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Juno Awards Of 1993
The Juno Awards of 1993, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 21 March 1993 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Celine Dion was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television at 8 pm Toronto time. This year, all performers at the ceremonies would be Canadians, in contrast to some ceremonies in previous years. Nominations were announced 9 February 1993. Celine Dion received 7 nominations, tying the record set by Bryan Adams at the 1992 awards. Bryan Adams and Tom Cochrane were prominent male nominees this year. Nominees and winners Canadian Entertainer of the Year This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS. Winner: The Tragically Hip Other Nominees: * Bryan Adams * Barenaked Ladies * Tom Cochrane * Celine Dion Best Female Vocalist Winner: Celine Dion Other Nominees: * Sass Jordan * k.d. lang * Rita MacNeil * Michelle Wright Best Male Vocalist Present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hummingbird Centre
Meridian Hall is a performing arts venue in Toronto, Ontario, and it is the largest soft-seat theatre in Canada. The facility was constructed for the City of Toronto municipal government and is currently managed by TO Live, an Arm's length body, arm's-length agency and Charitable organization (Canada), registered charity created by the city. Located at 1 Front Street (Toronto), Front Street East, the venue opened as the O'Keefe Centre on October 1, 1960. From 1996 to 2007, the building was known as the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. From 2007 to 2019, it was known as the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. On September 15, 2019, it was re-branded as Meridian Hall. In 2008, the Municipal government of Toronto, City of Toronto designated the theatre a City of Toronto Heritage Property Inventory, heritage building. That year, it also underwent renovations to restore features such as the marquee canopy and York Wilson's lobby mural, ''The Seven Lively Arts''. Restorat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Wright
Michelle Wright (born July 1, 1961) is a Canadian country music artist. She won the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice (1993 and 1995). In 2011, Wright was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Wright's primary success has been in her native Canada, where she has charted more than twenty-five singles, including six Number One hits: " Take It Like a Man", " One Time Around", " Guitar Talk", " One Good Man", " Nobody's Girl" and " Crank My Tractor". She also had chart success in the United States in the 1990s, landing in the Top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts with "Take It Like a Man" at No. 10, "He Would Be Sixteen" at No. 31 and "New Kind of Love" at No. 32. Career Early life Michelle Wright was born on July 1, 1961, in Chatham, Ontario. Wright grew up in the small nearby town of Merlin where her parents were both local music performers. By 1980, when Wright was in college studying counseling for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bottomley
John Bottomley (September 17, 1960 – April 6, 2011) was a Canadian singer-songwriter. He started in music in the early 1980s with the band Tulpa, which also included his brother Chris,"Singer-songwriter John Bottomley dies at age 50" , April 11, 2011. and launched a solo career in 1990 with his solo debut album ''Library of the Sun''. He followed up with his second album, ''Songs with the Ornamental Hermits'', [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priscilla Wright (singer)
Priscilla Wright (born August 14, 1940, in London, Ontario) is a Canadian singer, most famous for the song " The Man in the Raincoat", which she first released in 1955, and re-recorded in 1988. Biography Wright's father was choir conductor and composer Don Wright, and her maternal grandfather was Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen. Wright had a hit in the United States at the age of 14 with the song "The Man in the Raincoat" in 1955. It sold over half a million copies in the U.S. and hit No. 16 on ''Billboard''s chart of "Most Played by Jockeys". , '''', August 6, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Shinas
Sofia Shinas (born January 17, 1968) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actress and director."Dream comes true for Shinas". '' Windsor Star'', May 28, 1994. Shinas entered the entertainment industry as a recording artist and later pursued acting. After graduating from film school, she became a film director. She is best known for her role as Eric Draven's murdered fiancée, Shelly, in '' The Crow'' starring opposite Brandon Lee. Early life Shinas was born in Windsor, Ontario to Greek parents. She briefly attended the University of Toronto, but dropped out before finishing her first semester in order to pursue creating music in New York City. Career Recording artist In 1992, Shinas released her eponymously titled debut album on Warner Bros. Records. She co-wrote every song and worked with various producers and remixers, including Steve Peck, Daniel Abraham (record producer), Mitch Kaplan, Mark 'MK' Kinchen, Roger Sanchez, Tommy Musto, Ben Grosse and Boris Granich. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Foley
Sue Foley (born March 29, 1968) is GRAMMY®-nominated multi-award-winning blues guitarist and singer/songwriter known for her fiery Texas blues style and refined acoustic touch. A five-timBlues Music Award winnerfor Traditional Female Artist, and a Juno recipient, she’s toured with legends like B.B. King and Buddy Guy and recently releaseOne Guitar Woman– A Tribute to The Female Pioneers of Guitar Also, a PhD in Musicology, Foley’s upcoming booGuitar Womenexplores the stories of groundbreaking female players. Early life Foley was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and spent her early childhood in Canada. She learned to play guitar at age 13, became interested in blues music from listening to the Rolling Stones, and played her first gig at age 16. After high school graduation, she relocated to Vancouver where she formed the Sue Foley Band and toured Canada. In 1988–1989, the Sue Foley Band teamed with Mark Hummel to tour across the United States, Canada and Europe as well as recording ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Brokop
