Juno Fan Choice Award

The Juno Fan Choice Award is an annual Juno Award presented since 2003 by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) to the favourite artist or group of the year as voted by Canadian music fans. This is the only award that the winner is chosen by the fans. The nominees in the category are determined by sales, and the winner is chosen from among these nominees by an online vote open to the general public.^[1] From 2003 to 2011, the list of nominees was limited to five artists or groups, but it was expanded to ten in 2012.

Achievements[]

The artists with the most winnings in the category are Justin Bieber with 5 awards. Michael Bublé, Avril Lavigne and Shawn Mendes have won 3 awards, followed by Nickelback with 2 awards. Nickelback and Justin Bieber have also received the most nominations, with nine each total.

Recipients[]

Inaugural winner Shania Twain

Three-time winner Avril Lavigne

Nelly Furtado received the award in 2007

Michael Bublé has received the award three times

Five-time recipient Justin Bieber has the most wins in this category

Three-time winner Shawn Mendes

Year	Winner	Nominees	Refs.
2003	Shania Twain	Celine Dion Diana Krall Avril Lavigne Nickelback	^[2]
2004	Nickelback	Celine Dion Avril Lavigne Sarah McLachlan Shania Twain	^[3]
2005	Avril Lavigne	Diana Krall Sarah McLachlan Marie-Élaine Thibert Shania Twain	^[4]
2006	Simple Plan	Celine Dion Diana Krall Michael Bublé Nickelback	^[5]
2007	Nelly Furtado	Gregory Charles Michael Bublé Nickelback Sarah McLachlan	^[6]
2008	Michael Bublé	Celine Dion Claude Dubois Nelly Furtado Avril Lavigne	^[7]
2009	Nickelback	Celine Dion Feist Hedley The Lost Fingers	^[8]
2010	Michael Bublé	Ginette Reno Johnny Reid Nickelback	^[9]
2011	Justin Bieber	Drake Hedley Johnny Reid Michael Bublé	^[10]
2012	Justin Bieber	Arcade Fire Avril Lavigne City and Colour deadmau5 Drake Ginette Reno Hedley Michael Bublé Nickelback	^[11]
2013	Justin Bieber	Michael Bublé Leonard Cohen Céline Dion Drake Hedley Carly Rae Jepsen Marianas Trench Metric Nickelback	^[12]
2014	Justin Bieber	Arcade Fire Michael Bublé Celine Dion Drake Hedley Avril Lavigne Serena Ryder Robin Thicke Walk Off the Earth	^[13]
2015	Michael Bublé	Arcade Fire Bobby Bazini Drake Hedley Leonard Cohen Magic! Nickelback Serge Fiori You+Me	^[14]
2016	Justin Bieber	Alessia Cara Carly Rae Jepsen Cœur de pirate Dean Brody Drake Shawn Hook Shawn Mendes The Weeknd Walk Off the Earth	^[15]
2017	Shawn Mendes	Alessia Cara Belly Drake Hedley Justin Bieber Ruth B The Strumbellas The Weeknd Tory Lanez	^[16]
2018	Shawn Mendes	Alessia Cara Arkells Jessie Reyez Justin Bieber Shawn Hook The Weeknd Theory Walk Off The Earth	^[17]
2019	Avril Lavigne	bülow Alessia Cara Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine Killy Loud Luxury Shawn Mendes NAV Tory Lanez The Weeknd	^[18]
2020	Avril Lavigne	bbno$ Justin Bieber Alessia Cara Ali Gatie Tory Lanez Loud Luxury Shawn Mendes Nav The Weeknd	^[19]
2021	Shawn Mendes	Justin Bieber Les Cowboys Fringants Ali Gatie Tate McRae NAV JP Saxe Lennon Stella Curtis Waters The Weeknd	^[20]
2022	TBA May 15, 2022	bbno$ Charlotte Cardin Forest Blakk Jessia Justin Bieber Loud Luxury Pressa Shawn Mendes The Weeknd	^[21]

References[]

^ "2012 JUNO Awards Submission Info". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2003". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2004". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2005". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2006". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2007". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2008". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2009". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2010". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2011". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2012". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2016". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2017". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2018". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2018". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
^ "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2020". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^ Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
^ Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.

External links[]

[1] "2012 JUNO Awards Submission Info". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

[2] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2003". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[3] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2004". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[4] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2005". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[5] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2006". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[6] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2007". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[7] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2008". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[8] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2009". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[9] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2010". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[10] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2011". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[11] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2012". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[12] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[13] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[14] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

[15] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2016". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

[16] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2017". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

[17] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2018". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

[18] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2018". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

[19] "Fan Choice Award: Yearly summary: 2020". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

[20] Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.

[21] Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.

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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 Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
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