The Juno Awards of 1997, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 9 March 1997 in Hamilton, Ontario at a ceremony in the Copps Coliseum. Jann Arden was host for the major ceremonies which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Nominations were announced on 29 January 1997. Major winners were Celine Dion and The Tragically Hip.
Nominees and winners
Best Female Vocalist Winner: Celine Dion
Other Nominees: Deborah Cox Lara Fabian Amanda Marshall Alannah Myles
Best Male Vocalist Winner: Bryan Adams
Other Nominees: Paul Brandt Corey Hart John McDermott Neil Young
Best New Solo Artist Winner: Terri Clark
Other Nominees: Damhnait Doyle Chantal Kreviazuk Wendy Lands Duane Steele
Group of the Year Winner: The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees: 54-40 I Mother Earth Moist Noir Silence
Best New Group Winner: The Killjoys
Other Nominees: Limblifter Pluto Starkicker Victor
Songwriter of the Year Winner: Alanis Morissette (Glen Ballard, co-songwriter)
Other Nominees: Bryan Adams (with Robert John "Mutt" Lange) Dean McTaggart Amy Sky The Tragically Hip
Best Country Female Vocalist Presented by Sloan
Winner: Shania Twain
Other Nominees: Terri Clark Patricia Conroy Rachel Matkin Michelle Wright
Best Country Male Vocalist Winner: Paul Brandt
Other Nominees: Chris Cummings Charlie Major Jason McCoy Duane Steele
Best Country Group or Duo Winner: The Rankin Family
Other Nominees: Farmer's Daughter Prairie Oyster Quartette Thomas Wade and Wayward
International Achievement Award Winners: Celine Dion Alanis Morissette Shania Twain
Best Instrumental Artist Winner: Ashley MacIsaac
Other Nominees: Richard Abel Hennie Bekker Samuel Reid and Ernest Lyons Sandule and Nikolai
Best Producer Winner: Garth Richardson, "Bar-X-the Rocking M" by Melvins and "Mailman" by The Jesus Lizard
Other Nominees: Bryan Adams (with Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" and "Let's Make a Night to Remember" by Bryan Adams Bruce Fairbairn (with The Cranberries), "Free to Decide" and "When You're Gone" by The Cranberries David Foster, "Runaway" by The Corrs and "Both Sides Now" by Natalie Cole Corey Hart, "Black Cloud Rain" and "Simplicity" by Corey Hart
Best Recording Engineer Winner: Paul Northfield, "Another Sunday" and "Leave It Alone"
Other Nominees: Stuart Bruce, "Seeds of Love" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Loreena McKennitt Colin Nairne, "Secrets in Your Heart" and "White Water" by Murray McLauchlan Lenny de Rose, "Get Up" by Starkicker and "Huron Carol" by Don Ross Randy Staub, "Until it Sleeps" and "Hero of the Day" by Metallica
Canadian Music Hall of Fame Winner: Lenny Breau (posthumously), Gil Evans (posthumously), Maynard Ferguson, Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Winner: Dan Gibson
Nominated and winning albums
Best Album Winner: Trouble at the Henhouse, The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees: Amanda Marshall, Amanda Marshall 18 til I Die, Bryan Adams Falling Into You, Celine Dion Hi™ How Are You Today?, Ashley MacIsaac
Best Children's Album Winner: Songs from The Tree House, Martha Johnson
Other Nominees: Jumpin' Jack, Jack Grunsky Like a Ripple on the Water, Kim Brodey and Jerry Brodey Maestro Orpheus and the World Clock, R.H. Thomson Walking in the Sun, Jake Chenier
Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble) Winner: Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Marc-André Hamelin
Other Nominees: Bach: French Suites, Angela Hewitt Fialkowska Plays Szymanowski, Janina Fialkowska Music of Bach's Sons, Les Violins du Roy Paganini: 24 Caprices, James Ehnes
Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble) Winner: Ginastera/Villa-Lobos/Evangelista, I Musici de Montréal
Other Nominees: Handel: Water Music, Tafelmusik, musical director Jeanne Lamon Kodaly: Hary Janos, Peacock Variations, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Mussrogsky: Pictures of an Exhibition, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste Ravel: The Piano Concertos, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit, soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance) Winner: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Choeur et orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit
Other Nominees: Benjamin Britten: The Canticles, tenor Benjamin Butterfield, baritone Brett Polegato, countertenor Daniel Taylor Chi il Bel Sogno... What a Beautiful Dream, l'Orchestre symphonique de Laval, soprano Manon Feuble Purcell: Halcyon Days, soprano Nancy Argenta Richard Margison Sings French and Italian Arias, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, tenor Richard Margison
