The Juno Award for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the contemporary roots and folk genre. Prior to 2016, awards for this genre were awarded in two categories: Roots & Traditional - Solo and Roots & Traditional - Group. Beginning with the 2016 ceremony, the solo and group categories were replaced with contemporary and traditional roots categories, to "ensure two genres of music are not competing against each other in the same category".
Winners and nominees
Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.2016Buffy Sainte-MariePower in the Blood Alan Doyle, So Let's Go Frazey Ford, Indian Ocean Fortunate Ones, The Bliss Lee Harvey Osmond, Beautiful Scars2017William PrinceEarthly Days Matthew Barber & Jill Barber, The Family Album Lisa LeBlanc, Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen? Corin Raymond, Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams Kacy & Clayton, Strange Country2018Bruce CockburnBone on Bone Amelia Curran, Watershed Buffy Sainte-Marie, Medicine Songs The Jerry Cans, Inuusiq The Weather Station, The Weather Station2019Donovan WoodsBoth WaysAHI, In Our Time The Deep Dark Woods, Yarrow Kaia Kater, Grenades Megan Nash, Seeker2020Lee Harvey OsmondMohawkDel Barber, Easy Keeper Irish Mythen, Little Bones Catherine MacLellan, Coyote Justin Rutledge, PassagesMelody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.2021Rose CousinsBravadoLeela Gilday, North Star Calling Tami Neilson, Chickaboom! William Prince, Reliever Julian Taylor, The RidgeHolly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021. 2022Allison RussellOutside ChildAHI, Prospect The Fretless, Open House Suzie Ungerleider, My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider Donovan Woods, Without PeopleJackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.2023The Bros. LandrethCome MorningBlackie and the Rodeo Kings, O Glory The East Pointers, House of Dreams Fortunate Ones, That Was You and Me Shakura S'Aida, Hold On to Love Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.2024 William Prince Stand in the JoyThe Good Lovelies, We Will Never Be the Same Allison Russell, The Returner Logan Staats, A Light in the Attic Julian Taylor, Beyond the Reservoir "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.2025 Kaia Kater Strange MedicineBoy Golden, For Eden Abigail Lapell, Anniversary Julian Taylor, Pathways Donovan Woods, Things Were Never Good if They're Not Good Now "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.2026 Mariel Buckley Strange Trip Ahead Matt Andersen, The Hammer and the Rose Noeline Hofmann, Purple Gas William Prince, Further from the Country The Young Novelists, These Dark Canyons Natalie Harmsen, Melody Lau, Holly Gordon and Kelsey Adams, "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees". CBC Music, March 28, 2026.
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