# Juno Award for Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Album of the Year is an annual award presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the best album released in Canada. It has been awarded since 1975, though it was the award for Best Selling Album from 1975 to 1979. From 1999 to 2002, it was awarded under the name of Best Album. The award goes to the artist.

## Achievements

Arcade Fire, Celine Dion, Michael Bublé and The Weeknd are the artists with the most wins in this category with three each; Dion is the most nominated artist with 12 nominations.

## Recipients
### Album awards of 1974

At the Juno Awards of 1974, no single prize was awarded for best album, but three artists were each awarded for albums in different categories.
| Year | Award | Winner | Album |
| 1974 | Contemporary Album of the Year | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | Bachman–Turner Overdrive |
| 1974 | Country Album of the Year | Stompin' Tom Connors | To It and At It |
| 1974 | Pop Music Album of the Year | Anne Murray | Danny's Song |

### Best Selling Album (1975–1979)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 1975 | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | Not Fragile | Love Song – Anne Murray Anka – Paul Anka Best of The Guess Who, Volume 2 – The Guess Who |
| 1976 | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | Four Wheel Drive | Stand Back – April Wine Beau Dommage – Beau Dommage Les cinq saisons – Harmonium Feelings – Paul Anka |
| 1977 | André Gagnon | Neiges | Best of B.T.O. (So Far) – Bachman–Turner Overdrive Head On – Bachman–Turner Overdrive Stand Tall – Burton Cummings Summertime Dream – Gordon Lightfoot Dreamboat Annie – Heart |
| 1978 | Dan Hill | Longer Fuse | Le Saint Laurent – André Gagnon My Own Way to Rock – Burton Cummings A Farewell to Kings – Rush The Best of The Stampeders – The Stampeders |
| 1979 | Burton Cummings | Dream of a Child | 20 Country Classics – Carroll Baker Endless Wire – Gordon Lightfoot Hemispheres – Rush Thick as Thieves – Trooper |

### Album of the Year (1980–1998)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 1980 | Anne Murray | New Kind of Feeling | Armageddon – Prism Hemispheres – Rush Flying Colors – Trooper Hot Shots – Trooper |
| 1981 | Anne Murray | Anne Murray's Greatest Hits | Woman Love – Burton Cummings Uncut – Powder Blues Band Young and Restless – Prism Permanent Waves – Rush |
| 1982 | Loverboy | Loverboy | The Nature of the Beast – April Wine The Great White North – Bob and Doug McKenzie Exit...Stage Left – Rush Moving Pictures – Rush |
| 1983 | Loverboy | Get Lucky | Aldo Nova – Aldo Nova Christmas Wishes – Anne Murray Turn It Loud – Headpins Signals – Rush |
| 1984 | Bryan Adams | Cuts Like a Knife | Keep It Up – Loverboy Hammer on a Drum – Payolas Neruda – Red Rider Grace Under Pressure – Rush |
| 1985 | Bryan Adams | Reckless | Boy in the Box – Corey Hart Black Cars – Gino Vannelli Strange Animal – Gowan Walkin' the Razor's Edge – Helix Honeymoon Suite – Honeymoon Suite |
| 1986 | Glass Tiger | The Thin Red Line | The Big Prize – Honeymoon Suite Lovin' Every Minute of It – Loverboy Alien Shores – Platinum Blonde Power Windows – Rush |
| 1987 | Kim Mitchell | Shakin' Like a Human Being | Into the Fire – Bryan Adams Fields of Fire – Corey Hart Great Dirty World – Gowan Between the Earth & Sky – Luba |
| No award ceremony was held in 1988 |||||
| 1989 | Robbie Robertson | Robbie Robertson | Outskirts – Blue Rodeo Diamond Sun – Glass Tiger Racing After Midnight – Honeymoon Suite Reasons to Believe – Rita MacNeil |
| 1990 | Alannah Myles | Alannah Myles | Rita – Rita MacNeil Now the Bell Rings – Rita MacNeil See the Light – The Jeff Healey Band Victory Day – Tom Cochrane and Red Rider |
| 1991 | Céline Dion | Unison | Bodyrock – Lee Aaron Les B.B. – Les B.B. Home I'll Be – Rita MacNeil Hell to Pay – The Jeff Healey Band |
| 1992 | Tom Cochrane | Mad Mad World | Waking Up the Neighbours – Bryan Adams Highlights from Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera – the original Canadian cast The Ghosts That Haunt Me – Crash Test Dummies Road Apples – The Tragically Hip |
| 1993 | k.d. lang | Ingénue | Gordon – Barenaked Ladies Lost Together – Blue Rodeo Celine Dion – Celine Dion Fully Completely – The Tragically Hip |
| 1994 | Neil Young | Harvest Moon | Rockinghorse – Alannah Myles The Future – Leonard Cohen I'll Always Be There – Roch Voisine 12 Inches of Snow – Snow |
| 1995 | Celine Dion | The Colour of My Love | Five Days in July – Blue Rodeo Fumbling Towards Ecstasy – Sarah McLachlan North Country – The Rankin Family Day for Night – The Tragically Hip |
| 1996 | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | D'eux – Celine Dion The Woman in Me – Shania Twain This Child – Susan Aglukark Ragged Ass Road – Tom Cochrane |
| 1997 | The Tragically Hip | Trouble at the Henhouse | Amanda Marshall – Amanda Marshall Hi™ How Are You Today? – Ashley MacIsaac 18 til I Die – Bryan Adams Falling into You – Celine Dion |
| 1998 | Sarah McLachlan | Surfacing | Creature – Moist Clumsy – Our Lady Peace Kissing Rain – Roch Voisine Come On Over – Shania Twain |

