# Juno Awards 2021

Die Juno Awards 2021, vergeben von der Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) wurde am 6. Juni 2021 vergeben. Es handelte sich um die 50. Verleihung des Awards. Die Verleihung der Hauptpreise wurde von CBC übertragen.
Ursprünglich sollte die Verleihung im März stattfinden, wurde aber im Dezember 2020 auf Grund der anhaltenden COVID-19-Pandemie in Kanada die Verleihung zunächst in den Mai verschoben. Auf Grund weiterer Bedenken wurde schließlich der Juni-Termin gewählt.
Zunächst war eine Gala im Stile früherer Verleihungen geplant. Toronto, Ontario hatte bereits als Austragungsort festgestanden, doch wegen der Pandemie wurden alle weiteren Veranstaltungen, die die Juno-Woche normalerweise ausmachen, wie der Juno Cup und zahlreiche Liveauftritte gestrichen. Stattdessen wurde, wie im Vorjahr, eine Online-Veranstaltung gemacht. Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe von CBC Music moderierte die Veranstaltung im Nachtclub Rebel in Toronto. Die meisten Präsentatoren und Liveauftritte wurden aber aus anderen Orten übertragen. Die Livesendung bestand aus einer Reihe von eingespielten Clips, die vorher in verschiedenen Orten in Kanada aufgezeichnet wurden. In der Livesendung wurden lediglich sechs Preise vergeben, der Rest war bereits in einer Preshow am 4. Juni vergeben worden.
Im Rahmen des 50. Jubiläums wurde ein einstündiges Special namens My Junos Moment ausgestrahlt, bei dem Alessia Cara verschiedene Künstler nach ihrem besonderen Junos-Moment befragte.

## Auftritte

| Künstler | Songs | Ort |
| Justin Bieber | Somebody | |
| JP Saxe, Julia Michaels | If the World Was Ending | |
| Michie Mee, Maestro Fresh Wes, Kardinal Offishall, Jully Black, Nav, Haviah Mighty | A 30th Anniversary Tribute to Rap at the Junos: Let Your Backbone Slide Ol‘ Time Killin‘ Turks | Imperial Theatre, Saint John (Maestro Fresh Wes) Los Angeles (Nav) |
| Jann Arden | Good Mother | National Music Centre |
| Ali Gatie & Tate McRae | What If I Told You That I Love You Lie to Me | |
| William Prince & Serena Ryder | The Spark | Church of the Holy Trinity |
| Jessie Reyez | Do You Love Her Before Love Came to Kill Us | |
| The Tragically Hip & Feist | It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken | Massey Hall |

## Präsentatoren

Die Präsentatoren wurden am 27. Mai 2021 bekannt gegeben.
* Susan Aglukark
* Will Arnett
* The Basement Gang
* Paul Brandt
* Michael Bublé
* Alessia Cara
* Jim Cuddy
* Steven Guilbeault
* Kaytranada
* Max Kerman
* Geddy Lee und Alex Lifeson (Rush)
* Gordon Lightfoot
* Sarah McLachlan
* Anne Murray
* Andrew Phung
* Ed Robertson
* Buffy Sainte-Marie
* Liberty Silver
* Shania Twain

## Gewinner und Nominierungen

Die Nominierungen wurden am 9. März 2021 bekannt gegeben.
The Tragically Hip erhielten den Wohltätigkeitspreis Juno Humanitarian Award. Da die Zeremonie 2020 ausfiel, wurde Jann Arden ein Jahr verspätet in die Canadian Music Hall of Fame aufgenommen.
In der Fernsehausstrahlung wurde Mary Piercey-Lewis vorgestellt. Die Musiklehrerin unterrichtet ab der Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Sie wurde von der CARAS’ Organisation MusiCounts als Lehrerin des Jahres ausgezeichnet.

