The Juno Awards of 2009 honoured music industry achievements in Canada in the latter part of 2007 and in most of 2008. These ceremonies were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during the weekend ending 29 March 2009.[1][2]

Juno Awards of 2009
Date28–29 March 2009
VenueGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver, British Columbia
Hosted byRussell Peters
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCTV
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Loverboy was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and Sarah McLachlan received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award.[3] Long-time broadcast executive Fred Sherratt, a former CHUM Limited executive, received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.[4]

Events

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Preliminary award-related events began on 26 March 2009. The following day featured a Welcome Reception at the Commodore Ballroom and a Juno Cup ice hockey game at the UBC Thunderbird Arena.[5]

Most awards were announced at a Gala Dinner and Awards which was a restricted-access, non-televised event at Vancouver's Westin Bayshore Hotel on 28 March 2009. The only multiple-category winner at that event was The Stills who won New Group of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year (Oceans Will Rise). Kardinal Offishall's single "Dangerous" was awarded Single of the Year, over competition from songs by established major artists such as Michael Bublé, Céline Dion and Nickelback.[6]

Primary ceremonies

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Loverboy, inductees of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, at the 2009 Juno Awards ceremony

The primary awards ceremony on 29 March 2009 was telecast by CTV from General Motors Place and hosted for the second consecutive year by Russell Peters.[1][7][8]

Artists performing at the ceremonies broadcast included City and Colour, Nickelback, Sarah McLachlan and Simple Plan.[9] The complete list of performing artists was:[10]

Nominees and winners

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The band Nickelback received five Juno Award nominations, the most of any band or individual artist. Celine Dion and Hedley earned nominations in three categories apiece.[11] Performances have also been scheduled from Simple Plan and Alexisonfire vocalist Dallas Green (performing as City and Colour).[12]

Nominees were announced at a press conference on 5 February 2009. Reporters in attendance expressed an uncertain reaction to the announcement, particularly to the number of nominations given to the critically reviled Nickelback.[13]

The following were the 2009 Juno nominees and winners:[11]

Winner: Sam Roberts

Other Nominees:

Winner: Nickelback

Other Nominees:

Winner: Lights

Other Nominees:

Winner: The Stills

Other nominees:

Winner: Daniel Lanois, "Here Is What Is" and "Not Fighting Anymore" (Daniel Lanois)

Other nominees:

Winner: Kevin Churko, "Disappearing" and "The Big Bang" (Simon Collins)

Other nominees:

Winner: City and Colour, "Waiting...", "Sleeping Sickness", "The Girl"

Other nominees:

Winner: Nickelback

Other nominees:

Nominated albums

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Winner: Dark Horse, Nickelback

Other nominees:

Winner: Running for the Drum, Buffy Sainte-Marie

Other nominees:

Winner: Is It O.K., Serena Ryder

Other nominees:

Winner: Oceans Will Rise, The Stills

Other nominees:

Winner: Ramblin' Son, Julian Fauth

Other nominees:

Winner: Anouk Pennel and Stéphane Poirer, En concert dans la forêt des mal-aimés avec l'Orchestre Métropolitain, Pierre Lapointe

Other nominees:

Winner: Snacktime!, Barenaked Ladies

Other nominees:

Winner: Ending Is Beginning, Downhere

Other nominees:

Winner: Beethoven: Ideals Of The French Revolution, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Kent Nagano

Other nominees:

Winner: Homage, James Ehnes

Other nominees:

  • Haydn: Six Sonatas for Piano, Anton Kuerti
  • Schubert: Complete Piano Trios, The Gryphon Trio
  • Schumann: Sonata in F#Minor & Humoreske, Angela Hewitt
  • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues opus 87, David Jalbert

Winner: Gloria! Vivaldi's Angels, Ensemble Caprice

Other nominees:

Winner: Tous les sens, Ariane Moffatt

Other nominees:

Winner: Nostomania, DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra

Other nominees:

Winner: Viva La Vida, Coldplay

Other nominees:

Winner: Embracing Voices, Jane Bunnett

Other nominees:

  • A Bend in the River, Roberto Occhipinti
  • Existential Detective, Barry Romberg's Random Access Large Ensemble
  • Rasstones, François Bourassa Quartet
  • The Sicilian Jazz Project, Michael Occhipinti

Winner: Second Time Around, Oliver Jones

Other nominees:

Winner: Lucky, Molly Johnson

Other nominees:

Winner: Flavors of Entanglement, Alanis Morissette

Other nominees:

Winner: Love at the End of the World, Sam Roberts

Other nominees:

Winner: Proof of Love, Old Man Luedecke

Other nominees:

Winner: Chic Gamine, Chic Gamine

Other nominees:

Winner: Africa to Appalachia, Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko

Other nominees:

  • The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun, George Dimitri Sawa
  • Cairo to Toronto, Maryem & Ernie Tollar
  • Contrabanda, Lubo and Kaba Horo
  • Shivaboom, Eccodek

Nominated releases

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Winner: "Dangerous", Kardinal Offishall

Other nominees:

Winner: "Flanders Fields Reflections", John Burge

Other nominees:

Winner: Beautiful Life, Doc Walker

Other nominees:

Winner: "Random Album Title", Deadmau5

Other nominees:

Winner: Blue Road (Blue Rodeo)

Other nominees:

Winner: The Love Chronicles, Divine Brown

Other nominees:

Winner: Not 4 Sale, Kardinal Offishall

Other Nominees:

Winner: "Everything", Humble

Other nominees:

Winner: Anthony Seck, "Honey Honey" (Feist)

Other nominees:

Compilation CD

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A compilation album for the awards was released in March 2009

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vancouver Rolls Out the Red Carpet for The 2009 JUNO Awards" (PDF). CARAS. 12 February 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Juno Awards gala to hit Vancouver in 2009". CBC News. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Sarah McLachlan, Loverboy to be honoured at Junos". CBC News. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Fred Sherratt Receives the 2009 Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award" (PDF). CARAS. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2009. [dead link]
  5. ^ "2009 Juno Awards weekend events". Junoawards.ca. Retrieved 29 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Field wide open after bulk of Juno Awards handed out at private ceremony". The Canadian Press. 28 March 2009. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  7. ^ "The 2009 JUNO Awards to be Broadcast at Vancouver's General Motors Place" (PDF). CARAS/CTV. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2008. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Double Trouble! Russell Peters Makes Triumphant Return to Host The 2009 JUNO Awards, March 29 on CTV" (PDF). CARAS/CTV. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Ready to Rock – City and Colour, Nickelback and Simple Plan set to Perform at the 2009 Juno Awards" (PDF). CARAS/CTV. 3 February 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  10. ^ "The Official Performers for the 2009 Juno Awards". Upvenue.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Nickelback on top with five Juno Award nominations" (PDF). CARAS. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009. [dead link]
  12. ^ "Cancer Bats, Guns N'Roses, and Metallica for Canadian awards". Idiomag.com. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  13. ^ Farquharson, Vanessa (5 February 2009). "Debate over Nickelback rages on". Regina Leader-Post. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
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