Die Juno Awards 2008 wurden am 5. und 6. April 2008 in Calgary, Alberta verliehen. Die Verleihung außerhalb der Fernsehausstrahlung fand am 5. April im Telus Convention Centre statt. Die Hauptveranstaltung am 6. April fand im Pengrowth Saddledome statt. Russell Peters übernahm die Moderation.
Am häufigsten ausgezeichnet wurde Feist, die alle fünf der Awards gewann, für die sie nominiert wurde.
Juno Cup Der Juno Cup, das traditionelle Eishockeyspiel der NHL Greats gegen The Rockers, fand am 4. April im Stampede Corral statt. Sieger waren wie in den Vorjahren die NHL Greats mit 16 zu 5 Toren.
Hauptverleihung Die Hauptverleihung wurde über CTV ausgestrahlt. Die Ausstrahlung zog 1,45 Millionen Zuschauer an. Dies war die zweithöchste Zuschauerzahl, die der Fernsehsender je erreichte. Bei den Juno Awards 2003 hatte er 2,18 Millionen Zuschauer.
Folgende Künstler traten dabei auf: Feist Finger Eleven Michael Bublé Avril Lavigne Anne Murray Paul Brandt Aaron Lines Gord Bamford Hedley Johnny Reid Jully Black
Gewinner und Nominierungen Paul Brandt gewann den Allan Waters Humanitarian Award. Der Award erhielt seinen Namen in diesem Jahr und wurde nach Allan Waters benannt, dem Gründer von CHUM-FM. Moses Znaimer, der sowohl Citytv als auch Muchmusic mitprägte, gewann den Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award. Die Nominierungen wurden am 5. Februar 2008 verkündet.
Triumph wurde in die Canadian Music Hall of Fame aufgenommen.
Nachträglich mussten drei Nominierungen geändert werden. Hinzugefügt wurde bei Album of the Year Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends von Anne Murray und bei New Artist of the Yea Jill Barber. Bei Rap Recording of the Year wurde Memoirs of a Playbwoy von JDiggz hinzugenommen. Gestrichen wurde der Titel Fall From Paradise von Classified, da der Song von dem bereits 2007 nominierten Hitch Hikin’ Music stammte.
Personen Artist of the YearGroup of the YearFeist Michael Bublé Celine Dion Avril Lavigne Pascale PicardBlue Rodeo Arcade Fire Finger Eleven Hedley KaïnNew Artist of the YearNew Group of the YearSerena Ryder Jill Barber (nachträglich eingefügt) Belly Jeremy Fisher Justin Nozuka Suzie McNeilWintersleep Dragonette Faber Drive illScarlett State of ShockFan Choice AwardSongwriter of the YearMichael Bublé Céline Dion
Claude Dubois Nelly Furtado Avril LavigneFeist, My Moon My Man, 1234, I Feel It All Daniel Bélanger, La Fin de l'homme, Television, Sports et loisirs Avril Lavigne, Girlfriend, Keep Holding On, When You're Gone Joel Plaskett, Fashionable People, Nothing More to Say, Face of the Earth Rufus Wainwright, Going to a Town, Release the Stars, Do I Disappoint YouJack Richardson Producer of the YearRecording Engineer of the YearJoni Mitchell, Hana and Bad Dreams Kevin Churko, I Don't Wanna Stop and God Bless the Almighty Dollar (Ozzy Osbourne) Rhys Fulber, Weak in the Knees and Just Another Day (Serena Ryder) Bob Rock, Everything (Michael Bublé) und Bomb (Payola$) Skratch Bastid, Way Back When and The Outskirts (Buck 65)Kevin Churko, Black Rain (Ozzy Osbourne) John Bailey, Make Someone Happy (Sophie Milman) Richard Chycki, Snakes & Arrows (Rush) and Are You Listening? (Dolores O’Riordan) George Seara, Holly Cole (Holly Cole) Jeff Wolpert, Onward! (Manteca)
