Comedy and Country at the Juno Awards 2022

On March 1, the nominees for the 51st Annual JUNO Awards were announced by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). This year’s winners will be revealed during the closing weekend of JUNO Week, at The JUNO Opening Night Awards on Saturday May 14, and The JUNO Awards Broadcast on Sunday, May 15.

Brett Kissel and The Reklaws each received two nominations, as well as Allison Russell who received nominations for Songwriter of the Year, and Contemporary Roots Album of the Year.

The nominees for Comedy Album of the Year:

Grandma’s Girl 姥姥的孩子 by Andrea Jin 金玉琪
All Inclusive Coma by Gavin Stephens
Tigre King by Hisham Kelati
Trillipino by Keith Pedro
Airports, Animals. by Seán Devlin 叶 世民

The nominees in Country Music Categories:

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

Make a Life, Not a Living by Brett Kissel 
Meaningless by Charlotte Cardin 
I’m not Pretty by JESSIA 
Peaches ft. GIVĒON  by Justin Bieber and Daniel Caesar 
Take My Breath by The Weeknd 

GROUP OF THE YEAR

Arkells 
Loud Luxury 
Mother Mother 
The Reklaws 
Valley Universal

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

What Is Life? by Brett Kissel 
Boys by Dean Brody 
Girl To Girl by Tenille Arts
Sophomore Slump by The Reklaws 
Campfire Troubadour by Tim Hicks 

CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Prospect by AHI 
Outside Child by Allison Russell 
Without People by Donovan Woods 
My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider by Suzie Ungerleider 
Open House by The Fretless  

TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Back to the Harbour by Alan Doyle 
New Time & Old Acoustic by John Reischman 
Joyful Banner Blazing by Maria Dunn 
Chinook Waltz by Over The Moon
Trench Songs by The Fugitives 

The Junos, hosted by Simu Liu, will broadcast and stream live across Canada from Budweiser Stage in Toronto on Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on various CBC platforms.