Juno Awards of 2001 explained
The Juno Awards of 2001 were held in Hamilton, Ontario Canada during the weekend of 3–4 March 2001.
The primary ceremonies were hosted by Rick Mercer at Copps Coliseum on 4 March 2001 and broadcast on CBC Television. Performers during thetelecast included: Deborah Cox, Nelly Furtado,The Guess Who, Jacksoul, Michie Mee,The Moffatts and Treble Charger.
Nominations were announced 24 January 2001. Nelly Furtado received five nominations and won four of these.
The 2001 awards were the last Junos broadcast on CBC Television until 2018. From 2002 to 2017, the awards would move to CTV. Up to 2001, every primary Juno ceremony had been aired on the CBC since the first Juno telecast in 1975.
Nominees and winners
Best Female Artist
Winner: Jann Arden
Other Nominees:
Best Male Artist
Winner: Neil Young
Other Nominees:
Best New Solo Artist
Winner: Nelly Furtado
Other Nominees:
Best Group
Winner: Barenaked Ladies
Other Nominees:
Best New Group
Winner: Nickelback
Other Nominees:
Best Songwriter
Winner: Nelly Furtado, "Turn Off The Light", "I'm Like A Bird", "...On the Radio (Remember the Days)"
Other Nominees:
- Bryan Adams with Robert "Mutt" Lange, "The Best of Me"
- Darrin O'Brien and Robbie Patterson, "Everybody Wants To Be Like You" (co-writers Glenn Marais and Shawn Moltke), "Joke Thing" (co-writers Mark Jackson), "Nothin' On Me" (co-writers Michael Tucker and Dave Greenberg).
- Steven Page and Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies), "Pinch Me", "Too Little Too Late", "Falling For The First Time"
- Blaise Pascal, "Angel Baby" (co-writer Roy Salmond), "10 Feet High" (co-writer Rob Laidlaw), "Rush" (co-writer Stan Meissner)
Best Country Female Artist
Winner: Terri Clark
Other Nominees:
Best Country Male Artist
Winner: Paul Brandt
Other Nominees:
Best Country Group or Duo
Winner: The Wilkinsons
Other Nominees:
Best Producer
Winner: Gerald Eaton, Brian West and Nelly Furtado, "I'm like a Bird" and "Turn off the Light" both by Nelly Furtado
Other Nominees:
Best Recording Engineer
Winner: Jeff Wolpert, "Make It Go Away" and "Romantically Helpless" both by Holly Cole
Other Nominees:
- Chad Irschick, "One Turn Deserves Another" and "Stand Up" both by Susan Aglukark
- Adam Messinger, "I Wish" and "Drive My Car", both by Cadence
- Randy Staub, "Just Another Phase" and "Antifreeze & Aeroplanes" both by The Moffatts
- Brian West and Brad Haehnel, "I'm like a Bird" and "Turn off the Light" both by Nelly Furtado
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Winner: Bruce Cockburn
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
Winner: Daniel Caudeiron
Nominated and winning albums
Best Album
Winner: Maroon, Barenaked Ladies
Other Nominees:
Best Blues Album
Winner: Love Comin' Down, Sue Foley
Other Nominees:
Best Children's Album
Winner: Sing & Dance, Jack Grunsky
Other Nominees:
Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)
Winner: Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin, James Ehnes
Other Nominees:
Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment)
Winner: Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite, Night Ride and Sunrise, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Other Nominees:
- Chausson: Poeme, Chantal Juillet, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
- Henry Dutilleux: Orchestral Works, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
- Liszt: Piano Concerti, Janina Fialkowska, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
- Mendelssohn, Glazunov: Violin Concertos, Leila Josefowicz, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
- Telemann: Orchestral Suites, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)
