The

Juno Award The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...

for Group of the Year has been awarded annually since 1970 in recognition of the best musical group or band in

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. It is presented by the

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(CARAS). The five nominees in the category are decided through a combination of

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and CARAS member voting, and the recipient is chosen from among these nominees by member voting. The award was previously named as Top Vocal Instrumental Group (1970–1971), Vocal Instrumental Group of the Year (1972–1973), and Best Group (1999–2002). In 1972 and 1973, awards were also given for Outstanding Performance of the Year – Group.

Achievements

With five wins, the country rock band Blue Rodeo and alternative rock band Arkells are tied for the winningest group in the category. Blue Rodeo is also tied for most consecutive wins, three, with rock band

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, with the former winning from 1989 to 1991 and the latter from 1982 to 1984. However, Blue Rodeo's 13 total nominations is slightly edged out by the 14 garnered by hard rock and progressive rock band Rush, including a record eight consecutive nominations from 1977 to 1984. The record for the most nominations without ever winning is held by

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, who were nominated 8 times from 1975 to 1983. Country and folk group

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, winners in 1994, are the only non-rock group to ever win the award. Though several French-language groups have been nominated, none has ever won the award.

Recipients

Top Vocal Instrumental Group (1970–1971)

Vocal Instrumental Group of the Year and Outstanding Performance of the Year – Group (1972–1973)

In 1972 and 1973, two awards were given for group of the year and outstanding performance by a group.

Group of the Year (1974–1998)

Best Group (1999–2002)

Group of the Year (2003–present)

References

External links

Official website of the Juno Awards

Official website of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
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