Juno Awards of 2000

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Juno Awards of 2000
DateMarch 11–12, 2000
VenueSkyDome, Toronto, Canada
Hosted byThe Moffatts
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC
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The Juno Awards of 2000 were held in Toronto, Canada, during the weekend of March 11–12, 2000.[1]

The primary ceremonies were hosted by the family group the Moffatts[2] at the SkyDome (now Rogers Centre), on March 12, 2000, and broadcast on CBC Television. This marked the first year that the award ceremonies were divided over two days, with non-televised award categories presented on March 11.[citation needed]

The following award categories were nationally televised:

A new design for the Juno Award statuettes was created by artist Shirley Elford and introduced at this year's ceremony.[citation needed]

Nominations were announced February 2, 2000, in Toronto, at the Glenn Gould Studio.[citation needed] Alanis Morissette received five nominations, including one as director for Best Video.

Nominees and winners

Best Female Artist

Winner: Chantal Kreviazuk

Other nominees:

Best Male Artist

Winner: Bryan Adams

Other nominees:

Best New Solo Artist

Winner: Tal Bachman

Other nominees:

Best Group

Winner: Matthew Good Band

Other nominees:

Best New Group

Winner: Sky

Other nominees:

Best Songwriter

Winner: Shania Twain (co-songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", "That Don't Impress Me Much", "You've Got a Way"

Other nominees:

  • Tal Bachman, "If You Sleep", "She's So High"
  • Bruce Cockburn, "Last Night of the World", "Mango", "Pacing the Cage"
  • Amanda Marshall, "Believe in You" and "If I Didn't Have You" (co-writer Eric Bazilian); "Love Lift Me" (co-writers Eric Bazilian, Randy Cantor, John Bettis)
  • Alanis Morissette, "So Pure", "Thank U", "Unsent"

Best Country Female Vocalist

Winner: Shania Twain

Other nominees:

Best Country Male Vocalist

Winner: Paul Brandt

Other nominees:

Best Country Group or Duo

Winner: The Rankins

Other nominees:

International Achievement Award

Winner: Sarah McLachlan

Best Producer

Winner: Tal Bachman and Bob Rock, "She's So High" and "If You Sleep" by Tal Bachman

Other nominees:

Best Recording Engineer

Winner: Paul Northfield and Jagori Tanna, "Summertime in the Void" and "When Did You Get Back from Mars?" by I Mother Earth

Other nominees:

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winner: Bruce Fairbairn

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: Emile Berliner

Nominated and winning albums

Best Album

Winner: Alanis Morissette – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

Other nominees:

Best Blues Album

Winner: Gust of WindRay Bonneville

Other nominees:

  • Blues Party – Chris Whiteley
  • Call It What You Will – Steve Hill
  • Down in the GrooveJack de Keyzer
  • Michael Jerome Browne – Michael Jerome Browne

Best Children's Album

Winner: Skinnamarink TVSharon, Lois and Bram

Other nominees:

  • Ants in Your Pants, Volume 1 – Douglas John
  • Les Petites Merveiles de Fanchon – Fanchon
  • Play On... – Jam Sandwich
  • Song of the Unicorn – Susan Hammond's Classical Kids

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)

Winner: Schumann: String QuartetsSt. Lawrence String Quartet

Other nominees:

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner: Respighi: La Boutique FantasqueMontreal Symphony Orchestra

Other nominees:

Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)

Winner: German Romantic OperaBen Heppner

Other nominees:

Best Album Design

Winner: Michael Wrycraft (creative director) – Radio Fusebox by Andy Stochansky

Other nominees:

Best Gospel Album

Winner: Legacy of Hope – Deborah Klassen

Other nominees:

  • God Only Knows – the LaPointes
  • Sheryl Stacey – Sheryl Stacey
  • Sinner and the SaintJon Buller
  • SweetsaltSweetsalt

Best Instrumental Album

Winner: In My HandsNatalie MacMaster

Other nominees:

Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)

Winner: MillenniumBackstreet Boys

Other nominees:

Best Traditional Jazz Album – Instrumental

Winner: Deep in a DreamPat LaBarbera

Other nominees:

Best Contemporary Jazz Album – Instrumental

Winner: ...so farD.D. Jackson

Other nominees:

  • Blue JadeJoe Sealy and Paul Novotny
  • The Field – Jeff Johnston
  • Freeflight – Bob Shaw and Freeflight
  • Puzzle City – Jean-Pierre Zanella

Best Vocal Jazz Album

Winner: When I Look in Your EyesDiana Krall

Other nominees:

  • How My Heart Sings – Kate Hammett-Vaughan
  • I've Got Your NumberJeri Brown
  • Swing Ladies, Swing!Carol Welsman
  • There's Beauty in the Rain – Karin Plato

Best Roots or Traditional Album – Group

Winner: Kings of LoveBlackie and the Rodeo Kings

Other nominees:

Best Roots or Traditional Album – Solo

Winner: Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu – Bruce Cockburn

Other nominees:

Best Alternative Album

Winner: Julie Doiron and the Wooden StarsJulie Doiron and Wooden Stars

Other nominees:

Best Selling Francophone Album

Winner: En CatiminiLa Chicane

Other nominees:

Best Pop/Adult Album

Winner: Colour Moving and Still – Chantal Kreviazuk

Other nominees:

Best Rock Album

Winner: Beautiful Midnight – Matthew Good Band

Other nominees:

Nominated and winning releases

Best Single

Winner: "Bobcaygeon" – The Tragically Hip

Other nominees:

Best Classical Composition

Winner: Shattered Night, Shivering StarsAlexina Louie

Other nominees:

  • Arc – Alexina Louie
  • String Quartet No. 1Glenn Buhr
  • The Book of MirrorsGary Kulesha
  • Winter Poems – Glenn Buhr

Best Rap Recording

Winner: Ice ColdChoclair

Other nominees:

Best R&B/Soul Recording

Winner: Thinkin' About You2Rude featuring Snow, Smoothe tha Hustler, Latoya & Miranda

Other nominees:

  • All My Love – Michael Clarke
  • BrownIvana Santilli
  • Nodeja – Nodeja
  • Tha Crab TheoryBlacklisted featuring ORA, Taj and Deslisha Thomas

Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording

Winner: Falling DownChester Knight and the Wind

Other nominees:

  • Love that Strong – Elizabeth Hill
  • To Bring Back Yesterday – Fara Palmer
  • Touch the Earth and SkyVern Cheechoo
  • World Hand Drum Champions '98 – Red Bull

Best Reggae Recording

Winner: Heart & SoulLazo

Other nominees:

Best Global Album

Winner: OmnisourceMadagascar Slim

Other nominees:

Best Dance Recording

Winner: "Silence" – Delerium

Other nominees:

  • "Arriba" – Joee
  • "Dancing in the Key of Love" – Temperance
  • "Over and Over" – Emjay
  • "The Rush Won't Stop" – Steve Austin

Best Video

Winner: Alanis Morissette, "So Pure" by Alanis Morissette

Other nominees:

References

  1. ^ "The 2000 Juno Awards in Toronto". thegate.ca. March 20, 2000. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "The Moffatts chosen to host Juno Awards". chartattack.com. January 28, 2000. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • Flynn, Andrew (March 14, 2000). "Unusual but slick describes Juno Awards". Charlottetown Guardian. p. B10.
  • Saxberg, Lynn (March 11, 2000). "Two Juno nights better than one, organizers say". Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 36.
  • Gill, Alexandra (February 3, 2000). "Morissette, Prozzak lead Juno race". The Globe and Mail. p. R6.
  • Gill, Alexandra (March 10, 2000). "New statuette 'sings praises of women'". The Globe and Mail. p. R13.
  • Gill, Alexandra (March 13, 2000). "New pop diva takes 2 Junos / Chantal Kreviazuk beats out bigger names for best female artist". The Globe and Mail. pp. A1, A5.

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