# Juno Awards of 2025

The Juno Awards of 2025 will be held on March 30, 2025, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, to honour achievements in Canadian music in 2024. The ceremony will be hosted by Michael Bublé.
Nominees were announced on February 11, 2025. Josh Ross and Tate McRae are the most nominated artists, with five nominations each.

## Category changes

The lead-up to the 2025 awards was marked by controversy in 2024 when media began to report that the Juno committee were planning to discontinue several categories, including Reggae Recording of the Year, Children's Album of the Year, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year and International Album of the Year. The proposal was heavily criticized, on the grounds that as lower-profile genres their attention from the Juno Awards was an essential component of their viability, with reggae musicians in particular also noting that the elimination of a category for a predominantly Black genre of music rang "alarms of racism".
The award committee backtracked on the decision eight days after it was first reported. They ultimately retained all of the genre categories, pulling only the International Album of the Year category, while also adding new categories for South Asian music and non-performing songwriters.

## Performances

Rock band Sum 41 will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, with their induction performance at the Juno Awards ceremony currently slated to be their last-ever live performance following the conclusion of their farewell tour in January.
Other artists slated to perform at the ceremony include host Michael Buble, Josh Ross, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Nemahsis, Aqyila and Tia Wood. A second round of performers was announced in March 2025, slated to include Elisapie, Jonita Gandhi, Maestro Fresh Wes, Roxane Bruneau, bbno$, Peach Pit, Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga, Jazzy B and Gminxr.

## Special awards

In addition to Sum 41's induction into the Hall of Fame, Anne Murray will receive a special Lifetime Achievement Award, while producer Boi-1da will receive an international achievement award.

## Presenters

* Joel Madden and Benji Madden - presented Canadian Music Hall of Fame
* Jessie Reyez - presented International Achievement Award
* The Beaches - presented Fan Choice Award
* Allan Hawco
* Anna Lambe

## Winners and nominees
### People

| Artist of the Year | Group of the Year |
| Kaytranada Tate McRae Shawn Mendes Josh Ross The Weeknd | The Beaches Crash Adams Mother Mother Spiritbox Sum 41 |
| Songwriter of the Year | Songwriter (Non-Performing) of the Year |
| AP Dhillon — "Old Money", "Losing Myself", "Bora Bora" Mustafa — "Name of God", "Leaving Toronto", "I'll Go Anywhere" Nemahsis — "stick of gum", "you wore it better", "coloured concrete" Jessie Reyez — "Child of Fire", "Ridin", "Shut Up" The Weeknd — "Dancing in the Flames", "Timeless", "São Paulo" | Evan Blair — "Beautiful Things" (Benson Boone), "Pretty Slowly" (Benson Boone), "i hope i never fall in love" (Maren Morris) Lowell — "Texas Hold 'Em" (Beyoncé), "Bodyguard" (Beyoncé), "Takes One to Know One" (The Beaches) Nathan Ferraro — "Texas Hold 'Em" (Beyoncé), "Smoke" (Ari Lennox), "Who Do I Call Now? (Hellbent)" (Sofia Camara) Shaun Frank — "Love Somebody" (Morgan Wallen), "Training Season" (Dua Lipa), "Sideways" (Gordo) Tobias Jesso Jr. — "Houdini" (Dua Lipa), "push me over" (Maren Morris), "Come Show Me" (Camilla Cabello) |
| Producer of the Year | Recording Engineer of the Year |
| Evan Blair — "Pretty Slowly" (Benson Boone), "Beautiful Things" (Benson Boone), "club heaven" (Nessa Barrett), "No High" (David Kushner), "this is how a woman leaves" (Maren Morris), "i hope i never fall in love" (Maren Morris) Shawn Everett — "II Most Wanted" (Beyoncé), "Found Heaven" (Conan Gray), "Bright Lights" (The Killers), "I Don't" (Brittany Howard), "Eye of the Night" (Conan Gray), "Prove It to You" (Brittany Howard) Akeel Henry — "Spin" (Megan Thee Stallion), "Smoke" (Ari Lennox), "Shake" (Chlöe), "Oh, Wait…" (Shae Universe), "I Choose You" (Melanie Fiona), "Love Ain't Guaranteed" (Mist) Aaron Paris — "intro (end of the world)" (Ariana Grande), "Bought the Earth" (Yeat), "Let it Breathe" (Ski Mask the Slump God), "Tiger Eye" (Loony), "Dishonored" (Sean Leon and Jessie Reyez, "R e a l W o m a n" (PartyNextDoor) Jack Rochon — "II Hands II Heaven" (Beyoncé), "Protector" (Beyoncé), "Jolene" (Beyoncé), "My Way" (Charlotte Day Wilson), "Crash" (Kehlani), "Tears" (Kehlani) | Shawn Everett — "Don't Forget Me" (Maggie Rogers), "Deeper Well" (Kacey Musgraves) Serban Ghenea — "Please Please Please" (Sabrina Carpenter), "Lose Control" (Teddy Swims) Hill Kourkoutis — "Ghost" (Sebastian Gaskin), "Should We" (Emi Jeen) Mitch McCarthy — "Good Luck, Babe!" (Chappell Roan), "Make You Mine" (Madison Beer) George Seara — "Soft Spot" (Keshi), "Dream" (Keshi) |
| Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year | Fan Choice Award |
| Tony Ann AP Dhillon Chris Grey ekkstacy Nemahsis AR Paisley Owen Riegling Alexander Stewart Sukha Zeina | bbno$ Karan Aujla Dean Brody Les Cowboys Fringants Jade Eagleson Josh Ross Tate McRae Shawn Mendes Preston Pablo The Weeknd |

