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Shawn Mendes Among Early Winners At Juno Awards

shawnm-1.3712138 NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 22: Shawn Mendes visits Music Choice at Music Choice on March 22, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) (Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images)

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Shawn Mendes won his second Juno Award on Saturday night, taking Single of the Year for "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back."

Last year, Mendes won the Fan Choice Award, a category he is competing in again this year. (Also on Saturday night, the 19-year-old Canadian was named Favourite Male Artist at the Kids' Choice Awards.)

Light's Skin & Earth was named Pop Album of the Year while Country Album of the Year went to Game On from the James Barker Band and The Glorious Sons' Young Beauties and Fools was named Rock Album of the Year.

Michael Bublé and Diana Krall were also among the winners Saturday in Vancouver.

Bublé, who will host Sunday night’s Junos broadcast, picked up the award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year for Nobody But Me.

Krall accepted the Vocal Jazz Album of the Year award for Turn Up The Quiet and was named the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year for her work on the album.

The late Gord Downie won Songwriter of the Year (with Kevin Drew) and Adult Alternative Album of the Year, for Introduce Yourself.

Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. was named International Album of the Year.

During Saturday’s gala, honourary awards were presented to singer Jim Cuddy (MusiCounts Inspired Minds Ambassador Award), philanthropist Gary Slaight (Humanitarian Award), Montreal-based band Arcade Fire (International Achievement), and music executive Denise Donlon (Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award).

The Juno Awards will be broadcast live from Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on Sunday beginning at 8 pm ET. Performers include Arcade Fire, Arkells, Daniel Caesar, Jessie Reyez, Lights and Shawn Hook.

There will also be a reunion of Barenaked Ladies, who are being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and City and Colour and Sarah Harmer will perform a special tribute to Downie.

Here are Saturday night’s Juno Awards winners:

Single of the Year

"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" - Shawn Mendes

Pop Album of the Year

Skin & Earth - Light

Rock Album of the Year

Young Beauties and Fools - The Glorious Sons

Country Album of the Year

Game On - James Barker Band

International Album of the Year

DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar

Dance Recording of the Year

“Closer” - Nick Fiorucci ft. Laurell 

Group of the Year

A Tribe Called Red

Breakthrough Group of the Year

The Beaches

Songwriter of the Year

Gord Downie and Kevin Drew

Video of the Year

“Venus Fly” - Grimes ft. Janelle Monaé

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

Turn Up The Quiet - Diana Krall

Jazz Album of the Year: Solo

Root Structure - Mike Downes

Jazz Album of the Year: Group

The North - David Braid, Mike Murley, Anders Mogensen & Johnny Aman

Adult Contemporary Album of the Year

Nobody But Me - Michael Bublé

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

Introduce Yourself - Gord Downie

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

Diana Krall

Recording Engineer of the Year

Riley Bell

Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble

Chopin: Works For Piano & Orchestra - Jan Lisiecki with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber

Chopin Recital 3 - Janina Fialkowska

Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral

Crazy Girl Crazy - Barbara Hannigan with Ludwig Orchestra

Classical Composition of the Year

“My Name Is Amanda Todd” - Jocelyn Morlock

Instrumental Album of the Year

Stubborn Persistent Illusions - Do Make Say Think

Contemporary Roots Album of the Year

Bone on Bone - Bruce Cockburn

World Music Album of the Year

Where The Galleon Sank - Kobo Town

Indigenous Music Album of the Year

Medicine Songs - Buffy Sainte-Marie

Francophone Album of the Year

Paloma - Daniel Bélanger

Traditional Roots Album of the Year

Illusion & Doubt - The Dead South

Reggae Recording of the Year

Greater - Kirk Diamond

Comedy Album of the Year

I Wanted to be a Dinosaur - Ivan Decker

Electronic Album of the Year

Mass Manipulation - Rezz

Children’s Album of the Year

Hear the Music - Fred Penner

Contemporary Christian Gospel Album of the Year

First Day of My Life - The Color

Alternative Album of the Year

Antisocialites - Alvvays

Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year

Voice of the Void - Anciients 

Blues Album of the Year

Time To Roll - Monkeyjunk

Album Artwork of the Year

Stubborn Persistent Illusions - Do Make Think Say