The Juno Awards of 2023 was a music awards ceremony that was held on 13 March 2023 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta."Actor Simu Liu to host 2023 Juno Awards in Edmonton". Global News, December 1, 2022. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year determined by the members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. It returned to its usual March schedule for the first time since 2019 after COVID-19 pandemic had the last three events took place in June 2020, May 2021, and May 2022, respectively. Canadian actor Simu Liu, who hosted the 2022 ceremony, returned to host again.
The Weeknd received the most nominations (six) and had the most wins (five), followed by Avril Lavigne and Tate McRae with five nominations each, and Reklaws, Shawn Mendes, Preston Pablo and Banx & Ranx with three nominations each. With the six nominations, The Weeknd matched his personal records for both 2016 and 2021.
During the televised show, a topless protester crashed Avril Lavigne's introduction of AP Dhillon.
Background The nominees for Rap Album or EP of the Year were announced 30 January on the premiere of Elamin Abdelmahmoud's new CBC Radio One talk show Commotion,Louis Pavlakos, "Nav, Tobi Nominated for Rap Album/EP of the Year at the 2023 Juno Awards". Complex, January 30, 2023. followed by the remainder on 31 January 2023."Here are all the 2023 Juno nominees". CBC Music, January 31, 2023.
Most winners were announced at the "opening night" event on 11 March 2023, with only select high-profile categories reserved for the main ceremony on 13 March.Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
The ceremony had originally been scheduled for 12 March,Kashmala Fida Mohatarem, "After almost 20 years, Edmonton will once again host Canada's Juno Awards". CBC News Edmonton, May 10, 2022. but was rescheduled for the next day after the 95th Academy Awards were scheduled for that date.David Friend, "Edmonton Juno Awards changes 2023 date to avoid Oscars". Global News, August 4, 2022.
Performances The first wave of performers for the ceremony were announced in early January with Tennille Townes, and AP Dhillon confirmed a few days later.David Friend, "Country singer Tenille Townes, Punjabi rapper AP Dhillon added to Juno performers". The Globe and Mail, January 17, 2023. The 50 Years of Hip Hop performance was announced on 3 March.
During the show's broadcast, Casey Hatherly walked topless onto the stage while Avril Lavigne was introducing AP Dhillon for his performance. Hatherly displayed slogans to protest climate-related causes, in particular issues surrounding the Greenbelt, before being escorted off the stage. + List of performers at the Juno Awards of 2023Artist(s)Song(s)Tate McRae"she's all I wanna be"AP Dhillon"Summer High"Tenille Townes"Where are You" "The Sound of Being Alone"Alexisonfire"Sans soleil"Aysanabee with Northern Cree"We Were Here (It's in My Blood)"Bank & Ranx with Preston Pablo, Rêve"Headphones" "Flowers Need Rain"
"CTRL + ALT + DEL"Jessie Reyez"Mutual Friend"Michie Mee with Kardinal Offishall Dream Warriors
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TOBi50 Years of Hip-Hop "Jamaican Funk""My Definition of a Bombastic Jazz Style""Let's Ride""Flowers"Nickelback"Rockstar" "How You Remind Me"
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Winners and nominees The following are the winners and nominees of the Juno Awards of 2023. Winners appear first and highlighted in bold.
