Juno Awards of 2014
# Juno Awards of 2014

The Juno Awards of 2014 honoured Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2012 and in most of 2013. The awards were presented in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, during the weekend of 29–30 March 2014. The main ceremony took place at the MTS Centre and was televised on CTV.

## Planning

In October 2012, CARAS announced that it selected Winnipeg as the host city for the 2014 Juno Awards. Winnipeg previously hosted in 2005. The other known bid was from Victoria, British Columbia, which planned to host the primary ceremony at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

## Events

Juno Week events began on 24 March 2014:

* 28–29 March – JunoFest concerts
* 28 March – Juno Cup benefit hockey game at MTS Iceplex
* 29 March – private gala at RBC Convention Centre where most awards were presented
* 30 March – televised ceremony at the MTS Centre, where seven major awards were presented

### Televised ceremony

The televised ceremony was hosted by Classified, Johnny Reid and Serena Ryder. Classified and Ryder jointly performed an opening song.

Performers included:

* Gord Bamford
* Dean Brody
* Classified
* Brett Kissel
* Matt Mays
* Sarah McLachlan
* OneRepublic
* Serena Ryder
* The Sheepdogs
* Tegan and Sara
* Walk off the Earth

Dallas Green (City and Colour) cancelled his originally scheduled appearance on the broadcast, citing a wish that a new Juno nominee be allowed to perform instead.

Robin Thicke was originally scheduled to perform, but cancelled his appearance shortly before the broadcast, claiming that he was under a "mandatory vocal rest".

## Nominees and winners

The Allan Waters Humanitarian Award was presented to Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida. Frank Davies is the 2014 Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award recipient for his work in the recording industry. Bachman–Turner Overdrive were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, introduced by astronaut Chris Hadfield.

Nominees were announced on 4 February 2014, based on music released during the eligibility window from 1 September 2012 to 13 November 2013.

### People

| Artist of the Year | Group of the Year |
| - | - |
| Serena Ryder Celine Dion Drake Michael Bublé Robin Thicke | Tegan and Sara Arcade Fire Blue Rodeo Hedley Walk off the Earth |
| Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Breakthrough Group of the Year |
| Brett Kissel Florence K Tim Hicks Tyler Shaw Wake Owl | A Tribe Called Red Autumn Hill Born Ruffians Courage My Love July Talk |
| Fan Choice Award | Songwriter of the Year |
| Justin Bieber Arcade Fire Avril Lavigne Celine Dion Drake Hedley Michael Bublé Robin Thicke Serena Ryder Walk off the Earth | Serena Ryder – "Stompa", "What I Wouldn't Do" from Harmony by Serena Ryder; "When You Know (feat. Serena Ryder)" (co-songwriter Matt Epp) from Learning to Lose Control by Matt Epp & The Amorian Ensemble Arcade Fire – "Afterlife", "Here Comes the Night Time", "Reflektor" from Reflektor by Arcade Fire Henry "Cirkut" Walter – "Roar" (co-songwriters Katy Perry, Luke Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee) from Prism by Katy Perry; "Timber" (co-songwriters Lee Oskar, Luke Gottwald, Kesha Sebert, Armando C. Pérez, Priscilla Hamilton, Greg Errico, Jamie Sanderson, Breyan Stanley Isaac, Keri Oskar, Pebe Sebert) from Global Warming: Meltdown by Pitbull; "Wrecking Ball" (co-songwriters Luke Gottwald, Maureen Anne McDonald, Stephan Moccio, Sacha Skarbek) from Bangerz by Miley Cyrus Ron Sexsmith – "Deepens with Time", "Nowhere to Go", "Snake Road" from Forever Endeavour by Ron Sexsmith Tegan and Sara Quin – "Closer", "I Was a Fool", "Now I'm All Messed Up" from Heartthrob by Tegan and Sara |
| Producer of the Year | Recording Engineer of the Year |
| Henry "Cirkut" Walter (co-producer Luke Gottwald) – "Wrecking Ball" from Bangerz by Miley Cyrus; "Give It 2 U" from Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke Brian Howes and Jacob Hoggard – "Anything", "Crazy for You" from Wild Life by Hedley Eric Ratz – "Sweet Mountain River", "The Lion" from Furiosity by Monster Truck Ryan Guldemond and Ben Kaplan – "Let's Fall in Love", "Bit by Bit" from The Sticks by Mother Mother Thomas "Tawgs" Salter – "This Is the Best" from Advanced Basics by USS; "Red Hands" (co-producer Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio) from R.E.V.O. by Walk off the Earth | Eric Ratz – "Sweet Mountain River", "The Lion" from Furiosity by Monster Truck David Travers-Smith – "Dancing in the Dark" from These Wilder Things by Ruth Moody; "Flabbergasp" (co-engineer Jaron Freeman-Fox) from The Opposite of Everything by Jaron Freeman-Fox Howie Beck – "Robotic" (co-engineer Graham Walsh) from Hannah Georgas by Hannah Georgas; "Red Hands" from R.E.V.O. by Walk off the Earth Kevin Churko (co-engineer Kane Churko) – "The Wrong Side of Heaven" from The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 by Five Finger Death Punch; "Stardust" from Lux by Gemini Syndrome Randy Staub – "Hollow" from The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here by Alice in Chains; "Be My Baby" from To Be Loved by Michael Bublé |

