Nominees for the 2014 Canadian Radio Music Awards

Every year, broadcasters from across the country nominate and vote on The Canadian Radio Music Awards, an event designed to showcase and honour the buzziest new acts in the country.  This year’s show will be at The Mod Club in Torono on Wednesday, May 7.  More details here.

Meanwhile, here are this year’s contenders:

BEST NEW GROUP OR SOLO ARTIST: MAINSTREAM AC

ARMIN VAN BUUREN FEAT. TREVOR GUTHRIE, THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
METRIC, BREATHING UNDERWATER
TEGAN & SARA, I WAS A FOOL
TYLER SHAW, KISS GOODNIGHT
WALK OFF THE EARTH, RED HANDS

BEST NEW GROUP OR SOLO ARTIST: HOT AC

ARMIN VAN BUUREN FEAT. TREVOR GUTHRIE, THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
CLASSIFIED, INNER NINJA
ROBIN THICKE, BLURRED LINES
TYLER SHAW, KISS GOODNIGHT
WALK OFF THE EARTH, RED HANDS

BEST NEW GROUP OR SOLO ARTIST: CHR

ARMIN VAN BUUREN FEAT. TREVOR GUTHRIE, THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
METRIC, BREATHING UNDERWATER
TYLER SHAW, KISS GOODNIGHT
VITA CHAMBERS, FIX YOU
WALK OFF THE EARTH, RED HANDS

BEST NEW GROUP OR SOLO ARTIST: DANCE/URBAN/RHYTHMIC

ARMIN VAN BUUREN FEAT. TREVOR GUTHRIE, THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
GLENN MORRISON, GOODBYE
JV PROJECT, MIRACLE
TYLER SHAW, KISS GOODNIGHT
VITA CHAMBERS, FIX YOU

BEST NEW GROUP OR SOLO ARTIST: ROCK

GLORIOUS SONS, MAMA
HEAD OF THE HERD, BY THIS TIME TOMORROW
JULY TALK, GUNS & AMMUNITION
MOUNTIES, HEADPHONES
ONE BAD SON, SCARECROWS

BEST NEW GROUP OR SOLO ARTIST: COUNTRY

ALEE, DON’T SAY YOU LOVE ME
AUTUMN HILL, ANYTHING AT ALL
BRETT KISSEL, STARTED WITH A SONG
TIM HICKS, GET BY
WES MACK, DUET

SOCAN SONG OF THE YEAR

CLOSER, WRITTEN BY: SARA QUIN, TEGAN QUIN, GREG KURSTIN; PERFORMED BY TEGAN & SARA
HOLD ON, WE’RE GOING HOME, WRITTEN BY: DRAKE, NOAH SHEBIB, MAJID AL MASKATI, JORDAN ULLMAN, NINETEEN85; PERFORMED BY DRAKE
INNER NINJA, WRITTEN BY: LUKE BOYD (CLASSIFIED), MIKE BOYD, DAVID MYLES, MARK PELLIZZER; PERFORMED BY CLASSIFIED FEAT. DAVID MYLES
RED HANDS,   WRITTEN BY: SARAH BLACKWOOD, RYAN MARSHALL, GIANNI LUMINATI, THOMAS ‘TAWGS’ SALTER; PERFORMED BY WALK OFF THE EARTH
STOMPA, WRITTEN BY: SERENA RYDER, JERROD BETTIS; PERFORMED BY SERENA RYDER

FANS’ CHOICE

ROBIN THICKE
SERENA RYDER
TEGAN AND SARA
TREVOR GUTHRIE
WALK OFF THE EARTH

INTERNATIONAL SINGLE OF THE YEAR

AVICII, WAKE ME UP
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, MIRRORS
LUMINEERS, HO HEY
P!NK, JUST GIVE ME A REASON
RIHANNA, STAY