### Albums

| Album of the Year | Adult Alternative Album of the Year |
| Roxane Bruneau, Submergé Elisapie, Inuktitut Tate McRae, Think Later Josh Ross, Complicated Sukha, Undisputed Sum 41, Heaven :x: Hell | Elisapie, Inuktitut Terra Lightfoot, Healing Power The Secret Beach, We Were Born Here, What's Your Excuse? Leif Vollebekk, Revelation Wild Rivers, Never Better |
| Adult Contemporary Album of the Year | Alternative Album of the Year |
| Aphrose, Roses Celeigh Cardinal, Boundless Possibilities Maïa Davies, Lovers' Gothic Kellie Loder, Transitions Maddee Ritter, Songs of Love and Death | Luna Li, When a Thought Grows Wings Nemahsis, Verbathim Peach Pit, Magpie Ruby Waters, What's the Point Valley, Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden |
| Blues Album of the Year | Children's Album of the Year |
| Blue Moon Marquee, New Orleans Sessions Sue Foley, One Guitar Woman David Gogo, Yeah! Samantha King and the Midnight Outfit, Samantha King and the Midnight Outfit Big Dave McLean, This Old Life | Kym Gouchie, Shun Beh Nats'ujeh: We Are Healing Through Songs Raffi and The Good Lovelies, Penny Penguin Riley Rocket and MegaBlast, Riley Rocket: Songs from Season One Walk Off the Earth and Romeo Eats, Buon Appetito Young Maestro, Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro "Rhyme Travellers" |
| Classical Album of the Year – Solo | Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble |
| Emily D'Angelo, Freezing Angèle Dubeau, Signature Phillip Glass James Ehnes, Williams Violin Concerto No. 1: Bernstein Serenade India Gailey, Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth Barbara Hannigan, Messaien | Mark Fewer featuring Aiyun Huang, Deantha Edmunds and Mark Fewer, Alikeness, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Sinfonia Luminous Voices, Ispiciwin Orchestre Métropolitain conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sibelius 2 & 5 Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Payare, Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande & Verklärte Nacht Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Gimeno featuring Marc-André Hamelin and Nathalie Forget, Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie |
| Classical Album of the Year – Small Ensemble | Comedy Album of the Year |
| Canadian Art Song Project, Known to Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song collectif9, Rituæls Karina Gauvin, Marie Hubert: Fille du Roy Infusion Baroque, East Is East St. John–Mercer–Park Trio, Kevin Lau: Under a Veil of Stars | Ivan Decker, Popcorn Debra DiGiovanni, Honourable Intentions Courtney Gilmour, Wonder Woman Nathan Macintosh, Down with Tech Jess Salomon, Sad Witch |
| Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year | Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year |
| Celeigh Cardinal, Boundless Possibilities Sebastian Gaskin, Brown Man Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Red Future Adrian Sutherland, Precious Diamonds Tia Wood, Pretty Red Bird | Black Bear Singers, New Comings Cree Confederation, Traveling Home Brianna Lizotte, Winston & I Northern Cree, REZilience Young Spirit, Ostesihtowin/Brotherhood |
| Contemporary Roots Album of the Year | Traditional Roots Album of the Year |
| Boy Golden, For Eden Abigail Lapell, Anniversary Kaia Kater, Strange Medicine Julian Taylor, Pathways Donovan Woods, Things Were Never Good if They're Not Good Now | La Bottine Souriante, Domino! Inn Echo, Hemispheres Loreena McKennitt, The Road Back Home (Live) Sylvia Tyson, At the End of the Day Jake Vaadeland, Retro Man ... More and More |
| Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year | Country Album of the Year |
| Elenee, Elenee Jordan St. Cyr, My Foundation Ryan Ofei, Restore Tehillah Worship, Miracle in the Making Toronto Mass Choir, Hymns Alive (Live) | Brett Kissel, The Compass Project: West Album Tyler Joe Miller, Going Home Mackenzie Porter, Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart Josh Ross, Complicated Dallas Smith, Dallas Smith |
| Electronic Album of the Year | Francophone Album of the Year |
| Caribou, Honey Ebony, Union Fred Everything, Love Care Kindness & Hope Kaytranada, Timeless Priori, This But More | Les Cowboys Fringants, Pub Royal Fredz, Demain il fera beau Klô Pelgag, Abracadabra Aliocha Schneider, Aliocha Schneider Jay Scott, Toutes les rues sont silencieuses |
| Global Music Album of the Year | Instrumental Album of the Year |
| Ramon Chicharron, Niebla Didon, Malak Ahmed Moneka, Kanzafula Djely Tapa, Dankoroba Abby V, Aarambh | Eric Bearclaw, Distant Places Disaster Pony, Disaster Pony Ginger Beef, Ginger Beef Intervals, Memory Palace Lara Wong and Melón Jimenez, Confluencias |
| Jazz Album of the Year – Solo | Jazz Album of the Year – Group |
| Jocelyn Gould, Portrait of Right Now Mark Kelso, The Antrim Coast André Leroux, Montreal Jazz Series 1 (Échanges Synaptiques) Larnell Lewis, Slice of Life Audrey Ochoa, The Head of a Mouse | Andy Milne and Unison, Time Will Tell Carn Davidson 9, Reverence Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, Harbour Jeremy Ledbetter Trio, Gravity Raagaverse, Jaya |
| Vocal Jazz Album of the Year | Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year |
| Laila Biali, Wintersongs Kellylee Evans, Winter Song Caity Gyorgy, Hello! How Are You? Sarah Jerrom, Magpie Andrea Superstein, Oh Mother | Anciients, Beyond the Reach of the Sun Kittie, Fire Spiritbox, The Fear of Fear Striker, Ultrapower Devin Townsend, Power Nerd |
| Pop Album of the Year | Rap Album/EP of the Year |
| Jamie Fine, If This Is It… Tate McRae, Think Later Shawn Mendes, Shawn Preston Pablo, Anywhere But Here Alexander Stewart, Bleeding Heart | Belly, 96 Miles from Bethlehem Classified, Luke's View DijahSB, The Flower That Knew Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Red Future Dom Vallie, See You When I See You |
| Rock Album of the Year |
| Big Wreck, Pages Mother Mother, Grief Chapter Nobro, Set Your Pussy Free Sum 41, Heaven :x: Hell JJ Wilde, Vices |

