# Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best instrumental album in Canada. The award was originally called the "Instrumental Artist of the Year".

## Winners
### Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1976 - 1987)

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Nominees |
| 1976 | Hagood Hardy | Liona Boyd François Dompierre André Gagnon Moe Koffman |
| 1977 | Hagood Hardy | Black Light Orchestra Al Cherney François Dompierre André Gagnon |
| 1978 | André Gagnon | Liona Boyd Hagood Hardy Moe Koffman |
| 1979 | Liona Boyd | Black Light Orchestra André Gagnon Hagood Hardy Frank Mills |
| 1980 | Frank Mills | Liona Boyd André Gagnon Hagood Hardy Gino Soccio |
| 1981 | Frank Mills | Liona Boyd Hagood Hardy Moe Koffman Claire Lawrence |
| 1982 | Liona Boyd | The Emeralds André Gagnon Hagood Hardy Frank Mills |
| 1983 | Liona Boyd | All-Star Swing Band The Emeralds Frank Mills The Spitfire Band |
| 1984 | Liona Boyd | Canadian Brass Hagood Hardy Frank Mills The Spitfire Band |
| 1985 | Canadian Brass | Hagood Hardy Frank Mills The Spitfire Band Zamfir |
| 1986 | David Foster | Liona Boyd Canadian Brass Moe Koffman Zamfir |
| 1987 | David Foster | Liona Boyd Canadian Brass Hagood Hardy Frank Mills |

### Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1989 - 1998)

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Nominees |
| 1989 | David Foster | Canadian Brass Manteca Frank Mills Zamfir |
| 1990 | Manteca | Liona Boyd Canadian Brass Frank Mills Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Orchestra |
| 1991 | Ofra Harnoy | Exchange (Steve Sexton and Gerald O'Brien) Michael Jones Moe Koffman Ian Tamblyn |
| 1992 | Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet | John Arpin Jacques de Koninck David Foster Graham Townsend |
| 1993 | Ofra Harnoy | John Arpin Exchange (Steve Sexton and Gerald O'Brien) Manteca Skywalk |
| 1994 | Ofra Harnoy | John Arpin André Gagnon Jacques de Koninck Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet |
| 1995 | André Gagnon | Hennie Bekker Wayne Chaulk Marie-Andree Ostiguy Quartetto Gelato |
| 1996 | Liona Boyd | Richard Abel George Amatino Hennie Bekker André Gagnon |
| 1997 | Ashley MacIsaac | Richard Abel Hennie Bekker Samuel Reid and Ernest Lyons Sandule and Nikolai |
| 1998 | Leahy | Jesse Cook Oscar Lopez Robert Michaels Mythos |

### Best Instrumental Album (1999 - 2002)

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees |
| 1999 | Natalie MacMaster | My Roots Are Showing | Howard Baer and Dan Gibson, Celtic Awakening David Bradstreet and Dan Gibson, Whispering Woods Jesse Cook, Vertigo Casadh An tSúgáin (Oliver Schroer and John Herberman), Celtic Dance |
| 2000 | Natalie MacMaster | In My Hands | David Bradstreet and Dan Gibson, Natural Sleep Inducement Rob Crabtree and Oliver Schroer, The Piper's Legacy John Herberman and Dan Gibson, Piano Cascades Robert Michaels, Utopia |
| 2001 | Jesse Cook | Free Fall | Oliver Schroer, Celtic Devotion Pavlo, Fantasia Dan Gibson, Ron Allen and Dr. Lee Bartel, Natural Massage Therapy Dan Gibson, Ron Allen and Dr. Lee Bartel, Natural Relaxation |
| 2002 | Oscar Lopez | Armando's Fire | Richard Abel, Inspiration Classique Dan Gibson and David Bradstreet, Angel's Embrace Dan Gibson and John Herberman, The English Country Garden Kenny Vehkavaara, Fiesta Del Sol |

