Juno Awards of 2010


The Juno Awards of 2010 honoured music industry achievements in Canada for the latter part of 2008 and for most of 2009. These ceremonies were in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada during the weekend ending 18 April 2010. Primary ceremonies were held at the Mile One Centre and at an outdoor venue on George Street. This also marks the first time to not feature a host.
April Wine was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Bryan Adams received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career. Ross Reynolds, an original board member of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and former head of Universal Music Canada received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.
CARAS, the association responsible for the awards, awarded the 2010 ceremonies to the Newfoundland and Labrador capital based on a bid which included government support commitments totalling $1.5 million, half funded by the province, $250,000 from the St. John's municipal government and the remainder from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

Events

Preliminary award-related events, known as Juno Week, began on 12 April 2010 with a launch event at the Confederation Building. Activities during this time included concerts such as JunoFest and the Juno Cup charity hockey game.
On 17 April, the Juno Fan Fare event featured artist interviews, prizes and opportunities for the public to meet musicians. However, some artists such as Alexisonfire were unable to attend when fog conditions that weekend delayed air travel into St. John's. The fog delays also cancelled some concerts the previous evening, and disrupted rehearsals for the main Sunday broadcast.
Also on that Saturday, winners in 32 Juno categories were announced at a special gala dinner at the St. John's Convention Centre. On the following day, prior to the main awards broadcast, a Songwriters' Circle concert was hosted by Dallas Green then broadcast on CBC Radio 2.

Primary ceremony

The primary awards ceremony on 18 April 2010 was telecast by CTV from Mile One Centre and from an outdoor venue on George Street, featuring multiple hosts and presenters.
Classified began the proceedings with "Oh... Canada" from the George Street venue. Bryan Adams could not attend in person due to the air travel disruption from the Icelandic ash cloud incident; he therefore received his Allan Waters Humanitarian Award via satellite.
Other artists performing at the ceremonies broadcast were Justin Bieber, Billy Talent, Blue Rodeo, Michael Bublé, Drake, Great Lake Swimmers, K'naan, Metric and Johnny Reid.
Award presenters and personalities included:
The following seven categories were awarded during the main broadcast:
Rebroadcasts of the Juno Awards telecast were scheduled for A, Bravo!, MuchMore, Star! in late April.

Changes to nomination categories for 2010

Changes were made to the following award categories for this year's nominations:
Nominees in the following categories were announced on 3 March 2010. Michael Bublé received the most nominations of any artist this year, represented in six categories and winning four of those. Billy Talent, Drake and Johnny Reid each received four nominations. Drake, who had yet to release a full album, won in two categories. K'Naan also won two of his nominations.
Winners of most categories were announced on 17 April at a gala dinner.

Artist of the Year">Juno Award for Artist of the Year">Artist of the Year

Winner: K'Naan
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Winner: Metric
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Winner: Drake
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Winner: Arkells
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Winner: Bob Rock, "Haven't Met You Yet" and "Baby "
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Winner: Dan Brodbeck, "Apple of My Eye" and "Be Careful"
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Winner: K'naan – "Wavin' Flag", "Take A Minute", "If Rap Gets Jealous"
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Winner: Michael Bublé
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Album of the Year">Juno Award for Album of the Year">Album of the Year

Winner: Crazy Love – Michael Bublé
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Winner: We Are... – Digging Roots
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Winner: Three – Joel Plaskett
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Winner: Fantasies – Metric
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Winner: The Corktown Sessions – Jack de Keyzer
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Winner: Martin Bernard, Stéphane Cocke, Thomas Csano: Beats on Canvas, Beats on Canvas
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Winner: Love My New Shirt – Norman Foote
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Winner: Where's Our Revolution – Matt Brouwer
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Winner: ' – Alain Lefèvre & London Mozart Players
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Winner: ' – Joel Quarrington
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Winner: Adrianne Pieczonka sings Puccini – Adrianne Pieczonka
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Winner: Les sentinelles dorment – Andrea Lindsay
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Winner: As Seen Through Windows – Bell Orchestre
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Winner: Only by the Night – Kings of Leon
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Winner: The Happiness Project – Charles Spearin
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Winner: It's About Time – Terry Clarke
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Winner: Ranee Lee Lives Upstairs – Ranee Lee
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Winner: Crazy Love – Michael Bublé
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Winner: Billy Talent III – Billy Talent
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Winner: Hunter, Hunter, Amelia Curran
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Winner: The Good Lovelies, The Good Lovelies
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Winner: Comfortably Mine, Dominic Mancuso
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Single of the Year">Juno Award for Single of the Year">Single of the Year

Winner: "Haven't Met You Yet" – Michael Bublé
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Winner: "Lament in the Trampled Garden", Marjan Mozetich
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Winner: Dance With Me, Johnny Reid
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Winner: For Lack of a Better Name, Deadmau5
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Winner: ', Stefan Demetriou, Sam Dunn, Scott McFadyen, Rod Smallwood, Andy Taylor
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Winner: "Lonesome Highway", Jacksoul
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Winner: So Far Gone, Drake
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Winner: Gonna Be Alright, Dubmatix with Prince Blanco
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Winner: "Little Bit of Red" – Serena Ryder
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A compilation album featuring selected Juno nominees was released on 30 March 2010 by Sony Music Entertainment Canada. Sales of the album support the CARAS music education charity MusiCounts. The artists and track listing is as follows:
  1. "Haven’t Met You Yet", Michael Bublé
  2. "Wavin' Flag", K'naan
  3. "Burn It to the Ground", Nickelback
  4. "Break", Three Days Grace
  5. "Rusted From The Rain", Billy Talent
  6. "Oh, The Boss Is Coming!", Arkells
  7. "Gimme Sympathy", Metric
  8. "Dead End Countdown", The New Cities
  9. "Cha-Ching", Hedley
  10. "Anybody Listening", Classified
  11. "One Time", Justin Bieber
  12. "Rich Girl$", Down With Webster
  13. "Best I Ever Had", Drake
  14. "Summer Girl", Stereos
  15. "Operator ", Shiloh
  16. "Love Is A First", The Tragically Hip
  17. "A Million Miles Away", Jann Arden
  18. "Arizona Dust", Blue Rodeo
  19. "A Woman Like You", Johnny Reid
  20. "Walk on By", Diana Krall