Juno Awards of 2000

The Juno Awards of 2000 were held in Toronto, Canada, during the weekend of March 11–12, 2000.

The primary ceremonies were hosted by the family group the Moffatts at the SkyDome (now Rogers Centre), on March 12, 2000, and broadcast on CBC Television. This marked the first year that the award ceremonies were divided over two days, with non-televised award categories presented on March 11.

The following award categories were nationally televised:
 * Best Female Artist
 * Best Male Artist
 * Best Country Male Vocalist
 * Best Group
 * Best New Group
 * Best Songwriter
 * Best Album
 * Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)
 * Best Vocal Jazz Album
 * Canadian Music Hall of Fame

A new design for the Juno Award statuettes was created by artist Shirley Elford and introduced at this year's ceremony.

Nominations were announced February 2, 2000, in Toronto, at the Glenn Gould Studio. Alanis Morissette received five nominations, including one as director for Best Video.

Best Female Artist
Winner: Chantal Kreviazuk

Other nominees:
 * Celine Dion
 * Lynda Lemay
 * Amanda Marshall
 * Alanis Morissette

Best Male Artist
Winner: Bryan Adams

Other nominees:
 * Paul Brandt
 * Choclair
 * Tom Cochrane
 * Edwin

Best New Solo Artist
Winner: Tal Bachman

Other nominees:
 * Tory Cassis
 * Tara Lyn Hart
 * Jorane
 * Ivana Santilli

Best Group
Winner: Matthew Good Band

Other nominees:
 * La Chicane
 * Moist
 * Our Lady Peace
 * The Tea Party

Best New Group
Winner: Sky

Other nominees:
 * Gob
 * Len
 * Prozzäk
 * Serial Joe

Best Songwriter
Winner: Shania Twain (co-songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", "That Don't Impress Me Much", "You've Got a Way"

Other nominees:
 * Tal Bachman, "If You Sleep", "She's So High"
 * Bruce Cockburn, "Last Night of the World", "Mango", "Pacing the Cage"
 * Amanda Marshall, "Believe in You" and "If I Didn't Have You" (co-writer Eric Bazilian); "Love Lift Me" (co-writers Eric Bazilian, Randy Cantor, John Bettis)
 * Alanis Morissette, "So Pure", "Thank U", "Unsent"

Best Country Female Vocalist
Winner: Shania Twain

Other nominees:
 * Lisa Brokop
 * Terri Clark
 * Patricia Conroy
 * Tara Lyn Hart

Best Country Male Vocalist
Winner: Paul Brandt

Other nominees:
 * Julian Austin
 * John Landry
 * Jamie Warren
 * Jim Witter

Best Country Group or Duo
Winner: The Rankins

Other nominees:
 * Farmer's Daughter
 * Lace
 * Prairie Oyster
 * The Wilkinsons

International Achievement Award
Winner: Sarah McLachlan

Best Producer
Winner: Tal Bachman and Bob Rock, "She's So High" and "If You Sleep" by Tal Bachman

Other nominees:
 * Arnold Lanni, "One Man Army" and "Is Anybody Home?" by Our Lady Peace
 * Jeff Martin, "Heaven Coming Down" and "The Messenger" by the Tea Party
 * Greg Wells, "Keep a Lid on Things" and "Get You in the Morning" by Crash Test Dummies
 * Michael Phillip Wojewoda, "Puzzle Girl" and "You & Me" by Kim Stockwood

Best Recording Engineer
Winner: Paul Northfield and Jagori Tanna, "Summertime in the Void" and "When Did You Get Back from Mars?" by I Mother Earth

Other nominees:
 * Michael Banton-Jones, "Halfway to Heaven" by David Leask
 * Richard Benoit, "Slow Bombing the World" by Marc Jordan
 * Lenny DeRose, "Sucks to Be You" by Prozzäk, "Supersex 69" by the Philosopher Kings
 * John Whynot and Colin Linden, "Last Night of the World" by Bruce Cockburn, "Lean on Your Peers" by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Winner: Bruce Fairbairn

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
Winner: Emile Berliner

Best Album
Winner: Alanis Morissette – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

Other nominees:
 * Hot Show– Prozzäk
 * On a Day Like Today – Bryan Adams
 * These Are Special Times – Celine Dion
 * Tuesday's Child – Amanda Marshall

