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History of the Juno Awards

Juno Awards. Canadian recording industry awards, established in 1964 by RPM Magazine, the first Canadian national recording industry weekly music trade publication pioneered by Walt Grealis. They were known initially as the RPM Gold Leaf Awards (held in the St. Lawrence Hall in Toronto), however in 1965, reader Hal Philips suggested that the magazine rename the awards to honour the then-head of the CRTC, Pierre Juneau. In 1970, upon the discovery that Juno had been a chief goddess of the Roman pantheon, the spelling was changed permanently to 'Juno.' The Juno Awards have often been described as the Canadian equivalent of the (US) Grammy awards. Effectively devoted to the English-Canadian sector of the recording industry, they were paralleled as of 1979 in Quebec by the Félix Awards.

The origins of the awards date back to 1970. In that year, Stan Klees and Walt Grealis, publishers of weekly trade publication RPM, organized the Gold Leaf Awards, held at the St. Lawrence Hall in Toronto.

A year later, the name was changed to the Juno Awards in honour of Pierre Juneau, then head of the CRTC and responsible for the implementation of the Canadian Content Regulations in 1971. When it was discovered that Juno had been the chief Goddess of the Roman Pantheon, the spelling was changed and the awards permanently named.

The Juno Awards operated as an exclusive industry event in those early years. In 1975, they assumed a much higher profile, being telecast nationally for the first time. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) was established that year to handle the event, working with all segments of the Canadian music industry.

The show was based in Toronto from 1975 to 1994, with the exception of 1991, when it was hosted in Vancouver (it returned there in 1998). Hamilton?s Copps Coliseum was the Juno venue for 1995-97, 1999 and 2001, with Toronto again serving as the host city in 2000. Now the Juno Awards are traveling to different Canadian cities: St. John's, Ottawa, Gatineau, Edmonton and Winnipeg, thus establishing its claim as a fully coast-to-coast event.

Source: http://www.junoawards.ca/ARC_about.php

More history: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001799

Juno Award Winners

Past JUNO Award winners include a number of Canadian Christian artists in a variety of categories.

Best Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album since 2003

Artist: Toronto Mass Choir
Title: Instrument of Praise
Label: Micah/Fusion III
Nomination Year: 2003


Artist: Jill Paquette
Title: Jill Paquette
Label: Reunion/CMC
Nomination Year: 2004


Artist: Greg Sczebel
Title: Here To Stay
Label: CMC
Nomination Year: 2005


Artist: Amanda Falk
Title: Amanda Falk
Label: Avante*CMC
Nomination Year: 2006




Best Gospel Album from 1998 to 2002

Artist Steve Bell
Title Romantics & Mystics
Label PEG/KOCH
Nomination Year 1998


Artist Sharon Riley & Faith Chorale
Title Life Is
Label EMI Gospel/CMC
Nomination Year 1999


Artist Deborah Klassen
Title Legacy Of Hope
Label CMC
Nomination Year 2000


Artist Steve Bell
Title Simple Songs
Label Signpost/CMC
Nomination Year 2001


Artist Downhere
Title Downhere
Label Word
Nomination Year 2002


Source:http://www.junoawards.ca/ARC_past.php