JUNOS 2009 Noms: Nickelback, Roberts, Celine Tops Nods

2009 JUNO Awards nominations are in! Check out the complete list.

By Sofi Papamarko Feb 03, 2009 8:45 PMTags
NickelbackAP Photo/William B. Plowman

If you bet five cents that this year’s Juno Awards would be varied, innovative and inclusive, then you’re going to be asking for that nickel back.

This year’s list of nominees include the most dismally generic band to ever come out of Canada (‘sup, Chad?) a tortured ingénue whose album title utilizes American spelling (it’s flavours, Alanis!) and a puzzling New Group of the Year nod to a group whose popularity actually peaked in 2004 (Montreal’s The Stills).

Also nominated are two Canadian music icons who owned the ‘80s and ‘90s and who should really be put out to awards show pasture in favour of recognizing and elevating brave new blood (sorry, k.d. and Bryan! I loved “Constant Craving” and “Run To You”, respectively!)

The silver lining to all of this is the inclusion of the brilliant Plants and Animals nominated for Alternative Group of the Year alongside Fucked Up, Black Mountain, Chad VanGaalen and, uh, fresh-faced newcomers The Stills.

Let’s at least hope that that delightful Russell Peters will be hosting again this year.

Check out the full list of Juno nominees. The pretty soft green and pink website design almost curbs our boiling rage! We said almost!

Artist of the Year
Bryan Adams
City And Colour
K.D. Lang
Sam Roberts
Serena Ryder

Group of the Year
Great Big Sea
Nickelback
Simple Plan
The Trews
Tokyo Police Club

Album of the Year
Hedley — Famous Last Words
Nickelback — Dark Horse
Simple Plan — Simple Plan
Sylvain Cossette — 70's Volume 2
The Lost Fingers — Lost In The 80's

International Album of the Year
AC/DC — Black Ice
Coldplay — Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Guns N' Roses — Chinese Democracy
Jack Johnson — Sleep Through The Static
Metallica — Death Magnetic

 

Single of the Year
Céline Dion — "Taking Chances"
Divine Brown — "Lay It On The Line"
Kardinal Offishall — "Dangerous"
Michael Bublé — "Lost"
Nickelback — "Gotta Be Somebody"

New Group of the Year

Beast
Cancer Bats
Crystal Castles
Plants And Animals
The Stills

Adult Alternative Album of the Year
Hawksley Workman — Between The Beautifuls
Kathleen Edwards — Asking For Flowers
Ron Sexsmith — Exit Strategy Of The Soul
Sarah Slean — The Baroness
Serena Ryder — Is It O.K.

Alternative Album of the Year

Black Mountain — In The Future
Chad VanGaalen — Soft Airplane
Fucked Up — The Chemistry Of Common Life
Plants And Animals — Parc Avenue
The Stills — Oceans Will Rise

Pop Album of the Year
Alanis Morissette — Flavors Of Entanglement
Creature — No Sleep At All
David Usher — Wake Up And Say Goodbye
Kreesha Turner — Passion
The Midway State — Holes

Rock Album of the Year
Matt Mays & El Torpedo — Terminal Romance
Protest The Hero — Fortress
Sam Roberts — Love At The End Of The World
Sloan — Parallel Play
The Trews — No Time For Later

Rap Recording of the Year
DL Incognito — A Captured Moment In Time
D-Sisive — The Book
Famous — I Rap Now
Kardinal Offishall — Not 4 Sale
Point Blank — Point Blank

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