Best Blues Album
Winner: Gust of Wind – Ray Bonneville

Other nominees:
 * Blues Party – Chris Whiteley
 * Call It What You Will – Steve Hill
 * Down in the Groove – Jack de Keyzer
 * Michael Jerome Browne – Michael Jerome Browne

Best Children's Album
Winner: Skinnamarink TV – Sharon, Lois and Bram

Other nominees:
 * Ants in Your Pants, Volume 1 – Douglas John
 * Les Petites Merveiles de Fanchon – Fanchon
 * Play On... – Jam Sandwich
 * Song of the Unicorn – Susan Hammond's Classical Kids

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)
Winner: Schumann: String Quartets – St. Lawrence String Quartet

Other nominees:
 * Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 – Angela Hewitt
 * For the End of Time – Leila Josefowicz
 * Naida Cole – Naida Cole
 * Rzewiski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! – Marc-Andre Hamelin

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)
Winner: Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque – Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Other nominees:
 * Brahms: Two Piano Concertos – Anton Kuerti, Orchestre Métropolitain
 * Handel: Arias and Dances – Excerpts from Agrippina and Alcina – Tafelmusik, Karina Gauvin
 * Nights in the Gardens of Spain – Angela Cheng, Hans Graf, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Vivaldi: Concerti for Strings – Les Violons du Roy

Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)
Winner: German Romantic Opera – Ben Heppner

Other nominees:
 * Ae Fond Kiss – Edith Wiens, Rudolph Jansen, Judy Loman
 * Bach: Arias & Oboe d'Amore – Daniel Taylor
 * Heavenly Spheres – Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal
 * Images de Noel – Karina Gauvin, Michael McMahon, Nora Shulman

Best Album Design
Winner: Michael Wrycraft (creative director) – Radio Fusebox by Andy Stochansky

Other nominees:
 * Garnet Armstrong, Mark Bartkiw, Amo3ba Corp, Margaret Malandruccolo – Blue Green Orange by I Mother Earth
 * Tom Chaggaris, Eve Egoyan, Johnnie Eisen – Thetihingsinbeteween by Eve Egoyan
 * Anouk Lessard, Sebastien Toupin – Vent Fou by Jorane
 * Catherine Stockhausen, Lee Towndrow – Between the Bridges by Sloan

Best Gospel Album
Winner: Legacy of Hope – Deborah Klassen

Other nominees:
 * God Only Knows – the LaPointes
 * Sheryl Stacey – Sheryl Stacey
 * Sinner and the Saint – Jon Buller
 * Sweetsalt – Sweetsalt

Best Instrumental Album
Winner: In My Hands – Natalie MacMaster

Other nominees:
 * Natural Sleep Inducement – David Bradstreet, Dan Gibson
 * Piano Cascades – John Herberman, Dan Gibson
 * The Piper's Legacy – Rob Crabtree, Oliver Schroer
 * Utopia – Robert Michaels

Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)
Winner: Millennium – Backstreet Boys

Other nominees:
 * Americana – the Offspring
 * ...Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
 * Ricky Martin – Ricky Martin
 * These Are Special Times – Celine Dion

Best Traditional Jazz Album – Instrumental
Winner: Deep in a Dream – Pat LaBarbera

Other nominees:
 * Art & Soul – Renee Rosnes
 * New Horizons – Bernie Senensky Quintet
 * P.J. Perry & the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra – P.J. Perry
 * Time Warp Plays the Music of Duke Ellington – Time Warp

Best Contemporary Jazz Album – Instrumental
Winner: ...so far – D.D. Jackson

Other nominees:
 * Blue Jade – Joe Sealy and Paul Novotny
 * The Field – Jeff Johnston
 * Freeflight – Bob Shaw and Freeflight
 * Puzzle City – Jean-Pierre Zanella

Best Vocal Jazz Album
Winner: When I Look in Your Eyes – Diana Krall

Other nominees:
 * How My Heart Sings – Kate Hammett-Vaughan
 * I've Got Your Number – Jeri Brown
 * Swing Ladies, Swing! – Carol Welsman
 * There's Beauty in the Rain – Karin Plato

