2026

Nominees

TD JUNO Fan Choice

WINNER

bbno$

NOMINEES

Cameron Whitcomb

James Barker Band

Josh Ross

Justin Bieber

Karan Aujla

Shawn Mendes

Shubh

Tate McRae

The Weeknd

Single of the Year

Presented by Sunrise Records

WINNER

Sports car

Tate McRae

NOMINEES

Options

Cameron Whitcomb

Hate How You Look

Josh Ross

DAISIES

Justin Bieber

Cry For Me

The Weeknd

Album of the Year

Presented by Music Canada

WINNER

So Close To What

Tate McRae

NOMINEES

The Hard Way

Cameron Whitcomb

Later Tonight

Josh Ross

SWAG II

Justin Bieber

Hurry Up Tomorrow

The Weeknd

Breakthrough Artist or Group of The Year

Presented By Factor, The Government Of Canada And Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters

WINNER

Cameron Whitcomb

NOMINEES

Goldie Boutilier

Jade LeMac

Jutes

MICO

Noeline Hofmann

Sacha

Saya Gray

Sofia Camara

yung kai

Artist of the Year

Presented by SiriusXM Canada

WINNER

Tate McRae

NOMINEES

bbno$

Daniel Caesar

Justin Bieber

The Weeknd

Group of the Year

Presented by SiriusXM Canada

WINNER

The Beaches

NOMINEES

Arcade Fire

Mother Mother

Peach Pit

Three Days Grace

Classical Album of the Year: Solo Artist

WINNER

Preludes by Chopin, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Messiaen, Górecki

Jan Lisiecki

NOMINEES

Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

Bruce Liu

Zaytoun

Haitham Haidar

Awake and Dreaming

Katherine Dowling

Obsession

Marie Nadeau-Tremblay

Classical Album of the Year: Small Ensemble

WINNER

Kevin Lau: Kimiko's Pearl

Mariko Anraku

WINNER

Kevin Lau: Kimiko's Pearl

Conrad Chow

WINNER

Kevin Lau: Kimiko's Pearl

Ron Korb

WINNER

Kevin Lau: Kimiko's Pearl

Rachel Mercer

NOMINEES

Current: MISSING

ATOM (Artists of the Opera MISSING), Timothy Long & The Continuum Ensemble

Re/String

CC Duo & collectif9

Vivaldi Les Quatres Nations (reconstruites)

Ensemble Caprice

in an archipelago

Standing Wave

Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble

WINNER

Benedict Sheehan: Ukrainian War Requiem

Axios Men’s Ensemble

WINNER

Benedict Sheehan: Ukrainian War Requiem

The Tenors and Basses of Pro Coro Canada

WINNER

Benedict Sheehan: Ukrainian War Requiem

Michael Zaugg

WINNER

Benedict Sheehan: Ukrainian War Requiem

John Tessier

NOMINEES

Ichmouratov: The Ninth Wave, Viola Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1

Les Violons du Roy conducted by Airat Ichmouratov featuring Elvira Misbakhova & Stéphane Tétreault

Where Waters Meet

Canadian Chamber Choir conducted by/dirigé par Julia Davids and Joel Tranquilla featuring Sherryl Sewepagaham

Haydn: Symphony No. 43 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:43 "Mercury" & Symphony No. 49 in F Minor, Hob. I:49 "La passione"

Tafelmusik conducted by Rachel Podger

Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Le Baiser de la fée (Divertimento)

Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Gimeno

Jazz Album of the Year: Solo

WINNER

Crossing Paths

Renee Rosnes

NOMINEES

City Lights

Anthony D’Alessandro

Kinda Out West

Aretha Tillotson

Immersed

Justin Gray

Deeper Down

Nancy Walker

Jazz Album of the Year: Group

WINNER

East Meets West: Connections

Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra

NOMINEES

Afrokando

Alexis Baro Y la Big Band

CODE Red

CODE Quartet

Are You Really Real

Shuffle Demons

Impact

The Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

WINNER

Get Out of Town

Laura Anglade

NOMINEES

Under the Lemon Tree

Ale Nuñez

Alex Samaras Meets Judy Garland

Alex Samaras

Seascape feat. Norma Winstone & Joe LaBarbera

Atlantic Jazz Collective

Caity Gyorgy with Strings

Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher

Instrumental Album of the Year

WINNER

LOTUSLAND

Aaron Paris

NOMINEES

The love it took to leave you

Colin Stetson

Ritual II

Crown Lands

désert (deluxe)

Jean-Michel Blais

Le piano et le torrent

Viviane Audet

Blues Album of the Year

WINNER

Hear My Heart

Steve Marriner

NOMINEES

Sing Pretty Blues

Crystal Shawanda

Ooh Yeah!

Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne

The Medicine

Miss Emily

Answer the Call

Secondhand Dreamcar

Traditional Roots Album of the Year

WINNER

Heal The Divide

Morgan Toney

NOMINEES

I Lost My Heart On Friday

Aerialists

Gold and Coal

Cassie and Maggie

The Moon’s Daughter

Heather MacIsaac

Folk Signals

The Southern Residents

Contemporary Roots Album of the Year

WINNER

Strange Trip Ahead

Mariel Buckley

NOMINEES

The Hammer & The Rose

Matt Andersen

Purple Gas

Noeline Hofmann

These Dark Canyons

The Young Novelists

Further From the Country

William Prince

Country Album of the Year

WINNER

The Hard Way

Cameron Whitcomb

NOMINEES

Let Your Horses Run

Brett Kissel

One Of Us

James Barker Band

Later Tonight

Josh Ross

Golden Child

Meghan Patrick

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

WINNER

My Second Last Album

Bahamas

WINNER

Fantasy Life

Begonia

NOMINEES

Uh Oh

Patrick Watson

Let it Hiss

The Barr Brothers

Humanhood

The Weather Station

Alternative Album of the Year

WINNER

Edge Of The Earth

Aysanabee

NOMINEES

Who Will Look After The Dogs?

PUP

SAYA

Saya Gray

SORRY, IT’S OVER

The OBGMs

All Cylinders

Yves Jarvis

Rock Album of the Year

Presented by Long & McQuade Musical Instruments

WINNER

No Hard Feelings

The Beaches

NOMINEES

Roll With The Punches

Bryan Adams

INERTIA

grandson

Metro

The Blue Stones

The Damn Truth

The Damn Truth

Alienation

Three Days Grace

Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year

WINNER

Shadow Work

Despised Icon

NOMINEES

Heaven Let Them Die

Counterparts

An Insatiable Violence

Cryptopsy

Antibloom

Silverstein

A Pathway to the Moon

Unreqvited

Adult Contemporary Album of the Year

WINNER

Better Broken

Sarah McLachlan

NOMINEES

NU2U

Nuela Charles

Conditions of Love Vol. 1

Rose Cousins

Rebuild

Shawn Hook

Believer

Sister Ray

Pop Album of the Year

Presented by Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0

WINNER

So Close To What

Tate McRae

NOMINEES

bbno$

bbno$

SWAG II

Justin Bieber

7

Nelly Furtado

Hurry Up Tomorrow

The Weeknd

Dance Recording of the Year

WINNER

Bet On Me

Debby Friday

NOMINEES

Loving You

Kideko & A-Trak

Do What I Want

Anna Sofia

Dominate

CHYL

i, sabotage

Felix Cartal

Underground Dance Single of the Year

WINNER

Phantom Vibrations feat. Teddy Bryant

Gene Tellem

NOMINEES

Cosmic Affliction (toi toi toi)

AADJA

Main de Fer

Annie-Claude Deschênes

Icarus

F7

Yeah!

Pacific Coliseum

Electronic Album of the Year

Presented by Nissan

WINNER

Shades of Meridian

ÈBONY

NOMINEES

Channel 303

Cloverdale

The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life

Debby Friday

Bab El Mdina

Didon

Glow Up

Korea Town Acid

Rap Single of the Year

WINNER

Who's Driving You?

TOBi

WINNER

Who's Driving You?

Saukrates

WINNER

Who's Driving You?

Jully Black

NOMINEES

Mula feat. Big Sean

Connor Price

PURSUIT

Freddie Dredd

UNLIMITED feat. Playboi Carti

NAV

DUMB

SonReal, Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Rap Album/EP of the Year

Presented by My Singing Monsters

WINNER

DRY CRY

SadBoi

NOMINEES

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE SPARROW

ARDN

About Time

Connor Price

Misery Loves Company

NorthSideBenji

ELEMENTS Vol. 2

TOBi

Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

WINNER

Say Yes

Melanie Fiona

NOMINEES

Have A Baby (With Me)

Daniel Caesar

GOLIATH

Jessie Reyez

Formed

Savannah Ré

Reasons To Stay

Tanika Charles

Contemporary R&B Recording of the Year

WINNER

Son Of Spergy

Daniel Caesar

NOMINEES

THERAPIST

SadBoi

Set Me Free

Adria Kain

Mirage

Avenoir

PAID IN MEMORIES

Jessie Reyez

Life 2

Majid Jordan

Reggae Recording of the Year

WINNER

Welcome To Paradise

Naomi Cowan

NOMINEES

Ready For You

Exco Levi & Kheilstone

Dagga Riddim Cypher

Jojo You Made That, Yung 2nuff, Erin B, Topman Meeko, One Don & Enzooo

Deh Yah

Kirk Diamond

More Reggae (Funk It Up)

Samora & Ammoye

Children's Album of the Year

WINNER

Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro "Rhyme Travellers - Back to the Time Machine"

Young Maestro

NOMINEES

Ari Cui Cui et les jeux d'rôles (Les contes classiques en musique)

Ari Cui Cui

Little Leaf

Chris McKhool

All the Earth Speaks

Ginalina

Hip Kids Music, Vol. 1

Hip Kids Music

Comedy Album of the Year

Presented by SiriusXM Canada

WINNER

Dragonflies

Adam Christie

NOMINEES

Fish From the Jar

Charlie Demers

Dawud

Dave Merheje

homesick.