Best Album Design Winner: John Rummen and Crystal Heald, Decadence - Ten Years of Various Nettwerk
Other Nominees: Doug Aucoin, Living River by Rawlins Cross Eve Hartling, Jeff Kleinsmith, and Jannie McInnes, So Wound by Jale John Rummen, Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff by Sarah McLachlan Paolo Venturi, Wayne Hoecherl, Nest by Odds
Best Blues/Gospel Album Winner: Right to Sing the Blues, Long John Baldry
Other Nominees: Alive and Loose, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne Fire, Tongues of Fire If My Daddy Could See Me Now, Johnny V Sixteen Shades of Blue, The Whiteley Brothers
Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) Winner: Falling Into You, Céline Dion
Other Nominees: Daydream, Mariah Carey Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Smashing Pumpkins The Score, Fugees (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis
Best Mainstream Jazz Album Winner: Ancestors, Renee Rosnes
Other Nominees: Even Canadians Get the Blues, Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass Live at Bourbon St., Lenny Breau with Dave Young Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore, Oscar Peterson Two by Two, Piano Bass Duets Vol II, Dave Young
Best Contemporary Jazz Album Winner: Africville Suite, Joe Sealy
Other Nominees: FireWater, NOJO Spirit in the Air, Sonny Greenwich Time Zones, James Gelfand Touché, Paul Bley and Kenny Wheeler
Best Roots or Traditional Album - Group Winner: Matapédia, Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Other Nominees: En Spectacle, La Bottine Souriante High or Hurtin', Blackie and the Rodeo Kings Living River, Rawlins Cross Victory Train, Bill Bourne and Shannon Johnson
Best Roots or Traditional Album - Solo Winner: Drive-In Movie, Fred Eaglesmith
Other Nominees: Bal Canaille, Danielle Martineau Gulliver's Taxi, Murray McLauchlan Life on a String, Daniel Koulack No Boundaries, Natalie MacMaster
Best Alternative Album Winner: One Chord to Another, Sloan
Other Nominees: It's Sydney or the Bush, The Inbreds Limblifter, Limblifter Purple Blue, Eric's Trip Self=title, Treble Charger
Best Selling Francophone Album Winner: Live à Paris, Celine Dion
Other Nominees: Luce Dufault, Luce Dufault Noir Silence, Noir Silence Pure, Lara Fabian Quatre saisons dans le désordre, Daniel Bélanger
North Star Rock Album of the Year Winner: Trouble at the Henhouse, The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees: Brand New Day, The Watchmen Hemi-Vision, Big Sugar Scenery and Fish, I Mother Earth Test for Echo, Rush
Nominated and winning releases
Single of the Year Winner: "Ironic", Alanis Morissette
Other Nominees: "Ahead by a Century", The Tragically Hip "Because You Loved Me", Celine Dion "Birmingham", Amanda Marshall "Sleepy Maggie", Ashley MacIsaac
Best Classical Composition Winner: Picasso Suite (1964), Harry Somers
Other Nominees: "The Charmer", Chan Ka Nin "Quintette for Winds", Malcolm Forsyth "Lyric for Orchestra (1960)", Harry Somers "Lonely Child", Claude Vivier
Best Rap Recording Winner: What It Takes, Choclair
Other Nominees: Bright Lights, Big City, Scales Empire FitnRedi, Rascalz The Master Plan, Dream Warriors Naughty Dread, Kardinal Offishall
Best R&B/Soul Recording Winner: Feelin' Alright, Carlos Morgan
Other Nominees: Blindfolded and Ready, The Earthtones In Another Lifetime, The McAuley Boys Never Stop, George St. Kitts Can I Get Close, Gavin Hope
Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording Winner: Up Where We Belong, Buffy Sainte-Marie (The induction was rescinded in 2025, over her American citizenship.)
Other Nominees: Freedom, Chester Knight and the Wind Innu Town, Claude McKenzie Go Back, Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat Tudjaat, Tudjaat
Best Reggae/Calypso Recording Winner: Nana McLean, Nana McLean
Other Nominees: Just the Other Night, Lenn Hammond Rise Up!, Kali and Dub (Hayes Thurton) Rude Boy on the Bus, Adrian Miller time bomb, Tatix
Best Global Album Winner: Africa Do Brasil, Paulo Ramos Group
Other Nominees: Anhata, Randev Pandit Asza, Asza Futur, Alpha Yaya Diallo Gravity, Jesse Cook
Best Dance Recording Winner: "Astroplane (City of Love Mix)", BKS
Other Nominees: "All My Dreams (Don't Ever Leave) (Extended Skywalkers Mix)", Laya "Forever Young (Tempered Club Mix)", Temperance "Happy Days (original)", Paul Jacobs "In Your Arms (album version)", Emjay
Best Video Winner: Jeth Weinrich, "Burned Out Car" by Junkhouse
Other Nominees: Andrew MacNaughtan, "Run Runaway" by Great Big Sea Stephen Scott and James Cooper, "Soaked" by The Killjoys Curtis Wehrfritz, "Someone Who's Cool" by Odds Eric Yealland, "Ahead by a Century" by The Tragically Hip
References
External links Juno Awards site