JUNO Nominees for 2017
The 2017 JUNO Awards celebrate the best in Canadian Music on Sunday, April 2nd in Ottawa.
Being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame: Sarah McLachlan. The Allan Waters Humanitarian Award goes to: Buffie Sainte-Marie. Finally, receiving the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award: Randy Lennox.
Highlights for our fave Top 40/Pop Artists:
5 for Shawn Mendes (JUNO Fan Choice Award, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year)
5 for The Weeknd (JUNO Fan Choice Award, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and R&B/Soul Recording of the Year)
5 for Drake (JUNO Fan Choice, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Rap Recording of the Year)
4 for Alessia Cara (JUNO Fan Choice Award, Single of the Year, Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year)
3 for The Strumbellas (JUNO Fan Choice Award, Single of the Year and Group of the Year)
And the nominees are...
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JUNO Fan Choice Award: Hedley, Justin Bieber, Drake, Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara, Belly, Ruth B, The Weeknd, Tory Lanez and The Strumbellas
Single of the Year: “Treat You Better” Shawn Mendes, “One Dance ft. Wizkid & Kyla” Drake, “Wild Things” Alessia Cara, “Starboy ft. Daft Punk” The Weeknd, “Spirits” The Strumbellas
International Album of the Year: This is Acting Sia, ANTI Rihanna, Made in the A.M. One Direction, A Head Full of Dreams Coldplay and Dangerous Woman Ariana Grande
Album of the Year: Starboy The Weeknd, Illuminate Shawn Mendes, You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen, Views Drake and Encore un Soir Celine Dion
Artist of the Year: Shawn Mendes, Drake, Alessia Cara, Leonard Cohen and The Weeknd
Group of the Year: Billy Talent, The Tragically Hip, Arkells, Tegan and Sara and The Strumbellas
Pop Album of the Year: Know-It-All Alessia Cara, Summerland Coleman Hell, Astoria Marianas Trench, Illuminate Shawn Mendes and Love You to Death Tegan and Sara
What we can expect from this year’s awards ceremony:
- Performances from Shawn Mendes, A Tribe Called Red, Ruth B, The Strumbellas and Alessia Cara
- $1 from every ticket sold is donated to MusiCounts, helping children and youth across Canada gain access to musical instruments via Plus 1.
Tickets for the 2017 JUNO AWARDS are on sale now. They start at $39. To purchase tickets online, CLICK HERE. You can also contact the Canadian Tire Centre Box Office or call 1-877-788-3267 for more information.
Gaga Announces Joanne World Tour
Following her epic Super Bowl 51 halftime show performance, Lady Gaga revealed plans for her Joanne world tour.
Gaga kicks things off in Canada at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC on August 1st. Other Canadian dates include:
Aug. 03 - Edmonton, AB
Sep. 04 - Montreal, QC
Sep. 06 - Toronto, ON
For more dates, CLICK HERE.
Last year, she played a handful of intimate gigs as part of the Dive Bar Tour leading up to Joanne's release. This tour will see Gaga play massive venues like Chicago's Wrigley Field, Fenway Park in Boston and a slot at the Rock in Rio music fest in Brazil.
Ticket sales for the first North American leg (Aug. 1 through Sep. 1) go on sale February 13th while the second leg (Nov. 5 through Dec. 14) become available the following week, February 20th.
Zayn Releases Acoustic Cover
Zayn shows off his tattooes and jet sets in this acoustic version of the 50 Shades Darker hit single "I Don't Wanna Live Forever".
Hours after Taylor Swift released her acoustic version of the 50 Shades Darker duet, Zayn Malik followed suit.
Swift is busy prepping for her "Super Saturday Night" performance as part of this weekend's Super Bowl festivities.
To see the official music video featuring both artists, CLICK HERE. In it's first week, that version has been viewed over 27 million times. You'll be able to get your hands on a copy of the 50 Shades Darker soundtrack featuring music from John Legend, Sia, Nick Jonas and Nicki Minaj February 10th (which coincides with the movie's release).
Leo DiCaprio To Present At 89th Academy Awards
The Oscars are usually a star studded event but this year, that's been guaranteed!
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander and Mark Rylance have all signed on to present statues at the upcoming 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. This proves we'll have an equal amount of star power on stage and in the audience on February 26th.
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Traditionally, the previous year's winner will present the Oscar to the person who's won in that category this year. DiCaprio won his very first Oscar in 2016 for Best Actor in The Revenant so he'll be presenting in the Best Actor category. Larson won Best Actress for Room.
Best Supporting Actress went to Vikander for The Danish Girl and Best Supporting Actor went to Rylance for Bridge of Spies.
There are more announcements coming soon regarding additional presenters and live performances. While we don't have official word from the Academy as to who might be performing, we do know who's up for Best Original Song... So maybe we can make some educated guesses!
Trolls - "Cant Stop the Feeling" (Justin Timberlake)
Jim: The James Foley Story - "The Empty Chair" (J. Ralph and Sting)
Moana - "How Far I'll Go" (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Auli'i Cravalho and Alessia Cara)
And two from La La Land
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Emma Stone)
"City of Stars" (Hurwitz, Pasek, Paul, Stone and Ryan Gosling)