Alben Album of the YearAboriginal Album of the YearThe Reminder – Feist The Best Damn Thing – Avril Lavigne Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Bublé Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends – Anne Murray (nachträglich nominiert) D’elles – Céline Dion Taking Chances – Céline DionThe Dirty Looks – Derek Miller Home and Native Land – Little Hawk Nikawiy Askiy – Sandy Scofield Phoenix – Fara Palmer What It Takes – Donny ParenteauAdult Alternative Album of the YearAlternative Album of the YearSmall Miracles – Blue Rodeo Chrome Dreams II – Neil Young Goodbye Blue Monday – Jeremy Fisher No Strangers – Tom Cochrane Release the Stars – Rufus WainwrightNeon Bible – Arcade Fire Close to Paradise – Patrick Watson The Con – Tegan and Sara LP – Holy Fuck Welcome to the Night Sky – WintersleepBlues Album of the YearChildren’s Album of the YearBuilding Full of Blues – Fathead Blues Thing – Jack de Keyzer High Country Blues – Harrison Kennedy Junction City – Little Miss Higgins A Lesson I've Learned – The Johnny Max BandMusic Soup – Jen Gould Gonna Keep Dancing – Eddie Douglas This is Daniel Cook: Here We Are – This is Daniel Cook Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf – Windsor Symphony Orchestra Superstars – The DoodlebopsClassical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano – Marc-André Hamelin After Reading Shakespeare – Matt Haimovitz Bach Cello Suites – Jean-Guihen Queyras Rameau Keyboard Suites – Angela Hewitt Shostakovich: Complete Works for Piano Trio/Silvestrov: Postlude DSCH – The Gryphon TrioKorngold, Barber & Walton Violin Concertos – James Ehnes, Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Elgar Violin Concertos – James Ehnes, Andrew Davis, Philharmonia Orchestra La Mer Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal Vivaldi: L’estro armonico – Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Water Music – Les Violons du RoyClassical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the YearSurprise – Measha Brueggergosman Buxtehude – Membra Jesu Nostri – Les Voix Baroques Constantinople – The Gryphon Trio Samuel Barber Songs – Gerald Finley Schubert Among Friends – The Aldeburgh ConnectionHoly God – Brian Doerksen Beautiful – Amanda Falk Five Score and Seven Years Ago – Relient K Roots Revolution – Newworldson The Flame in All of Us – Thousand Foot KrutchFrancophone Album of the YearInstrumental Album of the YearTous les sens – Ariane Moffatt D'elles – Céline Dion L'homme qui me ressemble – Damien Robitaille De retour à la source – Isabelle Boulay Vers à soi – JoraneThe Utmost – Jayme Stone Foley Room – Amon Tobin Jalopy – Joey Wright Kensington Suite – Richard Underhill Snake Road – Bob LanoisInternational Album of the YearContemporary Jazz Album of the YearGood Girl Gone Bad – Rihanna The Dutchess – Fergie Lost Highway – Bon Jovi Noël – Josh Groban Timbaland Presents Shock Value – TimbalandAlmost Certainly Dreaming – The Chris Tarry Group Chasing After Light – Michael Occhipinti and Creation Dream Forty Revolutions – David Occhipinti Metaphora – Altered Laws Onward! – MantecaTraditional Jazz Album of the YearVocal Jazz Album of the YearDebut – Brandi Disterheft Brubeck Braid: twotet/deuxtet – David Braid, Matt Brubeck Code Breaking – Tara Davidson Foundations – Jodi Proznick Quartet Live Jazz Legends – Oliver Jones, PJ Perry, Ian MacDougall, Terry Clarke, Michel DonatoMake Someone Happy – Sophie Milman The Very Thought of You – Emilie-Claire Barlow Destination Moon – Deborah Cox Holly Cole – Holly Cole Days Like These – Michael KaeshammerPop Album of the YearPop Album of the YearThe Reminder – Feist Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Bublé Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends – Anne Murray Street Gospels – Bedouin Soundclash Taking Chances – Celine DionFlavors of Entanglement – Alanis Morissette Holes – The Midway State No Sleep At All – Creature Passion – Kreesha Turner Wake Up and Say Goodbye – David UsherRock Album of the YearRoots & Traditional Album of the Year – SoloThem vs. You vs. Me – Finger Eleven Hospital Music – Matthew Good The Lucky Ones – Pride Tiger The Saint Alvia Cartel – The Saint Alvia Cartel Underclass Hero – Sum 41Right of Passage – David Francey The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park – Justin Rutledge For All Time – Jill Barber Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! – Corb Lund Short Stories – Oh SusannaRoots & Traditional Album of the Year – GroupWorld Music Album of the YearKey Principles – Nathan ¿Buddy, Where You Been? – Compadres: James Keelaghan and Óscar López Mystic Bridge – Ellen McIlwaine with Cassius Khan In Good We Trust – Harry Manx and Kevin Breit New Seasons – The Sadies Stellar Jays – John Reischman and The JaybirdsAgua Del Pozo – Alex Cuba Frontiers – Jesse Cook Jogo da Vida – Celso Machado So the Journey Goes – Autorickshaw Wanderlust – Kiran Ahluwalia
Lieder und Aufnahmen Single of the YearClassical Composition of the Year1234 – Feist Everything – Michael Bublé Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne Paralyzer – Finger Eleven Seven Day Fool – Jully BlackConstantinople – Christos Hatzis A Child’s Cry From Izieu – Oskar Morawetz Letters From Mignon – R. Murray Schafer Quantum Mechanics – Jeffrey Ryan This Isn’t Silence – Brian CurrentCountry Recording of the YearDance Recording of the YearRisk – Paul Brandt Honkytonks and Heartaches – Gord Bamford Kicking Stones – Johnny Reid Life Is Calling My Name – Shane Yellowbird Moments That Matter – Aaron LinesAll U Ever Want – Billy Newton-Davis vs. Deadmau5 After Hours – Melleefresh vs. Deadmau5 Every Time You Move – Nick Fiorucci Fancy Footwork – Chromeo Poppin’ Beats – HatirasR&B/Soul Recording of the YearRap Recording of the YearRevival – Jully Black The Birth of Cornelius – Corneille Goldrush – Ebrahim 2U – Keshia Chanté We Can All Be Free – God Made Me FunkyThe Revolution – Belly The Fewturistic – BrassMunk Memoirs of a Playbwoy – JDiggz Port Authority – Marco Polo The Old Prince – ShadReggae Recording of the YearDon't Go Pretending – Mikey Dangerous Don't Go – Korexion Final Road – Blessed Music is my Life – Tanya Mullings Two Chord Skankin – Lyndon John X
Weitere Music DVD of the YearCD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year666 Live – Billy Talent
Danny Michel and The Black Tornados – Danny Michel One Night at the Metropolis – Jesse Cook Nights from the Alhambra – Loreena McKennitt Trinity Revisited – Cowboy JunkiesTracy Maurice and François Miron, Neon Bible (Arcade Fire) Felix Wittholz, Situation (Buck 65) Jeff Harrison and Clinton Hussey, Ornamental Eterworld (Vonnegut Dollhouse) John Cook, Mark Burchner and Greg Bennet, Revue: The Best of Paul Reddick (Paul Reddick) Mathieu Houde, Simon Rivest, Catherine Lepage, Mathieu Doyon, 2×2 (Pierre LaPointe)Video of the YearAnthony Seck – Honey Honey (Feist) Kyle Davison,Shake Tramp (Marianas Trench) Vincent Morriset, Neon Bible (Arcade Fire) Marc Ricciardelli, Walls Fall Down (Bedouin Soundclash) Sean Wainsteim, Cheer It On (Tokyo Police Club)
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