The Juno Awards of 2019, honouring Canadian music achievements, were presented in London, Ontario during the weekend of 16–17 March 2019. The primary telecast ceremonies were held at Budweiser Gardens, preceded by numerous Juno Week events from 11 March. This was the first time the Juno Awards were hosted in London.
The award ceremony was hosted by Sarah McLachlan."NewsAlert: Sarah Mclachlan will host this year's Juno Awards in London, Ont.". The Province, 29 January 2019.
Shawn Mendes won five awards, the most at the ceremonies, including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year.Nathoo, Zulekha. "Shawn Mendes, Arkells, Jessie Reyez among winners at 2019 Juno Awards", CBC, 17 March 2019.
Host city bids The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced on 29 January 2018 that London was selected to host the 2019 Juno Awards. London's bid was valued at $1.7 million, including city council's pledge of $500,000.
CARAS had approached Hamilton, Ontario to make a bid for the 2019 Junos, although that city had expected to bid for the following year's awards. Hamilton city council reserved $550,000 for its bid, valued at $1.5 million.
Saskatoon, which first hosted the Junos in 2007, attempted to host the 2019 awards but withdrew its bid due to a lack of available funding. That bid did not receive support from the province of Saskatchewan. However, the city made a successful bid to host the awards in 2020.
There was also media speculation that Quebec City attempted to bid for the 2019 awards.
Events The Juno Cup benefit hockey game was held at the Western Fair District Sports Centre on 15 March 2019. The Rockers won the game 7–5.
Alan Doyle of Great Big Sea hosted the Songwriters Circle event on 17 March.
Most categories were awarded at a gala at the London Convention Centre on 16 March, hosted by Ben Kowalewicz (Billy Talent) and Julie Nesrallah (CBC).
The main ceremonies featured Loud Luxury, a duo originally from London. Other performers for the broadcast ceremonies were bülow, Cœur de pirate, Corey Hart, Loud, Jeremy Dutcher with Blake Pouliot, and The Reklaws. The broadcast on CBC's television, radio and music services attracted average minute ratings of 1.2 million. Viewership was 270,000 through streaming and on-demand web access, 14% more than for the 2018 Juno Awards.
JunoFest performances took place in multiple venues across the city on 15 and 16 March. Scheduled performers included Tokyo Police Club, Exco Levi, Texas King, and Whitehorse.
Performers
+ List of musical performances Artist(s) Song(s) Main showLoud LuxurybrandoCheer WesternThe Western Mustang Band"Body"The Reklaws"Long Live the Night"Bahamas"Way with Words"Tyler Shaw"With You"Sarah McLachlan"Beautiful Girl""In Your Shoes"Shawn Mendes (pre-taped)"In My Blood"Jeremy Dutcher"Sakomawit"Cœur de pirateLoud"Dans la nuit"Arkells"Hand Me Downs"NAV"Champion""Wanted You"Corey Hart"Never Surrender" (2019 version)"Sunglasses at Night"
Presenters Main show Loud Luxury and brando — presented Sarah McLachlan Simu Liu (from Kim's Convenience) and Killy (Toronto rapper) — presented Group of the Year The Reklaws — presented Album of the Year Pablo Rodríguez (Minister of Canadian Heritage) and Elisapie Isaac — presented Breakthrough Artist of the Year Sarah McLachlan — presented the Canadian Music Hall of Fame Award to Corey Hart Sting and David Foster — presented R&B/Soul Recording of the Year Cœur de pirate and Loud — presented Country Album of the Year Amanda Parris and Jessie Reyez — presented Fan Choice Award
Nominees and winners Nominations were announced on 29 January 2019."Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, 29 January 2019.
David Foster received the year's Humanitarian Award due to his support of numerous charities and for his own foundation that supports families of organ transplant recipients, and Corey Hart was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame."Corey Hart to be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame during Juno Awards". CBC News, 16 January 2019.
Duff Roman, known for his radio career including CHUM-FM, received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.
Shawn Mendes won the Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, Single of the Year and Songwriter of the Year categories. He was unable to personally receive the awards since he was touring in Europe, but he recorded his song "In My Blood" on 4 March in Amsterdam for the Juno broadcast.
