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: Mike Bullard
Date: March 6, 1999
City: Hamilton, Ontario
The Nominees
Best Album
Best Album Design
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Winner: Tragically Hip
Phantom Power
- New Meanies Three Seeds
- Barenaked Ladies Stunt
- 54-40 Since When
- Rush Different Stages
Best Alternative Album
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Winner: Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
- Esthero Breath from Another
- BTK BTK
- Bodega Bring Yourself Up
- Hayden The Closer I Get
Best Blues Album
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Winner:
Fathead Blues Weather - Michael Pickett Blues Money
- Kenny Blues Boss Wayne Blues Boss Boogie
- Carlos del Junco Big Boy
- Colin James Colin James and the Little Big Band
Best Children's Album
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Winner:
Susan Hammond's Classical Kids Mozart's Magnificent Voyage - Teresa Doyle If Fish Could Singa
- Sandra Beech Celebrate the Music
- Ken Whiteley Musical Mystery Machines
- Danielle Martineau Accordelidon
Best Classical Album - Large Ensemble
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Winner:
Tafelmusik Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks - The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Bartok: Dance Suite, Music for Strings
- I Musici de Montreal Schnittke, Part, Gorecki
- Stephen Lemelin, CBC Vancouver Orchestra Saint-Saens - Faure - Russel
- Chantal Juillet, Orchestra Symphonique de Montreal Reverie et Caprice: Violin Romances
Best Classical Album - Solo Or Chamber Ensemble
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Winner:
Angela Hewitt Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - The Gryphon Trio Dvorak, Mendelssohn: Piano Trios
- Marc Andre Hamelin Medtner: The Complete Piano Sonatas
- Enseemble Arion Telemann: Tafelmusik
- Amici Ensemble In Brahms' Apartment
Best Classical Album - Vocal Or Choral Performance
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Winner:
Gerald Finley, Stephen Ralls Songs of Travel - Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and Orchestra Messiah: The Complete Chorusees
- Musica Intima Musica Intima
- Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Henriette Schellenberg, Benjamin Butterfield, James Sommerville A Britten Serenade
- Karina Gauvin Vivaldi: Metets pour Soprano
Best Classical Composition
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Winner:
Colin McPhee Concerto for Wind Orchestra - Malcolm Forsyth Tre Vie
- Linda Bouchard Songs for an Acrobat
- John Weinzweig Wine of Peace: Two Songs for Soprano and Orchestra
- Chris Paul Harman Sonata for Viola and Piano
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
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Winner:
Metalwood Metalwood 2 - Francois Houle 5 In the Vernacular: The Music of John Carter
- Phil Dwyer Road Stories
- NOJO You Are here
- Hard Rubber Orchestra Cruel Yet Fair
Best Country Female Vocalist
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Winner: Shania Twain
- Beverley Mahood
- Tracey Brown
- Terri Clark
- Lisa Brokop
Best Country Group Or Duo
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Winner: Leahy
- The Wilkinsons
- Thomas Wade and Wayward
- Farmer's Daughter
- Prairie Oyster
Best Country Male Vocalist
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Winner: Paul Brandt
- Jamie Warren
- Chris Cummings
- Jason Mccoy
- Duane Steele
Best Dance Recording
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Winner:
Love Inc. Broken Bones - Temperance Hands of Time
- Shauna Davis Try My Love
- Boomtang BOys Popcorn
- Jacynthe I Got What It Takes
Best Female Vocalist
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Winner: Celine Dion
- Lynda Lemay
- Ginette Reno
- Deborah Cox
- Holly Cole
Best Global Album
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Winner:
Alpha Yaya Diallo The Message - Silk Road Music Endless
- Karsilama Karsilama
- Jesse Cook Vertigo
- Diego Marulanda & Pacande Por El Sol
Best Gospel Album
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Winner:
Sharon Riely & Faith Chorale Life Is - Toronto Mass Choir Follow Him
- Selections Our Message
- Lianna Klassen Listen to the Sound
- Expression of Praise To Whom It May Concern
Best Instrumental Album
- Oliver Schroer, John Herberman Celtic Dance
- Natalie MacMaster My Roots Are Showing
- Jesse Cook Vertigo
- Howardd Baer, Dan Gibson Celtic Awakening
- David Bradstreet, Dan Gibson Whispering Woods
Best Mainstream Jazz Album
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Winner:
Kirk MacDonald The Atlantic Sessions - Dave Young Trio Inner Urge
- The Kenny Wheeler, Sonny Greenwich Quintet Kenny and Sonny Live at the Montreal Bistro
- Francois Bourassa Cactus
- Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, John Taylor & The Maritime Jazz Orchestra Siren's Song
Best Male Vocalist
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Winner:
Jim Curddy - David Usher
- Colin James
- Corey Hart
- Kevin Parent
Best Music Of Aboriginal Canada Recording
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Winner: Robbie Robertson
Contact from the Underworld of Redboy
- TKO Welcome to the Playground
- The 1997 Aboriginal Women's Voices Group Hearts of the Nations
- J. Hubert Francis & Eagle Feather Messagge from a Drum
- Jani Lauzon Thirst
Best New Group
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Winner:
Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra - Love Inc.
- The Moffatts
- New Meanies
- The Wilkinsons
Best New Solo Artist
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Winner: Melanie Doane
- Emm Gryner
- Bruce Guthro
- Hayden
- Tamia
Best Pop Album
Best Producer
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Winner: Colin James
Let's Shout, C'mon with the C'mon
- Kiss Within, I Finally Found My Way
- Willie Nelson The Maker
- Bryan Adams C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, How Do Ya Feel Tonight
- The Corrs / Brandy I Never Loved You Anyway / Have You Ever?
Best R&b / Soul Recording
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Winner: Deborah Cox
One Wish
- Tamia Tamia
- Kirsten Farkollie I Need Some Time
- Jully Black Rally'n
- Glenn Lewis Bout Your Love
Best Rap Recording
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Winner: Rascalz
Northern Touch
- Maestro Built to Last
- Ghetto Concept Ghetto Concept, The Album
- Frankenstein Frankenstein UV
- Citizen Kane The Epic
Best Recording Engineer
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Winner:
various artists / Amy Sky Stanstill / Soul on Soul - Philosopher Kings Hurts to Love You, You Stepped On My Life
- Jim Cuddy Disappointment, All In Time
- Shirley Eikhard Desperately, If We Had Never Met
- Bryan Adams / Shirley Eikhard C'mon, C'mon, C'mon / If We Had Never Met
Best Regaae Recording
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Winner:
Frankie Wilmot Vision - Mystics The Way I Feel
- Lezah Current Glorious Ride
- Inspector Lenny Chains and Shackles
- DJ Ray The Orginal
Best Rock Album
Best Roots & Traditional Album - Group
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Winner: Kate & Anna McGarrigle
The McGarringle Hour
- Bourque, Bernard et Lepage Matapat
- Zubot & Dawson Strang
- Puirt a Baroque Return of the Wonderer
- Heartbreak Hill Heartbreak Hill
Best Roots & Traditional Album - Solo
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Winner:
Willie P. Bennett Heartstrings - Bill Bourne Sally's Dream
- Roy Forbes Crazy Old Man
- Natalie MacMaster My Roots Are Showing
- Gordie Sampson Stones
Best Selling Album - Foreign Or Domestic
Best Selling Francophone Album
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Winner: Celine Dion
S'il Suffisait D'aimer
- Lynda Lemay Lynda Lemay
- Kevin Parent Grand Parleur
- Francois Perusse L'Album du Peuple, Volume 1
- Carmen Campagne Enchantee
Best Songwriter
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Winner: Bryan Adams
- Ed Robertson
- Amy Sky
- Shania Twain
- Loreena Mckennitt
Best Video
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Winner: David Usher
Forestfire
- Jann Arden Wishing That
- Sarah McLachlan Sweet Surrender
- Great Big Sea & The Chieftains Lukey
- Matthew Good Band Apparitions
Canadian Music Hall Of Fame
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Winner:
Luc Plamondon
International Achievement Award
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
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Winner:
Allan Waters