Winner: G.F. Handel: Apollo e Dafne Silete Venti, Karina Gauvin, Russell Braun, Les Violons du Roy
Other Nominees:
- Bach: Motets, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
- Berlioz: l'Enfance du Christ, Choeur et Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, conductor Charles Dutoit
- Coffee Cantata & Peasant Cantato, Tafelmusik, Suzie LeBlanc, Brett Polegato, Nils Brown
- Millennium Opera Gala, Richard Margison, Michael Schade, Catherine Robbin, Tracy Dahl, Frances Ginzer, Jean Stilwell, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Best Album Design
Winner: Stuart Chatwood, James St. Laurent, Margaret Malandruccolo, Antoine Moonen, Nick Sarros, Tangents: The Tea Party Collection by The Tea PartyOther Nominees:
- Bendit Aquin, Yann Gamblin, Sebastien Toupin, Du Coq à l'âme by Lynda Lemay
- Tchi, Sebastien Toupin, Anne Vivien, Projet Orange by Projet Orange
- Michael Wrycraft, Six Strings North of the Border, Volume 1 by various artists
- Martin Tielli, Michael Wrycraft, The Story of Harmelodia by Rheostatics
Best Gospel Album
Winner: Simple Songs, Steve Bell
Other Nominees:
- Jake, Jake
- Mark Masri, Mark Masri
- Mon Seul Espoir, La Chorale du Conservatoire de Musique Moderne
- Naked Soul, Kelita Haverland
Best Instrumental Album
Winner: Free Fall, Jesse Cook
Other Nominees:
Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)
Winner: The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem
Other Nominees:
Best Traditional Jazz Album - Instrumental
Winner: Rob McConnell Tentet, Rob McConnell Tentet
Other Nominees:
Best Contemporary Jazz Album - Instrumental
Winner: Compassion, François Carrier Trio + 1
Other Nominees:
Best Vocal Jazz Album
Winner: Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell
Other Nominees:
Best Roots or Traditional Album - Group
Winner: Tri-Continental, Tri-Continental (Bill Bourne, Lester Quitzau, Madagascar Slim)
Other Nominees:
Best Roots or Traditional Album - Solo
Winner: Jenny Whiteley, Jenny Whiteley
Other Nominees:
Best Alternative Album
Winner: Mass Romantic, The New Pornographers
Other Nominees:
Best Selling Francophone Album
Winner: Un Grand Noël d'amour, Ginette Reno
Other Nominees:
Best Pop Album
Winner: Maroon, Barenaked Ladies
Other Nominees:
Best Rock Album
Winner: Music @ Work, The Tragically Hip
Other Nominees:
Nominated and winning releases
Best Single
Winner: "I'm like a Bird", Nelly Furtado
Other Nominees:
Best Classical Composition
Winner: From the Diary of Anne Frank, Oskar Morawetz
Other Nominees:
Best Rap Recording
Winner: Balance, Swollen Members
Other Nominees:
Best R&B/Soul Recording
Winner: Sleepless, jacksoul
Other Nominees:
Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording
Winner: Nipaiamianan, Florent Vollant
Other Nominees:
Best Reggae Recording
Winner: Lenn Hammond, Lenn Hammond
Other Nominees:
Best Global Album
Winner: Ritmo + Soul, Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana
Other Nominees:
- Dancing on Water, Finjan
- Esprit, Quartango
- Free Fall, Jesse Cook
- Morumba Cubana, Puentes Brothers
Best Dance Recording
Winner: Into the Night, Love Inc.
Other Nominees:
Best Video
Winner: Rob Heydon, "Alive" by Edwin
Other Nominees:
References
- News: . 25 January 2001 . R3 . Nelly scores five Juno nods . Robert . Everett-Green .
- News: . 5 March 2001 . A13 . Furtado takes home four big ones . Rebecca . Caldwell .
- Web site: Furtado Tops Junos . https://web.archive.org/web/20071002102828/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nellyfurtado/articles/story/5932047/furtado_tops_junos . dead . 2 October 2007 . 4 September 2006 . . Karen . Bliss . 5 March 2001 .
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