The Juno Awards of 1997, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 9 March 1997 in

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at a ceremony in the

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was host for the major ceremonies which were broadcast on CBC Television. Nominations were announced on 29 January 1997. Major winners were

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Nominees and winners

Best Female Vocalist

Winner:

Other Nominees: *

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* Amanda Marshall *

Alannah Myles Alannah Myles (née Byles; born December 25, 1958) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has won both a Grammy and a Juno Award for the song " Black Velvet". The song was a top-ten hit in Canada; it was also a number one hit on the US ''Billboar ...

Best Male Vocalist

Winner:

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Other Nominees: * Paul Brandt * Corey Hart * John McDermott *

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Best New Solo Artist

Winner:

Terri Clark Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark, born August 5, 1968, is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that ...

Other Nominees: *

Damhnait Doyle Damhnait Doyle (; born December 9, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer and composer. A phonetic spelling of her first name (which is Irish) also serves as the title of her 2003 album. She was a member of Atlantic Canadian band Shaye from 200 ...

* Chantal Kreviazuk *

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Group of the Year

Winner:

Other Nominees: * 54-40 *

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* Moist * Noir Silence

Best New Group

Winner: The Killjoys Other Nominees: *

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* Starkicker * Victor (album), Victor

Songwriter of the Year

Winner: Alanis Morissette (Glen Ballard, co-songwriter) Other Nominees: *

(with Robert John "Mutt" Lange) * Dean McTaggart * Amy Sky *

Best Country Female Vocalist

Winner: Shania Twain Other Nominees: *

* Patricia Conroy * Rachel Matkin * Michelle Wright

Best Country Male Vocalist

Winner: Paul Brandt Other Nominees: * Chris Cummings * Charlie Major * Jason McCoy *

Best Country Group or Duo

Winner: The Rankin Family Other Nominees: * Farmer's Daughter (band), Farmer's Daughter * Prairie Oyster * Quartette (band), Quartette * Thomas Wade and Wayward

International Achievement Award

Winners: *

*Alanis Morissette *Shania Twain

Best Instrumental Artist

Winner: Ashley MacIsaac Other Nominees: * Richard Abel (musician), Richard Abel * Hennie Bekker * Samuel Reid and Ernest Lyons * Sandule and Nikolai

Best Producer

Winner: Garth Richardson, "Bar-X-the Rocking M" by Melvins and "Mailman" by The Jesus Lizard Other Nominees: *

(with Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" and "Let's Make a Night to Remember" by

* Bruce Fairbairn (with The Cranberries), "Free to Decide" and "When You're Gone" by The Cranberries * David Foster, "Runaway" by The Corrs and "Both Sides Now" by Natalie Cole * Corey Hart, "Black Cloud Rain" and "Simplicity" by Corey Hart

Best Recording Engineer

Winner: Paul Northfield, "Another Sunday" and "Leave it Alone (Moist song), Leave It Alone" Other Nominees: * Stuart Bruce (engineer), Stuart Bruce, "Seeds of Love" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Loreena McKennitt * Colin Nairne, "Secrets in Your Heart" and "White Water" by Murray McLauchlan * Lenny de Rose, "Get Up" by Starkicker and "Huron Carol" by Don Ross (guitarist), Don Ross * Randy Staub, "Until it Sleeps" and "Hero of the Day" by Metallica

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winner: Lenny Breau (posthumously), Gil Evans (posthumously), Maynard Ferguson, Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: Dan Gibson

Nominated and winning albums

Best Album

Winner: ''Trouble at the Henhouse'',

Other Nominees: * ''Amanda Marshall (album), Amanda Marshall'', Amanda Marshall * ''18 til I Die'',

* ''Falling Into You'',

* ''Hi™ How Are You Today?'', Ashley MacIsaac

Best Children's Album

Winner: ''Songs from The Tree House'', Martha Johnson (singer), Martha Johnson Other Nominees: * ''Jumpin' Jack'', Jack Grunsky * ''Like a Ripple on the Water'', Kim Brodey and Jerry Brodey * ''Maestro Orpheus and the World Clock'', R.H. Thomson * ''Walking in the Sun'', Jake Chenier

