Juno Awards of 1999

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Juno Awards of 1999
Date7 March 1999
VenueCopps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario
Hosted byMike Bullard
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC

The Juno Awards of 1999 honouring Canadian music industry achievements were held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The primary ceremonies at Copps Coliseum on 7 March 1999 were broadcast by CBC Television and hosted by Mike Bullard.

Nominations were announced 27 January 1999 from the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto.

CBC technicians under the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada were on strike in early 1999. However, the union chose not to picket the Juno Awards broadcast.

Luc Plamondon was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

Nominees and winners[]

Best Female Vocalist[]

Winner: Celine Dion

Other Nominees:

Best Male Vocalist[]

Winner: Jim Cuddy

Other Nominees:

Best New Solo Artist[]

Winner: Melanie Doane

Other Nominees:

Best Group[]

Winner: Barenaked Ladies

Other Nominees:

Best New Group[]

Winner: Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra

Other Nominees:

Best Songwriter[]

Winner: Bryan Adams, "On a Day Like Today" with Phil Thornalley, "When You're Gone" with Eliot Kennedy

Other Nominees:

Best Country Female Vocalist[]

Winner: Shania Twain

Other Nominees:

Best Country Male Vocalist[]

Winner: Paul Brandt

Other Nominees:

Best Country Group or Duo[]

Winner: Leahy

Other Nominees:

International Achievement Award[]

Winner: Celine Dion

Best Producer[]

Winner: Colin James "Let's Shout" (with co-producer Joe Hardy) and "C'mon With The C'mon"

Other Nominees:

  • Bryan Adams (with Bob Rock), "C'mon, C'mon, C'mon", "How Do Ya Feel Tonight" both by Bryan Adams
  • Bruce Fairbairn, "Within" and "I Finally Found My Way" by Kiss
  • David Foster, "I Never Loved You Anyway" by The Corrs and "Have You Ever?" by Brandy
  • Daniel Lanois, "The Maker" by Willie Nelson

Best Recording Engineer[]

Winner: Kevin Doyle, "Stanstill" by various artists and "Soul On Soul" by Amy Sky

Other Nominees:

Canadian Music Hall of Fame[]

Winner: Luc Plamondon

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award[]

Winner: Allan Waters

Nominated and winning albums[]

Best Album[]

Winner: Let's Talk About Love, Celine Dion

Other Nominees:

  • The Book of Secrets, Loreena McKennitt
  • Grand parleur petit faiseur, Kevin Parent
  • Happy?, Jann Arden
  • Phantom Power, The Tragically Hip

Best Alternative Album[]

Winner: Rufus Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright

Other Nominees:

  • Breath from Another, Esthero
  • Bring Yourself Up, Bodega
  • BTK, BTK
  • The Closer I Get, Hayden

Best Blues Album[]

Winner: Blues Weather, Fathead

Other Nominees:

Best Children's Album[]

Winner: Mozart's Magnificent Voyage, Susan Hammond's Classical Kids

Other Nominees:

  • Accordelidon, Danielle Martineau
  • Celebrate the Music, Sandra Beech
  • If Fish Could Sing, Teresa Doyle
  • Musical Mystery Machines, Ken Whiteley

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)[]

Winner: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - Book 1, Angela Hewitt

Other Nominees:

  • Dvorak, Mendelssohn: Piano Trios, The Gryphon Trio
  • In Brahms' Apartment, Amici Ensemble
  • Medtner: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Marc-André Hamelin
  • Telemann: Tafelmusik, Ensemble Arion

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)[]

Winner: Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks, Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (musical director)

Other Nominees:

  • Bartok: Dance Suite, Music for Strings, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Reverie et Caprice: Violin Romances, Chantal Juillet, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
  • Saint-Saëens - Fauré - Roussel, Stéphane Lemelin, CBC Vancouver Orchestra
  • Schnittke, Part, Gorecki, I Musici de Montreal

Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)[]

Winner: Songs of Travel, Gerald Finley (baritone) and Stephen Ralls (piano)

Other Nominees:

  • A Britten Serenade, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Henriette Schellenberg (soprano), Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), James Sommerville (horn)
  • Messiah: The Complete Choruses, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and Orchestra
  • Musica Intima, Musica Intima
  • Vivaldi: Motets for Soprano, Karina Gauvin (soprano)

Best Album Design[]

Winner: Andrew McLachlan, Rob Baker, Brock Ostrom, Bernard Clark, David Ajax, Phantom Power by The Tragically Hip

Other Nominees:

