The Juno Awards (representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year ) from 1992, were awarded on 29 March in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television from 9 pm Eastern. The ceremony was watched by 1.3 million viewers.
Nominations were announced on 12 February 1992. Bryan Adams was nominated in 7 categories setting a Juno record, while Tom Cochrane received nominations in 6.
Adams sparked controversy in the Canadian music industry several months earlier when he openly criticised Canadian content regulations when his album project, Waking Up the Neighbours, was disqualified as Canadian for radio airplay purposes. That album was created largely with the help of non-Canadian producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, therefore the songs fell below the legal Canadian content threshold. However, Adams qualified for the 1992 Juno nominations as an individual Canadian citizen. The 1992 Juno Awards thus became viewed as a showdown between Adams and Tom Cochrane, as the latter met Canadian content requirements.
When all the 1992 Juno Awards were presented, Tom Cochrane was the major winner with 4 Junos, compared to 3 for Adams. 1992's awards also featured an unprecedented three-way tie for winners in the Best Jazz Album category.
Nominees and winners
Canadian Entertainer of the Year Determined by public ballot.
Winner: Bryan Adams
Other Nominees: Blue Rodeo Celine Dion Colin James The Tragically Hip
Best Female Vocalist Winner: Celine Dion
Other Nominees: Lee Aaron Loreena McKennitt Sarah McLachlan Mitsou
Best Male Vocalist Winner: Tom Cochrane
Other Nominees: Bryan Adams Bruce Cockburn Maestro Fresh-Wes Robbie Robertson
Most Promising Female Vocalist Winner: Alanis
Other Nominees: Kerri Anderson Meryn Cadell Darby Mills Chrissy Steele
Note: Julie Masse was originally nominated here but was disqualified prior to the awards because her album was deemed to have been released 21 August 1990. Juno rules had set 1 September 1990 as the earliest date for which an album could qualify for the 1992 awards. Masse's nomination for this category was replaced by Meryn Cadell.
Most Promising Male Vocalist Winner: Keven Jordan
Other Nominees: Stephen Fearing Lennie Gallant Glen Stace Wild T
Group of the Year Winner: Crash Test Dummies
Other Nominees: Blue Rodeo Glass Tiger Rush The Tragically Hip
Most Promising Group Winner: Infidels
Other Nominees: The Rankin Family West End Girls World on Edge Young Saints
Songwriter of the Year Winner: Tom Cochrane
Other Nominees: Bryan Adams Bruce Cockburn Shirley Eikhard Marc Jordan
Best Country Female Vocalist Winner: Cassandra Vasik
Other Nominees: Carroll Baker Cindi Cain Joan Kennedy Anne Murray
Best Country Male Vocalist Winner: George Fox
Other Nominees: Gary Fjellgaard Lennie Gallant Mark Koenig Ian Tyson
Best Country Group or Duo Winner: Prairie Oyster
Other Nominees: Grievous Angels Joel Feeney and Western Front The Rankin Family Straight Clean & Simple
International Achievement Award Bryan Adams
Best Instrumental Artist Winner: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Other Nominees: John Arpin Jacques de Koninck David Foster Graham Townsend
Foreign Entertainer of the Year Winner: Garth Brooks
Other Nominees: Michael Bolton Phil Collins MC Hammer Rod Stewart
Best Producer Winner: Bryan Adams (with Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" and "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
Other Nominees: Tom Cochrane, Mad Mad World Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart with Rupert Hine, Roll the Bones Loreena McKennitt with Brian Hughes, The Visit Bob Rock with James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica and Primal Scream by Mötley Crüe
Best Recording Engineer Winner: Mike Fraser, "Thunderstruck" and "Money Talks" by AC/DC
Other Nominees: Scott Boyling, Paul Milner, John Naslen, "No Sign of Rain" and "Path to You" by Keven Jordan Kevin Doyle, "Slowly Slipping Away" by Harem Scarem Greg Reely, "D for Democracy" and "Political" for Spirit of the West Randy Staub, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, "Dollar In My Pocket (Pretty Things)" for Big House
Canadian Music Hall of Fame Winner: Ian and Sylvia Tyson
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Winner: (posthumous) Harold Moon
Nominated and winning albums
Best Album Winner: Mad Mad World, Tom Cochrane
Other Nominees: The Ghosts That Haunt Me, Crash Test Dummies Highlights From The Phantom of the Opera, cast members of the Canadian production of this musical Road Apples, The Tragically Hip Waking Up the Neighbours, Bryan Adams
