# Juno Awards 2020

Die Juno Awards 2020 sollten am 15. März 2020 im SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan vergeben werden. Es war die 49. Veranstaltung der Preisverleihung. Auf Grund der COVID-19-Pandemie in Kanada wurden alle Veranstaltungen in Zusammenhang mit dem Award sowie die eigentliche Preisverleihung abgesagt. Damit war es die erste Veranstaltung seit 1988, die abgesagt werden musste. Stattdessen wurden die Gewinner am 29. Juni über eine Online-Veranstaltung bekanntgegeben.

## Bewerbungsverfahren

Saskatoonbewarb sich bereits im Vorjahr um die Awards, konnte aber nicht genug Geld aufbringen. Für 2020 gelang es der Stadt jedoch. Die Regierung von Saskatoon konnte 350.000 Dollar für das Event bereitstellen.

## Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie

Am 12. März 2020, drei Tage vor der Preisverleihung, gab die Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) bekannt, dass die Preisveranstaltung sowie alle anderen Veranstaltungen auf Grund gesundheitlicher Bedenken wegen der Ausbreitung des Coronavirus abgesagt wird, Einen tag vorher hatte die World Health Organization das Infektionsgeschehen als Pandemie eingestuft. Obwohl Saskatchewan zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch keinen bestätigten Corona-Fall hatte, sorgte eine vorher erfolgte Ankündigung, dass die Veranstaltung wie geplant stattfinden könne, für Protest durch besorgte Bürger. CARAS gab an, dass sie an einer alternativen Veranstaltung arbeite.
Der Junos Songwriters' Circle, eine jährliche Veranstaltung, die bislang immer am Wochenende der Preisverleihung abgehalten wurde, wurde im Mai 2020 als Webserie gesendet. Bei der Veranstaltung handelt es sich um eine Podiumsdiskussion, bei der verschiedene Songwriter die geschichte zu ihren Songs erzählen. Die erste Episode umfasste Brett Kissel, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Kaia Kater und Devon Portielje. In der zweiten traten Rose Cousins, William Prince, Ed Robertson und Tenille Townes auf, in der dritten Dallas Green, Sarah Harmer, Joel Plaskett und Buffy Sainte-Marie. In der vierten und letzten traten Scott Helman, Meghan Patrick, Tom Wilson und Whitehorse auf.

### Onlineveranstaltung

Am 18. Juni wurden die Preise in einer Online-Zeremonie vergeben, die von CBC Gem am 29. Juni 2020 ausgestrahlt wurde.
Alessia Cara sollte die ursprüngliche Veranstaltung leiten. Für den Livestream obernahmen die Moderation Odario Williams und Damhnait Doyle.
Während des Livestreams traten folgende Künstler auf:
* iskwē
* Neon Dreams
* Alessia Cara
* The Dead South

## Nominierte und Gewinner

Jann Arden sollte ursprünglich während der Verleihung in die Canadian Music Hall of Fame aufgenommen werden.
Die Nominierungen wurden am 18. Januar 2020 verkündet. Die Gewinner sind fett markiert.

### Personen

| Artist of the Year | Group of the Year |
| Shawn Mendes Bryan Adams Alessia Cara Tory Lanez Jessie Reyez | Loud Luxury 88Glam Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine The Reklaws Walk Off the Earth |
| Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Breakthrough Group of the Year |
| Lennon Stella bbno$ Ali Gatie Alexandra Stréliski Tenille Townes | Neon Dreams The Blue Stones Hunter Brothers Palaye Royale Valley |
| Fan Choice Award | Songwriter of the Year |
| Avril Lavigne bbno$ Justin Bieber Alessia Cara Ali Gatie Tory Lanez Loud Luxury Shawn Mendes Nav The Weeknd | Alessia Cara – Growing Pains, Out of Love, Rooting for You Tim Baker – All Hands, Dance, The Eighteenth Hole Bülow – Boys Will Be Boys, Sweet Little Lies, Two Punks in Love Tenille Townes – I Kept the Roses, Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking), White Horse Patrick Watson – Broken, Dream for Dreaming, Here Comes the River |
| Producer of the Year | Recording Engineer of the Year |
| Ben Kaplan – Brittle Bones Nicky (Rare Americans), It's Alright (Mother Mother) Steve Bays – Record Shop (Said the Whale), Song in My Head (We Are the City) Derek Hoffman – Fear of the Flame (Logan Staats), Hide Your Love (Caveboy) Jon Levine – October, Rooting for You (Alessia Cara) Michael Wise – Just Friends (Virginia to Vegas), Sweet Little Lies (Bülow) | John Beetle Bailey – Dividido (Alex Cuba feat. Silvana Estrada), Shotgun (Monkey House) Jason Dufour – Push for Yellow, There's Still a Light in the House (Valley) Vic Florencia – Midnight, Over Me (Brooke Palsson) George Seara – If I Can't Have You (Shawn Mendes), Incredible (James TW) Ryan Worsley – 2 Myself (Ludic), Known Better (Nuela Charles) |

