The Juno Awards are taking over Toronto!

I could not be more excited that the Juno Awards are finally coming back to Toronto this year! I've been waiting for what feels like forever! I even got my tickets today (yay for pre-sales!) and I'll be attending the show with my mom who has also always wanted to go. I have to admit I'm almost the most excited to see my idol Shania Twain accept her Lifetime Achievement Award. March 27th cannot come soon enough!

The nominations and first batch of performers for the 40th Annual Juno Awards were announced yesterday. Its gonna be an awesome show!

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Drake - Thank Me Later
Hedley - The Show Must Go
Johnny Reid - A Place Called Love
Justin Bieber - My World 2.0

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Drake
Justin Bieber
Johnny Reid
Sarah McLachlan
Neil Young

GROUP OF THE YEAR

Arcade Fire
Broken Social Scene
Down With Webster
Great Big Sea
Three Days Grace

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Basia Bulat
Bobby Bazini
Caribou
Hannah Georgas
Meaghan Smith

NEW GROUP OF THE YEAR

Die Mannequin
Hollerado
Misteur Valaire
My Darkest Days
Said The Whale

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

Classified - Oh Canada
Drake - Find Your Love
Hedley - Perfect
Kd Lang - Hallelujah Vancouver Winter 2010
Young Artists for Haiti - Wavin' Flag

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Karkwa - Les chemins de verre
Owen Pallett - Heartland
Tokyo Police Club - Champ

JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD

Hedley
Drake
Justin Bieber
Michael Buble
Johnny Reid

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

Shania Twain

2011 ALLEN WATERS HUMANITARIAN AWARD

Neil Young

PERFORMING THIS YEAR:

Arcade Fire
Down With Webster
Hedley
Johnny Reid
Broken Social Scene

You can check out the full list of this years nominees on the Juno Awards Website

Aside from the actual awards show, when the Juno's come to your city you can expect an awesome week of events including, the Juno Cup where retired hockey players compete against our favourite musicians, Juno Fan Fest and Juno FanFare. If you're a music lover these events are not to be missed!

The 40th Annual Juno Awards take place on March 27th at the Air Canada Centre and will air live on CTV.