Juno Awards of 2008

The Saturday gala where most awards are presented occurred at the Telus Convention Centre on 5 April, while the major awards were presented at the Pengrowth Saddledome on Sunday (6 April).{{cite web|url=http://www.junoawards.ca/PDF/20071126b.pdf |access-date=2008-02-05 |date=26 November 2007 |title=Juno Awards countdown is underway: Announcing the 2008 Juno Weekend major events and venues |publisher=Juno Awards (CARAS) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228174454/http://www.junoawards.ca/PDF/20071126b.pdf |archive-date=28 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}

Performers appearing on the program included Feist, Finger Eleven, Michael Bublé, Avril Lavigne, Anne Murray, Paul Brandt, Aaron Lines, Gord Bamford, Hedley, Johnny Reid, and Jully Black.{{cite web | url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2008/29/c5300.html | access-date=2008-02-05 | title=First Performers Announced: Feist, Finger Eleven and Michael Bublé to Rock The 2008 JUNO Awards, Sunday, April 6 on CTV | date=29 January 2008 | publisher=Juno Awards (CARAS)}}

The televised event was broadcast on CTV and hosted by Russell Peters.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-will-host-juno-awards-in-2009-1.276103|title=Vancouver will host Juno Awards in 2009|date=12 February 2008}} Peters' monologue was described by Edmonton Sun columnist Bill Harris as "the funniest opening five minutes we've ever seen from an awards-show host."{{cite news | url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/Entertainment/Television/2008/04/07/5215321-sun.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410230446/http://www.edmontonsun.com/Entertainment/Television/2008/04/07/5215321-sun.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 April 2008 | title=Peters pulls it out of the barrel | first=Bill | last=Harris | newspaper=Edmonton Sun | access-date=2008-04-09 | date=7 April 2008 }} Peters was also cited by Toronto Star entertainment critic Ben Rayner as offering a break from recent years of "iffy emceeing" during the award broadcasts.{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/410888 | newspaper=Toronto Star | access-date=2008-04-09 | date=7 April 2008 | title=Feist is the Junos homecoming queen |author-link=Ben Rayner| first=Ben | last=Rayner }}

The 2008 broadcast attracted CTV's second-highest ratings since the network gained broadcast rights. 1.45 million viewers were measured in 2008 compared to 2.18 million for the 2003 ceremonies.{{cite news|url=http://www.ctvmedia.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=10216&yyyy=2008 |date=7 April 2008 |access-date=2008-04-08 |title=1.45 Million Viewers Make The 2008 JUNO Awards Second Most-Watched Ever on CTV |publisher=CTV Television Network |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706175023/http://www.ctvmedia.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=10216&yyyy=2008 |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}

Jeff Healey, an internationally noted Canadian musician who died the month before the Juno ceremonies, was given a brief tribute mention by members of Blue Rodeo during the televised awards ceremony.{{cite news | title=Letters: Healey deserved greater tribute | date=9 April 2008 | publisher=Calgary Sun | first=Randall J. | last=McCann }}{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/comment/article/411116 | newspaper=Toronto Star | access-date=2008-04-09 | date=8 April 2008 | title=(Letters) Where was Healey tribute? | first=Bob | last=Reid }}

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{{cquote|I've never actually seen the Juno Awards, to be honest with you, which I guess makes me Canadian.|15px|15px|Russell Peters|Juno Awards host}}

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{{Wikinews|Feist leads 2008 Juno Award winners | 2008 Juno Award nominees announced}}

Nominees for the 2008 Juno Awards were announced on 5 February 2008. On 15 February 2008, CARAS indicated that it made a "logistical error" during its nominations voting process, announcing the addition of two new nominations and the replacement of one nomination as follows:{{cite news | url=http://www.junoawards.ca/PDF/20080215.pdf | title=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Announces Nominee Changes to Three 2008 JUNO Award Categories | date=15 February 2008 | author=CARAS | access-date=2008-02-16 | author-link=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

• Album of the Year: Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, Anne Murray
• New Artist of the Year: Jill Barber
• Rap Recording of the Year: Memoirs of a Playbwoy, JDiggz; "Fall From Paradise" by Classified was disqualified because the song appeared on the album Hitch Hikin' Music which was previously nominated for the 2007 awards.

