February
16, 2006
MEDIA
RELEASE
Nickelback
Leads The 2006 JUNO Awards Nominations!
Diana
Krall and Michael Bublé each earn five nominations;
Arcade Fire, Kalan Porter, Neil Young and
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra each take three
TORONTO,
February 15, 2006 – The contenders for Canada’s
biggest musical honour are in. At a Nova Scotia-style kitchen
party media conference in Toronto, The Canadian Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and CTV announced today the nominations
for The 2006 JUNO Awards, Canada’s Music Awards. Culminating
in a two-hour telecast on CTV on Sunday, April 2, The 2006 JUNO
Awards will be celebrated over three days in Halifax, Nova Scotia
beginning
March 31.
“Today’s
announcement reflects Canada’s abundant creative spirit
strength and diversity in producing some of the world’s
best musical artists,” said Melanie Berry, President of
CARAS. “Across the 39 categories, we have a excellent representation
of artists from first-time nominees to musical legends –
all reflecting the amazing talent this country has to offer.”
Multi-platinum
rock icons Nickelback top the nominations with
six nods. Hot on the heels of the successful release of their
fourth major album, All The Right Reasons, Nickelback garnered
nominations for Group of the Year, Rock Album of the Year, Jack
Richardson Producer of the Year, Single of the Year (“Photograph”),
Juno Fan Choice (presented by Doritos) and Album of the Year.
Canada’s
Queen of jazz Diana Krall and JUNO Award winner
Michael Bublé are tied with five nominations
each. Krall is nominated for Artist of the Year, Album of the
Year and Vocal Jazz Album for Christmas Songs, Music DVD of the
Year and Juno Fan Choice (presented by Doritos). Bublé
shares with Krall nominations for Juno Fan Choice (presented by
Doritos), Album of the Year (It’s Time) and Artist of the
Year. In addition, he is also nominated for Pop Album of the Year
and Single of the Year (“Home”).
Artists
garnering three nods each are Montreal’s own Arcade
Fire, first-time nominee Kalan Porter,
rock and roll icon Neil Young, and Canada’s
internationally acclaimed Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
Nominations
for Arcade Fire include: Songwriter of the Year
(sponsored by SOCAN) for “Wake Up”, “Rebellion
(Lies)” and “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)”, in
addition to double nominations in the Video of the Year (sponsored
by VideoFact) category for “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)”
and for “Rebellion (Lies)”.
Kalan
Porter received nominations for Album of the Year and
Pop Album of the Year for 219 Days, as well as a nod for Artist
of the Year.
Neil
Young is up for Adult Alternative Album of the Year (Prairie
Wind), Producer of the Year and Songwriter of the Year (sponsored
by SOCAN) for “The Painter”, “When God Made
Me” and “Prairie Wind”.
Tafelmusik
Baroque Orchestra is a contender for Children’s
Album of the Year (Baroque Adventure: The Quest for Arundo Donax).
The orchestra has also received a double nomination in the Classical
Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble
Accompaniment category for Concerti Virtuosi and Beethoven: Symphonies
nos. 5 et 6.
First-time
JUNO Award nominees receiving double nominations include: Bedouin
Soundclash, Boom Desjardins, Divine Brown, Hedley, Jonas, Rex
Goudie, Roberto Occhipinti and Russell Broom. Blue Rodeo, Christopher
Mills, Garnet Armstrong, Jann Arden, Kathleen Edwards, k-os, Our
Lady Peace, and Theory of a Deadman also
received two nominations each.
Vying
for the International Album of the Year Award are rapper 50
Cent, hip hop quartet the Black Eyed Peas,
Britain’s own Coldplay, pop queen Gwen
Stefani and American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson.
A
complete list of 2006 JUNO Award nominees, including biographies
and images, can be found online at www.junoawards.ca.
The
2006 JUNO Awards, Canada's Music Awards, will be broadcast
for the fifth year in a row on CTV on Sunday, April 2 from the
Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, NS. Broadcast in High-Definition
and 5.1 Surround Sound, the telecast will feature performances
by Bedouin Soundclash, Broken Social Scene, 2006 Canadian Music
Hall of Fame recipient Bryan Adams, Coldplay, Michael Bublé,
Nickelback and additional artists to be announced soon. In April
2005, 1.34 million viewers watched The 2005 JUNO Awards from Winnipeg
on CTV. In all, more than 5.7 million Canadians tuned in to watch
some part of the star-studded show– an increase of almost
half a million viewers compared to the 2004 broadcast - making
it once again the most-watched Canadian awards telecast. CTV began
broadcasting The JUNO Awards in 2002 when it telecast the Awards
from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, before taking
it to Ottawa (2003), Edmonton (2004) and Winnipeg (2005). The
2007 JUNO Awards will be broadcast from Saskatoon on CTV.
Sponsors
for The 2006 JUNO Awards include FACTOR, Canada’s Private
Radio Broadcasters and the Government of Canada through the Department
of Canadian Heritage’s “Canada Music Fund”,
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the Province of Nova Scotia,
the Halifax Regional Municipality, Events Halifax and Radio Starmaker
Fund. Broadcast sponsors for the event are General Motors, Pantene
Pro-V, Doritos and Nice ’n Easy.
About
CARAS:
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/L'academie
canadienne des arts et des sciences de l'enregistrement (CARAS)
is a not-for-profit organization created to preserve and enhance
the Canadian music and recording industries and to contribute
toward higher artistic and industry standards. The main focus
of CARAS is the exploration and development of opportunities to
showcase and promote Canadian artists and music through television
vehicles such as the JUNO Awards. For more information on the
35th anniversary JUNO Awards, visit the Canadian Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences’ (CARAS) website at www.junoawards.ca.
The 2006 JUNO Awards will air on CTV, on Sunday, April 2nd, 2006.
About
CTV:
CTV, Canada’s largest private broadcaster, offers a wide
range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment
programming. It has the number-one national newscast, CTV National
News With Lloyd Robertson, and is the number-one choice for prime-time
viewing. CTV owns 21 conventional television stations across Canada
and has interests in 14 specialty channels, including the number-one
Canadian specialty channel, TSN. CTV is owned by Bell Globemedia,
Canada’s premier multi-media company. More information about
CTV may be found on the company website at www.ctv.ca.
Web
Links:
JUNO Awards: www.junoawards.ca
CTV: www.junos.ctv.ca