Best Children's Album Winner: Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, Classical Kids, producer Susan Hammond
Other Nominees: Children of the Morning, Jack Grunsky Happy Feet, Fred Penner Rendezvous Soleil, Claire de Lune Swing on a Star, Claire de Lune
Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble) Winner: Liszt: Années De Pelerinage, Louis Lortie piano
Other Nominees: Ravel: Music for Four Hands, Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier Maurice Ravel: Piano Works Vol. 1, André Laplante Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantatas, Nancy Argenta Smetana: Complete Czech Dances, Antonin Kubelek
Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble) Winner: Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
Other Nominees: Bloch: Schelomo and Bruch Koi Nidrel, Ofra Harnoy Mozart: German Dances, Tafelmusik Mozart: Overtures, Tafelmusik Mozart: Six Symphonies After Serenades, Tafelmusik
Best Album Design Winner: Hugh Syme, Roll The Bones by Rush
Other Nominees: Robert Leboeuf, Art Bergmann by Art Bergmann Robert Leboeuf, Young Saints by Young Saints Kevin Mutch, The Ghosts That Haunt Me by Crash Test Dummies Hugh Syme, Big House by Big House
Best Selling Album by a Foreign Artist Winner: To The Extreme, Vanilla Ice
Other Nominees: Gonna Make You Sweat, C&C Music Factory Metallica, Metallica Time, Love and Tenderness, Michael Bolton The Razor's Edge, AC/DC
Best Jazz Album Winners (3-way tie): For The Moment, Renee Rosnes In Transition, Brian Dickinson The Brass Is Back, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
Other Nominees: Climbing, Barry Elmes Gliding, Stan Samole
Best Selling Francophone Album Winner: Sauvez mon âme, Luc de Larochellière
Other Nominees: L'Album du peuple, François Pérusse Kathleen, Kathleen Sergerie Snob, Les B.B. Vilain Pingouin, Vilain Pingouin
Note: Julie Masse was originally nominated here but was disqualified prior to the awards because her album was deemed to have been released 21 August 1990. Juno rules had set 1 September 1990 as the earliest date for which an album could qualify for the 1992 awards. Masse's nomination for this category was replaced by Kathleen.
Hard Rock Album of the Year Winner: Roll the Bones, Rush
Other Nominees: Big House, Big House Love Machine, Brighton Rock Magnet to Steele, Chrissy Steele Some Girls Do, Lee Aaron
Best Roots & Traditional Album Winners (tie): Various Artists, Saturday Night Blues Loreena McKennitt, The Visit
Other Nominees: Bruce Cockburn, Nothing But a Burning Light Kashtin, Innu The Rankin Family, Fare Thee Well Love
Nominated and winning releases
Single of the Year Winner: "Life Is a Highway", Tom Cochrane
Other Nominees: "Animal Heart", Glass Tiger "Can't Stop This Thing We Started", Bryan Adams "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You", Bryan Adams "Too Hot", Alanis
Best Classical Composition Winner: Concerto For Piano & Chamber Orchestra, Michael Conway Baker
Other Nominees: Dream Rainbow Dream Thunder, R. Murray Schafer Improvisation on a Blue Theme, John Thrower Memorial to Martin Luther King, Oskar Morawetz Virelai, Patrick Cardy
Best Selling Single by a Foreign Artist Winner: "More Than Words", Extreme
Other Nominees: "Black or White", Michael Jackson "Enter Sandman", Metallica "Joyride", Roxette "Unbelievable", EMF
Best R&B/Soul Recording Winner: Call My Name, Love & Sas
Other Nominees: All Talk, Lorraine Scott Destiny, Simply Majestic Got 2 Have Your Love, Helen Sharpe Let Me Go, Debbie Johnson
Rap Recording of the Year Winner: My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style, Dream Warriors
Other Nominees: Conductin' Things, Maestro Fresh-Wes Jamaican Funk: Canadian Style, Michie Mee and L.A. Luv Play the Music DJ, Simply Majestic She's a Flirt (Let's Do It), Kish
Best World Beat Recording Winner: The Gathering, various artists
Other Nominees: Haï Musik, Anoosh Innu, Kashtin The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Till the Bars Break, Jeannette Armstrong
Best Dance Recording Winner: "Everyone's a Winner" (Chocolate Movement mix), Bootsauce
Other Nominees: "Good Together" (Wicked mix), Candi & The Backbeat "I Don't Need Yo Kiss" (The 12 Inch mix), Love & Sas "I'll Respect You" (club mix), Debbie Johnson "Too Hot" (Hott Shot mix), Alanis
Best Video Winner: Phil Kates, "Into The Fire" by Sarah McLachlan
Other Nominees: Lyne Charlebois, "Political" by Spirit of the West Alain DesRochers, "Dis Moi, Dis Moi" by Mitsou Dale Heslip, "Superman's Song" by Crash Test Dummies David Storey, "Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane
References
External links Juno Awards site