Winner: Feist

Other nominees:

• Michael Bublé
• Celine Dion
• Avril Lavigne
• Pascale Picard

Winner: Blue Rodeo

Other nominees:

• Arcade Fire
• Finger Eleven
• Hedley
• Kaïn

Winner: Serena Ryder

Other nominees:

• Jill Barber (nomination added on 15 February 2008)
• Belly
• Jeremy Fisher
• Justin Nozuka
• Suzie McNeil

Winner: Wintersleep

Other nominees:

• Dragonette
• Faber Drive
• illScarlett
• State of Shock

Winner: Joni Mitchell, "Hana" and "Bad Dreams"

Other nominees:

• Kevin Churko, "I Don't Wanna Stop" and "God Bless the Almighty Dollar" (Ozzy Osbourne)
• Rhys Fulber, "Weak in the Knees" and "Just Another Day" (Serena Ryder)
• Bob Rock, "Everything" (Michael Bublé) and "Bomb" (Payola$)
• Skratch Bastid, "Way Back When" and "The Outskirts" (Buck 65)

Winner: Kevin Churko, Black Rain (Ozzy Osbourne)

Other nominees:

• John Bailey, Make Someone Happy (Sophie Milman)
• Richard Chycki, Snakes & Arrows (Rush) and Are You Listening? (Dolores O'Riordan)
• George Seara, Holly Cole (Holly Cole)
• Jeff Wolpert, Onward! (Manteca)

Winner: Feist, "My Moon My Man", "1234", "I Feel It All"

Other nominees:

• Daniel Bélanger, "La Fin de l'homme", "Television", "Sports et loisirs"
• Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend", "Keep Holding On", "When You're Gone"
• Joel Plaskett, "Fashionable People", "Nothing More to Say", "Face of the Earth"
• Rufus Wainwright, "Going to a Town", "Release the Stars", "Do I Disappoint You"

Winner: Michael Bublé

Other nominees:

• Celine Dion
• Claude Dubois
• Nelly Furtado
• Avril Lavigne

Winner: The Reminder, Feist

Other nominees:

• The Best Damn Thing, Avril Lavigne
• Call Me Irresponsible, Michael Bublé
• Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, Anne Murray (nomination added on 15 February 2008)
• D'elles, Celine Dion
• Taking Chances, Celine Dion

Winner: The Dirty Looks, Derek Miller

Other nominees:

• Home and Native Land, Little Hawk
• Nikawiy Askiy, Sandy Scofield
• Phoenix], Fara Palmer
• What It Takes, Donny Parenteau

Winner: Small Miracles, Blue Rodeo

Other nominees:

• Chrome Dreams II, Neil Young
• Goodbye Blue Monday, Jeremy Fisher
• No Stranger, Tom Cochrane
• Release the Stars, Rufus Wainwright

Winner: Neon Bible, Arcade Fire

Other nominees:

• Close to Paradise, Patrick Watson
• The Con, Tegan and Sara
• LP, Holy Fuck
• Welcome to the Night Sky, Wintersleep

Winner: Building Full of Blues, Fathead

Other nominees:

• Blues Thing, Jack de Keyzer
• High Country Blues, Harrison Kennedy
• Junction City, Little Miss Higgins
• A Lesson I've Learned, The Johnny Max Band

Winner: Tracy Maurice and François Miron, Neon Bible (Arcade Fire)

Other nominees:

• Felix Wittholz, Situation (Buck 65)
• Jeff Harrison and Clinton Hussey, Ornamental Eterworld (Vonnegut Dollhouse)
• John Cook, Mark Burchner and Greg Bennet, Revue: The Best of Paul Reddick
• Mathieu Houde, Simon Rivest, Catherine Lepage, Mathieu Doyon, 2×2 (Pierre LaPointe)