People Artist of the Year Group of the Year The Weeknd Michael Bublé Avril Lavigne Shawn Mendes Lauren Spencer-Smith Arkells Arcade Fire Billy Talent Metric The Reklaws Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Preston Pablo Dax Devon Cole RealestK Rêve Banx & Ranx Harm & Ease Rare Americans Tommy Lefroy Wild Rivers Fan Choice Award Songwriter of the Year Avril Lavigne Tate McRae Shawn Mendes Preston Pablo Mackenzie Porter The Reklaws Rêve Tyler Shaw Lauren Spencer-Smith The Weeknd Abel Tesfaye — "Less Than Zero", "Out of Time", "Sacrifice" Faouzia — "Anybody Else", "Puppet", "RIP, Love" Tate McRae — "Chaotic", "Feel Like Shit", "She's All I Wanna Be" Tenille Townes — "The Last Time", "When You Need It", "When's It Gonna Happen" Tobi — "Before We Panic", "Flowers", "Move" Producer of the Year Recording Engineer of the Year Akeel Henry — "For Tonight" (Giveon), "Splash" (John Legend) Banx & Ranx — "Ctrl + Alt + Del" (Rêve), "Dynamite" (Sean Paul feat. Sia) Kaytranada — "dog food" (IDK), "Iced Tea" (Joyce Wrice and Kaytranada) Mike Wise — "10 Things I Hate About You" (Leah Kate), "Yuck" (Charli XCX) Murda Beatz — "California Breeze" (Lil Baby), "Have Mercy" (Chlöe) Serban Ghenea — "That's What I Want" (Lil Nas X), "Unholy" (Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras) Derek Hoffman — "My Body" (Lili-Ann De Francesco), "Stronger Than You Know" (The East Pointers) George Seara — "Hell/Heaven" (Keshi), "It'll Be Okay" (Shawn Mendes) Gus van Go — "Grow Up Tomorrow" (The Beaches), "What Feels Like Eternity" (Metric) Jason Dufour — "She Don't Know" (Jade Eagleson), "The Old Me" (Ria Mae)
Albums Album of the Year Adult Alternative Album of the Year The Weeknd, Dawn FM Ali Gatie, Who Hurt You? Avril Lavigne, Love Sux Tate McRae, I Used to Think I Could Fly Nav, Demons Protected by Angels The Sadies, Colder Streams Altameda, Born Losers Basia Bulat, The Garden Dan Mangan, Being Somewhere The Weather Station, How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars Adult Contemporary Album of the Year Alternative Album of the Year Michael Bublé, Higher Jann Arden, Descendant Marc Jordan and Amy Sky, He Sang She Sang Francois Klark, Adventure Book Tyler Shaw, A Tyler Shaw Christmas Alvvays, Blue Rev Luna Li, Duality OMBIIGIZI, Sewn Back Together PUP, The Unraveling of PUPTheBand Tanya Tagaq, Tongues Blues Album of the Year Children's Album of the Year Angelique Francis, Long River Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, Live at the King Eddy Harrison Kennedy, Thanks for Tomorrow Spencer Mackenzie, Preach to My Soul Crystal Shawanda, Midnight Blues Walk off the Earth and Romeo Eats, Walk off the Earth and Romeo Eats, Vol. 2 Beppie, Nice to Meet You Jeremy and Jazzy, Say Hello Maestro Fresh Wes and Keysha Freshh, Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Julia the Great Splash'N Boots, I Am Love Classical Album of the Year – Solo Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble Philip Chiu, Fables Isabel Bayrakdarian, La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland James Ehnes, Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin David Jalbert, Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Bruce Liu, Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021 Orchestre de l'Agora conducted by Nicolas Ellis featuring Marina Thibeault, Viola Borealis The Elora Singers conducted by Mark Vuorinen, Radiant Dawn: Music for Advent and Christmas Ensemble Vocal Arts-Quebec conducted by Matthias Maute featuring Karina Gauvin, Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Ensemble Caprice I Musici de Montréal conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen – Arvo Pärt: Symphonie No. 4 Los Angeles National Arts Centre Orchestra conducted by Alexander Shelley, Clara – Robert – Johannes: Lyrical Echoes Classical Album of the Year – Small Ensemble Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca conducted by Claude Lapalme, Early Italian Cello Concertos ARC Ensemble, Hemsi: Chamber Works Andrew Balfour and Musica Intima, Nagamo Collectif9, Vagues et ombres Suzie LeBlanc, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay, Vincent Lauzer and Sylvain Bergeron, De la cour de Louis XIV à Shippagan! Chants traditionnels acadiens et airs de cour du