2008 Juno nominations

[Jesse Joe]

Celine, Avril, Feist lead 2008 Juno nominations

Quebec diva earns six nominations for Canadian music awards



THE CANADIAN PRESS Published Wednesday February 6th, 2008


TORONTO - It will be ladies night at this year's Juno Awards, with Celine, Avril and Feist leading the nominees for the annual bash celebrating the best in Canadian music.

Quebec diva Celine Dion drew six nods after experimenting with a harder edge last year, while indie darling Feist and pop star Avril Lavigne each racked up five nominations for catchy albums that captured listeners both home and abroad.
The awards show will be hosted by comedian Russell Peters, with the funnyman freely admitting that he's never watched the Junos in his life. "I hope to make it different -- like entertaining -- this year," quipped Peters, a Brampton, Ont., native who last week sold out two nights at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Performers will include Lavigne, Feist, Anne Murray and opera star Measha Brueggergosman of Fredericton.
Vancouver crooner Michael Buble also scored five nominations, while Montreal's Arcade Fire, Finger Eleven of Burlington, Ont., and Toronto's Blue Rodeo each earned three.
The best artist category includes Lavigne, Dion, Feist, Buble and Pascale Picard.
In an odd turn, Dion will compete against herself for album of the year, with her French disc, "D'elles" up against her English disc, "Taking Chances."
The unusual twist caught singer Dallas Green off-guard as he helped read out the nominees in a live telecast Tuesday, causing the Alexisonfire frontman to look up in puzzlement.
"I don't know if that's fair," Green said to laughter from an audience of musicians, label reps and press. "Can you have two in the same category?"
Dion is up against Lavigne for "The Best Damn Thing," Feist for "The Reminder," and Buble for "Call Me Irresponsible."
Amid all the heavyweights, the year's breakout star is undoubtedly Feist, the Calgary-bred indie darling who exploded onto magazine spreads and best-of lists after her song, "1234", was featured in an IPod commercial.

[Jesse Joe]

In the 70's Gordon would always win a few, and I would say alright from my sofa, as if he could actually hear me...

[Jesse Joe]

Juno nominees


THE CANADIAN PRESS Published Wednesday February 6th, 2008


The following are the nominees for the 2008 Juno Awards:

* Juno Fan Choice Award: Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Claude Dubois, Michael Buble, Nelly Furtado.

* Single of the Year: "Girlfriend," Avril Lavigne; "1234," Feist; "Paralyzer," Finger Eleven; "Seven Day Fool," Jully Black; "Everything," Michael Buble.

* International Album of the Year: "Lost Highway," Bon Jovi; "The Dutchess," Fergie;

"Noel," Josh Groban; "Good Girl Gone Bad," Rihanna; "Timbaland Presents Shock Value," Timbaland.

* Album of the Year: "The Best Damn Thing," Avril Lavigne; "D'elles," Celine Dion; "Taking Chances," Celine Dion; "The Reminder," Feist; "Call Me Irresponsible," Michael Buble.

* Artist of the Year: Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Feist, Michael Buble, Pascale Picard.

* Group of the Year: Arcade Fire, Blue Rodeo, Finger Eleven, Hedley, Kain

* New Artist of the Year: Belly, Jeremy Fisher, Justin Nozuka, Serena Ryder, Suzie McNeil.

* New Group of the Year: Dragonette, Faber Drive, illScarlett, State of Shock, Wintersleep.

* Adult Alternative Album of the Year: "Small Miracles," Blue Rodeo; "Goodbye Blue Monday," Jeremy Fisher; "Chrome Dreams II," Neil Young; "Release the Stars," Rufus Wainwright; "No Stranger," Tom Cochrane.

* Pop Album of the Year: "Duets: Friends & Legends," Anne Murray; "Street Gospels," Bedouin Soundclash; "Taking Chances," Celine Dion; "The Reminder," Feist; "Call Me Irresponsible," Michael Buble.

* Rock Album of the Year: "Them Vs. You Vs. Me," Finger Eleven; "Hospital Music," Matthew Good; "The Lucky Ones," Pride Tiger; "Underclass Hero," Sum 41; "The Saint Alvia Cartel," the Saint Alvia Cartel.

* Songwriter of the Year: Avril Lavigne, Daniel Belanger, Feist, Joel Plaskett, Rufus Wainwright.

* Country Recording of the Year: "Moments That Matter," Aaron Lines; "Honkytonks and Heartaches," Gord Bamford; "Kicking Stones," Johnny Reid; "Risk," Paul Brandt; "Life Is Calling My Name," Shane Yellowbird.

* Alternative Album of the Year: "Neon Bible," Arcade Fire; "LP," Holy Fuck; "Close to Paradise," Patrick Watson; "The Con," Tegan and Sara; "Welcome to the Night Sky," Wintersleep.

* Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year: "Metaphora," Altered Laws; "Forty Revolutions," David Occhipinti; "Onward," Manteca; "Chasing After Light," Michael Occhipinti and Creation Dream; "Almost Certainly Dreaming," the Chris Tarry Group.