Best Roots or Traditional Album – Group
Winner: Kings of Love – Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Other nominees:
 * Encore! – Barachois
 * The Road to Canso – Scruj MacDuhk
 * Turn – Great Big Sea
 * Xième – La Bottine Souriante

Best Roots or Traditional Album – Solo
Winner: Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu – Bruce Cockburn

Other nominees:
 * Gentleman of Leisure – Jesse Winchester
 * In My Hands – Natalie MacMaster
 * Lan Duil – Mary Jane Lamond
 * Whereabouts – Ron Sexsmith

Best Alternative Album
Winner: Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars – Julie Doiron and Wooden Stars

Other nominees:
 * Clayton Park – Thrush Hermit
 * My Love Is Bold – Danko Jones
 * Sometimes I Cry – Tricky Woo
 * You Can't Stop the Bum Rush – Len

Best Selling Francophone Album
Winner: En Catimini – La Chicane

Other nominees:
 * D'Autres rives – Bruno Pelletier
 * Les Fourmis – Jean Leloup
 * Live – Lynda Lemay
 * Notre-Dame de Paris – various artists

Best Pop/Adult Album
Winner: Colour Moving and Still – Chantal Kreviazuk

Other nominees:
 * On a Day Like Today – Bryan Adams
 * Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie – Alanis Morissette
 * Tal Bachman – Tal Bachman
 * Taming the Tiger – Joni Mitchell

Best Rock Album
Winner: Beautiful Midnight – Matthew Good Band

Other nominees:
 * Another Spin Around the Sun – Edwin
 * Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch – Our Lady Peace
 * Mercedes 5 and Dime – Moist
 * Triptych – The Tea Party

Best Single
Winner: "Bobcaygeon" – The Tragically Hip

Other nominees:
 * "Heaven Coming Down" – The Tea Party
 * "Hello Time Bomb" – Matthew Good Band
 * "Steal My Sunshine" – Len
 * "Sucks to Be You" – Prozzäk

Best Classical Composition
Winner: Shattered Night, Shivering Stars – Alexina Louie

Other nominees:
 * Arc – Alexina Louie
 * String Quartet No. 1 – Glenn Buhr
 * The Book of Mirrors – Gary Kulesha
 * Winter Poems – Glenn Buhr

Best Rap Recording
Winner: Ice Cold – Choclair

Other nominees:
 * Deliverance – Citizen Kane
 * Global Warning – Rascalz
 * Money or Love – Saukrates
 * Don't Wanna Be Your Slave – Michie Mee with Esthero

Best R&B/Soul Recording
Winner: Thinkin' About You – 2Rude featuring Snow, Smoothe tha Hustler, Latoya & Miranda

Other nominees:
 * All My Love – Michael Clarke
 * Brown – Ivana Santilli
 * Nodeja – Nodeja
 * Tha Crab Theory – Blacklisted featuring ORA, Taj and Deslisha Thomas

Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording
Winner: Falling Down – Chester Knight and the Wind

Other nominees:
 * Love that Strong – Elizabeth Hill
 * To Bring Back Yesterday – Fara Palmer
 * Touch the Earth and Sky – Vern Cheechoo
 * World Hand Drum Champions '98 – Red Bull

Best Reggae Recording
Winner: Heart & Soul – Lazo

Other nominees:
 * Hard End – The Luge Sessions
 * Sometimes – Choices
 * Thanks and Devotion – Willi Williams
 * What If I Told You – Andru Branch

Best Global Album
Winner: Omnisource – Madagascar Slim

Other nominees:
 * Bambatulu – Lilison Di Kinara
 * Entente Cordiale – Show-Do-Man
 * Firedance – Toronto Tabla Ensemble
 * Jongo Le – Celso Machado

Best Dance Recording
Winner: "Silence" – Delerium

Other nominees:
 * "Arriba" – Joee
 * "Dancing in the Key of Love" – Temperance
 * "Over and Over" – Emjay
 * "The Rush Won't Stop" – Steve Austin

Best Video
Winner: Alanis Morissette, "So Pure" by Alanis Morissette

Other nominees:
 * Ulf Buddensieck, "Underground" by Moist
 * Marc Lostracco, "Strange Disease" by Prozzäk
 * Andrew MacNaughtan, "On the Scene" by Big Sugar
 * William Morrison, "Hello Time Bomb" by Matthew Good Band