### Künstler

| Artist of the Year | Group of the Year |
| The Weeknd Ali Gatie Céline Dion Jessie Reyez Justin Bieber | Arkells Half Moon Run Loud Luxury The Glorious Sons The Reklaws |
| Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Breakthrough Group of the Year |
| JP Saxe Ryland James Tate McRae Powfu Curtis Waters | Crown Lands 2Frères Manila Grey Peach Pit Young Bombs |
| Fan Choice Award | Songwriter of the Year |
| Shawn Mendes Justin Bieber Les Cowboys Fringants Ali Gatie Tate McRae Nav JP Saxe Lennon Stella Curtis Waters The Weeknd | Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason DaHeala Quenneville: After Hours, Blinding Lights, Save Your Tears Alanis Morissette: Ablaze, Reasons I Drink, Smiling Alessia Cara: Hell and High Water, I Choose, Welcome Back Jessie Reyez: Coffin, Far Away, No One's in the Room JP Saxe: A Little Bit Yours, Golf on TV, If the World was Ending |
| Producer of the Year | Recording Engineer of the Year |
| WondaGurl: Aim for the Moon (Pop Smoke feat. Quavo); Gang Gang (JackBoys and Sheck Wes) Akeel Henry: Rain (Trey Songz feat. Swae Lee); Spell My Name (Toni Braxton) Jordon Manswell: Fallin‘ (Toni Braxton); Home (Dylan Sinclair) Kaytranada: 10% (Kaytranada feat. Kali Uchis); Frontstreet (Freestyle) (Mick Jenkins) Murda Beatz: Motive (Ariana Grande with Doja Cat); Say You Love Me (Chris Brown & Young Thug) | Serban Ghenea: Blinding Lights (The Weeknd); Positions (Ariana Grande) George Seara: Good Love and Take Me Home (Shawn Hook) Jason Dufour: All of the Feelings (Kiesza) and Whiskey Tonight (Jade Eagleson) Johann Deterville: Home (Dylan Sinclair) and La Memoria (Jessie Reyez) John Beetle Bailey: The End of a Love Affair (Micah Barnes) and The Grand Bazaar (Sultans of String feat. Béla Fleck and Robi Botos) |