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)

Winner: ''Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas'', Marc-André Hamelin Other Nominees: * ''Bach: French Suites'', Angela Hewitt * ''Fialkowska Plays Szymanowski'', Janina Fialkowska * ''Music of Bach's Sons'', Les Violins du Roy * ''Paganini: 24 Caprices'', James Ehnes

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner: ''Ginastera/Villa-Lobos/Evangelista'', I Musici de Montréal Other Nominees: * ''Handel: Water Music'', Tafelmusik, musical director Jeanne Lamon * ''Kodaly: Hary Janos, Peacock Variations'', Montreal Symphony Orchestra, l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit * ''Mussrogsky: Pictures of an Exhibition'', Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste * ''Ravel: The Piano Concertos'', Montreal Symphony Orchestra, l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit, soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)

Winner: ''Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust'', Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Choeur et orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit Other Nominees: * ''Benjamin Britten: The Canticles'', tenor Benjamin Butterfield, baritone Brett Polegato, countertenor Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Daniel Taylor * ''Chi il Bel Sogno... What a Beautiful Dream'', l'Orchestre symphonique de Laval, soprano Manon Feuble * ''Purcell: Halcyon Days'', soprano Nancy Argenta * ''Richard Margison Sings French and Italian Arias'', Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, tenor Richard Margison

Best Album Design

Winner: John Rummen and Crystal Heald, ''Decadence - Ten Years of Various Nettwerk'' Other Nominees: * Doug Aucoin, ''Living River'' by Rawlins Cross * Eve Hartling, Jeff Kleinsmith, and Jannie McInnes, ''So Wound'' by Jale (band), Jale * John Rummen, ''Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff'' by Sarah McLachlan * Paolo Venturi, Wayne Hoecherl, ''Nest'' by Odds (band), Odds

Best Blues/Gospel Album

Winner: ''Right to Sing the Blues'', Long John Baldry Other Nominees: * ''Alive and Loose'', Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne * ''Fire'', Tongues of Fire * ''If My Daddy Could See Me Now'', Johnny V * ''Sixteen Shades of Blue'', The Whiteley Brothers

Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)

Winner: ''Falling Into You'', Celine Dion, Céline Dion Other Nominees: * ''Daydream'', Mariah Carey * ''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'', The Smashing Pumpkins * ''The Score'', Fugees * ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'', Oasis (band), Oasis

Best Mainstream Jazz Album

Winner: ''Ancestors (Renee Rosnes album), Ancestors'', Renee Rosnes Other Nominees: * ''Even Canadians Get the Blues'', Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass * ''Live at Bourbon St.'', Lenny Breau with Dave Young (bassist), Dave Young * ''Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore'', Oscar Peterson * ''Two by Two, Piano Bass Duets Vol II'', Dave Young (musician), Dave Young

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Winner: ''Africville Suite'', Joe Sealy Other Nominees: * ''FireWater'', Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra, NOJO * ''Spirit in the Air'', Sonny Greenwich * ''Time Zones'', James Gelfand * ''Touché'', Paul Bley and Kenny Wheeler

Best Roots or Traditional Album - Group

Winner: ''Matapédia (album), Matapédia'', Kate & Anna McGarrigle Other Nominees: * ''En Spectacle'', La Bottine Souriante * ''High or Hurtin''', Blackie and the Rodeo Kings * ''Living River'', Rawlins Cross * ''Victory Train'', Bill Bourne and Shannon Johnson

Best Roots or Traditional Album - Solo

Winner: ''Drive-In Movie'', Fred Eaglesmith Other Nominees: * ''Bal Canaille'', Danielle Martineau * ''Gulliver's Taxi'', Murray McLauchlan * ''Life on a String'', Daniel Koulack * ''No Boundaries'', Natalie MacMaster

