Juno Awards of 1989

The Juno Awards of 1989, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 12 March 1989 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. André-Philippe Gagnon was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.

Blue Rodeo won in three of its five nominations: Best Group, Best Single and Best Video. k.d. lang and Robbie Robertson were also notable winners in 1989.

The previous Juno Awards ceremonies were conducted on 2 November 1987. There was no awards event in 1988 due to a decision to restore the Juno scheduling to the earlier portion of each year. The awards had been conducted early each year from its 1970 inception until 1984.

Nominees and winners

=Canadian Entertainer of the Year=

(This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.)

Winner: Glass Tiger

Other Nominees:
* Bryan Adams
* Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
* Blue Rodeo
* Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
* Bruce Cockburn
* Leonard Cohen
* Colin James
* k.d. Lang
* Robbie Robertson

=Best Female Vocalist=

Winner: k.d. lang

Other Nominees:
* Johanne Blouin
* Céline Dion
* Rita MacNeil
* Anne Murray

=Best Male Vocalist=

Winner: Robbie Robertson

Other Nominees:
* Bruce Cockburn
* Leonard Cohen
* David Wilcox
* Neil Young

=Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year=

Winner: Sass Jordan

Other Nominees:
* Candi
* Jannetta
* Lisa Lougheed
* Michelle Wright

=Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year=

Winner: Colin James

Other Nominees:
* Art Bergmann
* Michael Breen
* Andrew Cash
* Jeff Healey

=Best Group=

Winner: Blue Rodeo

Other Nominees:
* Glass Tiger
* Honeymoon Suite
* Rush
* Tom Cochrane & Red Rider

=Most Promising Group of the Year=

Winner: Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts

Other Nominees:
* 54-40
* The Jitters
* The Northern Pikes
* The Pursuit of Happiness

=Composer of the Year=

Winner: Tom Cochrane

Other Nominees:
* Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor
* David Foster
* Rita MacNeil
* Jim Vallance

=Country Female Vocalist of the Year=

Winner: k.d. lang

Other Nominees:
* Carroll Baker
* Sherry Kean
* Anne Murray
* Michelle Wright

=Country Male Vocalist of the Year=

Winner: Murray McLauchlan

Other Nominees:
* George Fox
* Matt Minglewood
* Patrick Norman
* Ian Tyson

=Instrumental Artist of the Year=

Winner: David Foster

Other Nominees:
* Canadian Brass
* Manteca
* Frank Mills
* Zamfir

=International Entertainer of the Year=

Winner: U2

Other Nominees:
* Crowded House
* INXS
* Michael Jackson
* George Michael

=Producer of the Year=

Winner: Daniel Lanois and Robbie Robertson ("Showdown at Big Sky", "Somewhere Down the Crazy River")

Other Nominees:
* Bruce Fairbairn
* David Foster
* Jonathan Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford
* Jim Vallance

=Recording Engineer of the Year=

Winner: Mike Fraser ("Calling America", "Different Drummer")

Other Nominees:
* Pat Glover
* Noel Golden and Ed Stone
* Paul Northfield
* Bob Rock

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winner: The Band

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: Sam Sniderman

Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner: Pierre Juneau

Nominated and winning albums

=Album of the Year=

Winner: "Robbie Robertson" - Robbie Robertson

Other Nominees:
* "Diamond Sun" - Glass Tiger
* "Outskirts" - Blue Rodeo
* "Racing After Midnight" - Honeymoon Suite
* "Reason to Believe" - Rita MacNeil

=Best Children's Album=

Winner (tied): "Fred Penner's Place" - Fred Penner and "Lullaby Berceuse" - Connie Kaldor and Carmen Campagne

Other Nominees:
* "Diamond and Dragons" - Charlotte Diamond
* "Qu'il y ait toujours le soleil" - Charlotte Diamond
* "Mr Bach Comes to Call" - Susan Hammond
* "Le loup de nord" - Matt Maxwell
* "The Orchestra" - Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra

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Winner: "Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata" - Ofra Harnoy

Other Nominees:
* "Beethoven: Music for Cello and Piano" - Desmond Hoebig and Andrew Tunis
* "Chopin: Piano Works" - Jon Kimura Parker
* "Masters of the German Baroque" - Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists
* "Mozart: Piano Pieces" - Jane Coop
* "Wagner, Francaix, Dvorak" - Canadian Chamber Ensemble and Raffi Armenian

=Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)=

Winner: "Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta" - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit conductor

Other Nominees:
* "Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Rob Roy and Corsaire Overtures" - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit conductor
* "Fauro: Requiem" - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit conductor
* "Handel: Messiah" - Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis conductor
* "Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bare Mountain" - Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit conductor

=Best Album Graphics=

Winner: "Levity" by Ian Thomas, Hugh Syme

Other Nominees:
* "Beyond Benghazi" by Paul Cram Orchestra, Taras Chornowol
* "Celebration" by various artists, J. Don Blair
* "Vertigo Tango" by The Spoons, Thomas Balint
* "Walking Through Walls" by Body Electric, James O'Mara

=International Album of the Year=

Winner: "Dirty Dancing soundtrack" - various artists

Other Nominees:
* "Bad" - Michael Jackson
* "Cocktail soundtrack" - various artists
* "Faith" - George Michael
* "Hysteria" - Def Leppard

=Best Jazz Album=

Winner: "Looking Up" - The Hugh Fraser Quintet

Other Nominees:
* "Beyond Benghazi" - Paul Cram Orchestra
* "Contredanse" - Karen Young and Michael Donato
* "In Dew Time" - Jane Bunnett
* "Jean Beaudet Quartet" - Jean Beaudet Quartet

=Best Roots & Traditional Album=

Winner: "The Return of the Formily Brothers" - The Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor Band

Other Nominees:
* "Bop 'Til I Drop" - Downchild Blues Band
* "King Biscuit Boy aka Richard Newell" - King Biscuit Boy
* "Labour Day" - Spirit of the West
* "Swinging on a Star" - Murray McLauchlan

Nominated and winning releases

=Single of the year=

Winner: "Try" - Blue Rodeo

Other Nominees:
* "Diamond Sun" - Glass Tiger
* "When a Man Loves a Woman" - Luba
* "Pop Goes the World" - Men Without Hats
* "Hands Up" - Sway

=Best Classical Composition=

Winner: "Songs of Paradise" - Alexina Louie

* "Concerto for Harpsichord and Eight Wind Instruments" - R. Murray Schafer
* "River of Fire" - Brian Cherney
* "Siddartha" - Claude Vivier
* "Symphonie No 3" - Jacques Hétu

=International Single of the Year=

Winner: "Pump Up the Volume" - MARRS

Other Nominees:
* "Faith" - George Michael
* "A Groovy Kind of Love" - Phil Collins
* "I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany
* "The Locomotion" - Kylie Minogue

=Best R&B/Soul Recording of the Year=

Winner: "Angel" - Erroll Starr

Other Nominees:
* "Crying For Love" - Lorraine Scott
* "Dancing Under a Latin Moon" - Candi
* "Private Property" - Liberty Silver
* "Secret Love" - Debbie Johnson and Demo Cates

=Best Reggae/Calypso Recording=

Winner: "Conditions Critical" - Lillian Allen

Other Nominees:
* "Give Peace a Chance" - Erroll Blackwood
* "I Like Calypso" - Elsworth James
* "Shadrock" - Chester Miller
* "War On Drugs" - Devon Haughton

=Best Video=

Winner: Michael Buckley, "Try" - Blue Rodeo

Other Nominees:
* Ron Berti, "Wait for Me" - The Northern Pikes
* James O'Mara and Kate Ryan, "Our Little Secret" - Art Bergmann
* Donald Robertson, "Ingrid and the Footman" - Jane Siberry
* Jean-Marc Pisapia, "Ordinary People" - The Box

References

*cite news | last=Bastien | first=Mark | pages=C5 | title=Blue Rodeo tops Juno list | date=2 February 1989 | publisher=The Globe and Mail
*cite news | last=Dafoe | first=Chris | pages=D7 | title=Robertson, Blue Rodeo and a tearful k.d. lang top list of Juno winners | date=13 March 1989 | publisher=The Globe and Mail

External links

* [http://www.junoawards.ca Juno Awards site]