Sarah McLachlan, Nelly Furtado Top Juno Nominations
February 11, 2004 - Two of Canada's top female vocalists lead the pack as the Juno Nominations were released today. Both Sarah McLachlan (left) and Nelly Furtado were mentioned in five categories each. McLachlan who's recent hit single "Fallen" has charted on both Pop and Smooth Jazz charts was nominated for the Juno Fan choice, Album, Artist, songwriter and Pop artist of the year. Celine Dion had four nods and Vancouver newcomer Michael Buble' got nominations for both Album and New Artist of the year. The Junos will be held April 4 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, and will be broadcast nationally in Canada on CTV.

Here are the Juno nominated acts currently played on Smooth Jazz radio

Michael Buble' (2)
Album Of The Year - Michael Buble - Michael Buble'
New Artist of the Year

Holy Cole (1)
Vocal Jazz Album Of The Year

Jesse Cook (1)
World Music Album Of The Year - Shade

Celine Dion (4)
Juno Fan Choice Award
Francophone Album Of The Year - 1 Fille : 4 Types
Album Of The Year - One Heart
Artist of The Year

Glen Lewis (1)
R&B/Soul Recording Of The Year - Back For More

Sarah McLachlan (5)
Juno Fan Choice Award
Album Of The Year - Afterglow
Artist Of The Year
Songwriter Of The Year - World On Fire, Fallen, Stupid
Pop Album Of The Year - Afterglow

Denzal Sinclaire (1)
Vocal Jazz Album Of The Year - Denzal Sinclaire - Denzal Sinclaire

Rod Stewart (1)
International Album Of The Year - It Had To Be You - The Great American Songbook

Carol Welsman (1)
Vocal Jazz Album Of The Year - The Language Of Love


A partial list of 2004 Juno nominations by category

Single of the year -Try Honesty, Billy Talent; Powerless (Say What You Want), Nelly Furtado; Someday, Nickelback; Innocent, Our Lady Peace; Happy Baby, Shaye

Juno fan choice award - Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Nickelback, Shania Twain

International album of the year - Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent; Stripped, Christina Aguilera; Metamorphosis, Hilary Duff; Fallen, Evanescence; It Had To Be You...The Great All American Songbook, Rod Stewart

Francophone album of the year -Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Wilfred Le Bouthillier; 1 Fille: 4 Types, Celine Dion; Reviens, Garou; Don Juan, Un musical de Felix Gray, Jean Francois Breau/Marie-Eve Janvier/Philippe Berghella/Cindy Daniel/Claude Leveille/Mario; Pelchat/Chico; Maudit Bordel, Marie Chantal Toupin

Album of the year- Michael Buble, Michael Buble; One Heart, Celine Dion; Folklore, Nelly Furtado; Afterglow, Sarah McLachlan; We Were Born in a Flame, Sam Roberts

Artist of the year - Shawn Desman, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan, Sam Roberts

Group of the year- Barenaked Ladies, Finger Eleven, La Chicane, Nickelback, Our Lady Peace

New artist of the year - Barlow, Michael Buble, Kazzer, Danny Michel, Kinnie Starr

New group of the year - Billy Talent, The Dears, Lillix, Three Days Grace, The Trews

Songwriter of the year - Kathleen Edwards, Six O'clock News, Hockey Skates, Mercury; Nelly Furtado, Saturdays, (with Gerald Eaton/Brian West/Trevor Horn/Anne Dudley/Malcolm McLaren) Powerless (Say What You Want), (with Gerald Eaton/Brian West) Childhood Dreams; Sarah McLachlan, (with Pierre Marchand) World on Fire, Fallen, Stupid; Ron Sexsmith, You Were There, On a Whim, Someway Somehow; Hawksley Workman, Anger As Beauty, We Will Still Need a Song, Smoke Baby

Country recording of the year- Pain To Kill, Terri Clark; Everyone Aboard, Doc Walker; Free, Brad Johner; Living Out, Loud; Up!, Shania Twain

Rap recording of the year - Dark Sunrise, BrassMunk; Flagrant, Choclair; Welcome To Planet IRS, IRS; Tom Stokes Presents the ClasSix Plus Six, Mr. Roam, Natural Progression, Sweatshop Union

Pop album of the year - Everything To Everyone, Barenaked Ladies; Barlow, Barlow; Folklore, Nelly Furtado; Falling Uphill, Lillix; Afterglow, Sarah McLachlan

Rock album of the year - Billy Talent, Billy Talent; We Sweat Blood, Danko Jones; The Long Road, Nickelback; We Were Born in a Flame, Sam Roberts; Does This Look Infected?, Sum 41.

Vocal jazz album - Firm Roots, Jeri Brown; Shade, Holly Cole; Maple Groove, Ranee Lee; Denzal Sinclaire, Denzal Sinclaire; The Language of Love, Carol Welsman.

Traditional jazz album - Lost in the Stars, Guido Basso; Duologue, Mike Murray, David Occhipinti; One Take, One Take; Cafe Varze Jazz, Sandro Dominelli Quintet; Standards, John Stetch.

Classical album, large ensemble - Concertos: Music of Jacques Hetu, Andre Laplante, CBC Radio, Mario Bernardi; Concertos: Matthieu, Addinsell, Gershwin, Alain Lefevre and Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Bach Orchestral Suites, Tafelmusic Baroque Orchestra; Nino Rota: La Strada, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand Montreal.

Classical album, vocal - Azulao, Isabel Bayrakdarian, James Parker, Chants d'Auvergne, Karina Gauvin, Raffi Armenian, Canadian Chamber Ensemble; Ideale: Songs of Paolo Tosti, Ben Heppner; Handel: Love Duets, Suzie LeBlanc, Daniel Taylor, Arion Ensemble, Stephen Stubbs; Chants Sacres et Profanes, Tafelmusic Chamber Choir and Ivars Taurins.

              For a complete list of Juno nominations visit www.juno-awards.ca.









 
 
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