### Albums

| Album of the Year | Aboriginal Album of the Year |
| - | - |
| Arcade Fire, Reflektor Celine Dion, Loved Me Back to Life Drake, Nothing Was the Same Michael Bublé, To Be Loved Serena Ryder, Harmony | George Leach, Surrender Amanda Rheaume, Keep a Fire Desiree Dorion, Small Town Stories Inez Jasper, Burn Me Down Nathan Cunningham, Road Renditions |
| Adult Alternative Album of the Year | Adult Contemporary Album of the Year |
| Ron Sexsmith, Forever Endeavour A. C. Newman, Shut Down the Streets Basia Bulat, Tall Tall Shadow Hayden, Us Alone The Sadies, Internal Sounds | Johnny Reid, A Christmas Gift to You Alysha Brilla, In My Head Celine Dion, Loved Me Back to Life Chloe Albert, Dream Catcher Coral Egan, The Year He Drove Me Crazy |
| Alternative Album of the Year | Blues Album of the Year |
| Arcade Fire, Reflektor Rah Rah, The Poet's Dead Royal Canoe, Today We're Believers The Darcys, Warring Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, UZU | Downchild, Can You Hear the Music David Gogo, Come on Down Harrison Kennedy, Soulscape James Buddy Rogers, My Guitar's My Only Friend MonkeyJunk, All Frequencies |
| Children's Album of the Year | Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble |
| Helen Austin, Colour It Charlie Hope, Sing As We Go! Gary Rasberry, What's the Big Idea?!? Marie-Claude, Mon coffret à surprises Splash'N Boots, Coconuts Don't Fall Far From the Tree | James Ehnes, Prokofiev Complete Works for Violin Jan Lisiecki, Chopin: Études Op. 10 & 25 Janina Fialkowska / The Chamber Players of Canada, Mozart: Concertos Nos. 13 & 14 Louis Lortie, Liszt at The Opera Stewart Goodyear, Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas |
| Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment | Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance |
| James Ehnes, Britten & Shostakovich: Violin Concerti Angela Hewitt, Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 27 Nadina Mackie Jackson and Guy Few with Group of 27, Canadian Concerto Project, Volume One Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, House of Dreams Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances & Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring | Marie-Nicole Lemieux & André Gagnon, Lettres de Madame Roy à sa fille Gabrielle Group of 27, Eric Paetkau – conductor, Shannon Mercer – soprano, Berlioz: Les nuits d'été – Palej : The Poet & the War – Rorate Coeli Isabel Bayrakdarian, Ravel, Sayat-Nova & Kradjian: Troubadour & the Nightingale Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann, Owen Willets, Karina Gauvin, Allyson McHardy, Amanda Forsythe, Nathan Berg, Handel: Orlando, HWV 31 Vancouver Chamber Choir, A Quiet Place: Music for Healing III |
| Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year | Country Album of the Year |
| Tim Neufeld, Trees Fraser Campbell, Search the Heavens Jordan Raycroft, Jordan Raycroft The City Harmonic, Heart The High Bar Gang, Lost & Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion | Dean Brody, Crop Circles Brett Kissel, Started with a Song Gord Bamford, Country Junkie Small Town Pistols, Small Town Pistols Tim Hicks, Throw Down |
| Electronic Album of the Year | Francophone Album of the Year |
| Ryan Hemsworth, Guilt Trips A Tribe Called Red, Nation II Nation Blue Hawaii, Untogether Graze, Graze Noah Pred, Third Culture | Karim Ouellet, Fox Alex Nevsky, Himalaya mon amour Damien Robitaille, Omniprésent Daniel Bélanger, Chic de ville Pierre Lapointe, Punkt |
| Instrumental Album of the Year | International Album of the Year |
| Esmerine, Dalmak Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light Mahogany Frog, Senna Petr Cancura, Down Home The Peggy Lee Band, Invitation | Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Imagine Dragons, Night Visions One Direction, Take Me Home Pink, The Truth About Love |
| Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year | Traditional Jazz Album of the Year |
| Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, Habitat Brandi Disterheft, Gratitude Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Brooklyn Babylon Earl MacDonald, Mirror of the Mind Trifolia, Le refuge | Mike Downes, Ripple Effect Carn Davidson 9, Nine Ian McDougall 12-tet, The Ian McDougall 12tet LIVE John MacLeod & His Rex Hotel Orchestra, Our Second Set Phil Dwyer and Don Thompson, Look for the Silver Lining |
| Vocal Jazz Album of the Year | Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year |
| Mike Rud, Notes on Montréal ft. Sienna Dahlen Amy McConnell & William Sperandei, Stealing Genius Erin Propp with Larry Roy, Courage, My Love Matt Dusk, My Funny Valentine – The Chet Baker Songbook Sonia Johnson, Charles Biddle Jr. & Annie Poulain, Triades | Protest the Hero, Volition Anciients, Heart of Oak Gorguts, Colored Sands KEN mode, Entrench The Flatliners, Dead Language |
| Pop Album of the Year | Rock Album of the Year |
| Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob Hedley, Wild Life Michael Bublé, To Be Loved Robin Thicke, Blurred Lines Walk off the Earth, R.E.V.O. | Matt Mays, Coyote Headstones, Love + Fury Matthew Good, Arrows of Desire Monster Truck, Furiosity Three Days Grace, Transit of Venus |
| Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group |
| Justin Rutledge, Valleyheart Daniel Romano, Come Cry with Me David Francey, So Say We All Donovan Woods, Don't Get Too Grand Lindi Ortega, Tin Star | The Strumbellas, We Still Move on Dance Floors Lee Harvey Osmond, The Folk Sinner Little Miss Higgins & the Winnipeg Five, Bison Ranch Recording Sessions The Devin Cuddy Band, Volume One The Wilderness of Manitoba, Island of Echoes |
| World Music Album of the Year |
| David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana, Walk to the Sea Adonis Puentes, Sabor A Café Azam Ali and Loga R. Torkian, Lamentation of Swans – A Journey Towards Silence Kobo Town, Jumbie in the Jukebox The Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Lume, Lume |