Best Alternative Album

Winner: ''One Chord to Another'', Sloan (band), Sloan Other Nominees: * ''It's Sydney or the Bush'', The Inbreds * ''Limblifter'',

* ''Purple Blue'', Eric's Trip * ''Self=title'', Treble Charger

Best Selling Francophone Album

Winner: ''Live à Paris'',

Other Nominees: * ''Luce Dufault'', Luce Dufault * ''Noir Silence'', Noir Silence * ''Pure'',

* ''Quatre saisons dans le désordre'', Daniel Bélanger

North Star Rock Album of the Year

Winner: ''Trouble at the Henhouse'',

Other Nominees: * ''Brand New Day (The Watchmen album), Brand New Day'', The Watchmen (band), The Watchmen * ''Hemi-Vision'', Big Sugar (band), Big Sugar * ''Scenery and Fish'',

* ''Test for Echo'', Rush (band), Rush

Nominated and winning releases

Single of the Year

Winner: "Ironic (song), Ironic", Alanis Morissette Other Nominees: * "Ahead by a Century",

* "Because You Loved Me",

* "Birmingham", Amanda Marshall * "Sleepy Maggie", Ashley MacIsaac

Best Classical Composition

Winner: ''Picasso Suite (1964)'', Harry Somers Other Nominees: * "The Charmer", Chan Ka Nin * "Quintette for Winds", Malcolm Forsyth * "Lyric for Orchestra (1960)", Harry Somers * "Lonely Child", Claude Vivier

Best Rap Recording

Winner: ''What It Takes (EP), What It Takes'', Choclair Other Nominees: * ''Bright Lights, Big City'', Scales Empire * ''FitnRedi'', Rascalz * ''The Master Plan (Dream Warriors album), The Master Plan'', Dream Warriors (band), Dream Warriors * ''Naughty Dread'', Kardinal Offishall

Best R&B/Soul Recording

Winner: ''Feelin' Alright'', Carlos Morgan Other Nominees: * ''Blindfolded and Ready'', The Earthtones * ''In Another Lifetime'', The McAuley Boys * ''Never Stop'', George St. Kitts * ''Can I Get Close'', Gavin Hope

Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording

Winner: ''Up Where We Belong'', Buffy Sainte-Marie Other Nominees: * ''Freedom'', Chester Knight and the Wind * ''Innu Town'', Claude McKenzie * ''Go Back'', Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat * ''Tudjaat'', Tudjaat

Best Reggae/Calypso Recording

Winner: ''Nana McLean'', Nana McLean Other Nominees: * ''Just the Other Night'', Lenn Hammond * ''Rise Up!'', Kali and Dub (Hayes Thurton) * ''Rude Boy on the Bus'', Adrian Miller * ''time bomb'', Tatix

Best Global Album

Winner: ''Africa Do Brasil'', Paulo Ramos Group Other Nominees: * ''Anhata'', Randev Pandit * ''Asza'', Asza * ''Futur'', Alpha Yaya Diallo * ''Gravity'', Jesse Cook

Best Dance Recording

Winner: "Astroplane (City of Love Mix)", BKS (band), BKS Other Nominees: * "All My Dreams (Don't Ever Leave) (Extended Skywalkers Mix)", Laya * "Forever Young (Tempered Club Mix)", Temperance * "Happy Days (original)", Paul Jacobs * "In Your Arms (album version)", Emjay

Best Video

Winner: Jeth Weinrich, "Burned Out Car" by Junkhouse Other Nominees: * Andrew MacNaughtan, "Run Runaway" by Great Big Sea * Stephen Scott and James Cooper, "Soaked" by The Killjoys * Curtis Wehrfritz, "Someone Who's Cool" by Odds (band), Odds * Eric Yealland, "Ahead by a Century" by

References

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External links

Juno Awards site
{{Juno Award years Juno Awards by year, 1997 1997 music awards 1997 in Canadian music Culture of Hamilton, Ontario