The nominations for the 2012 Juno Awards were announced this morning. I know a lot of people in this country do not care for these awards, but I do. There is SO much amazing Canadian talent, and they deserve to be honoured! I will never stop supporting our awesome homegrown talent!
I was so happy to hear that hosting this years show will be none other than Captain Kirk himself, the one and only, William Shatner! Very cool!
Blue Rodeo will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and will perform alongside Sarah McLachlan. They also announced this morning that Nickelback and Hedley have been added to the April 1st CTV broadcast of the 2012 JUNO Awards. They join previously announced performers Feist, Deadmau5 and City and Colour. More performers will be announced in the coming weeks.
The nominees for the 2012 JUNO Awards are:
Artist of the Year
City and Colour
Deadmau5
Drake
Michael Bublé
Feist
New Artist of the Year
Alyssa Reid Lindi Ortega
New Group of the Year
The Rural Alberta Advantage
The Sheepdogs
Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullabye
Drake - Take Care
Justin Bieber - Under the Mistletoe
Michael Bublé - Christmas
Nickelback- Here And Now
City and Colour - Fragile Bird
Johnny Reid - Let’s Go Higher
Nickelback - When We Stand Together
The Sheepdogs - I Don’t Know
International Artist of the Year
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking
Rihanna Island - Loud
Nickelback
Pop Album of the Year
Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby
Down With Webster - Time To Win Vol. II
Marianas Trench - Ever After
Rock Album of the Year
Arkells Arkells - Michigan Left
Matthew Good - Lights of Endangered Species
Sam Roberts Band - Collider
The Sheepdogs - Learn & Burn
The full list of nominees can be found
here.