The 2010 Juno Awards (AKA The Canadian Music Awards) will be held in St. John's April 18th and the nominees were announced today. Fan Choice Award nominees include Ginette Reno, Johnny Reid, Maxime Landry, Michael Buble and Nickleback.The first wave of Juno Awards performers were also released today and include Billy Talent and Blue Rodeo.
Best Rock Album Juno
Only the latter two, up for Best Rock Album, are nominated for another category. In the Adult Alternative Album of the Year category hopefuls Amy Millan with Masters of the Burial, Cuff the Duke's Way Down Here and Joel Plaskett's,Three all getting a nod.
Juno Alternative Album of the Year
The best and closest category of 2010 is Alternative Album of the Year including Handsome Furs' Face Control, Japandroids' Post-Nothing, Julie Doiron's I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day, Metric's Fantasies and Tegan and Sara's Sainthood. Vancouver's Japandroids may surprise and edge out Julie Doiron rumoured to be a sure bet.
Rap and Francophone Albums of the Year
Malajube was not nominated for Francophone Album of the Year, a significant oversight. Other notable mentions include, Classified's Self Explanatory, K-Os' Yes! album and Drake, of Degrassi High fame, who is nominated twice in the Rap Album of the Year category.
The Junos will air on Sunday, April 18th on CTV, for the second time from the Mile One Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland.
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