Juno Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year is an annual award presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) for the best adult contemporary album released in Canada. It was first awarded at the 42nd Juno Awards ceremonies in 2013. The five nominees in the category are chosen by a panel of judges selected from the Canadian music industry and the winner is chosen by CARAS members.^[1]

Recipients

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2013	The Tenors	Lead With Your Heart	Like a Man performed by Adam Cohen Burning Days performed by Barlow Sans attendre performed by Céline Dion All the Diamonds performed by Raylene Rankin	^[2]
2014	Johnny Reid	A Christmas Gift to You	In My Head performed by Alysha Brilla Loved Me Back to Life performed by Celine Dion Dream Catcher performed by Chloe Albert The Year He Drove Me Crazy performed by Coral Egan	^[3]
2015	Sarah McLachlan	Shine On	Womyn performed by Alysha Brilla Everything Almost performed by Jann Arden Trauma: Chansons de la série télé (saison no. 5) performed by Cœur de pirate Dark Swing performed by Ndidi	^[4]
2016	Johnny Reid	What Love Is All About	Wallflower performed by Diana Krall Refined performed by Don Amero A Jann Arden Christmas performed by Jann Arden Under One Sky performed by The Tenors	^[5]
2017	Sarah McLachlan	Wonderland	Encore un Soir performed by Céline Dion Hard Sail performed by Chantal Kreviazuk Beating Heart performed by Mark Masri A Fine Line performed by Heather Rankin	^[5]
2018	Michael Bublé	Nobody But Me	Alysha Brilla, Rooted Johnny Reid, Revival Nuela Charles, The Grand Hustle The Tenors, Christmas Together	^[6]

References

^ "42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2012 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process" (PDF). JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Yearly summary: 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b "JUNO Awards Adult Contemporary Album of the Year". junoawards.ca. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations" Archived 2018-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, February 6, 2018.

[1] "42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2012 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process" (PDF). JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] "Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] "Yearly summary: 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[ACAY-5] "JUNO Awards Adult Contemporary Album of the Year". junoawards.ca. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations" Archived 2018-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, February 6, 2018.

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v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards