The Juno Awards of 1996, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 10 March 1996 in Hamilton, Ontario at a ceremony in the Copps Coliseum. Anne Murray was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Quebec-based independent classical label Analekta Records boycotted the Junos after failing to receive a Juno nomination after attempts for five years. Analekta claimed its sales were twice that of CBC Records.
Several record stores such as CD Plus, HMV, Sunrise and Music World also intended to boycott the Junos because competing music retailer Columbia House had signed on as a Juno advertiser.
Nominations were announced 31 January 1996. Prominent nominees were Alanis Morissette and Shania Twain who had recent internationally successful albums who both won Grammy Awards on 28 February 1996. Alanis Morissette won in five Juno categories, becoming this year's major winner.
Nominees and winners
Levi's Entertainer of the Year Presented by David Clayton-Thomas, Denny Doherty, John Kay, Domenic Troiano and Zal Yanovsky, this award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.
Winner: Shania Twain
Other Nominees: Bryan Adams Jann Arden Alanis Morissette The Tragically Hip
Best Female Vocalist Presented by Russell DeCarle and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Winner: Alanis Morissette
Other Nominees: Susan Aglukark Celine Dion Rita MacNeil Shania Twain
Best Male Vocalist Presented by Susan Aglukark and Kim Mitchell.
Winner: Colin James
Other Nominees: Tom Cochrane Charlie Major Mario Pelchat Neil Young
Best New Solo Artist Winner: Ashley MacIsaac
Other Nominees: Lara Fabian Amanda Marshall Laura Smith Kim Stockwood
Group of the Year This award was presented by Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees The Diamonds and The Crew Cuts
Winner: Blue Rodeo
Other Nominees: The Headstones Odds The Rankin Family The Tea Party
Best New Group Winner: Philosopher Kings
Other Nominees: Hemingway Corner Rainbow Butt Monkeys Rymes with Orange Sandbox
Songwriter of the Year Winner: Alanis Morissette
Other Nominees: Bryan Adams Anne Loree Odds Shania Twain
Best Country Female Vocalist Presented by George Fox and Charlie Major, this award was accepted on Twain's behalf by her sister Carrie-Anne because she was too sick to attend.
Winner: Shania Twain
Other Nominees: Lisa Brokop Cindy Church Patricia Conroy Michelle Wright
Best Country Male Vocalist Winner: Charlie Major
Other Nominees: George Fox Jason McCoy Don Neilson Calvin Wiggett
Best Country Group or Duo Winner: Prairie Oyster
Other Nominees: Farmer's Daughter Quartette The Johner Brothers The Rankin Family
Best Instrumental Artist Winner: Liona Boyd
Other Nominees: Richard Abel George Amatino Hennie Bekker André Gagnon
Best Producer Winner: Michael Phillip Wojewoda, "End of the World" by The Waltons; "Beaton's Delight" by Ashley MacIsaac
Other Nominees: Bryan Adams with co-producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" by Bryan Adams David Foster (with co-producer Madonna), "You'll See (Something to Remember)" by Madonna; "I Can Love You Like That (And the Music Speaks)" by All-4-One Chad Irschick, "O Siem" by Susan Aglukark David Tyson, "Beautiful Goodbye" and "Birmingham" by Amanda Marshall
Best Recording Engineer Winner: Chad Irschick, "O Siem" by Susan Aglukark
Other Nominees: Lenny DeRose, "Faith" and "Their Lights" by Crash Vegas Kevin Doyle, "Here, There and Everywhere" by John McDermott Rob Heany, "Alegria" by Cirque du Soleil Ian Terry, "The Way You Look Tonight" by Oliver Jones and "Canon" by D.D. Jackson
Canadian Music Hall of Fame Winners: David Clayton-Thomas, Denny Doherty, John Kay, Domenic Troiano, Zal Yanovsky
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Winner: Ronnie Hawkins
Nominated and winning albums
Best Album Presented by Deborah Cox and Robbie Robertson.