### Songs and recordings

| Single of the Year | Classical Composition of the Year |
| - | - |
| Tegan and Sara, "Closer" Arcade Fire, "Reflektor" Classified ft. David Myles, "Inner Ninja" Michael Bublé, "It's a Beautiful Day" Serena Ryder, "What I Wouldn't Do" | Allan Gordon Bell, "Field Notes" from Gravity and Grace James O'Callaghan, "Isomorphia for Orchestra and Electronics" from Mahler Symphony 9 R. Murray Schafer, "Quatuors à cordes No. 12" from Quatuor Molinari Stephen Chatman, "Magnificat" from Magnificat: Songs of Reflection Tim Brady, "Atacama: Symphonie No. 3" from Atacama: Symphonie No. 3 |
| Dance Recording of the Year | R&B/Soul Recording of the Year |
| Armin van Buuren & Trevor Guthrie, "This Is What It Feels Like" deadmau5, > album title goes here < DVBBS & Borgeous, "Tsunami" Jacynthe, "Locked Down" Mia Martina, "Heartbreaker" | JRDN ft. Kardinal Offishall, "Can't Choose" Joanna Borromeo, "Kaleidoscope" Kim Davis, "There's Only One" Melanie Durrant, "Gone" The Weeknd, "Kiss Land" |
| Rap Recording of the Year | Reggae Recording of the Year |
| Drake, Nothing Was the Same Classified, Classified Rich Kidd, In My Opinion Shad, Flying Colours SonReal, Everywhere We Go | Exco Levi & Kabaka Pyramid, "Strive" Akustix, "Mandela" Ammoye, "Baby It's You" Dru, "Love Collision" Dubmatix, "Rebel Massive" |

### Other

| Recording Package of the Year | Video of the Year |
| - | - |
| Arts & Crafts: 2003-2013 – Arts & Crafts, Various Artists Robyn Kotyk (art director/designer/illustrator), Petra Cuschieri, Justin Peroff (designers) Bones − Bodhi Jones Ian Grais and Chris Staples (art directors), Sofia Pona, Kim Ridgewell, Lisa Nakamura (designers), Ben Tour (illustrator) Lullabies and Wake-Up Calls – Dinah Thorpe Jayme L. Spinks (art director/designer), Janet Kimber (photographer) White Paint – Hollerado Menno Versteeg (art director), Anne Douris (designer), Annie Murphy (photographer) La Mort Pop Club – We Are Wolves Vincent Lévesque and Alex Ortiz (art director/designer/illustrator/photographer) | "Feeling Good" – The Sheepdogs Matt Barnes "Je t'aime comme tu es" – Daniel Bélanger Agathe Bray-Bourret "Friend of Mine" – D-Sisive Briin 'Briin?' Bernstein & Daniel AM Rosenberg "Anything" – Hedley John Poliquin "King and Lionheart" – Of Monsters and Men WeWereMonkeys |
