Juno Awards: 2011

DRAKE AND JUSTIN BIEBER LEAD JUNO NOMS

It's that time of year again! The 40th annual Juno Awards will (luckily for me) be taking place in the lovely city of TORONTO!!! How exciting is that! With March quickly approaching us (yes, my friends, today is February first if you haven't noticed already), The Junos are coming upon us and today a press conference was held to announce this years nominees!

International Canadian sensations Drake and Justin Bieber both lead this years nominations, each taking in six. I am also super excited to say that Down With Webster was treated by the nominee fairy and recieved two nods, while Hedley received three! Others who received nominations include Arcade Fire, Drake, Justin Bieber, Johnny Reid, Classified and more!

Here are some of the nominations announced yesterday:

Album: The Suburbs, Arcade Fire; Thank Me Later, Drake; The Show Must Go, Hedley; A Place Called Love, Johnny Reid; My World 2.0, Justin Bieber.

Single: “Oh Canada,” Classified; “Find Your Love,” Drake; “Perfect,” Hedley; “Hallelujah (Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010),” k.d. lang; “Wavin’ Flag,” Young Artists for Haiti.

Juno Fan Choice: Drake, Hedley, Johnny Reid, Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé.

Artist: Drake, Johnny Reid, Justin Bieber, Neil Young, Sarah McLachlan

New Artist : Basia Bulat, Caribou, Bobby Bazini, Hannah Georges, Meaghan Smith.

Rap recording: Vaudeville, D-Sisive; Thank Me Later, Drake; At Last, Eternia & MoSS; Treat of the Day, Ghettosocks; TSOL, Shad.

Pop album: Better in Time, Bobby Bazini; Time to Win, Down With Webster; Can’t Keep a Secret, Faber Drive; My World 2.0, Justin Bieber; Laws of Illusion, Sarah McLachlan.

International album: Recovery, Eminem; Teenage Dream, Katy Perry; Animal, Kesha; Need You Now, Lady Antebellum; Speak Now, Taylor Swift.

Group: Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Down With Webster, Great Big Sea, Three Days Grace.

Video: “Forced to Love,” Broken Social Scene, directed by Adam Makarenko and Alan Poon; “Chargez!” Ariel, directed by Benjamin Lussier; “Collect Call,” Metric, directed by Christopher Mills; “Perfect,” Hedley, directed by Kyle Davison; “Saint Veronika,” Billy Talent, directed by Michael Maxxis.

As well, during Juno week, you'll see Shania Twain inducted into the Candian Music Hall of Fame and Neil Young will be honoured as the 2011 recipient of the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his work with Farm Aid and the Bridge School!

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