Juno Awards of 1997
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The Juno Awards of 1997, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 9 March 1997 in Hamilton, Ontario at a ceremony in the Copps Coliseum. Jann Arden was host for the major ceremonies which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Nominations were announce 29 January 1997. Major winners were Celine Dion and The Tragically Hip.
[edit] Nominees and winners
[edit] Best Female Vocalist
Winner: Celine Dion
Other Nominees:
[edit] Best Male Vocalist
Winner: Bryan Adams
Other Nominees:
[edit] Best New Solo Artist
Winner: Terri Clark
Other Nominees:
[edit] Group of the Year
Winner: The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees:
- 54-40
- I Mother Earth
- Moist
- Noir Silence
[edit] Best New Group
Winner: The Killjoys
Other Nominees:
- Limblifter
- Pluto
- Starkicker
- Victor
[edit] Songwriter of the Year
Winner: Alanis Morissette (Glen Ballard, co-songwriter)
Other Nominees:
[edit] Best Country Female Vocalist
Winner: Shania Twain
Other Nominees:
- Terri Clark
- Patricia Conroy
- Rachel Matkin
- Michelle Wright
[edit] Best Country Male Vocalist
Winner: Paul Brandt
Other Nominees:
[edit] Best Country Group or Duo
Winner: The Rankin Family
Other Nominees:
- Farmer's Daughter
- Prairie Oyster
- Quartette
- Thomas Wade and Wayward
[edit] International Achievement Award
Winners:
[edit] Best Instrumental Artist
Winner: Ashley MacIsaac
Other Nominees:
- Richard Abel
- Hennie Bekker
- Samuel Reid and Ernest Lyons
- Sandule and Nikolai
[edit] Best Producer
Winner: Garth Richardson, "Bar-X-the Rocking M" by Melvins and "Mailman" by The Jesus Lizard
Other Nominees:
- Bryan Adams (with Robert "Mutt" Lange), "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" and "Let's Make a Night to Remember" by Bryan Adams
- Bruce Fairbairn (with The Cranberries), "Free to Decide" and "When You're Gone" by The Cranberries
- David Foster, "Runaway" by The Corrs and "Both Sides Now" by Natalie Cole
- Corey Hart, "Black Cloud Rain" and "Simplicity" by Corey Hart
[edit] Best Recording Engineer
Winner: Paul Northfield, "Another Sunday" and "Leave It Alone"
Other Nominees:
- Stuart Bruce, "Seeds of Love" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Loreena McKennitt
- Colin Nairne, "Secrets in Your Heart" and "White Water" by Murray McLauchlan
- Lenny de Rose, "Get Up" by Starkicker and "Huron Carol" by Don Ross
- Randy Staub, "Until it Sleeps" and "Hero of the Day" by Metallica
[edit] Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Winner: Lenny Breau (posthumously), Gil Evans (posthumously), Maynard Ferguson, Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell
[edit] Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
Winner: Dan Gibson
[edit] Nominated and winning albums
[edit] Best Album
Winner: Trouble at the Henhouse, The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees:
- Amanda Marshall, Amanda Marshall
- 18 til I Die, Bryan Adams
- Falling Into You, Celine Dion
- Hi™ How Are You Today?, Ashley MacIsaac
[edit] Best Children's Album
Winner: Songs from the Tree House, Martha Johnson
Other Nominees:
- Jumpin' Jack, Jack Grunsky
- Like a Ripple on the Water, Kim and Jerry Brodey
- Maestro Orpheus and the World Clock, R.H. Thomson
- Walking in the Sun, Jake Chenier
[edit] Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)
Winner: Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Marc-André Hamelin
Other Nominees:
- Bach: French Suites, Angela Hewitt
- Fialkowska Plays Szymanowski, Janina Fialkowska
- Music of Bach's Sons, Les Violins du Roy
- Paganini: 24 Caprices, James Ehnes
[edit] Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)
Winner: Ginastera/Villa-Lobos/Evangelista, I Musici de Montréal
Other Nominees:
- Handel: Water Music, Tafelmusik, musical director Jeanne Lamon
- Kodaly: Hary Janos, Peacock Variations, l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit
- Mussrogsky: Pictures of an Exhibition, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
- Ravel: The Piano Concertos, l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit, soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
[edit] Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)
Winner: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Choeur et orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit
Other Nominees:
- Benjamin Britten: The Canticles, tenor Benjamin Butterfield, baritone Brett Polegato, countertenor Daniel Taylor
- Chi il Bel Sogno... What a Beautiful Dream, l'Orchestre symphonique de Laval, soprano Manon Feuble
- Purcell: Halcyon Days, soprano Nancy Argenta
- Richard Margison Sings French and Italian Arias, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, tenor Richard Margison
[edit] Best Album Design
Winner: John Rummen and Crystal Heald, Decadence - Ten Years of Various Nettwerk
Other Nominees:
- Doug Aucoin, Living River by Rawlins Cross
- Eve Hartling, Jeff Kleinsmith, and Jannie McInnes, So Wound by Jale
- John Rummen, Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff by Sarah McLachlan
- Paolo Venturi, Wayne Hoecherl, Nest by Odds