Faris Hytiaa

I'm Nervous

Robby Hoffman

Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year

WINNER

On The Move

Bear Creek

NOMINEES

Battle At The Beach

Bad Eagle

Me & You

Manitou Mkwa Singers

Anirniliit Suli

Piunguałaq

Nakota Tayhunyabi

YB Nakota

Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year

Presented by Destination Indigenous

WINNER

Edge Of The Earth

Aysanabee

NOMINEES

LOVECHILD

Sebastian Gaskin

Chapter 1

Shawnee Kish

Siibii

Siibii

Sage My Soul

Tia Wood

Francophone Album of the Year

WINNER

Journal d'un Loup-Garou

Lou-Adriane Cassidy

NOMINEES

Dogue

Ariane Roy

On s'enverra des fleurs

Fredz

Les amours de seconde main

JF Pauzé

Dix chansons démodées pour ceux qui ont le cœur abîmé

Pierre Lapointe

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

WINNER

Jubilate

Ryan Ofei

NOMINEES

VULNERABLE TOO

Bridge Music

Outlaw Gospel

collect.assembly

the light that leads to YOU

Elenee

WHERE THE HEART IS

Kofi Dartey

Global Music Album of the Year

WINNER

Ghoyoum

Kazdoura

NOMINEES

Bab El Mdina

Didon

Future Village

Kizaba

Legends

PIQSIQ

Rammana

Salin

South Asian Music Recording of the Year

WINNER

P-POP CULTURE

Karan Aujla

WINNER

P-POP CULTURE

Ikky

NOMINEES

Afsos

AP Dhillon & Anuv Jain

Renaissance

Ikky and Raf Saperra

Supreme

Shubh

By Any Means

Sukha

Album Artwork of the Year

WINNER

Tsunami Sea – Spiritbox

Kevin Moore

WINNER

Tsunami Sea – Spiritbox

Kyle Joinson

NOMINEES

Pink Elephant – Arcade Fire

Win Butler (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Catherine Lepage (Designer/Conceptrice), Simon Rivest (Designer/Concepteur)

Beat Bouquet – Misc

Jérôme Beaulieu (Art Director), Etienne Bonneville (Designer), Chris de Muri (Illustrator) & Alina Herta (Photographer)

The Hard Way – Cameron Whitcomb

Logan Dane Morrison (Art Director)

Bambini Symphonique – Alain Trudel and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

Mykael Nelson (Art Director), Nicolas Lemieux (Designer), Liliane Jodoin (Illustrator) & Felipe Arriagada (Illustrator)

Music Video of the Year

Presented by City of Hamilton

WINNER

luther

Karena Evans

NOMINEES

Bellatores

Adrian Villagomez, Apashe & Vladimir Cauchemar

DRIVING

Adrian Villagomez

OK!

Shiraz, Haviah Mighty

Listen2me

Winston Hacking, Foxwarren

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

Presented by Audio-Technica

WINNER

Henry “Cirkut” Walter

NOMINEES

Greg Wells

Gus van Go

Joel Stouffer

Karen Kosowski

Recording Engineer of the Year

WINNER

Shawn Everett

NOMINEES

Jason Dufour

John ‘Beetle’ Bailey

L Stu Young

Serban Ghenea

Classical Composition of the Year

WINNER

Cloud Path

Amy Brandon

NOMINEES

The Laws of Nature

Andrew Staniland

Kevin Lau: Kimiko's Pearl

Kevin Lau

Linda Catlin Smith: The Complete Piano Solos (1989-2023) Vol. 1 - The Plains

Linda Catlin Smith

Music for Body-Without-Organs

Nicole Lizée

Songwriter of the Year

Presented by SOCAN

WINNER

Daniel Caesar

NOMINEES

Jessie Reyez

Justin Bieber

Tate McRae

The Beaches

Songwriter of the Year (Non-Performer)

Presented by SOCAN

WINNER

Tobias Jesso Jr.

NOMINEES

Elizabeth Lowell Boland

Hayley Gene Penner

Mustafa

Nathan Ferraro

Latin Music Recording of the Year

WINNER

Índole

Alex Cuba

NOMINEES

BAILA Y CONFÍA

Andy Rubal

Vanity

Isabella Lovestory

La Belleza

Lido Pimienta

He Sanado Varias Cosas

Mario Puglia

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Presented by Slaight Music

RECIPIENT

Vinny Cinquemani

RECIPIENT

Sandy Pandya

RECIPIENT

Alexander Mair

NOMINEES

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Humanitarian Award

RECIPIENT

Billy Talent

NOMINEES

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International Achievement Award

RECIPIENT

Daniel Caesar

NOMINEES

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Canadian Music Hall of Fame

RECIPIENT

Nelly Furtado

NOMINEES

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Lifetime Achievement Award

Presented by your National Arts Centre

RECIPIENT

Joni Mitchell

NOMINEES

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