Juno Awards of 2008

The Juno Awards of 2008 were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the weekend ending 6 April 2008. These ceremonies honoured music industry achievements in Canada in the latter part of 2006 and in most of 2007.

Juno Awards of 2008
Date5–6 April 2008
VenuePengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta
Hosted byRussell Peters
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCTV

Country performer and multiple Juno Award winner Paul Brandt received the 2008 Humanitarian Award which is now named after CHUM-FM Radio founder, Allan Waters.[1] Moses Znaimer, who led the development of Citytv and MuchMusic, received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award. Nominations for all remaining categories were announced on 5 February 2008.[2]

Notable among winners was Feist, winning all five awards in her nominated categories, three of which were presented in the televised gala.

Presentations

Saturday gala

The Saturday gala where most awards are presented occurred at the Telus Convention Centre on 5 April, while the major awards were presented at the Pengrowth Saddledome on Sunday (6 April).[3]

Sunday televised ceremonies

Performers appearing on the program included Feist, Finger Eleven, Michael Bublé, Avril Lavigne, Anne Murray, Paul Brandt, Aaron Lines, Gord Bamford, Hedley, Johnny Reid, and Jully Black.[2]

The televised event was broadcast on CTV and hosted by Russell Peters.[4] Peters' monologue was described by Edmonton Sun columnist Bill Harris as "the funniest opening five minutes we've ever seen from an awards-show host."[5] Peters was also cited by Toronto Star entertainment critic Ben Rayner as offering a break from recent years of "iffy emceeing" during the award broadcasts.[6]

The 2008 broadcast attracted CTV's second-highest ratings since the network gained broadcast rights. 1.45 million viewers were measured in 2008 compared to 2.18 million for the 2003 ceremonies.[7]

Jeff Healey, an internationally noted Canadian musician who died the month before the Juno ceremonies, was given a brief tribute mention by members of Blue Rodeo during the televised awards ceremony.[8][9]

I've never actually seen the Juno Awards, to be honest with you, which I guess makes me Canadian.

— Russell Peters, Juno Awards host[6]

Nominees and winners
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Nominees for the 2008 Juno Awards were announced on 5 February 2008. On 15 February 2008, CARAS indicated that it made a "logistical error" during its nominations voting process, announcing the addition of two new nominations and the replacement of one nomination as follows:[10]

  • Album of the Year: Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, Anne Murray
  • New Artist of the Year: Jill Barber
  • Rap Recording of the Year: Memoirs of a Playbwoy, JDiggz; "Fall From Paradise" by Classified was disqualified because the song appeared on the album Hitch Hikin' Music which was previously nominated for the 2007 awards.

Artist of the Year

Winner: Feist

Other nominees:

Group of the Year

Winner: Blue Rodeo

Other nominees:

New Artist of the Year

Winner: Serena Ryder

Other nominees:

New Group of the Year

Winner: Wintersleep

Other nominees:

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

Winner: Joni Mitchell, "Hana" and "Bad Dreams"

Other nominees:

Recording Engineer of the Year

Winner: Kevin Churko, Black Rain (Ozzy Osbourne)

Other nominees:

Songwriter of the Year

Winner: Feist, "My Moon My Man", "1234", "I Feel It All"

Other nominees:

  • Daniel Bélanger, "La Fin de l'homme", "Television", "Sports et loisirs"
  • Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend", "Keep Holding On", "When You're Gone"
  • Joel Plaskett, "Fashionable People", "Nothing More to Say", "Face of the Earth"
  • Rufus Wainwright, "Going to a Town", "Release the Stars", "Do I Disappoint You"

Fan Choice Award

Winner: Michael Bublé

Other nominees:

Album of the Year

Winner: The Reminder, Feist

Other nominees:

Aboriginal Recording of the Year

Winner: The Dirty Looks, Derek Miller

Other nominees:

  • Home and Native Land, Little Hawk
  • Nikawiy Askiy, Sandy Scofield
  • Phoenix], Fara Palmer
  • What It Takes, Donny Parenteau

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

Winner: Small Miracles, Blue Rodeo

Other nominees:

