About The Show
The Junos recognize excellence in the Canadian Music Industry by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Tune in to watch some of your favorite Canadian artists, with a few international stars mixed in.
Host: Anne Murray
Date: March 9, 1996
City: Hamilton, Ontario
This Year's Performers
The Nominees
Album Of The Year
Best Album Design
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Winner: Junkhouse
Birthday Boy
- Ashley MacIsaac HiTM How Are You Today?
- Odds Good Weird Feeling
- Mae Moore Dragonfly
- Bootsauce Bootsauce
Best Alternative Album
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Winner:
Art Bergmann What Fresh Hell Is This? - The Super Friendz Mock Up, Scale Down
- The Inbreds Kombinator
- Rusty Fluke
- Hardship Post Somebody Spoke
Best Blues / Gospel Album
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Winner: Jim Byrnes
That River
- The Sidemen When the Sun Goes Down
- Sue Foley Big City Blues
- King Biscuit Boy Urban Blues re: Newell
- Georgette Fry Rites of Passage
Best Children's Album
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Winner:
Al Simmosn Celery Stalks at Midnight - Will Millar The Keeper
- Susan Hammond, Classical Kids Hallelujah Handel!
- Rick Scott Philharmonic Fool
- Raffi Raffi Radio
Best Classical Album - Large Ensemble
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Winner:
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 9 - Tafelmusik Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre
- Orchestre symphonique de Montreal Debussy: Children's Corner
- Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1 & 5, Hebrides Overture
- Leila Josefowicz, The Academy of St. Marin in the Fields Tchaikovsky & Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Best Classical Album - Solo Or Chamber Ensemble
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Winner: Marc Andre Hamelin
Alkan: Grande Sonate, Sonatine, Le Festin
- Tafelmusik Bach: Violin Concertos
- Jacques Israelievitch, John Greer Suite Hebraique
- Francine Kay Debussy: Preludes, Livres 1 et 2
- Amici, Schmuel Askenasi Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Best Classical Album - Vocal Or Choral Performance
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Winner:
Ben Heppner, The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Ben Heppner Sings Richard Strauss - Vancouver Chamber Choir Healey Willan: An Apostrophe to the Theavenly Hosts
- Dorothea Roschmann, Hugues Saint-Gelais, Kevin McMillan, Les Violons du Roy J.s. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 1
- Choeur de l'orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Orchestre symphonique de Montreal Ravel: L'enfant et les sortileges, Sheherazade
- Ben Heppner, Munich Radio Orchestra Great Tenor Arias
Best Classical Composition
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Winner:
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - The Esprit Orchestra Touchings
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Piano Concerto
- Amici I Think That I Shall Never See...
- Esprit Orchestra Music for Heaven and Earth
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
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Winner:
Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra NOJO - The Merlin Factor Frontier Tunes
- Rich Shadrach Lazar, Montuno Police Touch
- Carol Welsman Luck To Be Me
- Jane Bunnett Rendez-vous Brazil Cuba
Best Dance Recording
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Winner: Camille
A Deeper Shade of Love
- Temperance Never Let You Go
- Shauna Davis Get Away
- JLM Come Into My Life
- BKS Take Control
Best Global Album
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Winner:
Takadja Music from Africa - The Angstones When Ahab Met Moishe
- Punjabi by Nature Jmpn For Joy
- Papo Ross & Orquesta Pambiche Vamo a Pambicha
- Cirque Du Soleil Alegria
Best Mainstream Jazz Album
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Winner:
Ingrid Jensen Vernal Fields - Oliver Jones From Lush to Lively
- Normand Guilbeault Ensemble Basso Continuo
- Jeri Brown A Timeless Place
- D.D. Jackson Peace Song
Best Music Of Aboriginal Canada Recording
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Winner:
Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat ETSI Shon Grandfater Song - Wapistan - Lawrence Martin Message
- Susan Aglukark This Child
- Red Bull Singers Dancing Around the World
- Jess Lee Sacred Ground
Best New Group
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Winner: Philosopher Kings
- Hemingway Corner
- Rymes with Orange
- Sandbox
- Rainbow Butt Monkeys
Best New Solo Artist
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Winner: Ashley MacIsaac
- Laura Smith
- Lara Fabian
- Kim Stockwood
- Amanda Marshall
Best R&b / Soul Recording
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Winner: Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox
- Philosopher Kings Philosopher Kings
- Jacksoul Absolute
- Bass Is Base Memories of the SoulShack Survivors
- Charlene Smith Feel the Good Times
Best Rap Recording
- Cipher 360 Degrees
- UBAD The Legacy
- Saukrates Still Caught Up
- Ghetoo Concept E-Z On That Motion
- Da Grass Rooots Music featuring Elemental Drama
Best Reggae Recording
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Winner:
Sattalites Now and Forever - Tanya Mullings Real Personal
- Snow Si Wi Dem Nuh Know We
- Errol Blackwood Waking Up the Dream
- Lazo Something Real
Best Rock Album
Best Roots & Traditional Album - Group
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Winner: The Irish Descendants
Gypsies & Lovers
- The Wyrd Sisters Inside the Dreaming
- The Paperboys Late As Usual
- Great Big Sea Up
- Orealis Night Visions
Best Roots & Traditional Album - Solo
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Winner: Ashley MacIsaac
HiTM How Are You Today?
- Susan Crowe This Far from Home
- Laura Smith B'tween the Earth and My Soul
- James Keelaghan A Recent Future
- Danielle Martineau Autrement
Best Selling Album - Foreign Or Domestic
Best Selling Francophone Album
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Winner: Celine Dion
D'eux
- Marjo Bohemienne
- Mario Pelchat C'est La Vie
- Lara Fabian Carpe Diem
- Beau Dommage Beau Dommage
Best Video
Canadian Music Hall Of Fame
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Winner: John Kay
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Winner:
Denny Doherty -
Winner:
Domenic Troiano -
Winner:
Zal Yanovsky -
Winner:
David Clayton-Thomas
Country Female Vocalist Of The Year
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Winner: Shania Twain
- Lisa Brokop
- Michelle Wright
- Cindy Church
- Patricia Conroy
Country Group Or Duo Of The Year
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Winner:
Prairie Oyster - Farmer's Daughter
- Rankin Family
- The Johner Brothers
- Quartette
Country Male Vocalist Of The Year
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Winner: Charlie Major
- Calvin Wiggett
- Jason Mccoy
- George Fox
- Don Neilson
Entertainer Of The Year
Female Vocalist Of The Year
Group Of The Year
Instrumental Artist(s) Of The Year
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Winner:
Liona Boyd - Andre Gagnon
- Hennie Bekker
- Richard Abel
- George Amatino
Male Vocalist Of The Year
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Winner: Colin James
- Charlie Major
- Tom Cochrane
- Mario Pelchat
- Neil Young
Producer Of The Year
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Winner:
The Waltons; Beaton's Delight End of the World - Madonna You'll See
- Susan Aglukark This Child
- Bryan Adams Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman
- Amanda Marshall Beautiful Goodbye, Birmingham
Recording Engineer Of The Year
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Winner: Susan Aglukark
This Child
- Oliver Jones; Canon The Way You Look Tonight
- John Mcdermott Here, There and Everywhere
- Crash Vegas Faith, Their Lights
- Cirque de Soleil Alegria
Single Of The Year
Songwriter Of The Year
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Winner: Alanis Morissette
- Bryan Adams
- Anne Loree
- Shania Twain
- Odds
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
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Winner:
Ronnie Hawkins