Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year is an annual award presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) for the best French-language album in Canada. Wanting to add a more inclusive Canadian content to the Award show, Isba Music's Larry Mancini lobbied CARAS to add this award to its roster. It was awarded as the Best Selling Francophone Album, based entirely on album sales, but is now chosen by a jury vote.^[1]

Recipients

Best Selling Francophone Album (1992–2002)

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1992	Luc de Larochellière	Sauvez mon âme	L'Album du peuple – Tome 1 – François Pérusse Kathleen – Kathleen Snob – Les B.B. Vilain Pingouin – Vilain Pingouin	^[2]
1993	Céline Dion	Dion chante Plamondon	Quand on se donne – Francis Martin À contre-jour – Julie Masse Aux portes du matin – Richard Séguin	^[3]
1994	François Pérusse	L'Album du peuple – Tome 2	Ça va bien – Kathleen Corridors – Laurence Jalbert Pelchat – Mario Pelchat Europe Tour – Roch Voisine	^[4]
1995	Roch Voisine	Coup de tête	Obsession – Éric Lapointe Déchaînée – France d'Amour Johanne Blouin chante Noel – Johanne Blouin Y – Lynda Lemay	^[5]
1996	Céline Dion	D'eux	Beau Dommage – Beau Dommage Carpe diem – Lara Fabian C'est la vie – Mario Pelchat Bohémienne – Marjo	^[6]
1997	Céline Dion	Live à Paris	Quatre saisons dans le désordre – Daniel Bélanger Pure – Lara Fabian Luce Dufault – Luce Dufault	^[7]
1998	Marie-Michèle Desrosiers	Marie-Michèle Desrosiers chante les classiques de Noël	Miserere – Bruno Pelletier La force de comprendre – Dubmatique Versions Reno – Ginette Reno Parle pas si forte – Térez Montcalm	^[8]
1999	Céline Dion	S'il suffisait d'aimer	Enchantée – Carmen Campagne L'Album du peuple, volume 1 – François Pérusse Grand parleur, petit faiseur – Kevin Parent Lynda Lemay – Lynda Lemay	^[9]
2000	La Chicane	En catimini	D'autres rives – Bruno Pelletier Les fourmis – Jean Leloup Live – Lynda Lemay Notre-Dame de Paris, version integrale – various artists	^[10]
2001	Ginette Reno	Un grand Noël d'amour	Seul – Garou Mieux qu'ici bas – Isabelle Boulay Scènes d'amour – Isabelle Boulay L'Opéra du mendiant – Nicola Ciccone	^[11]
2002	Kevin Parent	Les vents ont changé	Etc... – Gabrielle Destroismaisons Cordial – La Bottine Souriante Disparu – La Chicane Du coq à l'âme – Lynda Lemay	^[12]

Francophone Album of the Year (2003–present)

