Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best instrumental album in Canada. The award was originally called the "Instrumental Artist of the Year".^{[citation needed]}

Winners[]

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1976 - 1987)[]

• 1976 - Hagood Hardy
• 1977 - Hagood Hardy
• 1978 - André Gagnon
• 1979 - Liona Boyd
• 1980 - Frank Mills
• 1981 - Frank Mills
• 1982 - Liona Boyd
• 1983 - Liona Boyd
• 1984 - Liona Boyd
• 1985 - Canadian Brass
• 1986 - David Foster
• 1987 - David Foster

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1989 - 1998)[]

• 1989 - David Foster
• 1990 - Manteca
• 1991 - Ofra Harnoy
• 1992 - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
• 1993 - Ofra Harnoy
• 1994 - Ofra Harnoy
• 1995 - André Gagnon
• 1996 - Liona Boyd
• 1997 - Ashley MacIsaac
• 1998 - Leahy

Best Instrumental Album (1999 - 2002)[]

• 2000 - Natalie MacMaster, In My Hands
• 2001 - Jesse Cook, Free Fall
• 2002 - Oscar Lopez,

Instrumental Album of the Year (2003 - Present)[]

• 2003 - Robert Michaels,
• 2004 - ,
• 2005 - Oscar Lopez,
• 2006 - Daniel Lanois, Belladonna
• 2007 - ,
• 2008 - Jayme Stone,
• 2009 - DJ Brace, ,
• 2010 - Bell Orchestre,
• 2011 - Fond of Tigers,
• 2012 - ,
• 2013 - Pugs and Crows,
• 2014 - Esmerine,
• 2015 - , Encuentro
• 2016 - Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld, Never Were the Way She Was
• 2017 - The Fretless, Bird's Nest
• 2018 - Do Make Say Think, Stubborn Persistent Illusions
• 2019 - , China Cloud
• 2020 - Alexandra Stréliski, Inscape
• 2021 - Blitz//Berlin, Movements III^[1]

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