Juno Awards of 1992

The Juno Awards (representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year ) from 1992, were awarded on 29th of March in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television from 9 pm Eastern.

Nominations were announced on 12 February 1992. Bryan Adams was nominated in 7 categories setting a Juno record, while Tom Cochrane received nominations in 6.

Adams sparked controversy in the Canadian music industry several months earlier when he openly criticised Canadian content regulations when his album project, Waking Up the Neighbours, was disqualified as Canadian for radio airplay purposes. That album was created largely with the help of non-Canadian producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, therefore the songs fell below the legal Canadian content threshold. However, Adams qualified for the 1992 Juno nominations as an individual Canadian citizen. The 1992 Juno Awards thus became viewed as a showdown between Adams and Tom Cochrane, as the latter met Canadian content requirements.

When all the 1992 Juno Awards were presented, Tom Cochrane was the major winner with 4 Junos, compared to 3 for Adams. 1992's awards also featured an unprecedented three-way tie for winners in the Best Jazz Album category.

Canadian Entertainer of the Year
Determined by public ballot.

Winner: Bryan Adams

Other Nominees:
 * Blue Rodeo
 * Celine Dion
 * Colin James
 * The Tragically Hip

Best Female Vocalist
Winner: Celine Dion

Other Nominees:
 * Lee Aaron
 * Loreena McKennitt
 * Sarah McLachlan
 * Mitsou

Best Male Vocalist
Winner: Tom Cochrane

Other Nominees:
 * Bryan Adams
 * Bruce Cockburn
 * Maestro Fresh-Wes
 * Robbie Robertson

Most Promising Female Vocalist
Winner: Alanis

Other Nominees:
 * Kerri Anderson
 * Meryn Cadell
 * Darby Mills
 * Chrissy Steele

Note: Julie Masse was originally nominated here but was disqualified prior to the awards because her album was deemed to have been released 21 August 1990. Juno rules had set 1 September 1990 as the earliest date for which an album could qualify for the 1992 awards. Masse's nomination for this category was replaced by Meryn Cadell.

Most Promising Male Vocalist
Winner: Keven Jordan

Other Nominees:
 * Stephen Fearing
 * Lennie Gallant
 * Glen Stace
 * Wild T

Group of the Year
Winner: Crash Test Dummies

Other Nominees:
 * Blue Rodeo
 * Glass Tiger
 * Rush
 * The Tragically Hip

Most Promising Group
Winner: Infidels

Other Nominees:
 * The Rankin Family
 * West End Girls
 * World on Edge
 * Young Saints

Songwriter of the Year
Winner: Tom Cochrane

Other Nominees:
 * Bryan Adams
 * Bruce Cockburn
 * Shirley Eikhard
 * Marc Jordan

Best Country Female Vocalist
Winner: Cassandra Vasik

Other Nominees:
 * Carroll Baker
 * Cindi Cain
 * Joan Kennedy
 * Anne Murray

Best Country Male Vocalist
Winner: George Fox

Other Nominees:
 * Gary Fjellgaard
 * Lennie Gallant
 * Mark Koenig
 * Ian Tyson

Best Country Group or Duo
Winner: Prairie Oyster

Other Nominees:
 * Grievous Angels
 * Joel Feeney and Western Front
 * The Rankin Family
 * Straight Clean & Simple

International Achievement Award

 * Bryan Adams

Best Instrumental Artist
Winner: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

Other Nominees:
 * John Arpin
 * Jacques de Koninck
 * David Foster
 * Graham Townsend

Foreign Entertainer of the Year
Winner: Garth Brooks

Other Nominees:
 * Michael Bolton
 * Phil Collins
 * MC Hammer
 * Rod Stewart

Best Producer
Winner: Bryan Adams (with Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" and "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"

Other Nominees:
 * Tom Cochrane, Mad Mad World
 * Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart with Rupert Hine, Roll the Bones
 * Loreena McKennitt with Brian Hughes, The Visit
 * Bob Rock with James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica and Primal Scream by Mötley Crüe

Best Recording Engineer
Winner: Mike Fraser, "Thunderstruck" and "Money Talks" by AC/DC

Other Nominees:
 * Scott Boyling, Paul Milner, John Naslen, "No Sign of Rain" and "Path to You" by Keven Jordan
 * Kevin Doyle, "Slowly Slipping Away" by Harem Scarem
 * Greg Reely, "D for Democracy" and "Political" for Spirit of the West
 * Randy Staub, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, "Dollar In My Pocket (Pretty Things)" for Big House

Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Winner: Ian and Sylvia Tyson

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
Winner: (posthumous) Harold Moon

Best Album
Winner: Mad Mad World, Tom Cochrane

Other Nominees:
 * The Ghosts That Haunt Me, Crash Test Dummies
 * Highlights From The Phantom of the Opera, cast members of the Canadian production of this musical
 * Road Apples, The Tragically Hip
 * Waking Up the Neighbours, Bryan Adams

Best Children's Album
Winner: Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, Classical Kids, producer Susan Hammond

Other Nominees:
 * Children of the Morning, Jack Grunsky
 * Happy Feet, Fred Penner
 * Rendezvous Soleil, Claire de Lune
 * Swing on a Star, Claire de Lune