### Songs and recordings

| Single of the Year | Classical Composition of the Year |
| Karan Aujla, "Winning Speech" Tate McRae, "Exes" Shawn Mendes, "Why Why Why" Josh Ross, "Single Again" The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, "Timeless" | Keiko Devaux, "L'écoute du perdu : III. « Voix jetées »" Gabriel Dharmoo, "The Fog in Our Poise" Deantha Edmunds, "Angmalukisaa" Vivian Fung, "String Quartet No. 4: Insects and Machines" Linda Catlin Smith, "Dark Flower" |
| Dance Recording of the Year | Rap Single of the Year |
| DijahSB, "Uh Huh" Interplanetary Criminal feat. SadBoi, "No Time" Rezz, Virtual Riot feat. One True God, "Give in to you" So Sus, "Call Me When" Wawa, "Foul Taste" | Classified, "People" Haviah Mighty, "Double the Fun" Jessie Reyez featuring Big Sean, "Shut Up" Snotty Nose Rez Kids, "BBE" Souldia feat. Lost, "Hier encore" |
| Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year | Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year |
| Aqyila, Bloom Avenoir, Noire Loony, Loony Dylan Sinclair, "For the Boy in Me" Zeina, Eastend Confessions | Aqyila, Limbo Benita, The Worst Luna Elle, Halfway Broken TheHonestGuy, Velvet Soul Charlotte Day Wilson, Cyan Blue |
| Reggae Recording of the Year | South Asian Music Recording of the Year |
| King Cruff and Runkus, Fall Back Exco Levi, Born to Be Free Tonya P, Rise Lee Scratch Perry and Bob Riddim, Destiny Skystar, Sky's the Limit | Karan Aujla, Tauba Tauba AP Dhillon, The Brownprint Jonita Gandhi, Love Like That Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga and Jazzy B, Coolin Yanchan Produced and Sandeep Narayan, Arul |
| Underground Dance Single of the Year |
| Hernan Cattaneo feat. Hicky & Kalo, "Distant Memories" Ciel, "Bamboo" Destrata, "Keepsake" Jesse Mac Cormack, Charlie Houston and Brö, "La Vérité" Suray Sertin, "WTP" |

### Other

| Album Artwork of the Year | Video of the Year |
| Erik M. Grice, Vanessa Elizabeth Heins — Chandler, Wyatt C. Louis Gabriel Noel Altrows — Good Kid 4, Good Kid Kee Avil, Jacqueline Beaumont, Fatine-Violette Sabiri — Spine, Kee Avil Keenan Gregory — Altruistic, Royal Tusk Kevin Hearn, Lauchlan Reid, Antoine Jean Moonen — Basement Days, The Glacials | Jonah Haber — Tinashe, "Nasty" Winston Hacking — Corridor, "Jump Cut" Jorden Lee — Sean Leon, "Gravity" Mustafa — Mustafa, "Name of God" Adrian Villagomez — Apashe & Wasiu, "Human" |
| MusiCounts Teacher of the Year |
| Greg Chomut, Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (Thunder Bay, ON) Robert Colbourne, Holy Heart of Mary Regional High School (St. John's, NL) Emily Dominey, Dundas Valley Secondary School (Hamilton, ON) Jeannie Hunter, Nepean High School (Ottawa, ON) Drew Van Allen, Nakoda Elementary School (Mînî Thnî, AB) |