XVIIe siècle Jordan St. Cyr, Jordan St. Cyr Dan Bremnes, Into the Wild Daniel Ojo, Trust Love and the Outcome, Only Ever Always Tehillah Worship, The Church Will Rise Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year Digging Roots, Zhawenim Susan Aglukark, The Crossing Aysanabee, Watin Indian City, Code Red Julian Taylor, Beyond the Reservoir The Bearhead Sisters, Unbreakable Cikwes, Kâkîsimo ᑳᑮᓯᒧᐤ Iva and Angu, Katajjausiit Northern Cree, Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning Joel Wood, Mikwanak Kamôsakinat Country Album of the Year Electronic Album of the Year Tenille Townes, Masquerades Jade Eagleson, Honkytonk Revival High Valley, Way Back Orville Peck, Bronco The Reklaws, Good Ol' Days Teen Daze, Interior Rich Aucoin, Synthetic Season One Mecha Maiko, Not OK Odonis Odonis, Spectrums Rezz, Nightmare on Rezz Street 2 Mix Francophone Album of the Year Instrumental Album of the Year Les Louanges, Crash Daniel Bélanger, Mercure en mai Lisa Leblanc, Chiac Disco Hubert Lenoir, PICTURA DE IPSE: Musique directe Ariane Roy, Medium plaisir Esmerine, Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More Jean-Michel Blais, Aubades The Canadian Brass, Canadiana Hard Rubber Orchestra, Iguana Stephan Moccio, Lionheart International Album of the Year Jazz Album of the Year – Solo Harry Styles, Harry's House Lil Nas X, Montero Ed Sheeran, = Taylor Swift, Midnights Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor's Version) Renee Rosnes, Kinds of Love Ernesto Cervini, Joy Luis Deniz, El Tinajon Lauren Falls, A Little Louder Now Rafael Zaldivar, Rumba Jazz Album of the Year – Group Vocal Jazz Album of the Year Florian Hoefner Trio, Desert Bloom Andrew Rathbun Quintet, Semantics BadBadNotGood, Talk Memory Carn Davidson 9, The History of Us Mark Kelso and the Jazz Exiles, The Dragon's Tail Caity Gyorgy, Featuring Laura Anglade and Sam Kirmayer, Venez donc chez moi The Ostara Project, The Ostara Project Diana Panton, Blue Nikki Yanofsky, Nikki by Starlight Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year Pop Album of the Year Voivod, Synchro Anarchy Cancer Bats, Psychic Jailbreak Get the Shot, Merciless Destruction Skull Fist, Paid in Full Wake, Thought Form Descent The Weeknd, Dawn FM Alessia Cara, In the Meantime Carly Rae Jepsen, The Loneliest Time Avril Lavigne, Love Sux Tate McRae, I Used to Think I Could Fly Rap Album/EP of the Year Rock Album of the Year Tobi, Shall I Continue? Boslen, Gonzo Classified, Retrospected (Acoustic) Jazz Cartier, The Fleur Print (Vol. 2) Nav, Demons Protected by Angels Alexisonfire, Otherness Billy Talent, Crisis of Faith Nickelback, Get Rollin' The Sheepdogs, Outta Sight Three Days Grace, Explosions Contemporary Roots Album of the Year Traditional Roots Album of the Year The Bros. Landreth, Come Morning Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, O Glory The East Pointers, House of Dreams Fortunate Ones, That Was You and Me Shakura S'Aida, Hold On to Love Pharis and Jason Romero, Tell 'em You were Gold Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, Hurricane Clarice Mama's Broke, Narrow Line The McDades, The Empress Le Vent du Nord, 20 printemps Global Music Album of the Year Comedy Album of the Year Lenka Lichtenberg, Thieves of Dreams Ghalia Benali, Constantinople and Kiya Tabassian, In the Footsteps of Rumi Pierre Kwenders, José Louis and the Paradox of Love Ruby Singh, Vox.Infold Wesli, Tradisyon Jon Dore, A Person Who Is Gingerbread Zabrina Douglas, Things Black Girls Say: The Album Courtney Gilmour, Let Me Hold Your Baby Jackie Pirico, Splash Pad Matt Wright, Here Live, Not a Cat
Songs and recordings Single of the Year Classical Composition of the Year The Weeknd, "Sacrifice" Avril Lavigne, "Bite Me" Tate McRae, "She's All I Wanna Be" Shawn Mendes, "When You're Gone" Preston Pablo feat. Banx & Ranx, "Flowers Need Rain" Bekah Simms, "Bestiary I & II" Anthony Tan, "An Overall Augmented Sense of Well-Being" Keyan Emami, "The Black Fish" Nicole Lizée, "Prayers for Ruins" Vincent Ho, "Supervillain Études" Dance Recording of the Year Rap Single of the Year Rêve, "Ctrl + Alt + Del" Bob Moses feat. Kasablanca, "Afterglow" Grimes, "Shinigami Eyes" Loud Luxury feat. Kiddo, "These Nights" Rezz, Spiral Kaytranada feat. Anderson .Paak, "Twin Flame"