The Juno Award for "Recording Engineer of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best recording engineer in Canada.
Winners
Recording Engineer of the Year (1976 - 1998) 1976 - Michel Ethier, Dompierre by François Dompierre 1977 - Paul Pagé, Are You Ready For Love by Patsy Gallant 1978 - (tie) Terry Brown, Hope by Klaatu AND David Greene, Big Band Jazz by The Boss Brass 1979 - Ken Friesen, Let's Keep It That Way by Anne Murray 1980 - David Greene, Concerto for Contemporary Violin by Paul Hoffert 1981 - Mike Jones, "Factory"" and "We're OK" by Instructions 1982 - (tie) Gary Gray, "Attitude" & "For Those Who Think Young"" by Rough Trade AND Keith Stein / Bob Rock, "When It's Over" & "It's Your Life" by Loverboy 1983 - Bob Rock, No Stranger To Danger by Payolas 1984 - John Naslen, Stealing Fire by Bruce Cockburn 1985 - Hayward Parrott, Underworld by The Front 1986 - Joe Vannelli / Gino Vannelli, Black Cars 1987 - Gino Vannelli / Joe Vannelli, "Wild Horses" & "Young Lover" 1989 - Mike Fraser, "Calling America" & "Different Drummer" by Tom Cochrane & Red Rider 1990 - Kevin Doyle, Alannah Myles 1991 - Gino Vannelli / Joe Vannelli, "The Time of Day" & "Sunset On LA" 1992 - Mike Fraser, "Thunderstruck" & "Moneytalks" by AC/DC 1993 - Jeff Wolpert / John Whynot, "The Lady of Shallott" by Loreena McKennitt 1994 - Kevin Doyle, "Old Cape Cod" & "Cry Me a River" by Anne Murray 1995 - Lenny DeRose, "Lay My Body Down" & "Charms" by The Philosopher Kings 1996 - Chad Irschick, "O Siem" by Susan Aglukark 1997 - Paul Northfield, "Another Sunday" by I Mother Earth, "Leave It Alone" by Moist 1998 - Michael Phillip Wojewoda, "Armstrong and the Guys" & "Our Ambassador" by Spirit of the West
Best Recording Engineer (1999 - 2002) 1999 - Kevin Doyle, "Stanstill" by various artists and "Soul On Soul" by Amy Sky 2000 - Paul Northfield / Jagori Tanna, "Summertime in the Void" & "When Did You Get Back From Mars?" by I Mother Earth 2001 - Jeff Wolpert, "Make It Go Away" & "Romantically Helpless" by Holly Cole 2002 - Randy Staub, "How You Remind Me" & "Too Bad" by Nickelback
Recording Engineer of the Year (2003 - present) 2003 - Denis Tougas, "Double Agent" & "Everybody's Got A Story" by Amanda Marshall 2004 - Mike Haas / Dylan Heming / Jeff Wolpert, "Heat Wave" and "Something Cool" by Holly Cole 2005 - L. Stu Young, "What Do U Want Me 2 Do?" and "If Eye Was the Man in Ur Life" by Prince 2006 - Vic Florencia, "Everyday Is a Holiday" and "Melancholy Melody" by Esthero 2007 - John "Beetle" Bailey, "Rain" by Molly Johnson and "Sisters of Mercy" by Serena Ryder 2008 - Kevin Churko, Black Rain by Ozzy Osbourne 2009 - Kevin Churko, "Disappearing" and "The Big Bang" (Simon Collins, U-Catastrophe) 2010 - Dan Brodbeck, "Apple Of My Eye" and "Be Careful" (Dolores O’Riordan, No Baggage) 2011 - Kevin Churko, "Let It Die", "Life Won’t Wait" (Ozzy Osbourne, Scream) 2012 - George Seara, "A Little Bit of Love", Michael Kaeshammer and "Let Go", Laila Biali 2013 - Kevin Churko / (co-engineer Kane Churko), "Blood" from Blood by In This Moment; "Coming Down" from American Capitalist by Five Finger Death Punch 2014 - Eric Ratz, "Sweet Mountain River" and "The Lion" from Furiosity by Monster Truck 2015 - Eric Ratz, "Ghosts" from Ghosts by Big Wreck and "Satellite Hotel" from Black Buffalo by One Bad Son 2016 - Shawn Everett, "Don't Wanna Fight", "Gimme All Your Love" from Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes 2017 - Jason Dufour, "Push + Pull", "Beck + Call" from Touch by July Talk 2018 - Riley Bell, "Get You" by Daniel Caesar feat. Kali Uchis, "We Find Love" by Daniel Caesar 2019 - Shawn Everett, "Slow Burn", "Space Cowboy" (Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour) 2020 - John "Beetle" Bailey - "Dividido" (Alex Cuba feat. Silvana Estrada), "Shotgun" (Monkey House) 2021 - Serban Ghenea - "Blinding Lights" (The Weeknd); "Positions" (Ariana Grande)Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021. 2022 - Hill Kourkoutis — "Howler" (SATE), "The Drought" (Tania Joy) 2023 - Serban Ghenea — "That's What I Want" (Lil Nas X), "Unholy" (Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras)Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023. 2024 - Shawn Everett — "Used to Be Young" (Miley Cyrus), "What Now" (Brittany Howard)"Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024. 2025 - Serban Ghenea — "Please Please Please" (Sabrina Carpenter), "Lose Control" (Teddy Swims)"Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025. 2026 - Shawn Everett — "12 to 12", sombr; "End of the World", Miley CyrusNatalie Harmsen, Melody Lau, Holly Gordon and Kelsey Adams, "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees". CBC Music, March 28, 2026.
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