The Beaches, left, and Nonso Amadi are in the running for group and contemporary R&B recording of the year, respectively.
The Beaches, left, and Nonso Amadi are in the running for group and contemporary R&B recording of the year, respectively.
This leaves the door open for a past Juno nominee or winner, such as 2020 instrumental album of the year winner Stréliski.landed on last year's Polaris Music Prize long list and features gorgeous, soaring compositions including "The First Kiss," which could potentially snag Stréliski a second win for instrumental album of the year, but is otherwise an outlier for this Juno, as no instrumental album has ever won.
Montreal's Rêve won her first Juno in 2023 for dance recording of the year for the now double platinum single "Ctrl + Alt + Dlt," and she definitely pulls from dance music, blending EDM, disco and house with pop.is an album full of strong singles but it lacks a bit of sonic cohesion. On, Toronto band Valley is still making hooky pop with an indie edge .
, has done an excellent job keeping up with the success of the Tobique First Nation artist's 2018 debut album,— which won both the Juno for Indigenous music album of the year and the Polaris Music Prize. An expansion of his musical universe,The ambition of both Dutcher and Feist's albums vie for first place in this category, and it wouldn't be a surprise if either of them win. But given thewill ultimately prevail: its originality and expanded universe are undeniable.