JUNO AWARDS OF 1989

The 'Juno Awards of 1989', representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 12 March 1989 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. André-Philippe Gagnon was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Blue Rodeo won in three of its five nominations: Best Group, Best Single and Best Video. k.d. lang and Robbie Robertson were also notable winners in 1989.
The previous Juno Awards ceremonies were conducted on 2 November 1987. There was no awards event in 1988 due to a decision to restore the Juno scheduling to the earlier portion of each year. The awards had been conducted early each year from its 1970 inception until 1984.

Contents

Nominees and winners

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominated and winning albums

Nominated and winning releases

References

External link

Nominees and winners

===Canadian Entertainer of the Year===
(This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.)
'Winner:' Glass Tiger
'Other Nominees:'

★ Bryan Adams

★ Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts

★ Blue Rodeo

★ Tom Cochrane & Red Rider

★ Bruce Cockburn

★ Leonard Cohen

★ Colin James

★ k.d. Lang

★ Robbie Robertson
===Best Female Vocalist===
'Winner:' k.d. lang
'Other Nominees:'

★ Johanne Blouin

★ Céline Dion

★ Rita MacNeil

★ Anne Murray
===Best Male Vocalist===
'Winner:' Robbie Robertson
'Other Nominees:'

★ Bruce Cockburn

★ Leonard Cohen

★ David Wilcox

★ Neil Young
===Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year===
'Winner:' Sass Jordan
'Other Nominees:'

★ Candi

★ Jannetta

★ Lisa Lougheed

★ Michelle Wright
===Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year===
'Winner:' Colin James
'Other Nominees:'

★ Art Bergmann

★ Michael Breen

★ Andrew Cash

★ Jeff Healey
===Best Group===
'Winner:' Blue Rodeo
'Other Nominees:'

★ Glass Tiger

★ Honeymoon Suite

★ Rush

★ Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
===Most Promising Group of the Year===
'Winner:' Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
'Other Nominees:'

★ 54-40

★ The Jitters

★ The Northern Pikes

★ The Pursuit of Happiness
===Composer of the Year===
'Winner:' Tom Cochrane
'Other Nominees:'

★ Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor

★ David Foster

★ Rita MacNeil

★ Jim Vallance
===Country Female Vocalist of the Year===
'Winner:' k.d. lang
'Other Nominees:'

★ Carroll Baker

★ Sherry Kean

★ Anne Murray

★ Michelle Wright
===Country Male Vocalist of the Year===
'Winner:' Murray McLauchlan
'Other Nominees:'

★ George Fox

★ Matt Minglewood

★ Patrick Norman

★ Ian Tyson
===Instrumental Artist of the Year===
'Winner:' David Foster
'Other Nominees:'

★ Canadian Brass

★ Manteca

★ Frank Mills

★ Zamfir
===International Entertainer of the Year===
'Winner:' U2
'Other Nominees:'

★ Crowded House

★ INXS

★ Michael Jackson

★ George Michael
===Producer of the Year===
'Winner:' Daniel Lanois and Robbie Robertson ("Showdown at Big Sky", "Somewhere Down the Crazy River")
'Other Nominees:'

★ Bruce Fairbairn

★ David Foster

★ Jonathan Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford

★ Jim Vallance
===Recording Engineer of the Year===
'Winner:' Mike Fraser ("Calling America", "Different Drummer")
'Other Nominees:'

★ Pat Glover

★ Noel Golden and Ed Stone

★ Paul Northfield

★ Bob Rock
===Canadian Music Hall of Fame===
'Winner:' The Band

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

'Winner:' Sam Sniderman

Lifetime Achievement Award

'Winner:' Pierre Juneau

Nominated and winning albums

===Album of the Year===
'Winner:' ''Robbie Robertson'' - Robbie Robertson
'Other Nominees:'

★ ''Diamond Sun'' - Glass Tiger

★ ''Outskirts'' - Blue Rodeo

★ ''Racing After Midnight'' - Honeymoon Suite

★ ''Reason to Believe'' - Rita MacNeil
===Best Children's Album===
'Winner (tied):' ''Fred Penner's Place'' - Fred Penner and ''Lullaby Berceuse'' - Connie Kaldor and Carmen Campagne
'Other Nominees:'

★ ''Diamond and Dragons'' - Charlotte Diamond

★ ''Qu'il y ait toujours le soleil'' - Charlotte Diamond

★ ''Mr Bach Comes to Call'' - Susan Hammond

★ ''Le loup de nord'' - Matt Maxwell

★ ''The Orchestra'' - Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra
===Best Classical Album: Solo or Chamber Ensemble===
'Winner:' ''Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata'' - Ofra Harnoy
'Other Nominees:'

