Juno Award for Country Album of the Year
Appearance
The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada. A number of previous award categories have been combined under this name, including "Best Country Male Artist", "Best Country Female Artist" and "Country Group or Duo of the Year".[1]
Winners
Best Country Male Artist (1970 - 1974)
- 1970 - Tommy Hunter
- 1971 - Stompin' Tom Connors
- 1972 - Stompin' Tom Connors
- 1973 - Stompin' Tom Connors
- 1974 - Stompin' Tom Connors
Best Country Female Artist (1970 - 1974)
- 1970 - Dianne Leigh
- 1971 - Myrna Lorrie
- 1972 - Myrna Lorrie
- 1973 - Shirley Eikhard
- 1974 - Shirley Eikhard
Best Country Group or Duo (1970 - 1974)
- 1970 - The Mercey Brothers
- 1971 - The Mercey Brothers
- 1972 - The Mercey Brothers
- 1973 - The Mercey Brothers
- 1974 - The Mercey Brothers
Country Male Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)
- 1975 - Stompin' Tom Connors
- 1976 - Murray McLauchlan
- 1977 - Murray McLauchlan
- 1978 - Ronnie Prophet
- 1979 - Ronnie Prophet
- 1980 - Murray McLauchlan
- 1981 - Eddie Eastman
- 1982 - Ronnie Hawkins
- 1983 - Eddie Eastman
- 1984 - Murray McLauchlan
- 1985 - Murray McLauchlan
- 1986 - Murray McLauchlan
- 1987 - Ian Tyson
- 1989 - Murray McLauchlan
- 1990 - George Fox
- 1991 - George Fox
- 1992 - George Fox
- 1993 - Gary Fjellgaard
- 1994 - Charlie Major
- 1995 - Charlie Major
- 1996 - Charlie Major
- 1997 - Paul Brandt
- 1998 - Paul Brandt
Country Female Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)
- 1975 - Anne Murray
- 1976 - Anne Murray
- 1977 - Carroll Baker
- 1978 - Carroll Baker
- 1979 - Carroll Baker
- 1980 - Anne Murray
- 1981 - Anne Murray
- 1982 - Anne Murray
- 1983 - Anne Murray
- 1984 - Anne Murray
- 1985 - Anne Murray
- 1986 - Anne Murray
- 1987 - k.d. lang
- 1989 - k.d. lang
- 1990 - k.d. lang
- 1991 - Rita MacNeil
- 1992 - Cassandra Vasik
- 1993 - Michelle Wright
- 1994 - Cassandra Vasik
- 1995 - Michelle Wright
- 1996 - Shania Twain
- 1997 - Shania Twain
- 1998 - Shania Twain
Country Group or Duo of the Year (1975 - 1998)
- 1975 - Carlton Showband
- 1976 - The Mercey Brothers
- 1977 - The Good Brothers
- 1978 - The Good Brothers
- 1979 - The Good Brothers
- 1980 - The Good Brothers
- 1981 - The Good Brothers
- 1982 - The Good Brothers
- 1983 - The Good Brothers
- 1984 - The Good Brothers
- 1985 - The Family Brown
- 1986 - Prairie Oyster
- 1987 - Prairie Oyster
- 1989 - The Family Brown
- 1990 - The Family Brown
- 1991 - Prairie Oyster
- 1992 - Prairie Oyster
- 1993 - Tracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy
- 1994 - The Rankin Family
- 1995 - Prairie Oyster
- 1996 - Prairie Oyster
- 1997 - The Rankin Family
- 1998 - Farmer's Daughter
Best Country Male Vocalist (1999 - 1999)
Best Country Female Vocalist (1999 - 1999)
Best Country Group or Duo (1999 - 2001)
- 1999 - Leahy
- 2000 - The Rankins
- 2001 - The Wilkinsons
Best Country Male Artist (2000 - 2001)
Best Country Female Artist (2000 - 2001)
Best Country Artist/Group (2002)
Best New Country Artist/Group (2002)
Country Recording of the Year (2003 - 2009)
- 2003 - Shania Twain, "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"
- 2004 - Shania Twain, Up!
- 2005 - George Canyon, One Good Friend
- 2006 - The Road Hammers, The Road Hammers
- 2007 - George Canyon, Somebody Wrote Love
- 2008 - Paul Brandt, Risk
- 2009 - Doc Walker, Beautiful Life
Country Album of the Year (2010 - present)
Year | Winner | Album | Nominees | Ref. |
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2010 | Johnny Reid | Dance with Me | ||
2011 | Johnny Reid | A Place Called Love | ||
2012 | Terri Clark | Roots and Wings | ||
2013 | Johnny Reid | Fire It Up | [2] | |
2014 | Dean Brody | Crop Circles | [3] | |
2015 | Dallas Smith | Lifted |
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2016 | Dean Brody | Gypsy Road |
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2017 | Jess Moskaluke | Kiss Me Quiet | ||
2018 | James Barker Band | Game On | [4] | |
2019 | Brett Kissel | We Were That Song |
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2020 | Meghan Patrick | Wild As Me |
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References
- ^ "Juno Award winners list by year" (Requires a search by year). Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. MetroLeap Media. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
- ^ "Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
- ^ "Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
- ^ "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations" Archived 2018-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, February 6, 2018.
- ^ "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
- ^ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.