[edit] Best Blues/Gospel Album
Winner: Right to Sing the Blues, Long John Baldry
Other Nominees:
- Alive and Loose, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
- Fire, Tongues of Fire
- If My Daddy Could See Me Now, Johnny V
- Sixteen Shades of Blue, The Whiteley Brothers
[edit] Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)
Winner: Falling Into You, Céline Dion
Other Nominees:
- Daydream, Mariah Carey
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins
- The Score, Fugees
- What's the Story Morning Glory, Oasis
[edit] Best Mainstream Jazz Album
Winner: Ancestors, Renee Rosnes
Other Nominees:
- Even Canadians Get the Blues, Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass
- Live at Bourbon St., Lonny Breau with Dave Young
- Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore, Oscar Peterson
- Two by Two, Piano Bass Duets Vol II, Dave Young
[edit] Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Winner: Africville Suite, Joe Sealy
Other Nominees:
- FireWater, NOJO
- Spirit in the Air, Sonny Greenwich
- Time Zones, James Gelfand
- Touché, Paul Bley and Kenny Wheeler
[edit] Best Roots or Traditional Album - Group
Winner: Matapédia, Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Other Nominees:
- En Spectacle, La Bottine Souriante
- High or Hurtin', Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
- Living River, Rawlins Cross
- Victory Train, Bill Bourne and Shannon Johnson
[edit] Best Roots or Traditional Album - Solo
Winner: Drive-In Movie, Fred Eaglesmith
Other Nominees:
- Bal Canaille, Danielle Martineau
- Gulliver's Taxi, Murray McLauchlan
- Life on a String, Daniel Koulack
- No Boundaries, Natalie MacMaster
[edit] Best Alternative Album
Winner: One Chord to Another, Sloan
Other Nominees:
- It's Sydney or the Bush, The Inbreds
- Limblifter, Limblifter
- Purple Blue, Eric's Trip
- Self=title, Treble Charger
[edit] Best Selling Francophone Album
Winner: Live à Paris, Celine Dion
Other Nominees:
- Luce Dufault, Luce Dufault
- Noir Silence, Noir Silence
- Pure, Lara Fabian
- Quatre saisons dans le désordre, Daniel Bélanger
[edit] North Star Rock Album of the Year
Winner: Trouble at the Henhouse, The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees:
- Brand New Day, The Watchmen
- Hemi-Vision, Big Sugar
- Scenery and Fish, I Mother Earth
- Test for Echo, Rush
[edit] Nominated and winning releases
[edit] Single of the Year
Winner: "Ironic", Alanis Morissette
Other Nominees:
- "Ahead By a Century", The Tragically Hip
- "Because You Loved Me", Celine Dion
- "Birmingham", Amanda Marshall
- "Sleepy Maggie", Ashley MacIsaac
[edit] Best Classical Composition
Winner: Picasso Suite (1964), Harry Somers
Other Nominees:
- "The Charmer", Chan Ka Nin
- "Quintette for Winds", Malcolm Forsyth
- "Lyric for Orchestra (1960)", Harry Somers
- "Lonely Child", Claude Vivier
[edit] Best Rap Recording
Winner: What It Takes, Choclair
Other Nominees:
- Bright Lights, Big City, Scales Empire
- FitnRedi, Rascalz
- The Master Plan, Dream Warriors
- Naughty Dread, Kardinal Offishall
[edit] Best R&B/Soul Recording
Winner: Feelin' Alright, Carlos Morgan
Other Nominees:
- Blindfolded and Ready, Earthtones
- In Another Lifetime, The McAuley Boys
- Never Stop, George St. Kitts
- Can I Get Close, Gavin Hope
[edit] Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording
Winner: Up Where We Belong, Buffy Sainte-Marie
Other Nominees:
- Freedom, Chester Knight and The Wind
- Innu Town, Claude McKenzie
- Go Back, Jerry Alfred and The Medicine Beat
- Tudjaat, Tudjaat
[edit] Best Reggae/Calypso Recording
Winner: Nana McLean, Nana McLean
Other Nominees:
- Just the Other Night, Lenn Hammond
- Rise Up!, Kali and Dub (Hayes Thurton)
- Rude Boy on the Bus, Adrian Miller
- time bomb, Tatix
[edit] Best Global Album
Winner: Africa Do Brasil, Paulo Ramos Group
Other Nominees:
- Anhata, Ranev Pandit
- Asza, Asza
- Futur, Alpha Yaya Diallo
- Gravity, Jesse Cook
[edit] Best Dance Recording
Winner: "Astroplane (City of Love Mix)", BKS
Other Nominees:
- "All My Dreams (Don't Ever Leave) (Extended Skywalkers Mix)", Laya
- "Forever Young (Tempered Club Mix)", Temperance
- "Happy Days (original)", P.J.
- "In Your Arms (album version)", Emjay
[edit] Best Video
Winner: Jeth Weinrich, "Burned Out Car" by Junkhouse
Other Nominees:
- Andrew MacNaughton, "Run Runaway" by Great Big Sea
- Stephen Scott and James Cooper, "Soaked" by The Killjoys
- Curtis Wehfritz, "Someone Who's Cool" by Odds
- Eric Yealland, "Ahead By a Century" by The Tragically Hip
[edit] References
- Renzetti, Elizabeth. "Dion, Tragically Hip lead Juno nomination pack", The Globe and Mail, 30 January 1997, pp. C1,C2.
- Miller, Mark. "The essential Gil Evans (inset: Four for the record)", The Globe and Mail, 8 March 1997, pp. C12.
- Renzetti, Elizabeth. "Dion, Tragically Hip dominate Junos", The Globe and Mail, 10 March 1997, pp. C1.
- Ohler, Shawn. "A Hip night at The Junos; Celine Dion won more trophies, but The Tragically Hip took the most prestigious Juno -- album of the year; Junos quotes and backstage banter", Edmonton Journal), 10 March 1997, pp. B6.
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