People Artist of the Year Group of the Year Shawn Mendes Michael Bublé Alessia Cara The Weeknd Tory Lanez Arkells Chromeo Metric The Sheepdogs Three Days Grace Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year bülow Grandson Killy Johnny Orlando Meghan Patrick The Washboard Union 88Glam Dizzy Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine Loud Luxury Fan Choice Award Songwriter of the Year Avril Lavigne bülow Alessia Cara Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine Killy Loud Luxury Shawn Mendes NAV Tory Lanez The Weeknd Shawn Mendes, "Lost in Japan", "Youth", "In My Blood" Frank Dukes, "Be Careful", "Better Now", "Call Out My Name" Afie Jurvanen, "No Wrong", "Way With Words", "Any Place" Jessie Reyez, "Promises", "One Kiss", "Apple Juice" Donovan Woods, "Our Friend Bobby", "Truck Full of Money", "Next Year" Producer of the Year Recording Engineer of the Year Eric Ratz, "People's Champ", "Relentless" (Arkells, Rally Cry) David Foster and Michael Bublé, "My Funny Valentine", "Where or When" (Michael Bublé, Love) Greg Wells, "Waving Through a Window" (Dear Evan Hansen, Broadway Cast Recording), "This Is Me" (The Greatest Showman) Mike Wise, "Not a Love Song", "Two Punks in Love" (bülow, Damaged) Thomas D'Arcy, "I've Got a Hole Where My Heart Should Be" (The Sheepdogs, Changing Colours), "Love the Way You Are" (Yukon Blonde, Critical Hit) Shawn Everett, "Slow Burn", "Space Cowboy" (Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour) Ben Kaplan, "Get Up", "It's Alright" (Mother Mother, Dance and Cry) Jason Dufour, "Truck Full of Money" (Donovan Woods, Both Ways), "When My Body Breaks" (Kandle, Holy Smoke) Robbie Lackritz, "No Wrong", "Way With Words" (Bahamas, Earthtones) Steve Bays, "Flashes" (Dear Rouge, Phases), "UnAmerican" (Said the Whale, UnAmerican)
Albums Album of the Year Adult Alternative Album of the Year Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes Jann Arden, These Are the Days Hubert Lenoir, Darlène The Weeknd, My Dear Melancholy, Three Days Grace, Outsider Bahamas, Earthtones The Barr Brothers, Queens of the Breakers Dan Mangan, More or Less Rhye, Blood Gabrielle Shonk, Gabrielle Shonk Adult Contemporary Album of the Year Alternative Album of the Year Michael Bublé, Love Jann Arden, These Are the Days Nuela Charles, Distant Danger Molly Johnson, Meaning to Tell Ya Whitehorse, A Whitehorse Winter Classic Dizzy, Baby Teeth Destroyer, Ken Fucked Up, Dose Your Dreams Tokyo Police Club, TPC U.S. Girls, In a Poem Unlimited Blues Album of the Year Children's Album of the Year Colin James, Miles to Go Jack de Keyzer, Checkmate Sue Foley, The Ice Queen Myles Goodwyn, Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, Run to Me Splash'N Boots, You, Me and the Sea Beppie, Let's Go Bananas Ginalina, It Takes a Village Raffi, Dog on the Floor Sonshine and Broccoli, It's Cool to be Kind Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment Gryphon Trio, The End of Flowers: Works by Clarke & Ravel Andrew Wan and Charles Richard-Hamelin, Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 & 8 Angela Hewitt, Scarlatti: Sonatas Vol. 2 Blake Pouliot with Hsin-I Huang, Ravel & Debussy: Sonates Marc-André Hamelin, Schubert: Piano Sonata in B Flat Major D.960; Four Impromptus D.935 Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Oundjian feat. Louis Lortie, Sarah Jeffrey, Teng Li, and the Elmer Iseler Singers, Vaughan Williams National Arts Centre Orchestra conducted by Alexander Shelley, New Worlds/Nouveaux Mondes James Ehnes with Seattle Symphony and Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Newton Howard & Kernis: Violin Concertos; Tovey: Stream of Limelight Louis Lortie with BBC Philharmonic, Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4 Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arthur Post with Gryphon Trio, Into the Wonder Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year Barbara Hannigan with Reinbert de Leeuw, Vienna: Fin de siècle Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Kent Nagano with guest soloists, Bernstein: A Quiet Place Elmer Iseler Singers feat. Patricia O'Callaghan, David Braid: Corona Divinae Misericordiae Joyce El-Khoury, Écho Miriam Khalil, Ayre: Live LoveCollide, Tired of Basic Brian Doerksen, Grateful Manic Drive, Into the Wild Tim Neufeld and the Glory Boys, The Buffalo Road Show Warren Dean Flandez, Speak Country Album of the Year Electronic Album of the Year Brett Kissel, We Were That Song Tim Hicks, New Tattoo Jess Moskaluke, A Small Town Christmas Meghan Patrick, Country Music Made Me Do It The Reklaws, Feels Like That Milk & Bone, Deception Bay Felix Cartal, Next Season Ekali, Crystal Eyes Iamhill, Give it a Rest Rezz, Certain Kind of Magic Francophone Album of the Year Indigenous Music Album of the Year Loud, Une année record Philippe Brach, Le silence des troupeaux Cœur de pirate, En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé Hubert Lenoir, Darlène Tire le coyote, Désherbage Jeremy Dutcher, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa Elisapie, The Ballad of the Runaway Girl Northern Cree, Nitisanak - Brother and Sister Snotty Nose Rez Kids, The Average Savage Leonard Sumner, Standing in the Light Instrumental Album of the Year International Album of the Year Gordon Grdina, China Cloud Aerialists, Group Manoeuvre Kevin Breit, Johnny Goldtooth and the Chevy Casanovas The Fretless, Live from the Art Farm Toninato/Thiessen, The Space Between Us Post Malone, Beerbongs & Bentleys Camila Cabello, Camila Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy Maroon 5, Red Pill Blues Travis Scott, Astroworld Jazz Album of the Year – Solo Jazz Album of the Year – Group Robi Botos, Old Soul Alexis Baro, Sandstorm Larnell Lewis, In the Moment Renee Rosnes, Beloved of the Sky Alison Young, So Here We Are Andy Milne and Dapp Theory, The Seasons of Being Allison Au Quartet, Wander Wonder Andrew Rathbun Large Ensemble, Atwood Suites Liebman/Murley Quartet, Live at U of T Quinsin Nachoff's Flux, Path of Totality Vocal Jazz Album of the Year Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year Laila Biali, Laila Biali Holly Cole, Holly Diana Krall and Tony Bennett, Love Is Here to Stay Diana Panton, Solstice/Equinox Jodi Proznick and Laila Biali, Sun Songs Voivod, The Wake Beyond Creation, Algorythm Cancer Bats, The Spark That Moves KEN mode, Loved Kobra and the Lotus, Prevail II Pop Album of the Year Rock Album of the Year Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes bülow, Damaged Chromeo, Head Over Heels Hubert Lenoir, Darlène Tyler Shaw, Intuition Arkells, Rally Cry Monster Truck, True Rockers The Sheepdogs, Changing Colours The Trews, Civilianaires Three Days Grace, Outsider Contemporary Roots Album of the Year Traditional Roots Album of the Year Donovan Woods, Both Ways AHI, In Our Time The Deep Dark Woods, Yarrow Kaia Kater, Grenades Megan Nash, Seeker Pharis and Jason Romero, Sweet Old Religion David Francey, The Broken Heart of Everything The Slocan Ramblers, Queen City Jubilee Vishtèn, Horizons The Wailin' Jennys, Fifteen World Music Album of the Year Comedy Album of the Year Wesli, Rapadou Kreyol Ayrad, Zoubida Boogat, San Cristóbal Baile Inn Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach, Naath Telmary y Habana Sana, Fuerza Arara Dave Merheje, Good Friend Bad Grammar Debra DiGiovanni, Lady Jazz Mayce Galoni, Awkwarder Chanty Marostica, The Chanty Show Pat Thornton, Chicken!
Songs and recordings