### Best Album (1999–2002)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 1999 | Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love | Happy? – Jann Arden Grand parleur, petit faiseur – Kevin Parent The Book of Secrets – Loreena McKennitt Phantom Power – The Tragically Hip |
| 2000 | Alanis Morissette | Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie | Tuesday's Child – Amanda Marshall On a Day Like Today – Bryan Adams These Are Special Times – Celine Dion Hot Show – Prozzäk |
| 2001 | Barenaked Ladies | Maroon | Beautiful Midnight – Matthew Good Band Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch – Our Lady Peace No One Does It Better – soulDecision Music @ Work – The Tragically Hip |
| 2002 | Diana Krall | The Look of Love | Whoa, Nelly! – Nelly Furtado Silver Side Up – Nickelback Spiritual Machines – Our Lady Peace All Killer No Filler – Sum 41 |

### Album of the Year (2003–present)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 2003 | Avril Lavigne | Let Go | A New Day Has Come – Celine Dion Rêver mieux – Daniel Belanger Gravity – Our Lady Peace Up! – Shania Twain |
| 2004 | Sam Roberts | We Were Born in a Flame | One Heart – Celine Dion Michael Bublé – Michael Bublé Folklore – Nelly Furtado Afterglow – Sarah McLachlan |
| 2005 | Billy Talent | Billy Talent | Under My Skin – Avril Lavigne Miracle – Celine Dion The Girl in the Other Room – Diana Krall Still Not Getting Any – Simple Plan |
| 2006 | Michael Bublé | It's Time | Christmas Songs – Diana Krall 219 Days – Kalan Porter All the Right Reasons – Nickelback Under the Lights – Rex Goudie |
| 2007 | Nelly Furtado | Loose | Billy Talent II – Billy Talent I Think of You – Gregory Charles Hedley – Hedley One-X – Three Days Grace |
| 2008 | Feist | The Reminder | Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends – Anne Murray The Best Damn Thing – Avril Lavigne D'elles – Celine Dion Taking Chances – Celine Dion Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Bublé |
| 2009 | Nickelback | Dark Horse | Famous Last Words – Hedley Simple Plan – Simple Plan 70s Volume 2 – Sylvain Cossette Lost in the 80s – The Lost Fingers |
| 2010 | Michael Bublé | Crazy Love | Billy Talent III – Billy Talent Quiet Nights – Diana Krall Dance with Me – Johnny Reid My World – Justin Bieber |
| 2011 | Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Thank Me Later – Drake The Show Must Go – Hedley A Place Called Love – Johnny Reid My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber |
| 2012 | Michael Bublé | Christmas | Goodbye Lullaby – Avril Lavigne Take Care – Drake Under the Mistletoe – Justin Bieber Here and Now – Nickelback |
| 2013 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Kiss | Believe – Justin Bieber Sans attendre – Céline Dion Storms – Hedley Ever After – Marianas Trench |
| 2014 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor | Loved Me Back to Life – Celine Dion Nothing Was the Same – Drake To Be Loved – Michael Bublé Harmony – Serena Ryder |
| 2015 | Leonard Cohen | Popular Problems | Where I Belong – Bobby Bazini Wild Life – Hedley No Fixed Address – Nickelback Serge Fiori – Serge Fiori |
| 2016 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind the Madness | If You're Reading This It's Too Late – Drake À Paradis City – Jean Leloup Purpose – Justin Bieber Handwritten – Shawn Mendes |
| 2017 | Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker | Starboy – The Weeknd Illuminate – Shawn Mendes Views – Drake Encore un Soir – Céline Dion |
| 2018 | Arcade Fire | Everything Now | Revival – Johnny Reid Nobody But Me – Michael Bublé Safe Haven – Ruth B Now – Shania Twain |
| 2019 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | These Are the Days — Jann Arden Darlène — Hubert Lenoir My Dear Melancholy, — The Weeknd Outsider — Three Days Grace |
| 2020 | Alessia Cara | The Pains of Growing | Shine a Light — Bryan Adams Love — Michael Bublé Bad Habits — Nav Inscape — Alexandra Stréliski |
| 2021 | The Weeknd | After Hours | Changes — Justin Bieber Courage — Céline Dion Thanks for the Dance — Leonard Cohen You — Ali Gatie |
| 2022 | Charlotte Cardin | Phoenix | Dangerous Levels of Introspection — JP Saxe Justice — Justin Bieber Too Young to Be Sad — Tate McRae Wonder — Shawn Mendes |
| 2023 | The Weeknd | Dawn FM | Who Hurt You? - Ali Gatie Love Sux - Avril Lavigne I Used to Think I Could Fly - Tate McRae Demons Protected by Angels - Nav |
| 2024 | Charlotte Cardin | 99 Nights | Never Enough - Daniel Caesar Mirror - Lauren Spencer-Smith Néo-Romance - Alexandra Stréliski Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees - TALK |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | Roxane Bruneau, Submergé Elisapie, Inuktitut Tate McRae, Think Later Josh Ross, Complicated Sukha, Undisputed |