Sunday, April 6, 2014

Juno 2014 Most Notable Awards

Pop Album of the Year
  • Winner: Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob
  • Hedley, Wild Life
  • Michael Bublé, To Be Loved
  • Robin Thicke, Blurred Lines
  • Walk off the Earth, R.E.V.O.
International Album of the Year
  • Winner: Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox
  • Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
  • Imagine Dragons, Night Visions
  • One Direction, Take Me Home
  • Pink, The Truth About Love
Album of the Year
  • Winner: Arcade Fire, Reflektor
  • Celine Dion, Loved Me Back to Life
  • Drake, Nothing Was the Same
  • Michael Bublé, To Be Loved
  • Serena Ryder, Harmony
Single of the Year
  • Winner: Tegan and Sara, "Closer"
  • Arcade Fire, "Reflektor"
  • Classified ft. David Myles, "Inner Ninja"
  • Michael Bublé, "It's a Beautiful Day"
  • Serena Ryder, "What I Wouldn't Do"
Artist of the Year
  • Winner: Serena Ryder
  • Celine Dion
  • Drake
  • Michael Bublé
  • Robin Thicke
Group of the Year
  • Winner: Tegan and Sara
  • Arcade Fire
  • Blue Rodeo
  • Hedley
  • Walk off the Earth
Fan Choice Award
  • Winner: Justin Bieber
  • Arcade Fire
  • Avril Lavigne
  • Celine Dion
  • Drake
  • Hedley
  • Michael Bublé
  • Robin Thicke
  • Serena Ryder
  • Walk off the Earth

Juno Awards 2014

This year's Juno Awards took place in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The televised ceremony, hosted by ClassifiedJohnny Reid and Serena Ryder, was brodcast live March 30 from the MTS Centre on CTV.

This year, Tegan and Sara won 3 awards, Group of the Year, Pop Album of the Year for Heartthrob, and Single of the Year for "Closer". Serena Ryder managed to win 2 awards this time around: Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. Arcade Fire won both Album of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year for Reflektor.

My 7 most notable awards list @ http://starcolumn.blogspot.ca/2014/04/juno-2014-most-notable-awards.html

Surprising award winners included:
  • Bruno Mars' Unorthodox Jukebox for International Album of the Year, beating Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Imagine Dragons' Night Visions, One Direction's Take Me Home and Pink's The Truth About Love.
  • Justin Bieber for Juno Fan Choice Award, beating Arcade Fire,Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Drake, Hedley, Michael Bublé, Robin Thicke, Serena Ryder, and Walk off the Earth.
The opening song for the show was a joint performance of Classified and Serena Ryder. Performers this year included:
  • Gord Bamford
  • Dean Brody
  • Classified
  • Brett Kissel
  • Matt Mays
  • Sarah McLachlan
  • OneRepublic
  • Serena Ryder
  • The Sheepdogs
  • Tegan and Sara
  • Walk off the Earth
Special guests included:
  • Chris Hadfield
  • Chantal Kreviazuk
  • Shelly Glover
  • The Sochi 2014 Olympic gold medal women’s curling team
  • Raine Maida
  • Shad
  • Jim Cuddy
  • A Tribe Called Red
  • July Talk
  • Trevor Guthrie
  • Sarah Mclachlan
  • Small Town Pistols