Nickelback Leads Juno Nods With Five
Posted February 3, 2009 12:00 pm.
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Nickelback leads the way with five Juno nominations, including Single of the Year and Album of the Year for their latest effort, Dark Horse.
The Alberta rockers, who have managed to achieve success both here and south of the border, are also up for Group of the Year, and the Juno Fan Choice Award.
Montreal’s Sam Roberts is next with four nods, while Celine Dion and Hedley grabbed three each.
Comedian Russell Peters will host the show for the second year in a row.
They’ll be handed out March 29 in Vancouver.
Selected 2009 Juno Award nominees:
JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD: Celine Dion, Feist, Hedley, Nickelback, the Lost Fingers.
SINGLE OF THE YEAR: “Taking Chances,” Celine Dion; “Lay It on the Line,” Divine Brown; “Dangerous,” Kardinal Offishall; “Lost,” Michael Buble; “Gotta Be Somebody,” Nickelback.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: “Famous Last Words,” Hedley; “Dark Horse,” Nickelback; “Simple Plan,” Simple Plan; “70’s Volume 2,” Sylvain Cossette; “Lost in the 80’s,” The Lost Fingers.
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.
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Crystal Shawanda, Jessie Farrell, Kreesha Turner, Lights, Nikki Yanofsky.
NEW GROUP OF THE YEAR: Beast, Cancer Bats, Crystal Castles, Plants and Animals, the Stills.
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR: Alanis Morissette, Dallas Green, Gordie Sampson, Hedley, Nathan Ferraro.
COUNTRY RECORDING OF THE YEAR: “Thankful,” Aaron Pritchett; “Dawn of a New Day,” Crystal Shawanda; “Beautiful Life,” Doc Walker; “What I Do,” George Canyon; “Chasing the Sun,” Tara Oram.
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR: “Flavors of Entanglement,” Alanis Morissette; “No Sleep at All,” Creature; “Wake Up and Say Goodbye,” David Usher; “Passion,” Kreesha Turner; “Holes,” the Midway State.
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR: “Terminal Romance,” Matt Mays & El Torpedo; “Fortress,” Protest the Hero; “Love at the End of the World,” Sam Roberts; “Parallel Play,” Sloan; “No Time for Later,” the Trews.
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR: “A Captured Moment in Time,” DL Incognito; “The Book,” D-Sisive; “I Rap Now,” Famous; “Not 4 Sale,” Kardinal Offishall; “Point Blank,” Point Blank.
WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR: “Shivaboom,” Eccodek; “The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun,” George Dimitri Sawa; “Africa to Appalachia,” Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko; “Contrabanda,” Lubo & Kaba Horo; “Cairo to Toronto,” Maryem & Ernie Tollar.
For a complete list, go to http://www.junoawards.ca/
Check out our CityNews.ca interview with New Group of the Year nominees The Stills.
Musicians Ryan Peake and Chad Kroeger of the band Nickelback poses backstage at the 2006 American Music Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on November 21, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/AMA/Getty Images for AMA)
