” Daniel Caesar, Republic*Common
“Heartbreak Hill,” Jon Vinyl, Vinyl*Basis Media
“When It Blooms,” Nonso Amadi, Common
FACETS, Shay Lia, AWAL
Reggae Recording of the Yr
“Stir This Factor,” Ammoye, Donsome*Ingrooves/Virgin
“Really feel Like Dwelling,” Exco Levi, Penthouse*Excessive Priest/ONErpm
“Roots Lady,” Jah’Mila, Impartial
WINNER: “Dread,” Diamond & Finn, Impartial
“Rush Dem” (feat. 4Korners, Haviah Mighty), Omega Mighty, Impartial*Basis Media
Up to date Indigenous Artist or Group of the Yr
Right here and Now, Aysanabee, Ishkōdé*Common
Scream, Holler & Howl, Blue Moon Marquee, Impartial*IDLA
WINNER: Inuktitut, Elisapie, Bonsound*Sony/The Orchard
Revolution, Shawnee Kish, Amelia*Symphonic
Bekka Ma’iingan, Zoon, Paper Bag*Fontana North
Up to date Roots Album of the Yr
The Returner, Allison Russell, Fantasy*Common
We Will By no means Be The Similar, Good Lovelies, Exterior
Past The Reservoir, Julian Taylor, Howling Turtle*Warner
A Gentle within the Attic, Logan Staats, Purple Music Rising*Imagine
WINNER: Stand within the Pleasure, William Prince, Six Shooter*The Orchard
Conventional Roots Album of the Yr
Paint Horse, Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Good Individuals*The Orchard
WINNER: The Breath Between, David Francey, Impartial
Roses, Jackson Hole, Mountain Fever*Syntax Inventive
Second Hand, James Keelaghan, Borealis*Common/IDLA
Resilience, Morgan Toney, Ishkōdé*Common
Blues Album of the Yr
SoulFunkn’BLUES, Blackburn Brothers, Electro-Fi*Isotope Music/The Orchard
WINNER: Scream, Holler & Howl, Blue Moon Marquee, Impartial/IDLA
One Step Nearer, Brandon Isaak, Impartial
The Massive Bottle of Pleasure, Matt Andersen, Sonic*Warner
Gettin’ Collectively, Michael Jerome Browne, Borealis*Common/IDLA
Up to date Christian/Gospel Album of the Yr
Glory To God, Brooke Nicholls, Impartial
ALL YE LEPERS, Joshua Leventhal, Impartial
WINNER: Arrow, Ok-Anthony, Impartial
The place I’m Meant to Be, Stirling John, Impartial
Alive, Tuzee, Impartial
International Music Album of the Yr
Donte sann yo, Bel and Quinn, Impartial
Kizavibe, Kizaba, Disques Nuits d’Afrique*Imagine
SMS for Location Vol. 5, Moonshine, Moonshine/FORESEEN*MNRK
WINNER: Okantomi, OKAN, Lulaworld*Symphonic
Cleaning soap Field, Waahli, Wyzah Musk*Lemont
Jack Richardson Producer of the Yr
Hill Kourkoutis
Jason Brando, Lubalin, Mathieu Sénéchal & Sam Avant
Joel Stouffer
WINNER: Shawn Everett
“Used To Be Younger” (co-producers/coproducteurs Michael Pollack, Miley Cyrus)
ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION – Miley Cyrus Columbia*Sony
“What Now” (co-producer/coproducteur Brittany Howard)
WHAT NOW – Brittany Howard Island*Common
Wondagurl
Recording Engineer of the Yr
Denis Tougas
George Seara
Matty Inexperienced
Serban Ghenea
WINNER: Shawn Everett
“Used To Be Younger” (co-producers/coproducteurs Michael Pollack, Miley Cyrus)
ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION – Miley Cyrus Columbia*Sony
“What Now” (co-producer/coproducteur Brittany Howard)
WHAT NOW – Brittany Howard Island*Common
Album Art work of the Yr
Carolyne De Bellefeuille (Artwork Director/Directeur artistique), Jessica Ledoux (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Mali Savaria-Ille (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Veronique Lafortune (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Leeor Wild (Photographer/Photographe); INUKTITUT – Elisapie, Bonsound*Sony/The Orchard