Alternative Album of the Year

Winner: Neon Bible, Arcade Fire

Other nominees:

Blues Album of the Year

Winner: Building Full of Blues, Fathead

Other nominees:

  • Blues Thing, Jack de Keyzer
  • High Country Blues, Harrison Kennedy
  • Junction City, Little Miss Higgins
  • A Lesson I've Learned, The Johnny Max Band

CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year

Winner: Tracy Maurice and François Miron, Neon Bible (Arcade Fire)

Other nominees:

  • Felix Wittholz, Situation (Buck 65)
  • Jeff Harrison and Clinton Hussey, Ornamental Eterworld (Vonnegut Dollhouse)
  • John Cook, Mark Burchner and Greg Bennet, Revue: The Best of Paul Reddick
  • Mathieu Houde, Simon Rivest, Catherine Lepage, Mathieu Doyon, 2×2 (Pierre LaPointe)

Children's Album of the Year

Winner: Music Soup, Jen Gould

Other nominees:

  • Gonna Keep Dancing, Eddie Douglas
  • This is Daniel Cook: Here We Are, This is Daniel Cook
  • Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Windsor Symphony Orchestra
  • Superstars, The Doodlebops

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

Winner: Holy God, Brian Doerksen

Other nominees:

Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)

Winner: Korngold, Barber & Walton Violin Concertos, James Ehnes, Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Other nominees:

Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)

Winner: Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano, Marc-André Hamelin

Other nominees:

  • After Reading Shakespeare, Matt Haimovitz
  • Bach Cello Suites, Jean-Guihen Queyras
  • Rameau Keyboard Suites, Angela Hewitt
  • Shostakovich: Complete Works for Piano Trio/Silvestrov: Postlude DSCH, The Gryphon Trio

Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)

Winner: Surprise, Measha Brueggergosman

Other nominees:

  • Buxtehude – Membra Jesu Nostri, Les Voix Baroques
  • Constantinople, The Gryphon Trio
  • Samuel Barber Songs, Gerald Finley
  • Schubert Among Friends, The Aldeburgh Connection

Francophone Album of the Year

Winner: L'Échec du matériel, Daniel Bélanger

Other nominees:

Instrumental Album of the Year

Winner: The Utmost, Jayme Stone

Other nominees:

  • Foley Room, Amon Tobin
  • Jalopy, Joey Wright
  • Kensington Suite, Richard Underhill
  • Snake Road, Bob Lanois

International Album of the Year

Winner: Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna

Other nominees:

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

Winner: Almost Certainly Dreaming, The Chris Tarry Group

Other nominees:

  • Chasing After Light, Michael Occhipinti and Creation Dream
  • Forty Revolutions, David Occhipinti
  • Metaphora, Altered Laws
  • Onward!, Manteca

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

Winner: Debut, Brandi Disterheft

Other nominees:

  • Brubeck Braid: twotet/deuxtet, David Braid, Matt Brubeck
  • Code Breaking, Tara Davidson
  • Foundations, Jodi Proznick Quartet
  • Live Jazz Legends, Oliver Jones, PJ Perry, Ian MacDougall, Terry Clarke, Michel Donato

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

Winner: Make Someone Happy, Sophie Milman

Other nominees:

Pop Album of the Year

Winner: The Reminder, Feist

Other nominees:

Rock Album of the Year

Winner: Them vs. You vs. Me, Finger Eleven

Other nominees:

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)

Winner: Right of Passage, David Francey

Other nominees:

  • The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park, Justin Rutledge
  • For All Time, Jill Barber
  • Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!, Corb Lund
  • Short Stories, Oh Susanna

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)

Winner: Key Principles, Nathan

Other nominees:

  • ¿Buddy, Where You Been?, Compadres: James Keelaghan and Oscar Lopez
  • In Good We Trust, Harry Manx and Kevin Breit
  • New Seasons, The Sadies
  • Stellar Jays, John Reischman and The Jaybirds

World Music Album of the Year

Winner: Agua Del Pozo, Alex Cuba

Other nominees:

