Juno Awards of 1990

The Juno Awards of 1990, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 18 March 1990 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.

Alannah Myles won in three Juno categories on the strength of her internationally successful debut album.

Specialty television service YTV would broadcast a repeat of the televised awards ceremony one week later, according to a five-year agreement announced before the 1990 Juno Awards.

Canadian Entertainer of the Year
This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.

Winner: The Jeff Healey Band

Other Nominees:
 * Blue Rodeo
 * Tom Cochrane
 * k.d. lang
 * Kim Mitchell

Best Female Vocalist
Winner: Rita MacNeil

Other Nominees:
 * Lee Aaron
 * Sass Jordan
 * Anne Murray
 * Candy Pennella

Best Male Vocalist
Winner: Kim Mitchell

Other Nominees:
 * Bruce Cockburn
 * George Fox
 * David Wilcox
 * Neil Young

Most Promising Female Vocalist
Winner: Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:
 * Annette Ducharme
 * Mitsou
 * Mary Margaret O'Hara
 * Anita Perras

Most Promising Male Vocalist
Winner: Daniel Lanois

Other Nominees:
 * Neil Harnett
 * Ray Lyell
 * Roch Voisine
 * Rufus Wainwright

Group of the Year
Winner: Blue Rodeo

Other Nominees:
 * Tom Cochrane and Red Rider
 * Cowboy Junkies
 * The Jeff Healey Band
 * Rush

Most Promising Group
Winner: The Tragically Hip

Other Nominees:
 * Brighton Rock
 * Indio
 * Paradox
 * Sons of Freedom

Best Composer
Winner: David Tyson and Christopher Ward (for Alannah Myles)

Other Nominees:
 * Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy
 * Luba
 * Eddie Schwartz
 * Jim Vallance

Best Country Female Vocalist
Winner: k.d. lang

Other Nominees:
 * Carroll Baker
 * Rita MacNeil
 * Anne Murray
 * Lori Yates

Best Country Male Vocalist
Winner: George Fox

Other Nominees:
 * Gary Fjellgaard
 * Handsome Ned
 * Ian Tyson
 * Jesse Winchester

Best Country Group or Duo
Winner: The Family Brown

Other Nominees:
 * Alibi
 * Great Western Orchestra
 * Silver and Degazio
 * Stoker Brothers

Best Instrumental Artist
Winner: Manteca

Other Nominees:
 * Liona Boyd
 * Canadian Brass
 * Frank Mills
 * Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Orchestra

International Entertainer of the Year
Winner: Melissa Etheridge

Other Nominees:
 * Crowded House
 * Steve Earle
 * Rod Stewart
 * Randy Travis

Best Producer
Winner: Bruce Fairbairn, Pump by Aerosmith

Other Nominees:
 * Daniel Lanois, Acadie by Daniel Lanois
 * Bob Rock, Dr. Feelgood by Mötley Crüe & Blue Murder by Blue Murder
 * Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (with Co-producer Rupert Hine), "Force Ten" from Hold Your Fire & "Presto" from Presto by Rush
 * David Tyson, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles

Best Recording Engineer
Winner: Kevin Doyle, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:
 * Jean Claude Beaudoin, Tell Somebody by Sass Jordan
 * Lenny DeRose, Bodyrock by Lee Aaron & she by Dalbello
 * John Naslen, Big Circumstance by Bruce Cockburn
 * Rick Starks, Perfect Foot by Manteca
 * Michael Phillip Wojewoda, As the Crow Flies by Chalk Circle

Hall of Fame Award
Winner: Maureen Forrester

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
Winner: Rush

Album of the Year
Winner: Alannah Myles, Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:
 * Now the Bells Ring, Rita MacNeil
 * Rita, Rita MacNeil
 * See the Light, The Jeff Healey Band
 * Victory Day, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider

Best Children's Album
Winner: Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Susan Hammond and Barbara Nichol

Other Nominees:
 * The Boy Who Wanted to Talk to Whales, Robert Minden Ensemble
 * Footeprints, Norman Foote
 * Improvise with Eric Nagler, Eric Nagler
 * The People on My Street, Bob King