### Instrumental Album of the Year (2003 - Present)

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees |
| 2003 | Robert Michaels | Allegro | Howard Baer, Celtic Mystique Liona Boyd, Camino Latino / Latin Journey Oliver Schroer and Dan Gibson, Lakeside Retreat The Swingfield Big Band, Big Band Love Songs |
| 2004 | I Sorenti | Italian Love Songs | Richard Abel, Romance George Carlaw, Stress Less The Covingtons, Country Christmas Michel Cusson, Un homme et son péché |
| 2005 | Oscar Lopez | Mi Destino/My Destiny | Longhouse, A Warrior's Journey Loretto Reid and Dan Gibson, Celtic Reverie Montgomery Smith, Rest & Relaxation Kenny Vehkavaara nad Rob Piltch, Mediterranean Nights |
| 2006 | Daniel Lanois | Belladonna | George Carlaw, Christmas Serenity Bobby Creed & His Orchestra, Sentimental Strings Tomas Hamilton, Balance Nancy Walker, Rainy Days and Mondays |
| 2007 | Sisters Euclid | Run Neil Run | Bell Orchestre, Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light Joël Fafard, ...and another thing Johannes Linstead, Café Tropical Natalie MacMaster, Yours Truly |
| 2008 | Jayme Stone | The Utmost | Bob Lanois, Snake Road Amon Tobin, Foley Room Richard Underhill, Kensington Suite Joey Wright, Jalopy |
| 2009 | DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra | Nostomania | Creaking Tree String Quartet, The Soundtrack Steve Dawson, Telescope Inhabitants, The Furniture Moves Underneath Tanya Tagaq, Auk/Blood |
| 2010 | Bell Orchestre | As Seen Through The Windows | Beats on Canvas, Beats on Canvas The Hylozoists, L'île de Sept Villes Pavlo, Rik Emmett and Oscar Lopez, Trifecta Sultans of String, Yalla Yalla! |
| 2011 | Fond of Tigers | Continent & Western | David Braid and Canadian Brass, Spirit Dance Creaking Tree String Quartet, Sundogs The Souljazz Orchestra, Rising Sun Jayme Stone, Room of Wonders |
| 2012 | Stretch Orchestra | Stretch Orchestra | Andrew Collins, Cats & Dogs MAZ, Téléscope L'Orkestre des Pas Perdus, L'Âge du cuivre Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges |
| 2013 | Pugs and Crows | Fantastic Pictures | Five Alarm Funk, Rock the Sky Ian McDougall, The Very Thought of You Ratchet Orchestra, Hemlock Hugh Sicotte and Jon Ballantyne, Twenty Accident Free Work Days |
| 2014 | Esmerine | Dalmak | Petr Cancura, Down Home Mahogany Frog, Senna The Peggy Lee Band, Invitation Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light |
| 2015 | Quartango | Encuentro | Canadian Brass, Great Wall of China Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine John Stetch, Off with the Cuffs Sultans of String, Symphony! |
| 2016 | Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld | Never Were the Way She Was | Afiara Quartet and Skratch Bastid, Spin Cycle Cris Derksen, Orchestral Powwow Esmerine, Lost Voices Jens Lindemann and Tommy Banks, Legacy Live |
| 2017 | The Fretless | Bird's Nest | Blitz//Berlin, Movements 1 David Braid, Flow Sarah Neufeld, The Ridge Pugs & Crows and Tony Wilson, Everyone Knows Everyone |
| 2018 | Do Make Say Think | Stubborn Persistent Illusions | Five Alarm Funk, Sweat Kristofer Maddigan, Cuphead Oktopus, Hapax Peregrine Falls, Peregrine Falls |
| 2019 | Gordon Grdina | China Cloud | Aerialists, Group Manoeuvre Kevin Breit, Johnny Goldtooth and the Chevy Casanovas The Fretless, Live from the Art Farm Toninato/Thiessen, The Space Between Us |
| 2020 | Alexandra Stréliski | Inscape | Kevin Hearn, Calm and Cents Bill McBirnie and Bernie Senesky, The Silent Wish Ron Davis' Symphronica, Symphronica Upfront Tanya Tagaq, Toothsayer |
| 2021 | Blitz//Berlin | Movements III | Bruce Cockburn, Crowing Ignites David Foster, Eleven Words Flore Laurentienne, Volume 1 Gordon Grdina, Prior Street |
| 2022 | David Myles | That Tall Distance | Cœur de pirate, Perséides Frank Evans and Ben Plotnick, Madison Archives Jorane, Hemenetset Jens Lindemann with Jon Kimura Parker, Matt Catingub and the Canadian All Star JazzPops Orchestra, Then is Now Rhapsody in Blue |
| 2023 | Esmerine | Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More | Jean-Michel Blais, Aubades The Canadian Brass, Canadiana Hard Rubber Orchestra, Iguana Stephan Moccio, Lionheart |
| 2024 | Colin Stetson | When we were that what wept for the sea | Meredith Bates, Tesseract Markus Floats, Fourth Album Haralabos (Harry) Stafylakis, Calibrating Friction Alexandra Stréliski, Néo-Romance |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | Eric Bearclaw, Distant Places Disaster Pony, Disaster Pony Ginger Beef, Ginger Beef Intervals, Memory Palace Lara Wong and Melón Jimenez, Confluencias |