The nominees for the 53rd Annual JUNO Awards were announced earlier today by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. This year’s winners will be revealed at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax on Sunday, March 24, 2024.

Canada’s biggest night in music will be hosted by 10-time JUNO winner, Nelly Furtado and streamed live across the country on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos and CBC Music’s FacebookYouTube and Twitter pages.

View the full list of nominees from British Columbia!

TIKTOK FAN CHOICE
Karan Aujula

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Lauren Spencer Smith: Mirror 

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Lauren Spencer Smith 

GROUP OF THE YEAR
Nickleback

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Karan Aujula

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Dean Brody: Right Round Here
Tyler Joe Miller: Spillin’ My Truth

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Lauren Spencer Smith: Mirror

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Laila Biali: Your Requests

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)
Christine Jensen: Day Moon

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 
Meredith Bates: Tesseract

CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Ginalina Going Back: Remembered and Remixed Family Folk Songs, Vol. 1

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST)
Suzie Leblanc: Mouvance

RAP ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR 
BBNO$: Bag or Die

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR 
Felix Cartel: Need Your Love
Nelly Furtado: Eat Your Man

TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Jackson Hollow: Roses

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Brandon Isaak: One Step Closer 
Blue Moon Marquee: Scream, Holler, Howl

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 
Joshua Leventhal: All Ye Lepers

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR 
Sterling Larose (Snotty Nose Rez Kids): Damn Right 
Jordan Clarke (des hume feat. juicelover): Onetwostep
Sterling Larose and Zachary Vague (young friend): Feral Canadian Scaredy Cat
Ethan Tobman (Allison Russell): Demons

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 
Kid Koala: Creatures of the Late Afternoon
Tim Hecker: No Highs

ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Luca Fogale: Run Where the Light Calls

CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 
Blue Moon Marquee 

ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR 
Snotty Nose Rez Kids: I’m Good, HBU? Right 

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
Iman Habibi: Shāhīn-nāmeh, for Voice and Orchestra

 

Additionally, the following nominees Recorded in B.C.

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR 
Allison Russell: Eve Was Black

CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Allison Russell: The Returner

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 
Danko Jones: Electric Sounds

Header image is of Snotty Nose Rez Kids at the JUNOS Vancouver announcement, from the 2025 JUNO Host Committee