Winner: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette
Other Nominees: D'eux, Celine Dion Ragged Ass Road, Tom Cochrane The Woman in Me, Shania Twain This Child, Susan Aglukark
Best Children's Album Winner: Celery Stalks At Midnight, Al Simmons
Other Nominees: Hallelujah Handel!, Susan Hammond, Classical Kids The Keeper, Will Millar Philharmonic Fool, Rick Scott Raffi Radio, Raffi
Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble) Winner: Alkan: Grande Sonate/Sonatine/ Le Festin d'Esope, piano Marc-Andre Hamelin
Other Nominees: Bach: Violin Concertos, Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik Debussy: Preludes, Livres 1 and 2, piano Francine Kay Quartet for the End of Time, Amici Ensemble with violin Shmuel Askenasi Suite hébraïque, violin Jacques Israelievitch, piano John Greer
Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble) Winner: Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 9, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
Other Nominees: Debussy: Children's Corner, Montreal Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1 and 5, Hebrides Overture, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre, Tafelmusik Tchaikovsky and Sibelius: Violin Concertos, Leila Josefowicz, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance) Winner: Ben Heppner Sings Richard Strauss, tenor Ben Heppner, The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Other Nominees: Great Tenor Arias, Ben Heppner, Munich Radio Orchestra Healey Willan: An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts, Vancouver Chamber Choir J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 1, Dorothea Röschmann, Hugues Saint-Gelais, Kevin McMillan, Les Violons du Roy Ravel: L'enfant et les sortileges, Sheherazade, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Best Album Design Winner: Tom Wilson and Alex Wittholz, Birthday Boy
Other Nominees: David Andoff, Derek Shapton, Hi, How Are You Today? by Ashley MacIsaac David Andoff, Paul van Dongen, Tara McVicar, Bootsauce by Bootsauce Steven R. Gilmore, Anthony Artiaga, Good Weird Feeling, Odds Kathi Prosser, Peter Horvath, Dragonfly by Mae Moore
Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) Winner: No Need to Argue, The Cranberries
Other Nominees: D'eux, Celine Dion Dangerous Minds Hell Freezes Over, Eagles The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
Best Blues/Gospel Album Winner: That River, Jim Byrnes
Other Nominees: Big City Blues, Sue Foley Rites of Passage, Georgette Fry Urban Blues re: Newell, King Biscuit Boy When the Sun Goes Down, The Sidemen
Best Mainstream Jazz Album Winner: Vernal Fields, Ingrid Jensen
Other Nominees: A Timeless Place, Jeri Brown Basso Continuo, Normand Guilbeault Ensemble From Lush to Lively, Oliver Jones Peace Song, D.D. Jackson
Best Contemporary Jazz Album Winner: NOJO, Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra
Other Nominees: Frontier Tunes, The Merlin Factor Lucky to be Me, Carol Welsman Rendez-vous Brazil Cuba, Jane Bunnett Touch, Rich Shadrach Lazar and Montuno Police
Best Selling Francophone Album Winner: D'eux, Celine Dion
Other Nominees: Beau dommage, Beau Dommage Bohemienne, Marjo Carpe diem, Lara Fabian C'est la vie, Mario Pelchat
Rock Album of the Year Presented by Burton Cummings and Alannah Myles.
Winner: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette
Other Nominees: The Edges of Twilight, The Tea Party Good Weird Feeling, Odds Mirror Ball, Neil Young Teeth and Tissue, Headstones
Best Roots or Traditional Album - Group Winner: Gypsies & Lovers, The Irish Descendants
Other Nominees: Inside the Dreaming, The Wyrd Sisters Late As Usual, The Paperboys Night Visions, Orealis Up, Great Big Sea
Best Roots or Traditional Album - Solo Winner: Ashley MacIsaac, Hi™ How Are You Today?
Other Nominees: Susan Crowe, This Far From Home James Keelaghan, A Recent Future Danielle Martineau, Autrement Laura Smith, B'tween the Earth and My Soul
Best Alternative Album Winner: What Fresh Hell is This?, Art Bergmann
Other Nominees: Fluke, Rusty Kombinator, The Inbreds Mock Up, Scale Down, The Super Friendz Somebody Spoke, Hardship Post
Nominated and winning releases
Single of the Year Winner: "You Oughta Know", Alanis Morissette
Other Nominees: "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman", Bryan Adams "Insensitive", Jann Arden "O Siem", Susan Aglukark
Best Classical Composition Winner: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra, Andrew P. MacDonald, David Stewart, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Other Nominees: "I Think That I Shall Never See...", Chan Ka Nin for Amici "Music for Heaven and Earth", Alexina Louie for Esprit Orchestra "Piano Concerto", Glenn Buhr for Christina Petrowksa, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra "Touchings", Harry Freedman for Nexus, The Esprit Orchestra
Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording Winner: ETSI Shon "Grandfather Song", Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat
Other Nominees: Dancing Around the World, Red Bull Message, Wapistan Sacred Ground, Jess Lee This Child, Susan Aglukark
Best Rap Recording Winner: "E-Z On Tha Motion", Ghetto Concept
Other Nominees: "Drama", Da Grassroots with Elemental "The Legacy", UBAD "Still Caught Up", Saukrates "360 Degrees", Cipher
Best R&B/Soul Recording Presented by Ronnie Hawkins and Colin James.
Winner: Deborah Cox, Deborah Cox
Other Nominees: Absolute, jacksoul Feel the Good Times, Charlene Smith Memories of the SoulShack Survivors, Bass is Base The Philosopher Kings, The Philosopher Kings
Best Reggae Recording Winner: "Now and Forever", Sattalites
Other Nominees: "Real Personal", Tanya Mullings "Si Wi Dem Nuh Know We", Snow "Something Real", Lazo "Waking Up the Dream", Errol Blackwood
Best Global Album Winner: Music From Africa, Takadja
Other Nominees: Alegria, Cirque du Soleil Jmpn For Joy, Punjabi by Nature Vamo a Pambicha, Papo Ross and Orquesta Pambiche When Ahab Met Moishe, The Angstones
Best Dance Recording Winner: "A Deeper Shade Of Love (Extended Mix)", Camille
Other Nominees: "Come Into My Life (Extended Mix)", JLM "Get Away (Stonebridge and Nick Nice Club Mix)", Shauna Davis "Never Let You Go (Tempered Club Mix)", Temperance "Take Control (Matrix Airplay Edit)", BKS
Best Video Presented by Amanda Marshall and The Odds.
Winner: Jeth Weinrich, "Good Mother" by Jann Arden
Other Nominees: Alain DesRochers, "O Siem" by Susan Aglukark Tim Hamilton, "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" by Crash Test Dummies Stephen Scott, "Freedom" by Colin James Curtis Wehrfritz, "Sister Awake" by The Tea Party
References
External links Juno Awards site