Nominations for the 2022 Juno Awards are out

After being cancelled in 2020 and restricted to a virtual event last, the Juno Awards aim to return in person on May 15 in Toronto. The nominees for the 51st annual Juno Awards are now out.

Since this site focuses mainly on the rock side of things, let’s start with those categories. The full list of nominees across all categories can be found here.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Phoenix, Charlotte Cardin
• Dangerous Levels of Introspection, JP Saxe
• Justice, Justin Bieber
• Wonder, Shawn Mendes
• Too Young to be Sad, Tate McRae

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Charlotte Cardin
• JP Saxe
• Justin Bieber
• Shawn Mendes
• The Weeknd

GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Arkells
• Loud Luxury
• Mother Mother
• The Reklaws
• Valley

BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Black Pistol Fire
• cleopatrick
• MONOWHALES
• Ocie Elliot
• Spiritbox

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Wilds, Andy Shauf
• Live to Tape: Volume 1-EP, Bahamas
• Inwards & Onwards, Half Moon Run
• All That Emotion, Hannah Georgas
• Ignorace, The Weather Station

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Hope for Sale, Chiiild
• Death of an Optimist, grandson
• When Smoke Rises, Mustafa
• If It Comes Down to It, Ruby Waters
• The Fool, SATE

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Blink Once, Arkells
• Look Alive, Black Pistol Fire
• Sisters Not Twins (The Professional Lovers Album), The Beaches
• Hidden Gems, The Blue Stones
• Fuck Art, The Dirty Nil

RAP ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• See You NExt Wednesday, Belly
• Stock Exchange, Haviah Mighty
• Emergency Tsunami, NAV
• The Extravagant Collection, NorthSideBenji
• Gardner Express (Delixe), Pressa

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Bleed the Future, Archspire
• Lifeblood, Brand of Sacrifice
• Power Trio, Danko Jones
• Eternal Blue, Rise
• Days Before the World Wept, The Agonist

Again, you can find the entire list of nominees here.