  • Frontiers, Jesse Cook
  • Jogo da Vida, Celso Machado
  • So the Journey Goes, Autorickshaw
  • Wanderlust, Kiran Ahluwalia

Single of the Year

Winner: "1234", Feist

Other nominees:

Classical Composition of the Year

Winner: "Constantinople", Christos Hatzis

Other nominees:

  • "A Child’s Cry From Izieu", Oskar Morawetz
  • "Letters From Mignon", R. Murray Schafer
  • "Quantum Mechanics", Jeffrey Ryan
  • "This Isn’t Silence", Brian Current

Country Recording of the Year

Winner: Risk, Paul Brandt

Other nominees:

  • Honkytonks and Heartaches, Gord Bamford
  • Kicking Stones, Johnny Reid
  • Life Is Calling My Name, Shane Yellowbird
  • Moments That Matter, Aaron Lines

Dance Recording of the Year

Winner: All U Ever Want, Billy Newton-Davis vs. Deadmau5

Other nominees:

  • After Hours, Melleefresh vs. Deadmau5
  • Every Time You Move, Nick Fiorucci
  • Fancy Footwork, Chromeo
  • Poppin' Beats, Hatiras

Music DVD of the Year

Winner: 666 Live, Billy Talent

Other nominees:

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

Winner: Revival, Jully Black

Other nominees:

Rap Recording of the Year

Winner: The Revolution, Belly

Other nominees:

  • The Fewturistic, BrassMunk
  • Memoirs of a Playbwoy, JDiggz
  • Port Authority, Marco Polo
  • The Old Prince, Shad

Reggae Recording of the Year

Winner: "Don't Go Pretending", Mikey Dangerous

Other nominees:

  • "Don't Go", Korexion
  • "Final Road", Blessed
  • "Music is my Life", Tanya Mullings
  • "Two Chord Skankin'", Lyndon John X

Video of the Year

Winner: Christopher Mills, "C’mon" (Blue Rodeo)

Other nominees:

Compilation CD

A compilation album was released in February 2008

1.My Moon My Man – Feist—2.For The Nights I Can't Remember – Hedley—3.Girlfriend (radio edit) – Avril Lavigne—4.Nothing Special – IllScarlett—5.I Get Around – Dragonette—6.Paralyzer (clean version) – Finger Eleven—7.Tongue Tied – Faber Drive—8.Gate 22 – Pascale Picard—9.Everything – Michael Bublé—10. After Tonight – Justin Nozuka—11. Weak in the Knees – Serena Ryder—12.Born Losers – Matthew Good—13. Weighty Ghost – Wintersleep—14. This Town – Blue Rodeo—15.Walls Fall Down – Bedouin Soundclash—16.Pressure (radio edit) – Belly feat. Ginuwine—17.Seven Day Fool – Jully Black—18.Day Dream Believer – Anne Murray & Nelly Furtado—19.Didn't Even See The Dust – Paul Brandt—20.Dirty Old Man – Neil Young—21.Le Bonheur Au Large – Kaïn

References
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  3. "Juno Awards countdown is underway: Announcing the 2008 Juno Weekend major events and venues" (PDF). Juno Awards (CARAS). 26 November 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  4. "Vancouver will host Juno Awards in 2009". 12 February 2008.
  5. Harris, Bill (7 April 2008). "Peters pulls it out of the barrel". Edmonton Sun. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
  6. Rayner, Ben (7 April 2008). "Feist is the Junos homecoming queen". Toronto Star. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
  7. "1.45 Million Viewers Make The 2008 JUNO Awards Second Most-Watched Ever on CTV". CTV Television Network. 7 April 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
  8. McCann, Randall J. (9 April 2008). "Letters: Healey deserved greater tribute". Calgary Sun.
  9. Reid, Bob (8 April 2008). "(Letters) Where was Healey tribute?". Toronto Star. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
  10. CARAS (15 February 2008). "Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Announces Nominee Changes to Three 2008 JUNO Award Categories" (PDF). Retrieved 16 February 2008.
  11. :: Emilie-Claire Barlow :: Archived 13 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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