Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year and Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year (1974–93)

Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year

Section Title: Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year and Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year (1974–93)
Table Section Text: None

Year	Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year	Nominees	Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year	Nominees	Refs.

1974	Cathy Young	Linda Brown Donna Moon Marie Claire Seguin Donna Warner Nancy White	Ian Thomas	James Leroy Tom Middleton Dave Nicol Michael Tarry

1975	Suzanne Stevens	Alexis Radlin Charity Brown Debbie Fleming	Gino Vannelli	Bill King Justin Paige Keath Barrie Paul Hann

1976	Patricia Dahlquist	Lisa Hartt Robin Moir Shawne Jackson Sylvia Tyson	Dan Hill	Bim Bruce Miller Lewis Furey Raoul Duguay

1977	Colleen Peterson	Chris Nielsen Denise McCann Gail Dahms Patricia Anne McKinnon	Burton Cummings	Danny Hooper Nestor Pistor Roger Doucet Wayne St. John

1978	Lisa Dalbello	Alma Faye Brooks Claudja Barry Glory-Anne Carriere Roxanne Goldade	David Bradstreet	Malcolm Tomlinson Pat Travers Peter Pringle Walter Rossi

1979	Claudja Barry	Carolyne Bernier Denise McCann Ronney Abramson Roxanne Goldade	Nick Gilder	Marc Jordan Martin Stevens Pat Travers Rick James

1980	France Joli	Alma Faye Brooks Karen Silver Laura Vinson Nana McLean	Walter Rossi	Bryan Adams Freddie James Gary Fjellgaard Richard Stepp

1981	Carole Pope	Dianne Heatherington Laura Vinson Michaele Jordana Shari Ulrich	Graham Shaw	B. B. Gabor Bryan Adams Long John Baldry Wayne Rostad

1982	Shari Ulrich	Karen Silver Rita Johns Salome Bey Terry Crawford	Eddie Schwartz	B. B. Gabor Gary O' Jim Byrnes Peter Pringle

1983	Lydia Taylor	Lee Aaron Luba Mary Lu Zahalan Terry Crawford	Kim Mitchell	David Roberts David Wilcox Lawrence Gowan Leroy Sibbles

1984	Sherry Kean	Ann Mortifee Diane Tell Jane Siberry Veronique Beliveau	Zappacosta	Johnnie Lovesin LaBarge Nash the Slash Tim Ryan

1985	k.d. lang	Belinda Metz Connie Kaldor Liberty Silver Vanity	Paul Janz	Claude Dubois Daniel Lavoie Johnnie Lovesin Johnny MacLeod

1986	Kim Richardson	Chantal Condor Francesca Gagnon Sheree Jeacocke Siobhan Crawley	Billy Newton-Davis	Doug Cameron Michel Lemieux Scott Merritt Stan Meissner

1987	Rita MacNeil	Céline Dion Debbie Johnson Heather Bishop Nancy Martinez	Tim Feehan	Christopher Ward Daniel Lavoie David Gibson Mark Korven

No award ceremony was held in 1988

1989	Sass Jordan	Candi Patti Jannetta Lisa Lougheed Michelle Wright	Colin James	Andrew Cash Art Bergmann Jeff Healey Michael Breen

1990	Alannah Myles	Anita Perras Annette Ducharme Mary Margaret O'Hara Mitsou	Daniel Lanois	Neil James Harnett Ray Lyell Roch Voisine Rufus Wainwright

1991	Sue Medley	Holly Cole Jane Child Lorraine Segato Mae Moore Patricia Conroy	Andy Curran	Bob Wiseman Danny Brooks Francis Martin John James Kenny MacLean

1992	Alanis Morissette	Chrissy Steele Darby Mills Kerri Anderson Meryn Cadell	Keven Jordan	Glen Stace Lennie Gallant Stephen Fearing Wild T

1993	Julie Masse	Lisa Brokop Priscilla Wright Sofia Shinas Sue Foley	John Bottomley	Devon Don Neilson John McDermott Steve Fox

Sentence(s)

The Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year has been given since 1974, when it was originally divided into separate awards for men and women under the names Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year and Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year.

final_sentence: The Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year has been given since 1974, when it was originally divided into separate awards for men and women under the names Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year and Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year.