And the Nominees Are…

The 2018 JUNO Awards Nominations have been announced

TORONTO, Feb. 6, 2018 /CNW/ - The nominees for the 47th Annual JUNO Awards were announced today by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) at a press conference at The Great Hall in Toronto. Canada's premier talent will head west for JUNO Week 2018, hosted in Vancouver from March 19 through March 25. The week-long celebration will culminate in a live broadcast of The JUNO Awards on CBC on Sunday, March 25 from Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC.

For a complete list of the 2018 nominations please visit junoawards.ca.

Arcade Fire leads off with four nominations: Single of the Year*, Album of the Year*, Group of the Year* and Alternative Album of the Year*.

Jessie Reyez also received an incredible four nominations: JUNO Fan Choice*, Breakthrough Artist of the Year*, R&B/Soul Recording of the Year and Video of the Year.

Artists with three nominations included Arkells for JUNO Fan Choice*, Single of the Year*, and Video of the Year; the late Gord Downie for Artist of the Year*, Songwriter of the Year* and Adult Alternative Album of the Year; Hedleyfor JUNO Fan Choice*, Group of the Year*, and Pop Album of the Year; and Ruth B for Album of the Year*, Artist of the Year*, and Pop Album of the Year.

The host province, of British Columbia, was well-represented across all categories this year including: Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year (Anciients and Archspire); Video of The Year (Emma Higgins and Grimes); Dance Recording of the Year and Jack Richardson Producer of the Year (Felix Cartal); Instrumental Album of The Year (Five Alarm Funk and Peregrine Falls); Jack Richardson Producer of the Year (Brian Howes & Jason Van Poederooyen); Comedy Album of the Year* (Charlie Demers and Ivan Decker); Classical Composition of the Year (Jocelyn Morlock); Electronic Album of the Year (Kid Koala); JUNO Fan Choice* (Hedley, Shawn Hook and Theory); Blues Album of the Year (Williams, Wayne and Isaak); Children's Album of the Year (Bobs & LoLo); Vocal Jazz Album of the Year;(Diana Krall, Bria Skonberg and Michael Kaeshammer); Jazz Album of the Year: Group (Christine & Ingrid Jensen); Adult Contemporary Album of the Year (Michael Bublé).

Full press release available here.

SOURCE Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences