[Jesse Joe]

Juno nominees


THE CANADIAN PRESS Published Wednesday February 6th, 2008


The following are the nominees for the 2008 Juno Awards:

* Juno Fan Choice Award: Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Claude Dubois, Michael Buble, Nelly Furtado.

* Single of the Year: "Girlfriend," Avril Lavigne; "1234," Feist; "Paralyzer," Finger Eleven; "Seven Day Fool," Jully Black; "Everything," Michael Buble.

* International Album of the Year: "Lost Highway," Bon Jovi; "The Dutchess," Fergie;

"Noel," Josh Groban; "Good Girl Gone Bad," Rihanna; "Timbaland Presents Shock Value," Timbaland.

* Album of the Year: "The Best Damn Thing," Avril Lavigne; "D'elles," Celine Dion; "Taking Chances," Celine Dion; "The Reminder," Feist; "Call Me Irresponsible," Michael Buble.

* Artist of the Year: Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Feist, Michael Buble, Pascale Picard.

* Group of the Year: Arcade Fire, Blue Rodeo, Finger Eleven, Hedley, Kain

* New Artist of the Year: Belly, Jeremy Fisher, Justin Nozuka, Serena Ryder, Suzie McNeil.

* New Group of the Year: Dragonette, Faber Drive, illScarlett, State of Shock, Wintersleep.

* Adult Alternative Album of the Year: "Small Miracles," Blue Rodeo; "Goodbye Blue Monday," Jeremy Fisher; "Chrome Dreams II," Neil Young; "Release the Stars," Rufus Wainwright; "No Stranger," Tom Cochrane.

* Pop Album of the Year: "Duets: Friends & Legends," Anne Murray; "Street Gospels," Bedouin Soundclash; "Taking Chances," Celine Dion; "The Reminder," Feist; "Call Me Irresponsible," Michael Buble.

* Rock Album of the Year: "Them Vs. You Vs. Me," Finger Eleven; "Hospital Music," Matthew Good; "The Lucky Ones," Pride Tiger; "Underclass Hero," Sum 41; "The Saint Alvia Cartel," the Saint Alvia Cartel.

* Songwriter of the Year: Avril Lavigne, Daniel Belanger, Feist, Joel Plaskett, Rufus Wainwright.

* Country Recording of the Year: "Moments That Matter," Aaron Lines; "Honkytonks and Heartaches," Gord Bamford; "Kicking Stones," Johnny Reid; "Risk," Paul Brandt; "Life Is Calling My Name," Shane Yellowbird.

* Alternative Album of the Year: "Neon Bible," Arcade Fire; "LP," Holy Fuck; "Close to Paradise," Patrick Watson; "The Con," Tegan and Sara; "Welcome to the Night Sky," Wintersleep.

* Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year: "Metaphora," Altered Laws; "Forty Revolutions," David Occhipinti; "Onward," Manteca; "Chasing After Light," Michael Occhipinti and Creation Dream; "Almost Certainly Dreaming," the Chris Tarry Group.

* Instrumental Album of the Year: "Foley Room," Amon Tobin; "Snake Road," Bob Lanois; "The Utmost," Jayme Stone; "Jalopy," Joey Wright; "Kensington Suite," Richard Underhill.

* Francophone Album of the Year: "D'elles," Celine Dion; "L'Homme qui me ressemble," Damien Robitaille; "L'Echec du materiel," Daniel Belanger; "De retour a la source," Isabelle Boulay; "Vers a soi," Jorane.

* Children's Album of the Year: "This Is Daniel Cook. Here We Are," Daniel Cook and Friends; "Gonna Keep Dancing," Eddie Douglas; "Music Soup," Jen Gould; "Superstars," the Doodlebops; "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf," Windsor Symphony Orchestra.

* Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble: "Rameau Keyboard Suites," Angela Hewitt; "Bach Cello Suites," Jean-Guihen Queyras; "Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano," Marc-Andre Hamelin; "After Reading Shakespeare," Matt Haimovitz; "Shostakovich: Complete Works for Piano Trio/Silvestrov: Postlude DSCH," the Gryphon Trio.

* Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) With Large Ensemble Accompaniment: "Elgar Violin Concertos," James Ehnes, Andrew Davis, Philharmonia Orchestra; "Korngold, Barber & Walton Violin Concertos," James Ehnes, Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; "Water Music," Les Violons du Roy; "Vivaldi: L'estro armonico," Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; "La Mer," Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand Montreal.

* Rap Recording of the Year: "The Revolution," Belly; "The FEWturistic," Brassmunk; "Fall From Paradise," Classified; "Port Authority," Marco Polo; "The Old Prince," Shad.

* R&B/Soul Recording of the Year: "The Birth of Cornelius," Corneille; "Ebrahim," Ebrahim; "We Can All Be Free," God Made Me Funky; "Revival," Jully Black; "2U," Keshia Chante.

* Aboriginal Recording of the Year: "The Dirty Looks," Derek Miller; "What It Takes," Donny Parenteau; "Phoenix," Fara Palmer; "Home and Native Land," Little Hawk; "Nikawiy Askiy," Sandy Scofield.

* Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo: "Horse Soldier Horse Soldier," Corb Lund; "Right of Passage," David Francey; "For All Time," Jill Barber; "The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park," Justin Rutledge; "Short Stories," Oh Susanna.

* Blues Album of the Year: "Building Full of Blues," Fathead; "High Country Blues," Harrison Kennedy; "Blues Thing," Jack de Keyzer; "Junction City," Little Miss Higgins; "A Lesson I've Learned," the Johnny Max Band.

* World Music Album of the Year: "Agua Del Pozo," Alex Cuba; "So the Journey Goes," Autorickshaw; "Jogo Da Vida," Celso Machado; "Frontiers," Jesse Cook; "Wanderlust," Kiran Ahluwalia.

* Video of the Year: "Neon Bible," Vincent Morriset, Arcade Fire; "Walls Fall Down," Marc Ricciardelli, Bedouin Soundclash; "C'mon," Christopher Mills, Blue Rodeo; "Shaketramp," Kyle Davison, Marianas Trench; "Cheer It On," Sean Wainsteim, Tokyo Police Club.

* Music DVD of the Year: "666 Live," "Trinity Revisited," "Danny Michel & the Black Tornados," "One Night at the Metropolis," "Nights From the Alhambra."