### Alben

| Album of the Year | Adult Alternative Album of the Year |
| Alessia Cara, The Pains of Growing Bryan Adams, Shine a Light Michael Bublé, Love Nav, Bad Habits Alexandra Stréliski, Inscape | Half Moon Run, A Blemish in the Great Light City and Colour, A Pill for Loneliness Leonard Cohen, Thanks for the Dance iskwē, acākosīk Patrick Watson, Wave |
| Adult Contemporary Album of the Year | Alternative Album of the Year |
| Bryan Adams, Shine a Light Nuela Charles, Melt Marc Jordan, Both Sides Renée Lamoureux, Empower Lauren Spencer-Smith, Unplugged Vol. 1 | PUP, Morbid Stuff Black Mountain, Destroyer Foxwarren, Foxwarren Mac DeMarco, Here Comes the Cowboy Orville Peck, Pony |
| Blues Album of the Year | Children’s Album of the Year |
| Dawn Tyler Watson, Mad Love Michael Jerome Browne, That's Where It's At Durham County Poets, Hand Me Down Blues Big Dave McLean, Pocket Full of Nothin‘ Whitehorse, The Northern South, Vol. 2 | Big Block SingSong, Greatest Hits, Vol. 4 GFORCE, It's GFORCE Girl Pow-R, This Is Us Diana Panton, A Cheerful Little Earful Sharon & Bram, Sharon, Bram & Friends |
| Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble | Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment |
| Angela Schwarzkopf, Detach James Ehnes, Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Op. 12 Ensemble Paramirabo, Alone & Unalone Quatuor Molinari, John Zorn: Cat o' Nine Tails, The Dead Man, Memento Mori & Kol Nidre Marina Thibault and Marie-Ève Scarfone, Elles | Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano, The John Adams Album National Arts Centre Orchestra conducted by Alexander Shelley, The Bound of our Dreams Jan Lisiecki with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos Orchestre Métropolitain de Montreal conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Sibelius 1 Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano feat. Charles Richard-Hamelin, Chopin: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 |
| Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance | Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year |
| Ottawa Bach Choir conducted by Lisette Canton, Handel: Dixit Dominus; Bach & Schutz: Motets Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, When There is Peace: An Armistice Oratorio Gerald Finley, Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesange Peter Barrett, Martha Guth, Allyson McHardy and Helen Becque, Summer Night Philippe Sly with Le Chimera Project, Schubert: Winterreise | Matt Maher, The Advent of Christmas Dan Bremnes, Wherever I Go Brian Doerksen, The Heart of Christmas Fresh I.E., Ill Street Blues Brooke Nicholls, Pursue |
| Country Album of the Year | Electronic Album of the Year |
| Meghan Patrick, Wild As Me Dean Brody, Black Sheep Aaron Goodvin, V Hunter Brothers, State of Mind Dallas Smith, The Fall | Rezz, Beyond the Senses Bob Moses, Battle Lines Electric Youth, Memory Emotion Jacques Greene, Dawn Chorus Keys N Krates, A Beat Tape for Your Friends |
| Francophone Album of the Year | Indigenous Music Album of the Year |
| Les Louanges, La nuit est une panthère Koriass, La nuit des longs couteaux Jean Leloup, L'Étrange pays Loud, Tout ça pour ça Fred Pellerin, Après | Celeigh Cardinal, Stories from a Downtown Apartment Digawolf, Yellowstone nêhiyawak, Nipiy Northern Haze, Siqinnaarut Riit, ataataga |
| Instrumental Album of the Year | International Album of the Year |
| Alexandra Stréliski, Inscape Kevin Hearn, Calm and Cents Bill McBirnie and Bernie Senesky, The Silent Wish Ron Davis' Symphronica, Symphronica Upfront Tanya Tagaq, Toothsayer | Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next Khalid, Free Spirit Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding Ed Sheeran, No.6 Collaborations Project |
| Jazz Album of the Year – Solo | Jazz Album of the Year – Group |
| Jacques Kuba Séguin, Migrations The Mark Kelso Jazz Project, The Chronicles of Fezziwig Joel Miller, Unstoppable Ted Quinlan, Absolutely Dreaming John Stetch, Black Sea Suite | Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop, Abundance Al Muirhead's Canadian Quintet, Undertones Brad Turner Quartet, Jump Up Dave Young Trio, Trouble in Mind Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, On Firm Ground / Tierra firme |
| Vocal Jazz Album of the Year | Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year |
| Dominique Fils-Aimé, Stay Tuned! Jazz Affair, Wishes Monkey House, Friday Elizabeth Shepherd, Montreal Bria Skonberg, Nothing Never Happens | Striker, Play to Win The Agonist, Orphans Kobra and the Lotus, Evolution Lindsay Schoolcraft, Martyr Single Mothers, Through a Wall |
| Pop Album of the Year | Rock Album of the Year |
| Alessia Cara, The Pains of Growing Bülow, Crystalline Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine, 8:47 Avril Lavigne, Head Above Water Walk Off the Earth, Here We Go! | The Glorious Sons, A War on Everything Big Wreck, …but for the sun The Dirty Nil, Master Volume Headstones, Peopleskills Sum 41, Order in Decline |
| Contemporary Roots Album of the Year | Traditional Roots Album of the Year |
| Lee Harvey Osmond, Mohawk Del Barber, Easy Keeper Irish Mythen, Little Bones Catherine MacLellan, Coyote Justin Rutledge, Passages | The Dead South, Sugar & Joy Natalie MacMaster, Sketches Miranda Mulholland, By Appointment or Chance The Small Glories, Assiniboine and the Red April Verch, Once a Day |
| World Music Album of the Year | Comedy Album of the Year |
| Djely Tapa, Barokan Romina Di Gasbarro, Risorgimento Okan, Sombras Okavango African Orchestra, Africa Without Borders Silla + Rise, Galactic Gala | Sophie Buddle, Lil Bit of Buddle Jarrett Campbell, Straight White Fail Adam Christie, General Anxiety Disorder Monty Scott, The Abyss Stares Back Steph Tolev, I'm Not Well |

