Juno Awards of 2015

Edition of Canadian music award

Juno Awards of 2015

The 2015 Juno Awards Logo

Date| March 14-15, 2015
Venue| FirstOntario Centre, Hamilton, Ontario
Hosted by| Jacob Hoggard
Television/radio coverage
Network| CTV
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The Juno Awards of 2015 honoured Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2013 and most of 2014. They were presented in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, during the weekend of March 14-15. The main ceremony was conducted at FirstOntario Centre and televised on CTV. Various related concerts and events began on March 9.[1] This marked the sixth time they were presented in Hamilton, which last hosted the Junos in 2001.[2]

## Events

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The main ceremony was hosted by Hedley lead singer Jacob Hoggard.[3] Performers include:[4][5][6]

* Arkells[7]
* deadmau5
* Hedley
* Kiesza
* Lights
* Magic!
* Shawn Mendes
* Alanis Morissette
* Sam Roberts Band
* The Weeknd

CTV's broadcast and later rebroadcast of the main awards ceremony attracted a total television audience of 1.6 million, based on next-day ratings from Numeris.[8]

The Juno Cup charity ice hockey game between musicians and NHL players was held at the Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena & Skating Centre on March 13.[9]

## Nominees and winners

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Alanis Morissette is the 2015 inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.[10] Rush is the year's recipient of the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award.[11] The Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award recipient is Ray Danniels of Anthem Records (Rush) and SRO Management.[12]

Nominees were announced on 27 January 2015.[13]

### People

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Artist of the Year | Group of the Year

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* The Weeknd
* Bryan Adams
* deadmau5
* Leonard Cohen
* Sarah McLachlan

* Arkells
* Chromeo
* Mother Mother
* Nickelback
* You+Me

Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Breakthrough Group of the Year

* Kiesza
* Glenn Morrison
* Jess Moskaluke
* Mac DeMarco
* Shawn Mendes

* Magic!
* Adventure Club
* Alvvays
* USS
* Zeds Dead

Fan Choice Award | Songwriter of the Year

* Michael Bublé
* Arcade Fire
* Bobby Bazini
* Drake
* Hedley
* Leonard Cohen
* Magic!
* Nickelback
* Serge Fiori
* You+Me

* Afie Jurvanen \- "All the Time", "Bitter Memories", "Stronger Than That" from Bahamas Is Afie by Bahamas
* Catherine MacLellan \- "Jack's Song", "Tell Me Luella", "The Raven's Sun" from The Raven's Sun by Catherine MacLellan
* Henry "Cirkut" Walter \- "Birthday" (co-songwriters Katy Perry, Luke Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee), "Dark Horse feat. Juicy J" (co-songwriters Katy Perry, Jordan Houston, Luke Gottwald, Sarah Hudson, Max Martin) from Prism by Katy Perry; "Wild Wild Love" (co-songwriters Armando C. Pérez, Luke Gottwald, Michael Everett, Max Martin, Ammar Malik, Alexandro Castillo Vasquez) from Globalization by Pitbull
* Jenn Grant \- "Bring Me a Rose", "No One's Gonna Love You (Quite Like I Do)", "Trailer Park" from Compostela by Jenn Grant
* Magic! \- "Don't Kill the Magic" (co-songwriter Adam Messinger), "Let Your Hair Down", "Rude" (co-songwriter Adam Messinger) from Don't Kill the Magic by Magic!

Producer of the Year | Recording Engineer of the Year

* Adam Messinger \- "Change Your Life" (co-producer Nasri Atweh) from The New Classic by Iggy Azalea; "Rude" from Don't Kill the Magic by Magic!
* Eric Ratz \- "Ghosts" from Ghosts by Big Wreck; "Leather Jacket" from High Noon by Arkells
* Gavin Brown \- "I Am Machine" by Three Days Grace; "Reaper Man" from Very Good Bad Thing by Mother Mother
* Jesse Zubot \- "Caribou", "Uja" from Animism by Tanya Tagaq
* Thomas "Tawgs" Salter \- "Soundwave" by Trevor Guthrie; "Up We Go" from Little Machines by Lights

* Eric Ratz \- "Ghosts" from Ghosts by Big Wreck; "Satellite Hotel" from Black Buffalo by One Bad Son
* George Seara - "Got to Have It", "Whole Day" from Greatest Hits by jacksoul
* Jeremy Darby - "Mosaic", "Nomad's Arrival" from Mandala by Monsoon
* John "Beetle" Bailey \- "Any Day Now" from Just Passing Through by The Breithaupt Brothers; "Fine and Mellow" from Because of Billie by Molly Johnson
* Lenny DeRose \- "I Am Machine" by Three Days Grace; "Reaper Man" from Very Good Bad Thing by Mother Mother

### Albums

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Album of the Year | Aboriginal Album of the Year