  • David Ashcroft, Ivan Otis, Margaret Malandruccolo, Three Seeds by New Meanies
  • Steve Goode, David Anthony, Since When by 54-40
  • John Rummen, Jay Blakesburg, Stunt by Barenaked Ladies
  • Hugh Syme, Geddy Lee, Andrew MacNaughton, Different Stages by Rush

Best Gospel Album[]

Winner: Life Is, Sharon Riley and Faith Chorale

Other Nominees:

Best Selling Francophone Album[]

Winner: S'il suffisait d'aimer, Celine Dion

Other Nominees:

Best Instrumental Album[]

Winner: My Roots are Showing, Natalie MacMaster

Other Nominees:

Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)[]

Winner: Let's Talk About Love, Céline Dion

Other Nominees:

  • Come On Over, Shania Twain
  • Ray of Light, Madonna
  • Spiceworld, Spice Girls
  • Titanic, Music from the Motion Picture, James Horner

Best Mainstream Jazz Album[]

Winner: The Atlantic Sessions, Kirk MacDonald

Other Nominees:

  • Cactus, François Bourassa
  • Inner Urge, Dave Young Trio
  • Kenny and Sonny Live at the Montreal Bistro, The Kenny Wheeler, Sonny Greenwich Quintet
  • Siren's Song, Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, John Taylor and the Maritime Jazz Orchestra

Best Contemporary Jazz Album[]

Winner: Metalwood 2, Metalwood

Other Nominees:

Best Roots or Traditional Album - Group[]

Winner: The McGarrigle Hour, Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Other Nominees:

Best Roots or Traditional Album - Solo[]

Winner: Heartstrings, Willie P. Bennett

Other Nominees:

  • Crazy Old Man, Roy Forbes
  • My Roots Are Showing, Natalie MacMaster
  • Sally's Dream, Bill Bourne
  • Stones, Gordie Sampson

Best Pop Album[]

Winner: Stunt, Barenaked Ladies

Other Nominees:

Best Rock Album[]

Winner: Phantom Power, The Tragically Hip

Other Nominees:

Nominated and winning releases[]

Best Single[]

Winner: "One Week", Barenaked Ladies

Other Nominees:

  • "Adia", Sarah McLachlan
  • "Apparitions", Matthew Good Band
  • "Hurts To Love You", Philosopher Kings
  • "My Heart Will Go On", Celine Dion

Best Classical Composition[]

Winner: "Concerto For Wind Orchestra", Colin McPhee

Other Nominees:

Best Rap Recording[]

Winner: Northern Touch by Rascalz featuring Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, Thrust, and Checkmate

Other Nominees:

Best R&B/Soul Recording[]

Winner: One Wish by Deborah Cox

Other Nominees:

  • Bout Your Love, Glenn Lewis
  • I Need Some Time, Kirsten Farkollie
  • Rally'n, Jully Black featuring Saukrates
  • Tamia, Tamia

Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording[]

Winner: Contact from the Underworld of Redboy, Robbie Robertson

Other Nominees:

Best Reggae/Calypso Recording[]

Winner: Vision, Frankie Wilmot

Other Nominees:

  • Chains and Shackles, Inspector Lenny
  • Glorious Ride, Lazah Current
  • The Original, DJ Ray
  • The Way I Feel, Mystics

Best Global Album[]

Winner: The Message, Alpha Yaya Diallo

Other Nominees:

  • Endless, Silk Road Music
  • Karsilama, Karsilama
  • Por El Sol, Diego Marulanda & Pacande
  • Vertigo, Jesse Cook

Best Dance Recording[]

Winner: Broken Bones, Love Inc.

Other Nominees:

  • Hands of Time, Temperance
  • I Got What It Takes, Jacynthe
  • Popcorn, The Boomtang Boys
  • Try My Love, Shauna Davis

Best Video[]

Winner: Javier Aguilera, "Forestfire" by David Usher

Other Nominees:

References[]

  • McLaren, Leah (28 January 1999). "Dion leads Juno nominees / Ladies and Twain also up for awards". The Globe and Mail. pp. D1, D2.
  • "List of 1999 Juno Award nominations". Saskatoon StarPhoenix. 28 January 1999. p. D1.
  • Saunders, Doug (3 March 1999). "CBC negotiations break down; programs feel bite of strike". The Globe and Mail. p. A7.
  • "National Report: CBC union won't picket Junos". The Globe and Mail. 4 March 1999. p. A7.
  • Gill, Alexandra (4 March 1999). "Dion elbows out the competition at Junos". The Globe and Mail. p. A6.
  • "Complete list of Juno Award winners". The Globe and Mail. 9 March 1999. p. C2.

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