Lisa Ann Brokop (born June 6, 1973) is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of seven studio albums and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada. Several of these singles have also crossed over to the American country music charts, although she has not entered the Top 40 in the U.S.; her highest-charting songs, " Give Me a Ring Sometime" and "Take That", both peaked at No. 52 in 1994. Her highest chart single is "Better Off Broken"; released in 1999, it reached No. 8 in Canada. She was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2025. Career Early life Lisa Brokop was born in Surrey, British Columbia in 1973. By age seven, she was performing on stage with her accordion-playing mother, performing polkas and numerous country music songs. When Brokop was twelve years old, she began sitting in with bands throughout Vancouver, British Columbia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Masse
Julie Masse (born June 3, 1970) is a Canadian pop singer. Biography Masse was born in Greenfield Park, Quebec. She released her self-titled debut album in 1990, a French language album that made her a star in Quebec and France, with the singles "C'est Zéro", "Billy", "Sans t'oublier" and "Prends bien garde". Her second album, ''À Contre Jour'', followed in 1992. In 1993, she won the Juno Award for Best New Female Artist. She married cinematographer Sylvain Brault the same year. In 1994, she released her debut English language album, ''Circle of One'', on which she collaborated with Corey Hart (known for his early-1980s pop hits, such as " Sunglasses at Night"). Her relationship with Hart soon became romantic as well, and she divorced Brault in 1995. She released a hits collection, ''Compilation'', in 1996. She has not released another album since then, but has been a vocalist on Hart's albums and concert tours. Hart and Masse married in 2000, and have four children tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Award For New Artist Of The Year
The Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year is an annual award given by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to the best new musician in Canada. The award has been given since 1974, when it was originally divided into separate awards for men and women under the names Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year and Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year. These two awards were merged in 1994 into Best New Solo Artist, which was then changed to New Artist of the Year in 2003, and finally changed to its current title beginning in 2013. The award was customarily presented by the Minister of Canadian Heritage. The award was discontinued following the Juno Awards of 2024. At the following Juno Awards of 2025, it was merged with the sibling category for Breakthrough Group of the Year into a single category for Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year. Recipients Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year and Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year (1974–93) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the beginning of his solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse (band), Crazy Horse, he released critically acclaimed albums such as ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'' (1969), ''After the Gold Rush'' (1970), ''Harvest (Neil Young album), Harvest'' (1972), ''On the Beach (Neil Young album), On the Beach'' (1974), and ''Rust Never Sleeps'' (1979). He was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album ''Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album), Déjà Vu''. Young's guitar work, deeply personal lyrics and signature high tenor singing voice define his long career. He also plays piano and harmonica on many albums, which frequently combine folk music, folk, rock music, rock, count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Mitchell
Joseph Kim Mitchell (born July 10, 1952) is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to a solo career. His 1984 single, " Go for Soda", was his only charted song on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching number 86. Several other singles such as " Patio Lanterns", "Rock and Roll Duty", and "Rockland Wonderland", reached the top 20 in Canada. Early life Mitchell attended St. Clair Secondary School in Sarnia, Ontario. During the 1970s, Mitchell began playing with local bands in Sarnia. After going through a few name changes with essentially the same band, Mitchell and "Zooom" headed for Toronto, Ontario. Zooom eventually dissolved, with Mitchell travelling to the Greek islands. Career 1972–2003 On his return to Canada, he formed the band Max Webster with fellow Sarnia native Pye Dubois. Max Webster toured extensively and built a string of hits. Mitchell's solo career began after his departure from Max Webster in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Martin (musician)
Francis Martin Lavergne (born August 28, 1968 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian musician and author."Kaya, dit l’Élu" ''Quartier Libre'', February 9, 2011. He has recorded and performed under the stage names Francis Martin and, as of 2011, Kaya;"Francis Martin, devenu Kaya, enseigne le bonheur par les rêves" '' La Presse'', March 31, 2011. under the latter name and as James K. Field, he has also published several wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
