Juno Award for Group of the Year
The Juno Award for Group of the Year has been awarded annually since 1970 in recognition of the best musical group or band in Canada. It is presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). The five nominees in the category are decided through a combination of sales and CARAS member voting, and the recipient is chosen from among these nominees by member voting.{{cite web |title=2012 JUNO Awards Submission Info |url=http://junoawards.ca/submissions/ |work=JunoAwards.ca |publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |year=2011 |access-date=April 6, 2012 }}
The award was previously named as Top Vocal Instrumental Group (1970–1971), Vocal Instrumental Group of the Year (1972–1973), and Best Group (1999–2002). In 1972 and 1973, awards were also given for Outstanding Performance of the Year – Group.
Achievements
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With six wins, the alternative rock band Arkells is the most winning group in the category. Arkells is also tied for most consecutive wins, three, with rock band Loverboy and country rock band Blue Rodeo. Blue Rodeo's 13 total nominations is slightly edged out by the 14 garnered by hard rock and progressive rock band Rush, including a record eight consecutive nominations from 1977 to 1984. The record for the most nominations without ever winning is held by April Wine, who were nominated 8 times from 1975 to 1983.
Country and folk group The Rankin Family, winners in 1994, are the first non-rock group to ever win the award. The next were electronic dance music groups A Tribe Called Red in 2018 and Loud Luxury in 2020. Though several French-language groups have been nominated, none has ever won the award.
In 2014, Tegan and Sara became the first all-female band and the first duo to win this award.
Recipients
=Top Vocal Instrumental Group (1970–1971)=
=Vocal Instrumental Group of the Year and Outstanding Performance of the Year – Group (1972–1973)=
In 1972 and 1973, two awards were given for group of the year and outstanding performance by a group.
=Group of the Year (1974–1998)=
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! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year ! scope="col" | Winner ! scope="col" | Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref. |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1974
| align="center" | Lighthouse | | align="center" |{{cite web |title=Group of the Year: Yearly summary: 1974 |url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=63&category_ids=63&from_year=1974&to_year=1974&submit=Search |work=JunoAwards.ca |publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=April 11, 2012 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050908/http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=63&category_ids=63&from_year=1974&to_year=1974&submit=Search |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |author= |title=Juno Award Nominees Listed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54 |page=54 |magazine=Billboard |date=9 March 1974 |access-date=5 August 2017}} |
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| scope="row" align="center" | 1975
| align="center" | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1976
| align="center" | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1977
| align="center" | Heart | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1978
| align="center" | Rush | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1979
| align="center" | Rush | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1980
| align="center" | Trooper | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1981
| align="center" | Prism | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1982
| align="center" | Loverboy | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1983
| align="center" | Loverboy | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1984
| align="center" | Loverboy | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1985
| align="center" | The Parachute Club | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1986
| align="center" | Honeymoon Suite | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1987
| align="center" | Tom Cochrane and Red Rider | |
| align="center" colspan="4" | No award ceremony was held in 1988 |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1989
| align="center" | Blue Rodeo | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1990
| align="center" | Blue Rodeo | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1991
| align="center" | Blue Rodeo | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1992
| align="center" | Crash Test Dummies | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1993
| align="center" | Barenaked Ladies | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1994
| align="center" | The Rankin Family | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1995
| align="center" | The Tragically Hip | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1996
| align="center" | Blue Rodeo | |
| scope="row" align="center" | 1997
| align="center" | The Tragically Hip |
|
| scope="row" align="center" | 1998
| align="center" | Our Lady Peace | |
=Best Group (1999–2002)=
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! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Winner ! scope="col" | Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref. |
| scope="row" | 1999
| align="center" | Barenaked Ladies | |
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| scope="row" | 2000
| align="center" | Matthew Good Band | |
| scope="row" | 2001
| align="center" | Barenaked Ladies | |
| scope="row" | 2002
| align="center" | Nickelback | |
=Group of the Year (2003–present)=
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://junoawards.ca/ Official website of the Juno Awards]
- [http://carasonline.ca/ Official website of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]
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