★ ''Beethoven: Music for Cello and Piano'' - Desmond Hoebig and Andrew Tunis

★ ''Chopin: Piano Works'' - Jon Kimura Parker

★ ''Masters of the German Baroque'' - Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists

★ ''Mozart: Piano Pieces'' - Jane Coop

★ ''Wagner, Francaix, Dvorak'' - Canadian Chamber Ensemble and Raffi Armenian
===Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)===
'Winner:' ''Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta'' - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit conductor
'Other Nominees:'

★ ''Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Rob Roy and Corsaire Overtures'' - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit conductor

★ ''Fauro: Requiem'' - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit conductor

★ ''Handel: Messiah'' - Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis conductor

★ ''Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bare Mountain'' - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit conductor
===Best Album Graphics===
'Winner:' ''Levity'' by Ian Thomas, Hugh Syme
'Other Nominees:'

★ ''Beyond Benghazi'' by Paul Cram Orchestra, Taras Chornowol

★ ''Celebration'' by various artists, J. Don Blair

★ ''Vertigo Tango'' by The Spoons, Thomas Balint

★ ''Walking Through Walls'' by Body Electric, James O'Mara
===International Album of the Year===
'Winner:' ''Dirty Dancing soundtrack'' - various artists
'Other Nominees:'

★ ''Bad'' - Michael Jackson

★ ''Cocktail soundtrack'' - various artists

★ ''Faith'' - George Michael

★ ''Hysteria'' - Def Leppard
===Best Jazz Album===
'Winner:' ''Looking Up'' - The Hugh Fraser Quintet
'Other Nominees:'

★ ''Beyond Benghazi'' - Paul Cram Orchestra

★ ''Contredanse'' - Karen Young and Michael Donato

★ ''In Dew Time'' - Jane Bunnett

★ ''Jean Beaudet Quartet'' - Jean Beaudet Quartet
===Best Roots & Traditional Album===
'Winner:' ''The Return of the Formily Brothers'' - The Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor Band
'Other Nominees:'

★ ''Bop 'Til I Drop'' - Downchild Blues Band

★ ''King Biscuit Boy aka Richard Newell'' - King Biscuit Boy

★ ''Labour Day'' - Spirit of the West

★ ''Swinging on a Star'' - Murray McLauchlan

Nominated and winning releases

===Single of the year===
'Winner:' "Try" - Blue Rodeo
'Other Nominees:'

★ "Diamond Sun" - Glass Tiger

★ "When a Man Loves a Woman" - Luba

★ "Pop Goes the World" - Men Without Hats

★ "Hands Up" - Sway
===Best Classical Composition===
'Winner:' ''Songs of Paradise'' - Alexina Louie

★ ''Concerto for Harpsichord and Eight Wind Instruments'' - R. Murray Schafer

★ ''River of Fire'' - Brian Cherney

★ ''Siddartha'' - Claude Vivier

★ ''Symphonie No 3'' - Jacques Hétu
===International Single of the Year===
'Winner:' "Pump Up the Volume" - MARRS
'Other Nominees:'

★ "Faith" - George Michael

★ "A Groovy Kind of Love" - Phil Collins

★ "I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany

★ "The Locomotion" - Kylie Minogue
===Best R&B/Soul Recording of the Year===
'Winner:' ''Angel'' - Erroll Starr
'Other Nominees:'

★ ''Crying For Love'' - Lorraine Scott

★ ''Dancing Under a Latin Moon'' - Candi

★ ''Private Property'' - Liberty Silver

★ ''Secret Love'' - Debbie Johnson and Demo Cates
===Best Reggae/Calypso Recording===
'Winner:' ''Conditions Critical'' - Lillian Allen
'Other Nominees:'

★ ''Give Peace a Chance'' - Erroll Blackwood

★ ''I Like Calypso'' - Elsworth James

★ ''Shadrock'' - Chester Miller

★ ''War On Drugs'' - Devon Haughton
===Best Video===
'Winner:' Michael Buckley, "Try" - Blue Rodeo
'Other Nominees:'

★ Ron Berti, "Wait for Me" - The Northern Pikes

★ James O'Mara and Kate Ryan, "Our Little Secret" - Art Bergmann

★ Donald Robertson, "Ingrid and the Footman" - Jane Siberry

★ Jean-Marc Pisapia, "Ordinary People" - The Box

References

★ Blue Rodeo tops Juno list Mark Bastien

★ Robertson, Blue Rodeo and a tearful k.d. lang top list of Juno winners Chris Dafoe

External link

★ Juno Awards site