Heather Goodchild (Artwork Director/Directeur artistique), Colby Richardson (Designer/Concepteur), Colin Fletcher (Illustrator/Illustrateur), Sara Melvin (Photographer/Photographe), MULTITUDES – Feist, Common
Package King (Illustrator), Vanessa Heins (Photographer/Photographe), THE LOVE STILL HELD ME NEAR – Metropolis and Color, Dine Alone*The Orchard
WINNER: Nicolas Lemieux (Artwork Director/Directeur artistique), Mykaël Nelson (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Albert Zablit (Photographer/Photographe), RIOPELLE SYMPHONIQUE – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, GSI*Impartial
Quinton Nyce (Artwork Director/Directeur artistique), Brodie Metcalfe (Designer/Concepteur), Davis Graham (Illustrator/Illustrateur), Kaylee Smoke (Photographer/Photographe), I’M GOOD, HBU? – Snotty Nostril Rez Children, Impartial*Fontana North
Music Video of the Yr
“Of Woods and Seas,” Andrew De Zen, Alaskan Tapes, Nettwerk*Amped
WINNER: “Demons,” Ethan Tobman, Allison Russell, Fantasy*Common
“onetwostep” (feat. juicelover), Jordan Clarke, des hume des hume*Impartial
“DAMN RIGHT,” Sterling Larose, Snotty Nostril Rez Children, Distorted Muse*Fontana North
“feral canadian scaredy cat,” Sterling Larose & Zachary Obscure, younger pal Nettwerk
Digital Album of the Yr
WINNER: INFINITY CLUB, Bambii, Revolutionary Leisure*Purple Eye
Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Timber, Harrison, Final Gang*MNRK
Creatures of the Late Afternoon, Child Koala, Envision*Amplified/Imagine
Artificial Season 2, Wealthy Aucoin, We Are Busy Our bodies*Redeye
No Highs, Tim Hecker, Sunblind/Kranky*The Orchard
Metallic/Exhausting Music Album of the Yr
WINNER: As Gomorrah Burns, Cryptopsy, Nuclear Blast*AEC/Imagine
Electrical Sounds, Danko Jones, Sonic Unyon*Common
Goliath, Kataklysm, Nuclear Blast*AEC/Imagine
VOID, KEN mode, Artoffact*MVD/The Orchard
Morgöth, Tales, Voivod Century*Sony
Grownup Up to date Album of the Yr
WINNER: Heavy Lifting, Amanda Marshall, Metatune*The Orchard
I Want I Was Flawless, I’m Not, BANNERS, Nettwerk*Amped
To Be Cherished, Vol. 1, Josh Sahunta, Impartial*Imagine
Run The place the Gentle Calls, Luca Fogale, Amelia*Symphonic
Wildflower, Steph La Rochelle, Impartial
Comedy Album of the Yr
Lifetime of Leisure, Derek Seguin, Impartial
By no means Was, Graham Clark, Impartial
WINNER: A Lylebility, Kyle Brownrigg, Impartial
Sexiest Fish within the Lake, Laurie Elliott, Howl & Roar*Impartial
SAP, Mae Martin, Impartial*Netflix
Conventional R&B/Soul Recording of the Yr
WINNER: “Hey,” Aqyila, Sony
“Unbreakable,” Jhyve, Impartial
“The place To Discover Me,” Katie Tupper, Arts & Crafts*Common
“9 to five,” Luna Elle, Sizzling Freestyle*Impartial/Imagine
“Actual World,” RealestK, Columbia*Sony
Rap Single of the Yr
“American Nightmare,” Stomach, XO/Roc Nation*Common
“Spinnin” (feat. Bens), Connor Worth, Impartial
“Honey Bun,” Haviah Mighty, Mighty Gang*Basis Media
“Minimal Wage,” Pressa, RCA*Sony
WINNER: “Somebody I Knew,” TOBi, Similar Plate/RCA*Sony
Underground Dance Single of the Yr
WINNER: “Name My Identify,” BLOND:ISH, Warner
“Mad Mess,” DJ Karaba, DJ Karaba*The Orchard
“Might Be Incorrect,” LOSTBOYJAY, Common
“Eclipse,” Peach, Psychic Readings*One Eye Witness/Music Deli
“Concorde Groove,” Smalltown DJs, Idiot’s Gold*Virgin Music
Conventional Indigenous Artist or Group of the Yr
WINNER: Sing. Pray. Love., Joel Wooden, Impartial
LFS5, Nimkii & the Niniis, Impartial
Mitòòdebi (For My Kin), The Bearhead Sisters, Impartial
Reverie, The Purple River Ramblers, Impartial
Drum Nation, Younger Scouts, Impartial