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The Best Canadian Music – 2025 Juno Winners

Last night the top music folk in Canada were celebrated in BC.
Highlighted by some great performances, viewers were also treated to some historic moments including our own Anne Murray receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. This put her Juno Award count up to 26, the most received by any artist.

 

Here is the full list of winners from the 54th Juno Awards:

 

TikTok Juno Fan Choice Award

  • Bbno$

Single of the year

  • Exes, Tate McRae

Album of the year

  • Think Later, Tate McRae

Breakthrough artist or group of the year

  • Nemahsis

Artist of the year

  • Tate McRae

Group of the year

  • The Beaches

Classical album of the year (solo artist)

  • Freezing, Emily D’Angelo

Classical album of the year (small ensemble)

  • Rituæls, collectif9

Classical album of the year (large ensemble)

  • Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Gimeno featuring Marc-André Hamelin and Nathalie Forget

Jazz album of the year (solo)

  • Montreal Jazz Series 1 (Échanges Synaptiques), André Leroux

Jazz album of the year (group)

  • Gravity, Jeremy Ledbetter Trio

Vocal jazz album of the year

  • Hello! How Are You?, Caity Gyorgy

Instrumental album of the year

  • Memory palace, Intervals

Blues album of the year

  • This Old Life, Big Dave McLean

Traditional roots album of the year

  • Retro Man … More and More (Expanded Edition), Jake Vaadeland

Contemporary roots album of the year

  • Strange Medicine, Kaia Kater

Country album of the year

  • Complicated, Josh Ross

Adult alternative album of the year

  • Inuktitut, Elisapie

Alternative album of the year

  • Verbathim, Nemahsis

Rock album of the year

  • Set Your Pussy Free, Nobro

Metal/hard music album of the year

  • Beyond the Reach of the Sun, Anciients

Adult contemporary album of the year

  • Lovers’ Gothic, Maïa Davies

Pop album of the year

  • Think Later, Tate McRae

Dance recording of the year

  • No Time, Interplanetary Criminal featuring SadBoi

Underground dance single of the year

  • Bamboo, Ciel

Electronic album of the year

  • This But More, Priori

Rap single of the year

  • Shut Up, Jessie Reyez

Rap album/EP of the year

  • Red Future, Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Traditional R&B/soul recording of the year

  • Velvet Soul, TheHonestGuy

Contemporary R&B recording of the year

  • Bloom, Aqyila

Reggae recording of the year

  • Born to Be Free, Exco Levi

Children’s album of the year

  • Penny Penguin, Raffi & Good Lovelies

Comedy album of the year

  • Honourable Intentions, Debra DiGiovanni

Traditional Indigenous artist or group of the year

  • New Comings, Black Bear Singers

Contemporary Indigenous artist or group of the year

  • Brown Man, Sebastian Gaskin

Francophone album of the year

  • Abracadabra, Klô Pelgag

Contemporary Christian/gospel album of the year

  • Restore, Ryan Ofei

Global music album of the year

  • Dankoroba, Djely Tapa

South Asian music recording of the year

  • The Brownprint, AP Dhillon

Album artwork of the year

  • Keenan Gregory (art director): Altruistic, Royal Tusk

Music video of the year

  • Name of God, Mustafa

Jack Richardson producer of the year

  • Jack Rochon: II Hands II Heaven (co-producer Beyoncé, Dave Hamelin), Protector (co-producer Beyoncé), Jolene (co-producer Alex Vickery, Beyoncé, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Khirye Tyler), Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé; My Way (co-producer Charlotte Day Wilson, Leon Thomas); Cyan Blue, Charlotte Day Wilson; Crash (co-producer Aaron Paris, Aidan, Alex Goldblatt, Khris Riddick, Mariel Gomerez-Rodriguez, Oak), Tears featuring Omah Lay (co-producer Etienne, GuiltyBeatz, Mariel Gomerez-Rodriguez, Oak, Symphony), Crash, Kehlani

Recording engineer of the year

  • Serban Ghenea: Please Please Please, Short n’ Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter; Lose Control, I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1), Teddy Swims

Classical composition of the year

  • Angmalukisaa, Deantha Edmunds

Songwriter of the year

  • Mustafa: Name of God (co-songwriters Aaron Dessner, Simon Hessman); Leaving Toronto (co-songwriters Jonah Yano, Rodaidh Mcdonald, Simon Hessman); I’ll Go Anywhere (co-songwriters Simon Hessman)

Songwriter of the year (non-performer)

  • Lowell: Texas Hold ‘Em (co-songwriters Atia “Ink” Boggs, Beyoncé, Brian Bates, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro, Raphael Saadiq); Bodyguard (co-songwriters Beyoncé, Leven Kali, Raphael Saadiq, Ryan Beatty, Shantoni Ajane Nichols, Terius “The Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant), Beyoncé; Takes One to Know One (co-songwriters Eliza Enman-Mcdaniel, Gus van Go, Jordan Miller, Kylie Miller, Leandra Earl), the Beaches

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