Juno Award for International Album of the Year

Mumford & Sons won the award in 2013 for their album, Babel.

The Juno Award for International Album of the Year is an annual award given to a non-Canadian album. It has been given out since 1975. It was formerly known as Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) (1993–2002), Best Selling Album by a Foreign Artist (1992), International Album of the Year (1981–1991), and Best Selling International Album (1975–1980). Thus, the rules have changed slightly over the years. (Céline Dion, a Canadian won in 1999, 1997 & 1995 and Bryan Adams, also a Canadian won in 1993.)

Presently, the nominees are based on sales (i.e. the five best-selling non-Canadian albums of the year), and therefore do not necessarily represent the year's "best" international albums. However, the ultimate winner of the award is determined by vote of the CARAS board of directors.^[1]

Winners[]

Best Selling International Album (1975 - 1980)[]

1975 - Paul McCartney and Wings, Band on the Run
- Various Artists, American Graffiti
- Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- John Denver, John Denver's Greatest Hits
1976 - Elton John, Greatest Hits
- Paul McCartney and Wings, Venus and Mars
- Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
- Cat Stevens, Greatest Hits
- Freddy Fender, Before the Next Teardrop Falls
1977 - Peter Frampton, Frampton Comes Alive!
- Charley Pride, The Best of Charley Pride Vol. 3
- Paul McCartney and Wings, Wings over America
- Chicago, Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits
- Nazareth, Greatest Hits
1978 - Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
- Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life
- Boston, Boston
- Elvis Presley, Elvis: A Collector's Edition
- Barbra Streisand, A Star Is Born
1979 - Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever
- Rod Stewart, Foot Loose & Fancy Free
- Various Artists, Grease
- Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell
- Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
1980 - Supertramp, Breakfast in America
- Rod Stewart, Blondes Have More Fun
- The Knack, Get the Knack
- Boney M., Nightflight to Venus
- Bee Gees, Spirits Having Flown

International Album of the Year (1981 - 1991)[]

1981 - Pink Floyd, The Wall
- Bob Seger, Against the Wind

- Kenny Rogers, Greatest Hits
- Queen, The Game
1982 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy
- Pat Benatar, Crimes of Passion
- Barbra Streisand, Guilty
- REO Speedwagon, Hi Infidelity
- Stars on 45, Stars on Long Play
1983 - Men at Work, Business as Usual
- Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson's Thriller
- Foreigner, 4
- The J. Geils Band, Freeze Frame
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hooked on Classics
- Olivia Newton-John, Physical
1984 - The Police, Synchronicity
- Lionel Richie, Can't Slow Down
- Culture Club, Colour by Numbers
- ZZ Top, Eliminator
- David Bowie, Let's Dance
1985 - Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A.
- Madonna, Like a Virgin
- Wham!, Make It Big
- Tina Turner, Private Dancer
- Prince, Purple Rain
1986 - Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms
- ZZ Top, Afterburner
- Heart, Heart
- Various Artists, Miami Vice
- John Cougar Mellencamp, Scarecrow
1987 - Madonna, True Blue
- Eurythmics, Revenge
- Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet
- U2, The Joshua Tree
- Various Artists, Top Gun
1989 - Various Artists, Dirty Dancing
- Michael Jackson, Bad
- Various Artists, Cocktail
- George Michael, Faith
- Def Leppard, Hysteria
1990 - Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's True (Disqualified)
- Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl
- Fine Young Cannibals, The Raw & the Cooked
- New Kids on the Block, Hangin' Tough
- Traveling Wilburys, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
1991 - MC Hammer, Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
- AC/DC, The Razors Edge
- Phil Collins, ...But Seriously
- New Kids on the Block, Step by Step
- Sinéad O'Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Best Selling Album by a Foreign Artist (1992)[]

1992 - Vanilla Ice, To the Extreme
- C+C Music Factory, Gonna Make You Sweat
- Metallica, Metallica
- Michael Bolton, Time, Love & Tenderness
- AC/DC, The Razors Edge

Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) (1993 - 2002)[]

1993 - Bryan Adams, Waking Up the Neighbours
- U2, Achtung Baby
- Tom Cochrane, Mad Mad World
- Nirvana, Nevermind
- Billy Ray Cyrus, Some Gave All
1994 - Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard
- Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
- The Tragically Hip, Fully Completely
- Aerosmith, Get a Grip
- Bon Jovi, Keep the Faith
1995 - Celine Dion, The Colour of My Love
- Counting Crows, August and Everything After
- The Tragically Hip, Day For Night
- Ace of Base, The Sign
- Pearl Jam, Vs.
1996 - The Cranberries, No Need to Argue
- Celine Dion, D'eux
- Various Artists, Dangerous Minds
- Eagles, Hell Freezes Over
- Shania Twain, The Woman in Me
1997 - Celine Dion, Falling into You
- The Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- Mariah Carey, Daydream
- Fugees, The Score
- Oasis, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
1998 - Spice Girls, Spice
- Aqua, Aquarium
- Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys
- Backstreet Boys, Backstreet's Back
- Our Lady Peace, Clumsy
1999 - Celine Dion, Let's Talk About Love
- Shania Twain, Come On Over
- Madonna, Ray of Light
- Spice Girls, Spiceworld
- James Horner, Titanic
2000 - Backstreet Boys, Millennium
- The Offspring, Americana
- Britney Spears, ...Baby One More Time
- Ricky Martin, Ricky Martin
- Celine Dion, These Are Special Times
2001 - Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP
- Enrique Iglesias, Enrique
- Creed, Human Clay
- NSYNC, No Strings Attached
- Britney Spears, Oops!... I Did It Again
2002 - Shaggy, Hot Shot
- U2, All That You Can't Leave Behind
- Backstreet Boys, Black & Blue
- Limp Bizkit, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
- Destiny's Child, Survivor

