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.
Allison Russell received nominations for Songwriter of the Year, and Contemporary Roots Album of the Year.