### Alben

| Album of the Year | Adult Alternative Album of the Year |
| The Weeknd, After Hours Justin Bieber, Changes Leonard Cohen, Thanks for the Dance Céline Dion, Courage Ali Gatie, You | Bahamas, Sad Hunk Begonia, Fear Basia Bulat, Are You in Love? Sarah Harmer, Are You Gone Rufus Wainwright, Unfollow the Rules |
| Adult Contemporary Album of the Year | Alternative Album of the Year |
| Alanis Morissette, Such Pretty Forks in the Road Céline Dion, Courage Pierre Lapointe, Pour déjouer l'ennui Craig Stickland, Starlit Afternoon Storry, CH III: The Come Up | July Talk, Pray for It Dizzy, The Sun and Her Scorch PUP, This Place Sucks Ass U.S. Girls, Heavy Light Curtis Waters, Pity Party |
| Blues Album of the Year | Children’s Album of the Year |
| Crystal Shawanda, Church House Blues Rick Fines, Solar Powered Too Angel Forrest, Hell Bent With Grace Dione Taylor, Spirits in the Water Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, The Reckless One | Splash'N Boots, Heart Parade ABC Singsong, Letters and Numbers Njacko Backo and Kalimbas at Work, J'aime mon école Ginalina, Small But Mighty Charlie Hope, Goodnight to you All: Traditional Lullabies from Ireland & the UK |
| Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble | Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment |
| Ensemble Made in Canada, Mosaïque James Ehnes, Jon Kimura Parker and Jens Lindemann, Bach & Brahms Reimagined James Ehnes with Andrew Armstrong, Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 4, 5 & 8 Les Barocudas, La Peste Quatuor Bozzini, Ana Sokolović: Short Stories | Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano feat. Andrew Wan, Ginastera – Bernstein – Moussa: Œuvres pour violon et orchestre/Works for Violin and Orchestra Les Violons du Roy conducted by Jonathan Cohen feat. Charles Richard-Hamelin, Mozart: Concertos pour piano/Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24 Louis Lortie with BBC Philharmonic conducted by Edward Gardner, Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 5, & Other Works Laval Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alain Trudel feat. Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, Jacques Hétu: Concertos Montreal Symphony Orchestra with Kraków Philharmonic Choir and Warsaw Boys' Choir conducted by Kent Nagano, Penderecki: St. Luke Passion |
| Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance | Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year |
| Toronto Mendelssohn Choir with Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, Massenet: Thaïs, Erin Wall, Joshua Hopkins, Andrew Staples Barbara Hannigan with Ludwig Orchestra, La passione Karina Gauvin with Pacific Baroque Orchestra conducted by Alexander Weimann, Nuits blanches: Airs d'opéra à la cour de Russie au XVIIe siècle/Opera Arias at the Russian Court of the 18th Century Luminous Voices conducted by Timothy Shantz, Sea Dreams Sarah Slean with Symphony Nova Scotia conducted by Bernhard Gueller, Sarah Slean and Symphony Nova Scotia | Shawna Cain, The Way Steve Bell, Wouldn't You Love to Know? Allen Froese, All Things New K-Anthony, The Cure Matt Maher, Alive & Breathing |
| Country Album of the Year | Electronic Album of the Year |
| Tenille Townes, The Lemonade Stand Jade Eagleson, Jade Eagleson Lindsay Ell, Heart Theory Mackenzie Porter, Drinkin' Songs: The Collection Dallas Smith, Timeless | Caribou, Suddenly Attlas, Lavender God Bob Moses, Desire CRi, Juvenile Jessy Lanza, All the Time |
| Francophone Album of the Year | Indigenous Music Album of the Year |
| Louis-Jean Cormier, Quand la nuit tombe 2Frères, À tous les vents Les Cowboys Fringants, Les antipodes Pierre Lapointe, Pour déjouer l'ennui Klô Pelgag, Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs | Leela Gilday, North Star Calling Burnstick, Kîyânaw Crystal Shawanda, Church House Blues Julian Taylor, The Ridge Terry Uyarak, Nunarjua Isulinginniani |
| Instrumental Album of the Year | International Album of the Year |
| Blitz//Berlin, Movements III Bruce Cockburn, Crowing Ignites David Foster, Eleven Words Flore Laurentienne, Volume 1 Gordon Grdina, Prior Street | Harry Styles, Fine Line Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get Eminem, Music to Be Murdered By Pop Smoke, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Taylor Swift, Folklore |
| Jazz Album of the Year – Solo | Jazz Album of the Year – Group |
| Jocelyn Gould, Elegant Traveler Elmer Ferrer, Básico, No Básico y Dirigido Junior Santos, Conpambiche Rachel Therrien, Vena Andrés Vial, Gang of Three | Andy Milne and Unison, The reMission Brandi Disterheft Trio with George Coleman, Surfboard Emie R Roussel Trio, Rythme de passage Florian Hoefner Trio, First Spring Pat LaBarbera and Kirk MacDonald, Trane of Thought, Live at the Rex |
| Vocal Jazz Album of the Year | Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year |
| Sammy Jackson, With You Laila Biali, Out of Dust Sophie Day, Clémence Matt Dusk, Sinatra Diana Krall, This Dream of You | Unleash the Archers, Abyss Annihilator, Ballistic, Sadistic Kataklysm, Unconquered Protest the Hero, Palimpsest Vile Creature, Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! |
| Pop Album of the Year | Rock Album of the Year |
| Justin Bieber, Changes Ryland James, Ryland James Johnny Orlando, It's Never Really Over JP Saxe, Hold It Together Lennon Stella, Three. Two. One. | JJ Wilde, Ruthless Crown Lands, Crown Lands Sam Roberts Band, All of Us Silverstein, A Beautiful Place to Drown Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Colorado |
| Contemporary Roots Album of the Year | Traditional Roots Album of the Year |
| Rose Cousins, Bravado Leela Gilday, North Star Calling Tami Neilson, Chickaboom! William Prince, Reliever Julian Taylor, The Ridge | Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love Beòlach, All Hands Le Diable à Cinq, Debout! Nick Hornbuckle, 13 or So Rum Ragged, The Thing About Fish |
| World Music Album of the Year | Comedy Album of the Year |
| Okan, Espiral Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra, VelkomBak Lengaïa Salsa Brava, The Gold Diggers Mazacote, Patria Zal Sissokho, Kora Flamenca | Jacob Samuel, Horse Power Shirley Gnome, Decoxification Nick Nemeroff, The Pursuit of Comedy Has Ruined My Life Derek Seguin, PanDerek (1st Wave!) Matt Wright, Existing Is Exhausting |