Winner: Music Soup, Jen Gould

Other nominees:

• Gonna Keep Dancing, Eddie Douglas
• This is Daniel Cook: Here We Are, This is Daniel Cook
• Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Windsor Symphony Orchestra
• Superstars, The Doodlebops

Winner: Holy God, Brian Doerksen

Other nominees:

• Beautiful, Amanda Falk
• Five Score and Seven Years Ago, Relient K
• Roots Revolution, Newworldson
• The Flame in All of Us, Thousand Foot Krutch

Winner: Korngold, Barber & Walton Violin Concertos, James Ehnes, Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Other nominees:

• Elgar Violin Concertos, James Ehnes, Andrew Davis and the Philharmonia Orchestra
• La Mer, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain
• Vivaldi: L’estro armonico, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
• Water Music, Les Violons du Roy

Winner: Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano, Marc-André Hamelin

Other nominees:

• After Reading Shakespeare, Matt Haimovitz
• Bach Cello Suites, Jean-Guihen Queyras
• Rameau Keyboard Suites, Angela Hewitt
• Shostakovich: Complete Works for Piano Trio/Silvestrov: Postlude DSCH, The Gryphon Trio

Winner: Surprise, Measha Brueggergosman

Other nominees:

• Buxtehude – Membra Jesu Nostri, Les Voix Baroques
• Constantinople, The Gryphon Trio
• Samuel Barber Songs, Gerald Finley
• Schubert Among Friends, The Aldeburgh Connection

Winner: L'Échec du matériel, Daniel Bélanger

Other nominees:

• D'elles, Céline Dion
• L'homme qui me ressemble, Damien Robitaille
• De retour à la source, Isabelle Boulay
• Vers à soi, Jorane

Winner: The Utmost, Jayme Stone

Other nominees:

• Foley Room, Amon Tobin
• Jalopy, Joey Wright
• Kensington Suite, Richard Underhill
• Snake Road, Bob Lanois

Winner: Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna

Other nominees:

• The Dutchess, Fergie
• Lost Highway, Bon Jovi
• Noël, Josh Groban
• Timbaland Presents Shock Value, Timbaland

Winner: Almost Certainly Dreaming, The Chris Tarry Group

Other nominees:

• Chasing After Light, Michael Occhipinti and Creation Dream
• Forty Revolutions, David Occhipinti
• Metaphora, Altered Laws
• Onward!, Manteca

Winner: Debut, Brandi Disterheft

Other nominees:

• Brubeck Braid: twotet/deuxtet, David Braid, Matt Brubeck
• Code Breaking, Tara Davidson
• Foundations, Jodi Proznick Quartet
• Live Jazz Legends, Oliver Jones, PJ Perry, Ian MacDougall, Terry Clarke, Michel Donato

Winner: Make Someone Happy, Sophie Milman

Other nominees:

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• Destination Moon, Deborah Cox
• Holly Cole, Holly Cole
• Days Like These, Michael Kaeshammer

Winner: The Reminder, Feist

Other nominees:

• Call Me Irresponsible, Michael Bublé
• Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, Anne Murray
• Street Gospels, Bedouin Soundclash
• Taking Chances, Celine Dion

Winner: Them vs. You vs. Me, Finger Eleven

Other nominees:

• Hospital Music, Matthew Good
• The Lucky Ones, Pride Tiger
• The Saint Alvia Cartel, The Saint Alvia Cartel
• Underclass Hero, Sum 41

Winner: Right of Passage, David Francey

Other nominees:

• The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park, Justin Rutledge
• For All Time, Jill Barber
• Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!, Corb Lund
• Short Stories, Oh Susanna

Winner: Key Principles, Nathan

Other nominees:

• ¿Buddy, Where You Been?, Compadres: James Keelaghan and Oscar Lopez
• In Good We Trust, Harry Manx and Kevin Breit
• New Seasons, The Sadies
• Stellar Jays, John Reischman and The Jaybirds

