Nominees announced for the 2018 Canadian Radio Music Awards
One of the big events at Canadian Music Week is the Canadian Radio Music Awards, which is presented by the country’s private radio stations.
The CMRAs involved first-time charting artists and performers who have achieved significant radio airplay over the last year. Radio folks from across the nation will vote with the nominees named at an event in Toronto on May 9. If you want to go, tickets are available here.
BEST NEW GROUP OR SOLO ARTIST: AC
CHRISTIAN HUDSON FOUR LEAF CLOVER
JESSIE REYEZ FIGURES
RALPH COLD TO THE TOUCH
CHARLOTTE CARDIN MAIN GIRL
DVBBS NOT GOING HOME
BEST NEW GROUP OR SOLO ARTIST: CHR
JESSIE REYEZ FIGURES
KAYLA DIAMOND CARNIVAL HEARTS
NEW CITY DIRTY SECRETS
PARTYNEXTDOOR NOT NICE
ROMES TRYNA BE
BEST NEW GROUP OR SOLO ARTIST: DANCE/URBAN/RHYTHMIC
FELIX CARTAL GET WHAT YOU GIVE
NEW CITY DIRTY SECRETS
DVBBS NOT GOING HOME
BEST NEW GROUP OR SOLO ARTIST: ROCK
ALLAN RAYMAN 13
HARRISON BROME MIDNIGHT ISLAND
LEEROY STAGGER I WANT IT ALL
SAM COFFEY & THE IRON LUNGS TALK 2 HER
THE BEACHES MONEY
BEST NEW GROUP OR SOLO ARTIST: COUNTRY
ANDREW HYATT ON ME
GENEVIEVE FISHER TAKE IT ON HOME
RIVER TOWN SAINTS BONFIRE
SHAWN AUSTIN PARADISE FOUND
THE REKLAWS HOMETOWN KIDS
FAN’S CHOICE
ALESSIA CARA
COLEMAN HELL
DALLAS SMITH
DRAKE
JAMES BARKER BAND
SCOTT HELMAN
SHAWN HOOK
SHAWN MENDES
THE WEEKND
VIRGINIA TO VEGAS
Why do I not recognize any of these groups except the massive hit-makers of Drake/Weekend/Mendes/Cara, etc from the fans choice? From the other groups I recognize only the Reklaws, which was a more random find for me on Spotify, (I don’t regularly listen to country) I try to keep up on whats happening in music, but then I see this happen. Where would I find such music? Are these just private radio stations, so not the big radio stations that I’d find in the Waterloo area of Ontario? (We listen to the Conestoga college radio station at work, but even then, more mainstream stuff). Peace,