* Instrumental Album of the Year: "Foley Room," Amon Tobin; "Snake Road," Bob Lanois; "The Utmost," Jayme Stone; "Jalopy," Joey Wright; "Kensington Suite," Richard Underhill.

* Francophone Album of the Year: "D'elles," Celine Dion; "L'Homme qui me ressemble," Damien Robitaille; "L'Echec du materiel," Daniel Belanger; "De retour a la source," Isabelle Boulay; "Vers a soi," Jorane.

* Children's Album of the Year: "This Is Daniel Cook. Here We Are," Daniel Cook and Friends; "Gonna Keep Dancing," Eddie Douglas; "Music Soup," Jen Gould; "Superstars," the Doodlebops; "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf," Windsor Symphony Orchestra.

* Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble: "Rameau Keyboard Suites," Angela Hewitt; "Bach Cello Suites," Jean-Guihen Queyras; "Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano," Marc-Andre Hamelin; "After Reading Shakespeare," Matt Haimovitz; "Shostakovich: Complete Works for Piano Trio/Silvestrov: Postlude DSCH," the Gryphon Trio.

* Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) With Large Ensemble Accompaniment: "Elgar Violin Concertos," James Ehnes, Andrew Davis, Philharmonia Orchestra; "Korngold, Barber & Walton Violin Concertos," James Ehnes, Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; "Water Music," Les Violons du Roy; "Vivaldi: L'estro armonico," Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; "La Mer," Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand Montreal.

* Rap Recording of the Year: "The Revolution," Belly; "The FEWturistic," Brassmunk; "Fall From Paradise," Classified; "Port Authority," Marco Polo; "The Old Prince," Shad.

* R&B/Soul Recording of the Year: "The Birth of Cornelius," Corneille; "Ebrahim," Ebrahim; "We Can All Be Free," God Made Me Funky; "Revival," Jully Black; "2U," Keshia Chante.

* Aboriginal Recording of the Year: "The Dirty Looks," Derek Miller; "What It Takes," Donny Parenteau; "Phoenix," Fara Palmer; "Home and Native Land," Little Hawk; "Nikawiy Askiy," Sandy Scofield.

* Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo: "Horse Soldier Horse Soldier," Corb Lund; "Right of Passage," David Francey; "For All Time," Jill Barber; "The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park," Justin Rutledge; "Short Stories," Oh Susanna.

* Blues Album of the Year: "Building Full of Blues," Fathead; "High Country Blues," Harrison Kennedy; "Blues Thing," Jack de Keyzer; "Junction City," Little Miss Higgins; "A Lesson I've Learned," the Johnny Max Band.

* World Music Album of the Year: "Agua Del Pozo," Alex Cuba; "So the Journey Goes," Autorickshaw; "Jogo Da Vida," Celso Machado; "Frontiers," Jesse Cook; "Wanderlust," Kiran Ahluwalia.

* Video of the Year: "Neon Bible," Vincent Morriset, Arcade Fire; "Walls Fall Down," Marc Ricciardelli, Bedouin Soundclash; "C'mon," Christopher Mills, Blue Rodeo; "Shaketramp," Kyle Davison, Marianas Trench; "Cheer It On," Sean Wainsteim, Tokyo Police Club.

* Music DVD of the Year: "666 Live," "Trinity Revisited," "Danny Michel & the Black Tornados," "One Night at the Metropolis," "Nights From the Alhambra."

[Jesse Joe]

Error nets performers more Juno nominations

Error in calculating nominations means one more for Murray, Barber, rapper JDiggz

THE CANADIAN PRESS Published Saturday February 16th, 2008

TORONTO - Singing legend Anne Murray has received an additional Juno nomination.
Organizers say a complicated formula used to determine nominees incorrectly factored in digital sales, resulting in omissions in two categories.
As a result, Murray is now up for best album of the year, against releases by Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Feist and Michael Buble. She's also up for pop album of the year.
Newcomer Jill Barber is now up for best new artist, against Belly, Jeremy Fisher, Justin Nozuka, Serena Ryder and Suzie McNeil. She's also up for best roots and traditional album.
Juno organizers also made a mistake in the rap recording of the year category.
After they realized that rapper Classified had been nominated for the same release last year, they dropped him from the category and added rapper JDiggz.
Stephen Stohn of The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences called it an "embarrassing" error but said it was only noticed upon later review.
CARAS revealed the nominees in a splashy news conference last week.
The JUNO Awards air April 6 on CTV.

[mandomyk]

This has nothing to do with the Juno nominations for or against but seeing the picture of Celine at the top of the page made me LOL which made my son ask Are you OK dad?
Have you ever seen Jessica Holmes do her Celine on her show before joining Air Farce?
'No mommy no protect me from the singing monster'

[charlene]

Jessica does a very funny Celine..

[Patti]

I saw a Celine show on television a few nights ago. I felt like, wow, she really put on a great performance.