### Lieder und Aufnahmen

| Single of the Year | Classical Composition of the Year |
| Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, Señorita Bülow, Sweet Little Lies Alessia Cara, Out of Love Scott Helman, Hang Ups Lennon Stella, La Di Da | Ana Sokolovic, Evta Rose Bolton, The Coming of Sobs Vincent Ho, Kickin' It 2.0 Jared Miller, Under Sea, Above Sky Bekah Simms, Everything Is…Distorted |
| Dance Recording of the Year | R&B/Soul Recording of the Year |
| Felix Cartal and Lights, Love Me Loud Luxury and Bryce Vine, I'm Not Alright Ralph, Gravity Sultan & Shepard feat. Showtek, We Found Love Frank Walker feat. Astrid S, Only When It Rains | Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez and Tainy, Feel It Too Amaal, Black Dove Daniel Caesar, Case Study 01 Tanika Charles, The Gumption Tory Lanez, Chixtape 5 |
| Rap Recording of the Year | Reggae Recording of the Year |
| Tory Lanez, Freaky 88Glam, 88GLAM2 Classified, Tomorrow Could Be the Day Things Change Killy, Light Path 8 Nav, Bad Habits | Lyndon John X, The Warning Track Jay Douglas, Jah Children Exco Levi, Wah Gwaan Petraa, Never Broken Storry, Another Man |

### Weitere Awards

| Album Artwork of the Year | Video of the Year |
| Chad Moldenhauer (art director), Ian Clarke (designer), Warren Clark and Lance Inkwell (illustrators) – Kristofer Maddigan, Selections from Cuphead Kevin Hearn (art director), Antoine Moonen (designer), Lauchie Reed and Harland Williams (illustrators) – Kevin Hearn and Friends, The Superhero Suite Kris Knight (art director & designer), Jason Sniderman (art director), James Mejia (designer), Chris Peters (illustrator), Stefanie Schneider (photographer) – Ensign Broderick, Bloodcrush/Bloodmyth Sean Brown and Keavan Yazdani (art directors) – Daniel Caesar, Case Study 01 Terri Fidelak (art director, designer, & illustrator), Carey Shaw (photographer) – Belle Plaine, Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath | Sarah Legault – Little Star (iskwē) Caraz – Bun Dem (Sarahmée) Johnny Jansen – Record Shop (Said the Whale) Le GED – Back Off (Laurence Nerbonne) Jonathan Robert – Topographe (Corridor) |