# Juno Awards of 1990

The Juno Awards of 1990, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 18 March 1990 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Alannah Myles won in three Juno categories on the strength of her internationally successful debut album.
Specialty television service YTV would broadcast a repeat of the televised awards ceremony one week later, according to a five-year agreement announced before the 1990 Juno Awards.

## Nominees and winners
### Canadian Entertainer of the Year

This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.
Winner: The Jeff Healey Band
Other Nominees:
* Blue Rodeo
* Tom Cochrane
* k.d. lang
* Kim Mitchell

### Best Female Vocalist

Winner: Rita MacNeil
Other Nominees:
* Lee Aaron
* Sass Jordan
* Anne Murray
* Candy Pennella

### Best Male Vocalist

Winner: Kim Mitchell
Other Nominees:
* Bruce Cockburn
* George Fox
* David Wilcox
* Neil Young

### Most Promising Female Vocalist

Winner: Alannah Myles
Other Nominees:
* Annette Ducharme
* Mitsou
* Mary Margaret O'Hara
* Anita Perras

### Most Promising Male Vocalist

Winner: Daniel Lanois
Other Nominees:
* Neil Harnett
* Ray Lyell
* Roch Voisine
* Rufus Wainwright

### Group of the Year

Winner: Blue Rodeo
Other Nominees:
* Tom Cochrane and Red Rider
* Cowboy Junkies
* The Jeff Healey Band
* Rush

### Most Promising Group

Winner: The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees:
* Brighton Rock
* Indio
* Paradox
* Sons of Freedom

### Best Composer

Winner: David Tyson and Christopher Ward (for Alannah Myles)
Other Nominees:
* Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy
* Luba
* Eddie Schwartz
* Jim Vallance

### Best Country Female Vocalist

Winner: k.d. lang
Other Nominees:
* Carroll Baker
* Rita MacNeil
* Anne Murray
* Lori Yates

### Best Country Male Vocalist

Winner: George Fox
Other Nominees:
* Gary Fjellgaard
* Handsome Ned
* Ian Tyson
* Jesse Winchester

### Best Country Group or Duo

Winner: The Family Brown
Other Nominees:
* Alibi
* Great Western Orchestra
* Silver and Degazio
* Stoker Brothers

### Best Instrumental Artist

Winner: Manteca
Other Nominees:
* Liona Boyd
* Canadian Brass
* Frank Mills
* Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Orchestra

### International Entertainer of the Year

Winner: Melissa Etheridge
Other Nominees:
* Crowded House
* Steve Earle
* Rod Stewart
* Randy Travis

### Best Producer

Winner: Bruce Fairbairn, Pump by Aerosmith
Other Nominees:
* Daniel Lanois, Acadie by Daniel Lanois
* Bob Rock, Dr. Feelgood by Mötley Crüe & Blue Murder by Blue Murder
* Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (with Co-producer Rupert Hine), "Force Ten" from Hold Your Fire & "Presto" from Presto by Rush
* David Tyson, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles

### Best Recording Engineer

Winner: Kevin Doyle, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles
Other Nominees:
* Jean Claude Beaudoin, Tell Somebody by Sass Jordan
* Lenny DeRose, Bodyrock by Lee Aaron & she by Dalbello
* John Naslen, Big Circumstance by Bruce Cockburn
* Rick Starks, Perfect Foot by Manteca
* Michael Phillip Wojewoda, As the Crow Flies by Chalk Circle

### Hall of Fame Award

Winner: Maureen Forrester

### Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: Rush

## Nominated and winning albums
### Album of the Year

Winner: Alannah Myles, Alannah Myles
Other Nominees:
* Now the Bells Ring, Rita MacNeil
* Rita, Rita MacNeil
* See the Light, The Jeff Healey Band
* Victory Day, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider

### Best Children's Album

Winner: Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Susan Hammond and Barbara Nichol
Other Nominees:
* The Boy Who Wanted to Talk to Whales, Robert Minden Ensemble
* Footeprints, Norman Foote
* Improvise with Eric Nagler, Eric Nagler
* The People on My Street, Bob King

### Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)

Winner: 20th Century Original Piano Transcriptions, Louis Lortie
Other Nominees:
* Beethoven: The Complete Quartets, The Orford String Quartet
* Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
* Gabrieli and Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music, Canadian Brass
* Kevin McMillan, baritone Kevin McMillan

### Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner: Boccherini: Cello Concertos and Symphonies, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Other Nominees:
* Fête à la Français, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
* Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit, piano Louis Lortie
* Haydn Symphonies No. 1 and 5, National Arts Centre Orchestra, conductor Gabriel Chmura
* Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit

### Best Album Design

Winner: Hugh Syme, Presto by Rush
Other Nominees:
* Jamie Bennett and Nuala Byles, Perfect Foot by Manteca
* Robert LeBeuf and J.W. Stewart, The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century by Men Without Hats
* Mary Margaret O'Hara, Miss America by Mary Margaret O'Hara
* Hugh Syme, Rockland by Kim Mitchell

### International Album of the Year

Winner: Girl You Know It's True, Milli Vanilli (disqualified)
Other Nominees:
* Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul
* The Raw & the Cooked, Fine Young Cannibals
* Hangin' Tough, New Kids on the Block
* Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, Traveling Wilburys

### Best Jazz Album

Winner: Skydance, Jon Ballantyne Trio featuring Joe Henderson
Other Nominees:
* Friday the 14th, Bernie Senesky
* Off Centre, Time Warp
* Pas de Probleme, The Hugh Fraser Quintet
* Something's Here, The Edmonton Jazz Ensemble

### Best Roots & Traditional Album

Winner: Je Voudrais Changer D'Chapeau, La Bottine Souriante
Other Nominees:
* Humor Me, Jesse Winchester
* I Make My Home in Shoes, Amos Garrett
* Jubilation II, Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
* You Were on My Mind, Sylvia Tyson

## Nominated and winning releases
### Single of the Year

Winner: "Black Velvet", Alannah Myles
Other Nominees:
* "All the Things I Wasn't", The Grapes of Wrath
* "Love Is", Alannah Myles
* "Rock n Roll Duty", Kim Mitchell
* "Under Your Spell", Candi

### Best Classical Composition

Winner: Concerto For Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Oskar Morawetz
Other Nominees:
* Introduction and Three Folk Songs, Jean Coulthard
* Sonata No. 1, Pat Carrabré
* The Sons of Jacob, Sid Robinovitch
* Third Chamber Concerto, Gary Kulesha

### International Single of the Year

Winner: "Swing The Mood", Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
Other Nominees:
* "Hangin' Tough", New Kids on the Block
* "Like a Prayer", Madonna
* "She Drives Me Crazy", Fine Young Cannibals
* "Straight Up", Paula Abdul

### Best R&B/Soul Recording

Winner: Spellbound, Billy Newton-Davis
Other Nominees:
* Your Love, George Banton
* Mega Love, Debbie Johnson
* Another Love in Your Life, Jay W. McGee
* Never Be Lonely, Lorraine Scott

### Best Reggae/Calypso Recording

Winner: Too Late To Turn Back Now, Sattalites
Other Nominees:
* Chuckie Prophesy, Clifton Joseph
* Soca Band, Elsworth James
* South Africa is a Disgrace, Leroy Sibbles
* Tribute to Ben Johnson, Elsworth James

### Best Dance Recording

Winner: "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)", Kon Kan
Other Nominees:
* "Yada Yada", Jam Jam Jam
* "Let Your Backbone Slide", Maestro Fresh-Wes
* "Missing You", Candi
* "Under Your Spell", Candi

### Best Video

Winner: Cosimo Cavallaro, "Boomtown" by Andrew Cash
Other Nominees:
* Don Allan, "Watcha Do to My Body" by Lee Aaron
* Chris Hooper, Kevin Kane, Robert Longevall, "All the Things I Wasn't" by The Grapes of Wrath
* Greg Masuak, "Giving Away a Miracle" by Luba
* Kari Skogland, "Waterline" by Spoons