### Lieder und Aufnahmen

| Single of the Year | Classical Composition of the Year |
| The Weeknd, Blinding Lights Brett Kissel, Drink About Me JP Saxe feat. Julia Michaels, If the World Was Ending Justin Bieber feat. Quavo, Intentions Lennon Stella, Kissing Other People | Samy Moussa, Violin Concerto 'Adrano' Alexina Louie, Take the Dog Sled Ana Sokolovic, Commedia dell'arte Anna Höstman, Harbour Zosha DiCarti, Tachitipo |
| Dance Recording of the Year | Rap Recording of the Year |
| Kaytranada, Bubba Felix Cartal and Sophie Simmons, MINE Rezz X Grabbitz, Someone Else So Sus, Voices Frank Walker, Dancing in the Dark | Tobi, ELEMENTS Vol. 1 88Glam, New Mania bbno$ and Yung Gravy, Baby Gravy 2 Eric Reprid, Cold World NAV, Good Intentions (Brown Boy 2 Deluxe Version) |
| Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year | Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year |
| The Weeknd, After Hours Jessie Reyez, Before Love Came to Kill Us Savannah Ré, Where You Are Shay Lia, Solaris Tobi, Holiday | Savannah Ré, Solid Emanuel, Alt Therapy Session 1: Disillusion Iamtheliving, In This Thing Called Life Dylan Sinclair, Proverb Charlotte Day Wilson, Take Care of You |
| Reggae Recording of the Year | |
| Töme X Sean Kingston, I Pray Ammoye, Give It All Blessed, Black Man Dubmatix, Roots Rock Kirk Diamond, Let It Be Done | |

### Weitere

| Album Artwork of the Year | Video of the Year |
| Julien Hébert (Art director), David Beauchemin (Designer), Florence Obrecht (Illustrator) and Marc-Étienne Mongrain (Fotograf) — Klô Pelgag, Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs Lido Pimienta and Orly Anan (Art directors), Mat Dunlap (Designer), Daniela Murillo (Fotografin) — Lido Pimienta, Miss Colombia Jared Barter (Art director and Designer), Michael Zavacky (Art director and Illustrator), Maryn Devine and Rémi Thériault (Fotografen) — Lynne Hanson, Just Words Luke Hoskin (Art director), John Meloche (Designer), Martin Wittfooth (Illustrator) — Protest the Hero, Palimpsest Peter Dreimanis (Art director, Designer and Fotograf), Scott Waring (Art director and Designer), Leah Fay (Designer), Lyle Bell and Ty Snaden (Fotografen) — July Talk, Pray for It | Emma Higgins — Jessie Reyez, No One's in the Room Ben Knechtel — Scott Helman, Wait No More Brittney Canda and Vincent René-Lortie — Sheenah Ko, Wrap Me Up Les Solis and Peter Huang — Jessie Reyez, Intruders Nick DenBoer — deadmau5 and the Neptunes, Pomegranate |