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)
Winner: Liszt: Années De Pelerinage, Louis Lortie piano

Other Nominees:
 * Ravel: Music for Four Hands, Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier
 * Maurice Ravel: Piano Works Vol. 1, André Laplante
 * Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantatas, Nancy Argenta
 * Smetana: Complete Czech Dances, Antonin Kubelek

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)
Winner: Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit

Other Nominees:
 * Bloch: Schelomo and Bruch Koi Nidrel, Ofra Harnoy
 * Mozart: German Dances, Tafelmusik
 * Mozart: Overtures, Tafelmusik
 * Mozart: Six Symphonies After Serenades, Tafelmusik

Best Album Design
Winner: Hugh Syme, Roll The Bones by Rush

Other Nominees:
 * Robert Leboeuf, Art Bergmann by Art Bergmann
 * Robert Leboeuf, Young Saints by Young Saints
 * Kevin Mutch, The Ghosts That Haunt Me by Crash Test Dummies
 * Hugh Syme, Big House by Big House

Best Selling Album by a Foreign Artist
Winner: To The Extreme, Vanilla Ice

Other Nominees:
 * Gonna Make You Sweat, C&C Music Factory
 * Metallica, Metallica
 * Time, Love and Tenderness, Michael Bolton
 * The Razor's Edge, AC/DC

Best Jazz Album
Winners (3-way tie):
 * For The Moment, Renee Rosnes
 * In Transition, Brian Dickinson
 * The Brass Is Back, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass

Other Nominees:
 * Climbing, Barry Elmes
 * Gliding, Stan Samole

Best Selling Francophone Album
Winner: Sauvez mon âme, Luc de Larochellière

Other Nominees:
 * L'Album du peuple, François Pérusse
 * Kathleen, Kathleen Sergerie
 * Snob, Les B.B.
 * Vilain Pingouin, Vilain Pingouin

Note: Julie Masse was originally nominated here but was disqualified prior to the awards because her album was deemed to have been released 21 August 1990. Juno rules had set 1 September 1990 as the earliest date for which an album could qualify for the 1992 awards. Masse's nomination for this category was replaced by Kathleen.

Hard Rock Album of the Year
Winner: Roll the Bones, Rush

Other Nominees:
 * Big House, Big House
 * Love Machine, Brighton Rock
 * Magnet to Steele, Chrissy Steele
 * Some Girls Do, Lee Aaron

Best Roots & Traditional Album
Winners (tie):
 * Various Artists, Saturday Night Blues
 * Loreena McKennitt, The Visit

Other Nominees:
 * Bruce Cockburn, Nothing But a Burning Light
 * Kashtin, Innu
 * The Rankin Family, Fare Thee Well Love

Single of the Year
Winner: "Life Is a Highway", Tom Cochrane

Other Nominees:
 * "Animal Heart", Glass Tiger
 * "Can't Stop This Thing We Started", Bryan Adams
 * "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You", Bryan Adams
 * "Too Hot", Alanis

Best Classical Composition
Winner: Concerto For Piano & Chamber Orchestra, Michael Conway Baker

Other Nominees:
 * Dream Rainbow Dream Thunder, R. Murray Schafer
 * Improvisation on a Blue Theme, John Thrower
 * Memorial to Martin Luther King, Oskar Morawetz
 * Virelai, Patrick Cardy

Best Selling Single by a Foreign Artist
Winner: "More Than Words", Extreme

Other Nominees:
 * "Black or White", Michael Jackson
 * "Enter Sandman", Metallica
 * "Joyride", Roxette
 * "Unbelievable", EMF

Best R&B/Soul Recording
Winner: Call My Name, Love & Sas

Other Nominees:
 * All Talk, Lorraine Scott
 * Destiny, Simply Majestic
 * Got 2 Have Your Love, Helen Sharpe
 * Let Me Go, Debbie Johnson

Rap Recording of the Year
Winner: My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style, Dream Warriors

Other Nominees:
 * Conductin' Things, Maestro Fresh-Wes
 * Jamaican Funk: Canadian Style, Michie Mee and L.A. Luv
 * Play the Music DJ, Simply Majestic
 * She's a Flirt (Let's Do It), Kish

Best World Beat Recording
Winner: The Gathering, various artists

Other Nominees:
 * Haï Musik, Anoosh
 * Innu, Kashtin
 * The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
 * Till the Bars Break, Jeannette Armstrong

Best Dance Recording
Winner: "Everyone's a Winner" (Chocolate Movement mix), Bootsauce

Other Nominees:
 * "Good Together" (Wicked mix), Candi & The Backbeat
 * "I Don't Need Yo Kiss" (The 12 Inch mix), Love & Sas
 * "I'll Respect You" (club mix), Debbie Johnson
 * "Too Hot" (Hott Shot mix), Alanis

Best Video
Winner: Phil Kates, "Into The Fire" by Sarah McLachlan

Other Nominees:
 * Lyne Charlebois, "Political" by Spirit of the West
 * Alain DesRochers, "Dis Moi, Dis Moi" by Mitsou
 * Dale Heslip, "Superman's Song" by Crash Test Dummies
 * David Storey, "Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane