The Juno Awards of 1990, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 18 March 1990 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Singer-songwriter Alannah Myles won in three Juno categories on the strength of her internationally successful debut album.
Specialty television service YTV would broadcast a repeat of the televised awards ceremony one week later, according to a five-year agreement announced before the 1990 Juno Awards.
Nominees and winners
Canadian Entertainer of the Year This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.
Winner: The Jeff Healey Band
Other Nominees: Blue Rodeo Tom Cochrane k.d. lang Kim Mitchell
Best Female Vocalist Winner: Rita MacNeil
Other Nominees: Lee Aaron Sass Jordan Anne Murray Candy Pennella
Best Male Vocalist Winner: Kim Mitchell
Other Nominees: Bruce Cockburn George Fox David Wilcox Neil Young
Most Promising Female Vocalist Winner: Alannah Myles
Other Nominees: Annette Ducharme Mitsou Mary Margaret O'Hara Anita Perras
Most Promising Male Vocalist Winner: Daniel Lanois
Other Nominees: Neil Harnett Ray Lyell Roch Voisine Rufus Wainwright
Group of the Year Winner: Blue Rodeo
Other Nominees: Tom Cochrane and Red Rider Cowboy Junkies The Jeff Healey Band Rush
Most Promising Group Winner: The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees: Brighton Rock Indio Paradox Sons of Freedom
Best Composer Winner: David Tyson and Christopher Ward (for Alannah Myles)
Other Nominees: Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy Luba Eddie Schwartz Jim Vallance
Best Country Female Vocalist Winner: k.d. lang
Other Nominees: Carroll Baker Rita MacNeil Anne Murray Lori Yates
Best Country Male Vocalist Winner: George Fox
Other Nominees: Gary Fjellgaard Handsome Ned Ian Tyson Jesse Winchester
Best Country Group or Duo Winner: The Family Brown
Other Nominees: Alibi Great Western Orchestra Silver and Degazio Stoker Brothers
Best Instrumental Artist Winner: Manteca
Other Nominees: Liona Boyd Canadian Brass Frank Mills Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Orchestra
International Entertainer of the Year Winner: Melissa Etheridge
Other Nominees: Crowded House Steve Earle Rod Stewart Randy Travis
Best Producer Winner: Bruce Fairbairn, Pump by Aerosmith
Other Nominees: Daniel Lanois, Acadie by Daniel Lanois Bob Rock, Dr. Feelgood by Mötley Crüe & Blue Murder by Blue Murder Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (with Co-producer Rupert Hine), "Force Ten" from Hold Your Fire & "Presto" from Presto by Rush David Tyson, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles
Best Recording Engineer Winner: Kevin Doyle, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles
Other Nominees: Jean Claude Beaudoin, Tell Somebody by Sass Jordan Lenny DeRose, Bodyrock by Lee Aaron & she by Dalbello John Naslen, Big Circumstance by Bruce Cockburn Rick Starks, Perfect Foot by Manteca Michael Phillip Wojewoda, As the Crow Flies by Chalk Circle
Hall of Fame Award Winner: Maureen Forrester
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Winner: Rush
Nominated and winning albums
Album of the Year Winner: Alannah Myles, Alannah Myles
Other Nominees: Now the Bells Ring, Rita MacNeil Rita, Rita MacNeil See the Light, The Jeff Healey Band Victory Day, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider
Best Children's Album Winner: Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Susan Hammond and Barbara Nichol
Other Nominees: The Boy Who Wanted to Talk to Whales, Robert Minden Ensemble Footeprints, Norman Foote Improvise with Eric Nagler, Eric Nagler The People on My Street, Bob King
Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble) Winner: 20th Century Original Piano Transcriptions, Louis Lortie
Other Nominees: Beethoven: The Complete Quartets, The Orford String Quartet Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Gabrieli and Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music, Canadian Brass Kevin McMillan, baritone Kevin McMillan
Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble) Winner: Boccherini: Cello Concertos and Symphonies, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Other Nominees: Fête à la Français, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit, piano Louis Lortie Haydn Symphonies No. 1 and 5, National Arts Centre Orchestra, conductor Gabriel Chmura Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
Best Album Design Winner: Hugh Syme, Presto by Rush
Other Nominees: Jamie Bennett and Nuala Byles, Perfect Foot by Manteca Robert LeBeuf and J.W. Stewart, The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century by Men Without Hats Mary Margaret O'Hara, Miss America by Mary Margaret O'Hara Hugh Syme, Rockland by Kim Mitchell
International Album of the Year Winner: Girl You Know It's True, Milli Vanilli (disqualified)
Other Nominees: Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul The Raw & the Cooked, Fine Young Cannibals Hangin' Tough, New Kids on the Block Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, Traveling Wilburys
Best Jazz Album Winner: Skydance, Jon Ballantyne Trio featuring Joe Henderson
Other Nominees: Friday the 14th, Bernie Senesky Off Centre, Time Warp Pas de Probleme, The Hugh Fraser Quintet Something's Here, The Edmonton Jazz Ensemble
Best Roots & Traditional Album Winner: Je Voudrais Changer D'Chapeau, La Bottine Souriante
Other Nominees: Humor Me, Jesse Winchester I Make My Home in Shoes, Amos Garrett Jubilation II, Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir You Were on My Mind, Sylvia Tyson
Nominated and winning releases
Single of the Year Winner: "Black Velvet", Alannah Myles
Other Nominees: "All the Things I Wasn't", The Grapes of Wrath "Love Is", Alannah Myles "Rock n Roll Duty", Kim Mitchell "Under Your Spell", Candi
Best Classical Composition Winner: Concerto For Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Oskar Morawetz
Other Nominees: Introduction and Three Folk Songs, Jean Coulthard Sonata No. 1, Pat Carrabré The Sons of Jacob, Sid Robinovitch Third Chamber Concerto, Gary Kulesha
International Single of the Year Winner: "Swing The Mood", Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
Other Nominees: "Hangin' Tough", New Kids on the Block "Like a Prayer", Madonna "She Drives Me Crazy", Fine Young Cannibals "Straight Up", Paula Abdul
Best R&B/Soul Recording Winner: Spellbound, Billy Newton-Davis
Other Nominees: Your Love, George Banton Mega Love, Debbie Johnson Another Love in Your Life, Jay W. McGee Never Be Lonely, Lorraine Scott
Best Reggae/Calypso Recording Winner: Too Late To Turn Back Now, Sattalites
Other Nominees: Chuckie Prophesy, Clifton Joseph Soca Band, Elsworth James South Africa is a Disgrace, Leroy Sibbles Tribute to Ben Johnson, Elsworth James
Best Dance Recording Winner: "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)", Kon Kan
Other Nominees: "Yada Yada", Jam Jam Jam "Let Your Backbone Slide", Maestro Fresh-Wes "Missing You", Candi "Under Your Spell", Candi
Best Video Winner: Cosimo Cavallaro, "Boomtown" by Andrew Cash
Other Nominees: Don Allan, "Watcha Do to My Body" by Lee Aaron Chris Hooper, Kevin Kane, Robert Longevall, "All the Things I Wasn't" by The Grapes of Wrath Greg Masuak, "Giving Away a Miracle" by Luba Kari Skogland, "Waterline" by Spoons
References
External links Juno Awards site