The Juno Awards will be broadcast March 13 from Rogers Place in Edmonton
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It’s a good day for The Weeknd. The singer led nominations for the 52nd annual Juno Awards, with six nods.
The artist, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, is up for the fan choice trophy, as well as single of the year (Sacrifice) and both best album and best pop album for Dawn FM. He’s also in the running for artist and songwriter of the year.
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Tesfaye now has a career total of 35 nominations and 17 wins going into the 2023 awards. His total equals The Tragically Hip victories, and he only trails Anne Murray, Bryan Adams, Celine Dion and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal. Murray leads the group with 25 Juno Awards.
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced the nominations on Tuesday, with the ceremony set for March 13 in Edmonton. Pop-punk singer Avril Lavigne and pop artist Tate McRae are also front-runners — each has five nominations.
Lavigne and The Weeknd will vie for artist of the year along with Lauren Spencer-Smith, Michael Buble and Shawn Mendes. In the album of the year category, Love Sux (Lavigne), I Used to Think I Could Fly (McRae) and Dawn FM are up against Who Hurt You? (Ali Gatie) and Demons Protected by Angels (Nav).
Meanwhile, the group of the year category is stacked with Arcade Fire, Arkells, Billy Talent, Metric and The Reklaws. As for breakthrough artist, it’s down to Dax, Devon Cole, Preston Pablo, RealestK and RAave.
Juno organizers also announced three performers for the event. Four-time Juno winner Jessie Reyez, first-time Juno nominee Aysanabee and rock group Alexisonfire will all take the stage.
The Juno Awards will be broadcast from Rogers Place in Edmonton on CBC, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos and CBC Music’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitter pages. Actor Simu Liu, star of the Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, will host for the second time.
TIKTOK JUNO FAN CHOICE
Avril Lavigne
Lauren Spencer-Smith
MacKenzie Porter
Preston Pablo 31
RAave 31
Shawn Mendes
Tate McRae
The Reklaws
The Weeknd
Tyler
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Bite Me, Avril Lavigne
Flowers Need Rain, Preston Pablo and Banx & Ranx 31
When You’re Gone, Shawn Mendes
she’s all i wanna be, Tate McRae
Sacrifice, The Weeknd
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
=, Ed Sheeran
Harry’s House, Harry Styles
MONTERO, Lil Nas X
Midnights, Taylor Swift
Red (Taylor’s Version), Taylor Swift
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
WHO HURT YOU?, Ali Gatie
Love Sux, Avril Lavigne
Demons Protected By Angels, NAV
i used to think i could fly, Tate McRae
Dawn FM, The Weeknd
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Avril Lavigne
Lauren Spencer-Smith
Michael Buble
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Arcade Fire
Arkells
Billy Talent
Metric
The Reklaws
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Dax
Devon Cole
Preston Pablo 31
RealestK
RAave 31
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR
Banx & Ranx
Harm & Ease
Rare Americans
Tommy Lefroy
Wild Rivers
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Abel Tesfaye
Faouzia
Tate McRae
Tenille Townes
TOBi
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Way Back, High Valley
Honkytonk Revival, Jade Eagleson
Bronco, Orville Peck
Masquerades, Tenille Townes
Good Ol’ Days, The Reklaws
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
In The Meantime, Alessia Cara
Love Sux, Avril Lavigne
The Loneliest Time, Carly Rae Jepsen
i used to think i could fly, Tate McRae
Dawn FM, The Weeknd
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Otherness, Alexisonfire
Crisis Of Faith, Billy Talent
Get Rollin’, Nickelback
Outta Sight, The Sheepdogs
EXPLOSIONS, Three Days Grace
