The nominations for the Canadian Juno Awards were recently revealed and this marks the second straight year that I have included this particular rundown in our context of such reports here on “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken”. While we might be a US based entertainment medium, we’ve long appreciated a number of Canadian artists and gladly help their awards celebrate the best of the best as viewed by their committee. Let’s take a look shall we? Don’t worry, I’ll be returning down at the close with some final opinion.

Artist of the Year:
Shawn Mendes
Bryan Adams
Alessia Cara
Tory Lanez
Jessie Reyez

Group of the Year:
Loud Luxury
88Glam
Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
The Reklaws
Walk Off the Earth
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For the last couple of years I’ve been enjoying adding several award show nominations and winner rundowns to the context of our narratives and in a quest to keep bringing you some interesting stuff here on “The Chronicles” I’ve added the Canadian Juno Awards to the mix. These nominations were recently revealed by the folks over at the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and they celebrate artists from Canada. I felt that this inclusion would be a fun change of pace and let us reach even more people than before. Let’s take a look at the nominations.

JUNO Fan Choice Award:
Avril Lavigne (BMG*ADA)
Alessia Cara (Universal)
Bulow (Universal)
Elijah Woods, Jamie Fine (Big Machine/Universal)
Killy (Secret Sound Club, Independent)
Loud Luxury (Armada Music B.V. Sony NAV XO Universal)
Shawn Mendes (Universal)
The Weeknd (Universal)
Tory Lanez (Interscope, Universal)

Single of the Year:
“In My Blood” Shawn Mendes (Universal)
“Growing Pains” Alessia Cara (Universal)
“Not A Love Song” Bulow (Universal)
“Body” Loud Luxury” (Armada Music B.V. Sony)
“Pray For Me” The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar (Top Dawg Ent Universal)
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