FACTOR is a proud sponsor of this year's 45th annual JUNO awards, recognizing the very best in Canada's musical talent.
In addition to sponsoring JUNO Week 2016, we’re very pleased to announce the following #FACTORfunded artists and nominated albums Congratulations to all for the much-deserved recognition!
Catch the awards live from Calgary, AB on Sunday April 3.
Breakthrough Group of the Year (sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters, and Radio Starmaker Fund)
Dear Rouge
Half Moon Run
Milk&Bone
The Elwins
Young Empires
Country Album of the Year
Autumn Hill, Anchor (Wax, Universal)
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
Joel Plaskett, The Park Avenue Sobriety Test (Pheromone, Fontana North)
Mo Kenney, In My Dreams (Pheromone, Fontana North)
Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned (Six Shooter, Universal)
Alternative Album of the Year
BRAIDS, Deep in the Iris (Flemish Eye, Outside)
Destroyer, Poison Season (Merge, F.A.B.)
Majical Cloudz, Are You Alone? (Arts & Crafts, Universal)
Viet Cong, Viet Cong (Flemish Eye, Outside)
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Jaclyn Guillou, This Bitter Earth (Independent)
Jazz Album of the Year: Solo
Curtis Nowosad, Dialectics (Cellar Live, Conveyor)
Robi Botos, Movin’ Forward (A440, Universal)
Jazz Album of the Year: Group
Jerry Granelli Trio, What I Hear Now (Addo, Conveyor)
Classical Composition of the Year
Nicole Lizée, Bookburners (Centrediscs, Naxos)
Rap Recording of the Year
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah, Sour Soul (eOne)
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year
Fortunate Ones, The Bliss (Pony, Outside)
Frazey Ford, Indian Ocean (Nettwerk, Sony)
LeE HaRVeY OsMOND, Beautiful Scars (Latent, Warner)
Traditional Roots Album of the Year
Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis, eOne)
Blues Album of the Year
Big Dave McLean, Faded But Not Gone (Hen, eOne)
Blackburn, In This World (Electro-Fi, Outside)
David Gogo, Vicksburg (Cordova Bay, Fontana)
Contemporary Christian / Gospel Album of the Year
Tim Neufeld, TREES – Chapter 2 (Sony, David C. Cook)
World Music Album of the Year
Alex Cuba, Healer (Caracol, Fontana North)
Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Moorka (Independent)
Recording Engineer of the Year
Gus Van Go for “Downtown”, “Sweet Disaster” off Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned (Six Shooter, Universal)
Recording Package of the Year
Cam Dales (Art Director/Designer), Ben Clarkson (Art Director/Illustrator) for Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, Club Meds (Arts & Crafts, Universal)
Electronic Album of the Year
Humans, Noontide (Hybridity, Select)
Heavy Metal Album of the Year
Diemonds, Never Wanna Die (eOne)