The 2020 Juno Awards were handed out virtually last night. Here’s who won what.
Had COVID-19 stayed in bats, the 2020 Juno Awards would have been old news by now, celebrated with an event in Saskatoon back in March. But with just days to go–and long after all the voting had been tabulated and winners determined–the whole thing was called off. Since then, nominees in 42 categories have wondered if they won anything. The solution was to hold a virtual Juno ceremony, which is exactly what happened last night.
The big winner was Alessia Cara with three awards, followed by Shawn Mendes with two. Here’s the full list, beginning with the rock categories. Winners are in bold. (And once you’re done, you can listen to an interview I did on the Junos on Global News AM640.)
Alternative Album of the Year
Black Mountain – Destroyer
Foxwarren – Foxwarren
Mac DeMarco – Here Comes The Cowboy
Orville Peck – Pony
*PUP – Morbid Stuff
Rock Album of the Year
Big Wreck – …but for the sun
Headstones – PEOPLESKILLS
Sum 41 – Order In Decline
The Dirty Nil – Master Volume
*The Glorious Sons – A War On Everything
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
City and Colour – A Pill for Loneliness
*Half Moon Run – A Blemish in the Great Light
Iskwē – acākosīk
Leonard Cohen – Thanks for the Dance
Patrick Watson – Wave
Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year
Kobra And The Lotus – Evolution
Lindsay Schoolcraft – Martyr
Single Mothers – Through A Wall
*Striker – Play to Win
The Agonist – Orphans
Juno Fan Choice
Alessia Cara
Ali Gatie
*Avril Lavigne
bbno$
Justin Bieber
Loud Luxury
NAV
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Tory Lanez
Single of the Year
Alessia Cara – “Out Of Love”
bülow – “Sweet Little Lies”
Lennon Stella – “La Di Da”
Scott Helman – “Hang Ups”
*Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita”
Album of the Year
*Alessia Cara – The Pains Of Growing
Alexandra Stréliski – INSCAPE
Bryan Adams – Shine A Light
Michael Bublé – love
NAV – Bad Habits
Artist of the Year
Alessia Cara
Bryan Adams
Jessie Reyez
*Shawn Mendes
Tory Lanez
Group of the Year
88Glam
Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
*Loud Luxury
The Reklaws
Walk Off the Earth
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Alexandra Stréliski
Ali Gatie
bbno$
*Lennon Stella
Tenille Townes
Breakthrough Group of the Year
Hunter Brothers
*Neon Dreams
Palaye Royale
The Blue Stones
Valley
Songwriter of the Year
*Alessia Cara
bülow
Patrick Watson
Tenille Townes
Tim Baker
Rap Recording of the Year
88Glam – 88GLAM2
Classified – Tomorrow Could Be The Day Things Change
KILLY – Light Path 8
NAV – Bad Habits
*Tory Lanez – “Freaky”
Dance Recording of the Year
*Felix Cartal & Lights – Love Me
Frank Walker x Astrid S – Only When It Rains
Loud Luxury and Bryce Vine – I’m Not Alright
RALPH – Gravity
Sultan + Shepard x Showtek – We Found Love
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
Amaal – Black Dove
Daniel Caesar – CASE STUDY 01
*Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez, & Tainy – Feel It Too
Tanika Charles – The Gumption
Tory Lanez – Chixtape 5
Reggae Recording of the Year
Exco Levi – Wah Gwaan
Jay Douglas- Jah Children
*Lyndon John X – The Warning Track
Petraa – Never Broken
STORRY – Another Man
Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year
*Celeigh Cardinal – Stories from a Downtown Apartment
Digawolf – Yellowstone
nêhiyawak – nipiy
Northern Haze – Siqinnaarut
Riit – ataataga
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year
Catherine MacLellan – Coyote
Del Barber – Easy Keeper
Irish Mythen – Little Bones
Justin Rutledge – Passages
*Lee Harvey Osmond – Mohawk
Traditional Roots Album of the Year
April Verch – Once A Day
Miranda Mulholland – By Appointment Or Chance
Natalie MacMaster – Sketches
*The Dead South – Sugar & Joy
The Small Glories – Assiniboine & The Red
Blues Album of the Year
Big Dave McLean – Pocket Full Of Nothin’
*Dawn Tyler Watson – Mad Love
Durham County Poets – Hand Me Down Blues
Michael Jerome Browne – That’s Where It’s At
Whitehorse – The Northern South Vol. 2
Producer of the Year
*Ben Kaplan
Derek Hoffman
Jon Levine
Michael Wise
Steve Bays
Recording Engineer of the Year
George Seara
Jason Dufour
*John ‘Beetle’ Bailey
Ryan Worsley
Vic Florencia
Album Artwork of the Year
*Kristofer Maddigan – Selections from Cuphead
Kevin Hearn and Friends – The Superhero Suite
Ensign Broderick – BloodCrush/BloodMyth
Daniel Caesar – CASE STUDY 01
Belle Plaine – Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath
Music Video of the Year
Sarahmée – “Bun Dem” (Caraz)
Said the Whale – “Record Shop” (Johnny Jansen)
Corridor – “Topographe” (Jonathan Robert)
Laurence Nerbonne – “Back Off”(Le GED)
*Iskwē – “Little Star” (Sarah Legault)
Electronic Album of the Year
Bob Moses – Battle Lines
Electric Youth – Memory Emotion
Jacques Greene – Dawn Chorus
Keys N Krates – A Beat Tape For Your Friends
*REZZ – Beyond The Senses
Adult Contemporary Album of the Year
*Bryan Adams – Shine A Light
Lauren Spencer-Smith – Unplugged Vol. 1
Marc Jordan – Both Sides
Nuela Charles – Melt
Renée Lamoureux – Empower
