:Juno Awards of 2001

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{{infobox award

| name = Juno Awards of 2001

| date = 3–4 March 2001

| venue = Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario

| host = Rick Mercer

| network = CBC

| previous = 2000

| main = Juno Awards

| next = 2002

}}

The Juno Awards of 2001 were held in Hamilton, Ontario Canada during the weekend of 3–4 March 2001.

The primary ceremonies were hosted by Rick Mercer at Copps Coliseum on 4 March 2001 and broadcast on CBC Television. Performers during the

telecast included: Deborah Cox, Nelly Furtado,

The Guess Who, Jacksoul, Michie Mee,

The Moffatts and Treble Charger.

Nominations were announced 24 January 2001. Nelly Furtado received five nominations and won four of these.

The 2001 awards were the last Junos broadcast on CBC Television until 2018. From 2002 to 2017, the awards would move to CTV. Up to 2001, every primary Juno ceremony had been aired on the CBC since the first Juno telecast in 1975.

Nominees and winners

=Best Female Artist=

=Best Male Artist=

=Best New Solo Artist=

=Best Group=

=Best New Group=

Winner: Nickelback

Other Nominees:

=Best Songwriter=

Winner: Nelly Furtado, "Turn Off The Light", "I'm Like A Bird", "...On the Radio (Remember the Days)"

Other Nominees:

=Best Country Female Artist=

=Best Country Male Artist=

=Best Country Group or Duo=

=Best Producer=

Winner: Gerald Eaton, Brian West and Nelly Furtado, "I'm like a Bird" and "Turn off the Light" both by Nelly Furtado

Other Nominees:

=Best Recording Engineer=

Winner: Jeff Wolpert, "Make It Go Away" and "Romantically Helpless" both by Holly Cole

Other Nominees:

  • Chad Irschick, "One Turn Deserves Another" and "Stand Up" both by Susan Aglukark
  • Adam Messinger, "I Wish" and "Drive My Car", both by Cadence
  • Randy Staub, "Just Another Phase" and "Antifreeze & Aeroplanes" both by The Moffatts
  • Brian West and Brad Haehnel, "I'm like a Bird" and "Turn off the Light" both by Nelly Furtado

=Canadian Music Hall of Fame=

=Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award=

Winner: Daniel Caudeiron

Nominated and winning albums

=Best Album=

=Best Blues Album=

Winner: Love Comin' Down, Sue Foley

Other Nominees:

=Best Children's Album=

Winner: Sing & Dance, Jack Grunsky

Other Nominees:

=Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)=

Winner: Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin, James Ehnes

Other Nominees:

=Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment)=

Winner: Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite, Night Ride and Sunrise, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Other Nominees:

=Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)=

Winner: G.F. Handel: Apollo e Dafne Silete Venti, Karina Gauvin, Russell Braun, Les Violons du Roy

Other Nominees:

=Best Album Design=

Winner: Stuart Chatwood, James St. Laurent, Margaret Malandruccolo, Antoine Moonen, Nick Sarros, Tangents: The Tea Party Collection by The Tea Party

Other Nominees:

  • Bendit Aquin, Yann Gamblin, Sebastien Toupin, Du Coq à l'âme by Lynda Lemay
  • Tchi, Sebastien Toupin, Anne Vivien, Projet Orange by Projet Orange
  • Michael Wrycraft, Six Strings North of the Border, Volume 1 by various artists
  • Martin Tielli, Michael Wrycraft, The Story of Harmelodia by Rheostatics

=Best Gospel Album=

Winner: Simple Songs, Steve Bell

Other Nominees:

  • Jake, Jake
  • Mark Masri, Mark Masri
  • Mon Seul Espoir, La Chorale du Conservatoire de Musique Moderne
  • Naked Soul, Kelita Haverland

=Best Instrumental Album=

Winner: Free Fall, Jesse Cook

Other Nominees:

  • Celtic Devotion, Oliver Schroer
  • Fantasia, Pavlo
  • Natural Massage Therapy, Dan Gibson, Ron Allen, Dr. Lee Bartel
  • Natural Relaxation, Dan Gibson, Ron Allen, Dr. Lee Bartel

=Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)=

=Best Traditional Jazz Album - Instrumental=

Winner: Rob McConnell Tentet, Rob McConnell Tentet

Other Nominees:

=Best Contemporary Jazz Album - Instrumental=

Winner: Compassion, François Carrier Trio + 1

Other Nominees:

=Best Vocal Jazz Album=

Winner: Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell

Other Nominees:

=Best Roots or Traditional Album - Group=

Winner: Tri-Continental, Tri-Continental (Bill Bourne, Lester Quitzau, Madagascar Slim)

Other Nominees:

=Best Roots or Traditional Album - Solo=

Winner: Jenny Whiteley, Jenny Whiteley

Other Nominees:

=Best Alternative Album=

Winner: Mass Romantic, The New Pornographers

Other Nominees:

=Best Selling Francophone Album=

Winner: Un Grand Noël d'amour, Ginette Reno

Other Nominees:

=Best Pop Album=

=Best Rock Album=

Nominated and winning releases

=Best Single=

=Best Classical Composition=

Winner: From the Diary of Anne Frank, Oskar Morawetz

Other Nominees:

=Best Rap Recording=

Winner: Balance, Swollen Members

Other Nominees:

=Best R&B/Soul Recording=

Winner: Sleepless, jacksoul

Other Nominees:

=Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording=

Winner: Nipaiamianan, Florent Vollant

Other Nominees:

=Best Reggae Recording=

Winner: Lenn Hammond, Lenn Hammond

Other Nominees:

=Best Global Album=

Winner: Ritmo + Soul, Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana

Other Nominees:

  • Dancing on Water, Finjan
  • Esprit, Quartango
  • Free Fall, Jesse Cook
  • Morumba Cubana, Puentes Brothers

=Best Dance Recording=

Winner: Into the Night, Love Inc.

Other Nominees:

=Best Video=

Winner: Rob Heydon, "Alive" by Edwin

Other Nominees:

References

  • {{cite news | work=The Globe and Mail | date=25 January 2001 | page=R3 | title=Nelly scores five Juno nods | first=Robert | last=Everett-Green }}
  • {{cite news | work=The Globe and Mail | date=5 March 2001 | page=A13 | title=Furtado takes home four big ones | first=Rebecca | last=Caldwell }}
  • {{cite web | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nellyfurtado/articles/story/5932047/furtado_tops_junos | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002102828/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nellyfurtado/articles/story/5932047/furtado_tops_junos | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 October 2007 | access-date=4 September 2006 | title=Furtado Tops Junos | publisher=Rolling Stone | first=Karen | last=Bliss | date=5 March 2001 }}