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)
Winner: 20th Century Original Piano Transcriptions, Louis Lortie

Other Nominees:
 * Beethoven: The Complete Quartets, The Orford String Quartet
 * Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
 * Gabrieli and Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music, Canadian Brass
 * Kevin McMillan, baritone Kevin McMillan

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)
Winner: Boccherini: Cello Concertos and Symphonies, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Other Nominees:
 * Fête à la Français, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
 * Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit, piano Louis Lortie
 * Haydn Symphonies No. 1 and 5, National Arts Centre Orchestra, conductor Gabriel Chmura
 * Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit

Best Album Design
Winner: Hugh Syme, Presto by Rush

Other Nominees:
 * Jamie Bennett and Nuala Byles, Perfect Foot by Manteca
 * Robert LeBeuf and J.W. Stewart, The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century by Men Without Hats
 * Mary Margaret O'Hara, Miss America by Mary Margaret O'Hara
 * Hugh Syme, Rockland by Kim Mitchell

International Album of the Year
Winner: Girl You Know It's True, Milli Vanilli (disqualified)

Other Nominees:
 * Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul
 * The Raw & the Cooked, Fine Young Cannibals
 * Hangin' Tough, New Kids on the Block
 * Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, Traveling Wilburys

Best Jazz Album
Winner: Skydance, Jon Ballantyne Trio featuring Joe Henderson

Other Nominees:
 * Friday the 14th, Bernie Senesky
 * Off Centre, Time Warp
 * Pas de Probleme, The Hugh Fraser Quintet
 * Something's Here, The Edmonton Jazz Ensemble

Best Roots & Traditional Album
Winner: Je Voudrais Changer D'Chapeau, La Bottine Souriante

Other Nominees:
 * Humor Me, Jesse Winchester
 * I Make My Home in Shoes, Amos Garrett
 * Jubilation II, Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
 * You Were on My Mind, Sylvia Tyson

Single of the Year
Winner: "Black Velvet", Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:
 * "All the Things I Wasn't", The Grapes of Wrath
 * "Love Is", Alannah Myles
 * "Rock n Roll Duty", Kim Mitchell
 * "Under Your Spell", Candi

Best Classical Composition
Winner: Concerto For Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Oskar Morawetz

Other Nominees:
 * Introduction and Three Folk Songs, Jean Coulthard
 * Sonata No. 1, Pat Carrabré
 * The Sons of Jacob, Sid Robinovitch
 * Third Chamber Concerto, Gary Kulesha

International Single of the Year
Winner: "Swing The Mood", Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

Other Nominees:
 * "Hangin' Tough", New Kids on the Block
 * "Like a Prayer", Madonna
 * "She Drives Me Crazy", Fine Young Cannibals
 * "Straight Up", Paula Abdul

Best R&B/Soul Recording
Winner: Spellbound, Billy Newton-Davis

Other Nominees:
 * Your Love, George Banton
 * Mega Love, Debbie Johnson
 * Another Love in Your Life, Jay W. McGee
 * Never Be Lonely, Lorraine Scott

Best Reggae/Calypso Recording
Winner: Too Late To Turn Back Now, Sattalites

Other Nominees:
 * Chuckie Prophesy, Clifton Joseph
 * Soca Band, Elsworth James
 * South Africa is a Disgrace, Leroy Sibbles
 * Tribute to Ben Johnson, Elsworth James

Best Dance Recording
Winner: "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)", Kon Kan

Other Nominees:
 * "Yada Yada", Jam Jam Jam
 * "Let Your Backbone Slide", Maestro Fresh-Wes
 * "Missing You", Candi
 * "Under Your Spell", Candi

Best Video
Winner: Cosimo Cavallaro, "Boomtown" by Andrew Cash

Other Nominees:
 * Don Allan, "Watcha Do to My Body" by Lee Aaron
 * Chris Hooper, Kevin Kane, Robert Longevall, "All the Things I Wasn't" by The Grapes of Wrath
 * Greg Masuak, "Giving Away a Miracle" by Luba
 * Kari Skogland, "Waterline" by Spoons