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2003	Daniel Bélanger	Rêver mieux	Break syndical – Les Cowboys Fringants Les lettres rouges – Lynda Lemay De l'amour le mieux – Natasha St-Pier Rendez-vous – Sylvain Cossette	^[13]
2004	Wilfred Le Bouthillier	Wilfred Le Bouthillier	1 fille & 4 types – Céline Dion Reviens – Garou Don Juan : un spectacle musical de Félix Gray – Jean François Breau, Marie-Eve Janvier, Mario Pelchat, Claude Léveillée, Philippe Berghella, Cassiopée, Cindy Daniel, and Chico Castillo Maudit Bordel – Marie-Chantal Toupin	^[14]
2005	Marie-Élaine Thibert	Marie-Élaine Thibert	Audrey (album)\|Audrey – Audrey de Montigny Écoute-moi donc – Dany Bédar Gros mammouth – Les Trois Accords J't'aime tout court – Nicola Ciccone	^[15]
2006	Jim Corcoran	Pages blanches	Le Trashy Saloon – Anik Jean Hors de tout doute – France D'Amour Garde la tête haute – Senaya Sur le fil – Stéphanie Lapointe	^[16]
2007	Antoine Gratton	Il était une fois dans l'est	Le coeur dans la tête – Ariane Moffatt Trompe-l'œil – Malajube La Forêt des mal-aimés – Pierre Lapointe Compter les corps – Vulgaires Machins	^[17]
2008	Daniel Bélanger	L'Échec du matériel	D'elles – Céline Dion L'homme qui me ressemble – Damien Robitaille De retour à la source – Isabelle Boulay Vers à soi – Jorane	^[18]
2009	Ariane Moffatt	Tous les sens	L'arbre aux parfums – Caracol Cœur de pirate – Cœur de pirate Le Volume du vent – Karkwa Tradarnac – Swing	^[19]
2010	Andrea Lindsay	Les sentinelles dorment	Mille excuses milady – Jean Leloup Dans mon corps – Les Trois Accords Un toi dans ma tête – Luc de Larochellière Un serpent sous les fleurs – Yann Perreau	^[20]
2011	Karkwa	Les Chemins de verre	Brun – Bernard Adamus Nous – Daniel Bélanger Silence – Fred Pellerin Belmundo Regal – Radio Radio	^[21]
2012	Malajube	La caverne	Le désert des solitudes – Catherine Major Blonde – Cœur de pirate C'est un monde – Fred Pellerin Le vrai le faux – Jérôme Minière	^[22]
2013	Louis-Jean Cormier	Le treizième étage	Le Royaume – Amylie Astronomie – Avec pas d'casque Lisa Leblanc – Lisa Leblanc Aux alentours – Marie-Pierre Arthur	^[23]
2014	Karim Ouellet	Fox	Himalaya mon amour – Alex Nevsky Omniprésent – Damien Robitaille Chic de ville – Daniel Bélanger Punkt – Pierre Lapointe	^[24]
2015	Jimmy Hunt	Maladie d'amour	Ornithologie, la nuit – Philippe B Serge Fiori – Serge Fiori L'alchimie des monstres - Klô Pelgag Valse 333 – Julien Sagot
2016	Jean Leloup	À Paradis City	Si l'aurore – Marie-Pierre Arthur Les grandes artères – Louis-Jean Cormier Zulu – Galaxie 22h22 – Ariane Moffatt
2017	Laurence Nerbonne	XO	Ultramarr – Fred Fortin Love Suprême – Koriass Trente – Karim Ouellet Le fantastique des astres – Yann Perreau
2018	Daniel Bélanger	Paloma	Nos Eldorados – Alex Nevsky L'Étoile thoracique – Klô Pelgag Almanach – Patrice Michaud La Science du cœur – Pierre Lapointe	^[25]
2019	Loud	Une année record	Le silence des troupeaux — Philippe Brach En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé — Cœur de pirate Darlène — Hubert Lenoir Désherbage — Tire le coyote
2020	Les Louanges	La nuit est une panthère	La nuit des longs couteaux — Koriass L'Étrange pays — Jean Leloup Tout ça pour ça — Loud Après — Fred Pellerin	^[26]
2021	Louis-Jean Cormier	Quand la nuit tombe	À tous les vents — 2Frères Les antipodes — Les Cowboys Fringants Pour déjouer l'ennui — Pierre Lapointe Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs — Klô Pelgag	^[27]
2022	Cœur de pirate	Impossible à aimer	Acrophobie — Roxane Bruneau Le ciel est au plancher — Louis-Jean Cormier Grignotines de Luxe — FouKi Toute beauté n’est pas perdue — Vincent Vallières	^[28]
2023	Les Louanges	Crash	Chiac Disco — Lisa Leblanc Medium plaisir — Ariane Roy Mercure en mai — Daniel Bélanger PICTURA DE IPSE: Musique directe — Hubert Lenoir	^[29]
2024	Les Cowboys Fringants with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra	En concert avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (sous la direction du chef Simon Leclerc)	FouKi, Zayon Karkwa, Dans la seconde Salebarbes, À boire deboutte Souldia, Non conventionnel	^[30]

References

^ "2012 JUNO Awards Submission Info". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 2003". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 2004". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 2005". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 2006". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 2007". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 2008". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 2009". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 2010". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 2011". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 2012". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ "Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
^ "Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
^ "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, February 6, 2018.
^ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
^ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
^ Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 2022.
^ Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
^ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.

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[2] "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.

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v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards