Edition of Canadian music award
The Juno Awards of 2007 were hosted in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada on the weekend ending 1 April 2007. These ceremonies honoured music industry achievements in Canada during most of 2006. The event was well known for a possible tape delay by the CTV television network so the network could syndicate "The Amazing Race".
Ceremonies.
Most winners were announced at the Juno Gala Dinner and Awards ceremony on 31 March. This was a non-televised event conducted at TCU Place. At this event, Tom Jackson received the 2007 Humanitarian Award and Montreal-based music business veteran Donald K. Tarlton received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award. Gregory Charles, a Quebec-based musician, hosted this gala.
The primary ceremonies of the major awards originated from the Credit Union Centre on 1 April and televised throughout Canada on CTV. Host Nelly Furtado was also the most successful artist this year, winning in five categories: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Juno Fan Choice Award, Pop Album of the Year and Single of the Year.
Winners in the following categories were announced during the primary ceremonies:
Telecast.
CTV originally planned to provide a tape-delayed broadcast from 22:00 Eastern Daylight Time to accommodate an episode of the American version of "The Amazing Race". However, the network relented due to opposition over the late timing, and scheduled the broadcast live from Ontario and eastward (19:00-21:00 Eastern) and tape delayed in western provinces (21:00-23:00 local time in British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 19:00-21:00 in Alberta). Quickly afterwards, the network made yet another change, allowing Saskatchewan viewers to watch the ceremony live (17:00 Central Standard) in addition to its previously scheduled timeslot.
National ratings for the Juno telecast were measured by BBM Nielsen at 912 000 viewers, an inferior result compared to the 966 000 viewers for Global's broadcast of "The Simpsons" or the 1.03 million viewers CBC gained from its airing of "At Bertram's Hotel", an adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery.
Nominees and winners.
Nominees were announced on 6 February 2007.
Artist of the Year.
Winner: Nelly Furtado
Other nominees:
Group of the Year.
Winner: Billy Talent
Other nominees:
New Artist of the Year.
Winner: Tomi Swick
Other nominees:
New Group of the Year.
Winner: Mobile
Other nominees:
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year.
Winner: Brian Howes, "Trip" (Hedley) and "Lips of an Angel" (Extreme Behavior)
Other nominees:
Recording Engineer of the Year.
Winner: John "Beetle" Bailey, "Rain" (Molly Johnson) and "Sisters of Mercy" (Serena Ryder)
Other nominees:
Songwriter of the Year.
Winner: Gordie Sampson, "Jesus Take the Wheel", "Words Get in the Way" and "Crybaby"
Other nominees:
Fan Choice Award.
Winner: Nelly Furtado
Other nominees:
Nominated albums.
Album of the Year.
Winner: "Loose", Nelly Furtado
Other nominees:
Aboriginal Recording of the Year.
Winner: "Sedzé", Leela Gilday
Other nominees:
Adult Alternative Album of the Year.
Winner: "The Light That Guides You Home", Jim Cuddy
Other nominees:
Alternative Album of the Year.
Winner: "Sometimes", City and Colour
Other nominees:
Blues Album of the Year.
Winner: "House of Refuge", Jim Byrnes
Other nominees:
CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year.
Winner: Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau, "The Looks" (MSTRKRFT)
Other nominees:
Children's Album of the Year.
Winner: "My Beautiful World", Jack Grunsky
Other nominees:
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year.
Winner: "Wide-Eyed and Mystified", Downhere
Other nominees:
Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble).
Winner: "Mozart: Violin Concerti", James Ehnes and the Mozart Anniversary Orchestra
Other nominees:
Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble).
Winner: "Piazzolla", Jean-Marie Zeitouni and Les Violons du Roy
Other nominees:
Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance).
Winner: "Mozart: Arie e Duetti", Isabel Bayrakdarian, Michael Schade and Russell Braun with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Other nominees:
Francophone Album of the Year.
Winner: "Il était une fois dans l'est", Antoine Gratton
Other nominees:
Instrumental Album of the Year.
Winner: "Run Neil Run", Sisters Euclid
Other nominees:
International Album of the Year.
Winner: "Taking the Long Way", Dixie Chicks
Other nominees:
Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year.
Winner: "From the Heart", Hilario Durán and his Latin Jazz Big Band
Other nominees:
Traditional Jazz Album of the Year.
Winner: "Avenue Standard", Jon Ballantyne
Other nominees:
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year.
Winner: "From This Moment On", Diana Krall
Other nominees:
Pop Album of the Year.
Winner: "Loose", Nelly Furtado
Other nominees:
Rock Album of the Year.
Winner: "Billy Talent II", Billy Talent
Other nominees:
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo).
Winner: "Yellowjacket", Stephen Fearing
Other nominees:
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group).
Winner: "Bloom", The McDades
Other nominees:
World Music Album of the Year.
Winner: "Kaba Horo", Lubo Alexandrov
Other nominees:
Nominated releases.
Single of the Year.
Winner: "Promiscuous", Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
Other nominees:
Classical Composition of the Year.
Winner: "Clere Vénus", Denis Gougeon
Other nominees:
Country Recording of the Year.
Winner: "Somebody Wrote Love", George Canyon
Other nominees:
Dance Recording of the Year.
Winner: "Sexor", Tiga
Other nominees:
Music DVD of the Year.
Winner: "Escarpment Blues", Sarah Harmer
Other nominees:
R&amp;B/Soul Recording of the Year.
Winner: "mySOUL", jacksoul
Other nominees:
Rap Recording of the Year.
Winner: "Black Magic", Swollen Members
Other nominees:
Reggae Recording of the Year.
Winner: "Xrated", Korexion
Other nominees:
Video of the Year.
Winner: Dave Pawson and Jonathan Legris, "Bridge to Nowhere" (Sam Roberts)
Other nominees:
Compilation CD.
A compilation album of the awards was released in 2007
Track list