Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year

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Contents 1 Winners 1.1 Best Songwriter (1971 - 1974) 1.2 Composer of the Year (1975 - 1990) 1.3 Songwriter of the Year (1991 - 1998) 1.4 Best Songwriter (1999 - 2002) 1.5 Songwriter of the Year (2003 - Present)

[edit] Winners

[edit] Best Songwriter (1971 - 1974)

• 1971 - Gene MacLellan (Special Award Canadian Composer)

• 1972 - Rich Dodson

• 1973 - Gordon Lightfoot

• 1974 - Murray McLauchlan

[edit] Composer of the Year (1975 - 1990)

• 1975 - Paul Anka

• 1976 - Hagood Hardy, The Homecoming

• 1977 - Gordon Lightfoot, Wreck Of The Edmond Fitzgerald

• 1978 - Dan Hill (Co-composer), Sometimes When We Touch

• 1979 - Dan Hill (Co-composer), Sometimes When We Touch

• 1980 - Frank Mills, Peter Piper

• 1981 - Eddie Schwartz, Hit Me With Your Best Shot

• 1982 - Mike Reno & Paul Dean, Turn Me Loose

• 1983 - Bob Rock/Paul Hyde, Eyes Of A Stranger

• 1984 - Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance, Cuts Like A Knife

• 1985 - Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance

• 1986 - Jim Vallance

• 1987 - Jim Vallance

• 1989 - Tom Cochrane

• 1990 - David Tyson/Christopher Ward

[edit] Songwriter of the Year (1991 - 1998)

• 1991 - David Tyson

• 1992 - Tom Cochrane

• 1993 - k.d. lang/Ben Mink

• 1994 - Leonard Cohen

• 1995 - Jann Arden

• 1996 - Alanis Morissette

• 1997 - Alanis Morissette (Glen Ballard, co-songwriter)

• 1998 - Sarah McLachlan/Pierre Marchand

[edit] Best Songwriter (1999 - 2002)

• 1999 - Bryan Adams (Phil Thornalley and Eliot Kennedy, co-songwriters)

• 2000 - Shania Twain (Co-Songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange), Man! I Feel Like a Woman!; You've Got a Way; That Don't Impress Me Much;

• 2001 - Nelly Furtado, Turn off the Light; I'm like a Bird; ...On the Radio (Remember the Days);

• 2002 - Jann Arden, Never Mind; (Co-songwriter Russell Broom) - Thing For You;

[edit] Songwriter of the Year (2003 - Present)

• 2003 - Chad Kroeger/Nickelback, "Hero" - Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man; "Too Bad" - Silver Side Up; "How You Remind Me" - Silver Side Up;

• 2004 - Sarah McLachlan, (Co-songwriter Pierre Marchand) - World On Fire - Afterglow; Fallen, and Stupid - Afterglow;

• 2005 - Ron Sexsmith, Whatever It Takes, Not About to Lose, Hard Bargain - Retriever

• 2006 - Arcade Fire, "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (with Josh Deu), "Rebellion (Lies)", "Wake Up"

• 2007 - Gordie Sampson, Jesus, Take the Wheel, (co-songwriters Brett James / Hillary Lindsay) - SOME HEARTS - Carrie Underwood Arista SONY BMG; Words Get In The Way, (co-songwriters Troy Verges / Aimee Mayo) - DANGEROUS MAN - Trace Adkins Capitol Nashville EMI; Crybaby, (co-songwriters Carolyn Dawn Johnson / Troy Verges) - LOVE & NEGOTIATION - Carolyn Dawn Johnson Angeline Universal.

• 2008 - Feist, My Moon My Man, 1234, I Feel It All