Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara and The Weeknd are among the homegrown artists nominated for this year’s Juno Awards.
Mendes, who will be on tour overseas on Juno night, is up for Fan Choice Award, Single of the Year (“In My Blood”), Album of the Year, Pop Album of the Year , Artist of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year. "6 nominations! Thank you," Mendes tweeted.
Cara is nominated for Fan Choice, Artist of the Year and Single of the Year ("Growing Pains") while The Weeknd's multiple nods include Fan Choice, Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Single of the Year.
Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine from Season 1 of The Launch earned nominations for Fan Choice and Breakthrough Group of the Year. "We're really honoured to be nominated alongside some of our favourite artists," the duo said. "Thank you to our team for working so hard to get us here. Special thanks to the JUNOS, we’re so excited to be a part of the celebration this year."
Most of the Junos will be handed out at an industry dinner on March 16. A handful will be given out during the March 17th live broadcast from Budweiser Gardens in London, Ont., which will be hosted by Sarah McLachlan.
"I am very honoured and happy to be a part of it,” McLachlan said at Tuesday’s press conference.
Performers announced so far are bülow, Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Corey Hart and hometown duo Loud Luxury.
Producer and composer David Foster will be on hand to receive the 2019 Humanitarian Award.
JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD
Alessia CaraAvril LavignebülowElijah Woods x Jamie FineKILLYLoud LuxuryNAVShawn MendesThe WeekndTory Lanez
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
“Growing Pains” - Alessia Cara“Not A Love Song” - bülow“Body” - Loud Luxury“In My Blood” - Shawn Mendes“Pray For Me” - The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Camila - Camila CabelloInvasion of Privacy - Cardi BRed Pill Blues - Maroon 5 beerbongs & bentleys - Post MaloneASTROWORLD - Travis Scott
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Darlène - Hubert LenoirThese Are The Days - Jann ArdenShawn Mendes - Shawn MendesMy Dear Melancholy - The WeekndOutsider - Three Days Grace
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Alessia Cara Michael BubléShawn MendesThe WeekndTory Lanez
GROUP OF THE YEAR
ArkellsChromeoMetricThe SheepdogsThree Days Grace
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
bülowgrandsonJohnny OrlandoKILLYMeghan Patrick
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR
88GlamDizzyElijah Woods x Jamie FineLoud LuxuryThe Washboard Union
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Afie JurvanenDonovan WoodsFrank Dukes Jessie ReyezShawn Mendes
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Damaged - bülowHead Over Heels - ChromeoDarlène - Hubert LenoirShawn Mendes - Shawn MendesIntuition - Tyler Shaw
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Rally Cry - ArkellsTrue Rockers - Monster TruckChanging Colours - The SheepdogsCivilianaires - The Trews Outsider - Three Days Grace
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
“88GLAM” - RELOADED“IMMIGRANT” - Belly“Surrender Your Soul” - KILLY“RECKLESS” - NAV“LoVE me NOw” - Tory Lane
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
“Gotasoul” - AZARI “Jackie Chan”- Dzeko & Tiësto“Avatar Beach” - Jacques Greene“CURA” - Keys N Krates“Body” - Loud Luxury
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
"Twos" - Anders "Pain & Pleasure" - Black Atlass "Stone Woman" - Charlotte Day Wilson"Being Human In Public" - Jessie Reyez"My Dear Melancholy" - The Weeknd
ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
These Are The Days - Jann ArdenLove - Michael BubléMeaning To Tell Ya - Molly JohnsonDistant Danger - Nuela Charles A Whitehorse Winter Classic - Whitehorse
For a complete list of nominations, click here.