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* Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems
* Bobby Bazini, Where I Belong
* Hedley, Wild Life
* Nickelback, No Fixed Address
* Serge Fiori, Serge Fiori

* Tanya Tagaq, Animism
* Crystal Shawanda, The Whole World's Got the Blues
* Digging Roots, For the Light
* Leela Gilday, Heart of the People
* Tomson Highway, The (Post) Mistress

Adult Alternative Album of the Year | Adult Contemporary Album of the Year

* Bahamas, Bahamas Is Afie
* Jenn Grant, Compostela
* Jeremy Fisher, The Lemon Squeeze
* Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems
* The Barr Brothers, Sleeping Operator

* Sarah McLachlan, Shine On
* Alysha Brilla, Womyn
* Jann Arden, Everything Almost
* Cœur de pirate, Trauma: Chansons de la série télé (saison no. 5)
* Ndidi, Dark Swing

Alternative Album of the Year | Blues Album of the Year

* July Talk, July Talk
* Alvvays, Alvvays
* Chad VanGaalen, Shrink Dust
* Tanya Tagaq, Animism
* Timber Timbre, Hot Dreams

* Steve Hill, Solo Recordings, Vol. 2
* JW-Jones, Belmont Boulevard
* Steve Strongman, Let Me Prove It to You
* The 24th Street Wailers, Wicked
* Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, A Real Fine Mess

Children's Album of the Year | Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble

* Fred Penner, Where in the World
* Bobs and LoLo, Wave Your Antlers
* LuLu et le Matou, Le chat botté
* Raffi, Love Bug
* Splash'N Boots, Happy Times

* James Ehnes, Bartok: Chamber Works for Violin Vol. 3
* Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà, Blanc
* David Krakauer, Matt Haimovitz, Socalled, Jonathan Crow & Geoffrey Burleson, Akoka: Reframing Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time
* Jonathan Crow & Paul Stewart, Prokofiev: Sonates & Mélodies
* Karl Stobbe, Ysaÿe Sonatas for Solo Violin

Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment | Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance

* Angela Hewitt, MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24
* James Ehnes, Khachaturian/Shostakovich
* Montreal Symphony Orchestra & Kent Nagano, Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7, Departure - Utopia
* Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian, Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
* Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Orchestre Métropolitain, Bruckner 3

* Gerald Finley & Julius Drake, Schubert: Winterreise
* Julie Boulianne, Clavecin en concert & Luc Beauséjour, Handel & Porpora: The London Years
* Karina Gauvin, Les Violons du Roy & Bernard Labadie, Mozart: Opera & Concert Arias
* Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Terra Tremuit
* Theatre of Early Music, Schola Cantorum (University of Toronto), Daniel Taylor, The Heart's Refuge

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year | Country Album of the Year

* Manic Drive, VIP
* Chelsea Amber, Introducing Chelsea Amber
* Drew Brown, Analog Love in Digital Times
* Manafest, The Moment
* Tim Neufeld, The Joy

* Dallas Smith, Lifted
* Jess Moskaluke, Light Up the Night
* Kira Isabella, Caffeine & Big Dreams
* MacKenzie Porter, MacKenzie Porter
* The Road Hammers, Wheels

Electronic Album of the Year | Francophone Album of the Year

* Caribou, Our Love
* deadmau5, while(1<2)
* Lydia Ainsworth, Right from Real
* Plastikman, EX
* Ryan Hemsworth, Alone for the First Time

* Jimmy Hunt, Maladie d'amour
* Klô Pelgag, L'alchimie des monstres
* Philippe B, Ornithologie, la nuit
* Sagot, Valse 333
* Serge Fiori, Serge Fiori

Instrumental Album of the Year | International Album of the Year

* Quartango, Encuentro
* Canadian Brass, Great Wall of China
* Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine
* John Stetch, Off with the Cuffs
* Sultans of String, Symphony!

* Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
* Katy Perry, Prism
* Lorde, Pure Heroine
* One Direction, Midnight Memories
* Taylor Swift, 1989

Jazz Album of the Year – Solo | Jazz Album of the Year – Group

* Kirk MacDonald, Vista Obscura
* Jim Head, Zoetrope
* Lenny Breau, LA Bootleg 1984
* Marianne Trudel, La vie commence ici
* Owen Howard, Drum Lore Vol. 2 – More Lore

* Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque
* Andrew Downing, Jim Lewis & David Occhipinti, Bristles
* Bobby Rice, Bobby Rice Latin Jazz Big Band: X-Treme Latin Jazz
* Brian Dickinson Trio, Fishs Eddy
* Myriad3, The Where

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year | Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year

* Diana Panton, Red
* Angela Galuppo, Angela Galuppo
* Elizabeth Shepherd, The Signal
* Julie Crochetière, Counting Dreams
* Molly Johnson, Because of Billie

* Devin Townsend Project, Z²
* Kataklysm, Waiting for the End to Come
* Shooting Guns, Brotherhood of the Ram
* Single Mothers, Negative Qualities
* Skull Fist, Chasing the Dream

Pop Album of the Year | Rock Album of the Year

* Lights, Little Machines
* Avril Lavigne, Avril Lavigne
* Down with Webster, Party for Your Life
* Magic!, Don't Kill the Magic
* Nikki Yanofsky, Little Secret

* Arkells, High Noon
* Big Wreck, Ghosts
* Sam Roberts Band, Lo-Fantasy
* The Glorious Sons, The Union
* Your Favorite Enemies, Between Illness and Migration

Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group

* Catherine MacLellan, The Raven's Sun
* Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy
* Del Barber, Prairieography
* James Hill, The Old Silo
* Matt Andersen, Weightless

* The Bros. Landreth, Let It Lie
* Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, South
* Elliott Brood, Work and Love
* The Deep Dark Woods, Jubilee
* The Once, Departures

World Music Album of the Year

* Quique Escamilla, 500 Years of Night
* Ayrad, Ayrad
* Eccodek, Singing in Tongues
* Emmanuel Jal, The Key
* Pierre Kwenders, Le dernier empereur bantou

### Songs and recordings

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Single of the Year | Classical Composition of the Year

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* Magic!, "Rude"
* Drake feat. Majid Jordan, "Hold On, We're Going Home"
* Hedley, "Crazy for You"
* Kiesza, "Hideaway"
* Sam Roberts Band, "We're All in This Together"

* Brian Current, "Airline Icarus"
* Alice Ping Yee Ho, "Glistening Pianos"
* Gordon Fitzell, "Magister Ludi"
* Jacques Hétu, "Sextet, OP. 71"
* John Estacio, "Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra"

Dance Recording of the Year | R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

* Kiesza, Sound of a Woman
* Adventure Club, Calling All Heroes
* Chromeo, White Women
* Glenn Morrison, "Goodbye"
* Trevor Guthrie, "Soundwave"

* The Weeknd, "Often"
* Ben Stevenson, Dirty Laundry
* jacksoul, "Got to Have It"
* JRDN, JRDN
* Melanie Durrant, "Four Seasons"

Rap Recording of the Year | Reggae Recording of the Year

* Naturally Born Strangers, The Legends League Presents: Naturally Born Strangers
* Marco Polo, PA2: The Director's Cut
* P Reign, Dear America
* Saukrates, Amani
* Tre Mission, Stigmata

* Exco Levi, "Welcome the King"
* Kirk Diamond feat. Bob da Builda, "Love Inna Wi Heart"
* Mikey Dangerous, Wake Up
* Steele (musician)|Steele, Hold On Till I Die
* Tasha T, Real Talk

### Other

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Recording Package of the Year | Video of the Year

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* Pilgrimage – Steve Bell

Roberta Hansen (Art Director/Designer/Illustrator), Mike Latschislaw (Photographer)
* Free Will – Bry Webb

Alex Durlak (Art Director/Designer), Jeff McMurrich and Bry Webb (Art Directors)
* Wonders of the World – The Lost Fingers

Caroline Blanchette (Art Director)
* Pup – Pup

Menno Versteeg (Art Director), Zack Mykula (Designer), Jason Bartell (Illustrator), Yoshi Cooper (Photographer)
* Hot Dreams – Timber Timbre

Taylor Kirk (Art Director/Designer/Photographer), Robyn Kotyk (Designer), Laura Margaret Ramsey (Photographer)

* "Hideaway" – Kiesza

Kiesza, Blayre Ellestad, Rami Afuni and Ljuba Castot
* "Preach" – SonReal

Dane Collison
* "Lost You" – Zeds Dead feat. Twin Shadow

Grandson & Son
* "Guilt Trip" – Pup

Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and Chandler Levack
* "Not Up to Me" – Kandle

Natalie Rae Robison

## References

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5. ^ Rockingham, Graham (19 February 2015). "Alanis Morissette, Sam Roberts and Lights join the Juno show". Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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Juno Awards

Awards to individuals|

* Artist of the Year
* Fan Choice
* Group of the Year
* Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year
* Producer
* Recording Engineer
* Songwriter
* Songwriter (Non-Performer)

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
* Jazz – Solo
* Jazz – Group
* Jazz – Vocal
* Pop
* Rap Album/EP
* Rap Single
* Reggae
* Rock
* Single of the Year
* South Asian Music
* Traditional Indigenous Artist
* Traditional R&B/Soul
* Traditional Roots
* Underground Dance

Awards for technicality|

* Music DVD
* Recording Package
* Video

Discontinued categories|

* Breakthrough Artist of the Year (1974–2024)
* Breakthrough Group of the Year (1974–2024)
* 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)
* International (1975–2024)
* 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
* 2025

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
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