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

2000s[]

2003 - Eminem, The Eminem Show
- Creed, Weathered
- Enrique Iglesias, Escape
- Nelly, Nellyville
- Shakira, Laundry Service
2004 - 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- Christina Aguilera, Stripped
- Hilary Duff, Metamorphosis
- Evanescence, Fallen
- Rod Stewart, It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
2005 - Green Day, American Idiot
- Usher, Confessions
- Eminem, Encore
- Norah Jones, Feels Like Home
- U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
2006 - The Black Eyed Peas, Monkey Business and Coldplay, X&Y (Tie)
- Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway
- Gwen Stefani, Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
- 50 Cent, The Massacre
2007 - Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
- Il Divo, Ancora
- Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor
- Justin Timberlake, FutureSex/LoveSounds
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium
2008 - Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad
- Fergie, The Dutchess
- Bon Jovi, Lost Highway
- Josh Groban, Noël
- Timbaland, Shock Value
2009 - Coldplay, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
- AC/DC, Black Ice
- Guns N' Roses, Chinese Democracy
- Metallica, Death Magnetic
- Jack Johnson, Sleep Through the Static

2010s[]

2010 - Kings of Leon, Only by the Night
- Britney Spears, Circus
- The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D
- Taylor Swift, Fearless
- Susan Boyle, I Dreamed a Dream
2011 - Katy Perry, Teenage Dream
- Kesha, Animal
- Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
- Eminem, Recovery
- Taylor Swift, Speak Now
2012 - Adele, 21
- Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto
- Lady Gaga, Born This Way
- LMFAO, Sorry for Party Rocking
- Rihanna, Loud
2013 - Mumford & Sons, Babel
- Maroon 5, Overexposed
- One Direction, Up All Night
- Rod Stewart, Merry Christmas, Baby
- Taylor Swift, Red
2014 - Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox
- Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
- Imagine Dragons, Night Visions
- One Direction, Take Me Home
- Pink, The Truth About Love
2015 - Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
- Katy Perry, Prism
- Lorde, Pure Heroine
- One Direction, Midnight Memories
- Taylor Swift, 1989
2016 - Adele, 25
- Ciara, Jackie
- Hozier, Hozier
- Meghan Trainor, Title
- Vance Joy, Dream Your Life Away
2017 - Coldplay, A Head Full of Dreams
- Rihanna, Anti
- Sia, This Is Acting
- One Direction, Made in the A.M.
- Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman
2018 - Kendrick Lamar, Damn
- Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
- Ed Sheeran, ÷
- Post Malone, Stoney
- Taylor Swift, Reputation
2019 - Post Malone, Beerbongs & Bentleys
- Camila Cabello, Camila
- Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy
- Maroon 5, Red Pill Blues
- Travis Scott, Astroworld

2020s[]

2020 - Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
- Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next
- Khalid, Free Spirit
- Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
- Ed Sheeran, No.6 Collaborations Project
2021 - Harry Styles, Fine Line^[2]
- Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get
- Eminem, Music to Be Murdered By
- Pop Smoke, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
- Taylor Swift, Folklore

References[]

^ 2007 JUNO Awards Submission Info Archived 2007-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

[1] 2007 JUNO Awards Submission Info Archived 2007-08-13 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

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show v t Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Classical Composition Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance Country Dance Electronic Francophone Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Heavy Metal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Single of the Year Underground Dance World Music
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Indigenous Artist or Group (1994-2021) Best Jazz Album (1977-1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994-2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994-2014) Rap (1991-2021) R&B/Soul (1985-2020) Best Roots and Traditional Album (1989-1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996-2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996-2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards

show v t Juno Award for International Album of the Year
1970s	1975: Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the Run 1976: Elton John – Greatest Hits 1977: Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive! 1978: Fleetwood Mac – Rumours 1979: Bee Gees – Saturday Night Fever
1980s	1980: Supertramp – Breakfast in America 1981: Pink Floyd – The Wall 1982: John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy 1983: Men at Work – Business as Usual 1984: The Police – Synchronicity 1985: Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A. 1986: Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms 1987: Madonna – True Blue 1988: no award ceremony held 1989: Various Artists – Dirty Dancing
1990s	1990: Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It's True (Disqualified) 1991: MC Hammer – Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em 1992: Vanilla Ice – To the Extreme 1993: Bryan Adams – Waking Up the Neighbours 1994: Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard 1995: Celine Dion – The Colour of My Love 1996: The Cranberries – No Need to Argue 1997: Celine Dion – Falling into You 1998: Spice Girls – Spice 1999: Celine Dion – Let's Talk About Love
2000s	2000: Backstreet Boys – Millennium 2001: Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2002: Shaggy – Hot Shot 2003: Eminem – The Eminem Show 2004: 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin' 2005: Green Day – American Idiot 2006: Black Eyed Peas – Monkey Business / Coldplay – X&Y 2007: Dixie Chicks – Taking the Long Way 2008: Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad 2009: Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
2010s	2010: Kings of Leon – Only by the Night 2011: Katy Perry – Teenage Dream 2012: Adele – 21 2013: Mumford & Sons – Babel 2014: Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox 2015: Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour 2016: Adele – 25 2017: Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams 2018: Kendrick Lamar – Damn 2019: Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys
2020s	2020: Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?