Winner: Agua Del Pozo, Alex Cuba

Other nominees:

• Frontiers, Jesse Cook
• Jogo da Vida, Celso Machado
• So the Journey Goes, Autorickshaw
• Wanderlust, Kiran Ahluwalia

Winner: "1234", Feist

Other nominees:

• "Everything", Michael Bublé
• "Girlfriend", Avril Lavigne
• "Paralyzer", Finger Eleven
• "Seven Day Fool", Jully Black

Winner: "Constantinople", Christos Hatzis

Other nominees:

• "A Child’s Cry From Izieu", Oskar Morawetz
• "Letters From Mignon", R. Murray Schafer
• "Quantum Mechanics", Jeffrey Ryan
• "This Isn’t Silence", Brian Current

Winner: Risk, Paul Brandt

Other nominees:

• Honkytonks and Heartaches, Gord Bamford
• Kicking Stones, Johnny Reid
• Life Is Calling My Name, Shane Yellowbird
• Moments That Matter, Aaron Lines

Winner: All U Ever Want, Billy Newton-Davis vs. Deadmau5

Other nominees:

• After Hours, Melleefresh vs. Deadmau5
• Every Time You Move, Nick Fiorucci
• Fancy Footwork, Chromeo
• Poppin' Beats, Hatiras

Winner: 666 Live, Billy Talent

Other nominees:

• Danny Michel and The Black Tornados, Danny Michel
• One Night at the Metropolis, Jesse Cook
• Nights from the Alhambra, Loreena McKennitt
• Trinity Revisited, Cowboy Junkies

Winner: Revival, Jully Black

Other nominees:

• The Birth of Cornelius, Corneille
• Goldrush, Ebrahim
• 2U, Keshia Chanté
• We Can All Be Free, God Made Me Funky

Winner: The Revolution, Belly

Other nominees:

• The Fewturistic, BrassMunk
• Memoirs of a Playbwoy, JDiggz
• Port Authority, Marco Polo
• The Old Prince, Shad

Winner: "Don't Go Pretending", Mikey Dangerous

Other nominees:

• "Don't Go", Korexion
• "Final Road", Blessed
• "Music is my Life", Tanya Mullings
• "Two Chord Skankin'", Lyndon John X

Winner: Christopher Mills, "C’mon" (Blue Rodeo)

Other nominees:

• Kyle Davison, "Shake Tramp" (Marianas Trench)
• Vincent Morriset, "Neon Bible" (Arcade Fire)
• Marc Ricciardelli, "Walls Fall Down" (Bedouin Soundclash)
• Sean Wainsteim, "Cheer It On" (Tokyo Police Club)

A compilation album was released in February 2008

1.My Moon My Man – Feist—2.For The Nights I Can't Remember – Hedley—3.Girlfriend (radio edit) – Avril Lavigne—4.Nothing Special – IllScarlett—5.I Get Around – Dragonette—6.Paralyzer (clean version) – Finger Eleven—7.Tongue Tied – Faber Drive—8.Gate 22 – Pascale Picard—9.Everything – Michael Bublé—10. After Tonight – Justin Nozuka—11. Weak in the Knees – Serena Ryder—12.Born Losers – Matthew Good—13. Weighty Ghost – Wintersleep—14. This Town – Blue Rodeo—15.Walls Fall Down – Bedouin Soundclash—16.Pressure (radio edit) – Belly feat. Ginuwine—17.Seven Day Fool – Jully Black—18.Day Dream Believer – Anne Murray & Nelly Furtado—19.Didn't Even See The Dust – Paul Brandt—20.Dirty Old Man – Neil Young—21.Le Bonheur Au Large – Kaïn

• [http://www.junoawards.ca Juno Awards official site]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080209031700/http://www.ctv.ca/mini/junos2008/static/nominees.html Juno Awards 2008 Nominees and Winners]

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