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Awards
Arcade Fire dominate at Junos
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 28 March 2011
Following their successes at both the Grammy Awards and BRITs earlier this year, Arcade Fire were also the big winners at their home country’s flagship awards show, the Junos, which took place last night. They took a total of four gongs home, beating both Neil Young and Justin Bieber who got two prizes each.
Picking up the first award of the night, main man Win Butler said: “We’re so happy. I want to just give a shout-out to all the bands that we kind of came up with from Royal City to Hidden Cameras to The Unicorn to Wolf Parade and all the amazing Canadian bands and thank you so much. We’re so honoured”.
The winners list in full is as follows:
Artist Of The Year: Neil Young
Group Of The Year: Arcade Fire
New Artist Of The Year: Meaghan Smith
New Group Of The Year: Hidden Pony – Said The Whale
Songwriter Of The Year: Arcade Fire
Juno Fan Choice Award: Justin Bieber
Album Of The Year: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Pop Album Of The Year: Justin Bieber – My World 2.0
Alternative Album Of The Year: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
International Album Of The Year: Katy Perry -Teenage Dream
Country Album Of The Year: Johnny Reid – A Place Called Love
Adult Alternative Album Of The Year: Neil Young – Le Noise
Electronic Album Of The Year: Caribou – Swim
Rock Album Of The Year: Matthew Good – Vancouver
Vocal Jazz Album Of The Year: Kellylee Evans – Nina
Contemporary Jazz Album Of The Year: Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra – Treelines
Traditional Jazz Album Of The Year: John Macleod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra – Our First Set
Instrumental Album Of The Year: Fond Of Tigers – Continent & Western
Francophone Album Of The Year: Karkwa – Les Chemins De Verre
Aboriginal Album Of The Year: Ceramony – Ceramony
Children’s Album Of The Year: Peter Lenton – Proud Like A Mountain
Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year – Solo: Old Man Luedecke – My Hands Are On Fire And Other Love Songs
Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year – Group: Le Vent Du Nord – La Part Du Feu
Blues Album Of The Year: Jim Byrnes – Everywhere West
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album Of The Year: Greg Sczebel – Love & The Lack Thereof
World Music Album Of The Year: Élage Diouf – Aksil
Dance Recording Of The Year: Deadmau5 – Sofi Needs A Ladder
Rap Recording Of The Year: Shad – Tsol
R&B/Soul Recording Of The Year: Quanteisha – Stars
Reggae Recording Of The Year: Elaine Lil’bit Shepherd D’maestro – Likkle But Mi Tallawah
Classical Album Of The Year – Solo Or Chamber Ensemble: Gryphon Trio – Beethoven: Piano Trios Op. 70 No. 1, Ghost & No. 2: Op 11
Classical Album Of The Year – Large Ensemble Or Soloist(S) With Large Ensemble Accompaniment: Scott And Lara St John/The Knights Lara St John – Mozart
Classical Album Of The Year – Vocal Or Choral Performance: Gerald Finley – Great Operatic Arias
Classical Composition Of The Year: R. Murray Schafer – Duo For Violin And Piano
Jack Richardson Producer Of The Year: Daniel Lanois For Hitchhiker (From Neil Young – Le Noise) / I Believe In You (From Black Dub – Black Dub)
Recording Engineer Of The Year: Kevin Churko For Let It Die / Life Won’t Wait (From Ozzy Osbourne – Scream)
Recording Package Of The Year: Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record Vinyl Box Set
Video Of The Year: Kyle Davison – Perfect
Music DVD Of The Year: Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage
