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: The Moffatts
Date: March 11, 2000
City: Toronto, Ontario

The Nominees

Best Album Design

Best Alternative Album

Best Blues Album

  • Winner:
    Ray Bonneville
    Gust of Wind
  • Steve Hill Call It What You Will
  • Michael Jerome Browne Michael Jerome Browne
  • Jack de Keyzer Down in the Groove
  • Chris Whiteley Blues Party

Best Children's Album

  • Winner:
    Sharon, Lois and Bram
    Skinnamarink TV
  • Susan Hammond's Classical Kids Song of the Unicorn
  • Jam Sandwich Play On...
  • Fanchon Les Petites Merveiles de Fanchon
  • Douglas John Ants In Your Pants, Volume 1

Best Classical Album - Large Ensemble Or Soloist(s) With Large Ensemble Accompaniment

  • Winner:
    Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
    Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque
  • Tafelmusik Handel: Arias and Dances Excerpts from Agrippina and Alcina
  • Les Violons du Roy Vivaldi: Concerti for Strings
  • Anton Kuerti, Orchestre Metropolitain Brahms: Two Piano Concertos
  • Angela Cheng, Hans Graf, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Nights in the Gardenss of Spain

Best Classical Album - Solo Or Chamber Ensemble

Best Classical Album - Vocal Or Choral Performance

  • Winner:
    Ben Heppner
    German Romantic Opera
  • Studio de Musique de Ancienne de Montreal Heavenly Spheres
  • karina Gauvin, Michael McMahon, Nora Shulman Images de Noel
  • Edith Wiens, Rudolph Jansen, Judy Loman Ae Fond Kiss
  • Daniel Taylor Bach: Arias & Oboe d'Amore

Best Classical Composition

  • Winner:
    Alexina Louie
    Shattered Night, Shivering Stars
  • Glen Buhr Winter Poems
  • Glen Buhr String Quartet No. 1
  • Gary Kuleshha The Book of Mirrors
  • Alexina Louie Arc

Best Contemporary Jazz Album - Instrumental

  • Winner:
    D.D. Jackson
    ...so far
  • Joe Sealy & Paul Novotny Blue Jade
  • Jeff Johnston The Field
  • Jean-Pierre Zanella Puzzle City
  • Bob Shaw & Freeflight Freeflight

Best Country Female Artist

Best Country Group Or Duo

Best Country Male Artist

Best Dance Recording

Best Global Album

  • Winner:
    Madagascar Slim
    Omnisource
  • Toronto Tabla Ensemble and Friends Firedance
  • Show-Do-Man Entente Cordiale
  • Celso Machado Jongo Le
  • Lilison Di Kinara Bambatula

Best Gospel Album

  • Winner:
    Deborah Klassen
    Legacy of Hope
  • The LaPointes God Only Knows
  • Sweetsalt Sweetsalt
  • Sheryl Stacey Sheryl Stacey
  • Jon Buller Sinner and the Saint

Best Instrumental Album

  • Winner:
    Natalie MacMaster
    In My Hands
  • Robert Michaels Utopia
  • Rob Crabtree, Oliver Schroer The Piper's Legacy
  • David Bradstreet, Dan Gibson Natural Sleep Inducement
  • John Herberman, Dan Gibson Piano Cascades

Best Music Of Aboriginal Canada Recording

  • Winner:
    Chester Knight & The Wind
    Falling Down
  • Vern Cheecho Touch the Earth and Sky
  • Red Bull World Hand Drum Champions '98
  • Fara To Bring Back Yesterday
  • Elizabeth Hill Love that Strong

Best R&b / Soul Recording

  • Winner:
    2Rude featuring Latoya & Miranda
    Thinkin' About You
  • Nodeja Nodeja
  • Michael Clarke All My Love
  • Ivana Santilli Brown
  • Blacklisted The Crab Theory

Best Rap Recording

Best Recording Engineer

Best Reggae Recording

  • Winner:
    Lazo
    Heart & Soul
  • Andru Branch What If I Told You
  • Willi Williams Thanks and Devotion
  • The Luge Sessions Hard End
  • Choices Sometimes

Best Roots & Traditional Album - Group

Best Roots & Traditional Album - Solo

Best Traditional Jazz Album - Instrumental

  • Winner:
    Pat LaBarbera
    Deep In A Dream
  • Time Warp Time Warp Plays the Music of Duke Ellington
  • Renee Rosnes Art & Soul
  • Bernie Senensky Quintet New Horizons
  • P.J. Perry P.J. Perry & The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Best Vocal Jazz Album

Canadian Music Hall Of Fame

  • Winner:
    Bruce Fairbairn

International Achievement Award

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

  • Winner:
    Emile Berliner
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