Juno Awards of 1996

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. [cite news | author=Globe and Mail | pages=C1,C2 | title=For the love of music | date=6 January 1996 | publisher=The Globe and Mail ]

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. [cite news | author=Globe and Mail | pages=D2 | title=Arts Ink: Coupland's name on U.S author list / Juno boycott | date=15 February 1996 | publisher=The Globe and Mail ]

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. [cite news | author=Canadian Press | pages=D2 | title=Juno nominees reflect success of female singers | date=1 February 1996 | publisher=The Globe and Mail ] Alanis Morissette won in five Juno categories, becoming this year's major winner. [cite news | first=Elizabeth | last=Renzetti | pages=C1 | title=You Oughta Know: Morissette sweeps Junos | date=11 March 1996 | publisher=The Globe and Mail ]

Nominees and winners

Levi's Entertainer of the Year

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

Winner: Alanis Morissette

Other Nominees:
* Susan Aglukark
* Celine Dion
* Rita MacNeil
* Shania Twain

Best Male Vocalist

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

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

ongwriter of the Year

Winner: Alanis Morissette

Other Nominees:
* Bryan Adams
* Anne Loree
* Odds
* Shania Twain

Best Country Female Vocalist

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 Every 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 de 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

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: "", 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 with violin Shmuel Askenasi
* "Suite hébraïque", violin Jacques Israelievitch, piano John Greer

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner: "", Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, conductor Charles Dutoit

Other Nominees:
* "Debussy: Children's Corner", Orchestre symphonique de Montreal
* "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 Theavenly Hosts", Vancouver Chamber Choir
* "J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 1", Dorothea Roschmann, Hugues Saint-Gelais, Kevin McMillan, Les Violons du Roy
* "Ravel: L'enfant et les sortileges, Sheherazade", Orchestre symphonique de Montreal 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", soundtrack
* "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 Weisman
* "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

Hard Rock Album of the Year

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", The 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 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

ingle 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 Singers
* "Message", "Wapistan", Lawrence Martin
* "Sacred Ground", Jess Lee
* "This Child", Susan Aglukark

Best Rap Recording

Winner: "E-Z On Tha Motion", Ghetto Concept

Other Nominees:
* "Drama", Da Grass Roots Music with Elemental
* "The Legacy", UBAD
* "Still Caught Up", Saukrates
* "360 Degrees", Cipher

Best R&B/Soul Recording

Winner: "Deborah Cox", Deborah Cox

Other Nominees:
* "Absolute", jacksoul
* "Feel the Good Times", Charlene Smith
* "Memories of the SoulShack Survivors", Bass is Base
* "Philosopher Kings", 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

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 Awak" by The Tea Party

References

External links

* [http://www.junoawards.ca Juno Awards site]