JUNO, JUNO...WHO WON A JUNO?

The annual JUNO Awards were this past Sunday.  Former child TV star Alanis Morissette was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.  The number one selling Canadian artist in 2014, Bobby Bazini performed, along with Hedley, Sam Roberts Band, Lights and deadmau5.  Ruish received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award and their manager, Ray Danniels was honoured with the Walt Grealis Special Achievement JUNO.

So you may know who won this year’ JUNO’s, but let’s see how well you know your JUNO  history.  Oh don’t look so worried, see, the deal is...I give you 5 questions!  You supply 5 answers!  Easy, peasy, nice and breezy.  Let’s get to ‘er then, eh?

 

QUESTIONS

1.  Which Canadian superstar has more JUNO Award wins – Celine Dion or Bryan Adams? 

     

2.  Legendary singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the 1986 JUNO’s.  Which equally legendary musician inducted Gordon?  Was it:  a. Anne Murray  b. Bob Dylan  c. Leonard Cohen          

3.  This year’s JUNO Fan Choice Award went to Michael Buble.  Which Canadian group or performer won the JUNO Fan Choice Award for the last four consecutive years?  Is it:

a. Justin Bieber  b. Nickelback  c. Drake        

4.  In the 2015 ‘Album of the Year’ JUNO category, Leonard Cohen won for his album, “Popular Problems”.  What JUNO Award did Leonard Cohen win in 2013?  Was it:             a. ‘Best Video’  b. ‘Best Pop Album’  c. ‘Artist of the Year’    

5.  The 2015 JUNO for ‘Single of the Year’ went to Magic for their song “Rude”.  For the 1996 JUNO Awards, the nominees for ‘Single of the Year’ were: “Any Man of Mine” by Shania Twain, “O Siem” by Susan Aglukark, “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?” from Bryan Adams, “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette and “Insensitive” by Jann Arden.  Who won the ‘Single of the Year’ JUNO that year?

ANSWERS

1.  Bit of a trick question there.  Both Bryan and Celine have won 20 JUNO Awards.  Bryan has been nominated 59 times, while Celine has 70 nominations.  Keep trying Bryan, you can still catch up.

 

2.  It was b. Bob Dylan who inducted Gordon Lightfoot.  Dylan received a standing ovation from the audience at the Harbor Castle Weston in Toronto.  After being introduced by Anne Murray, Dylan spent a lot of time staring at the wall of monitors behind him on stage.  Gordon Lightfoot has won 16 JUNO Awards in his career so far.         

3.  It’s a. Justin Bieber who just turned 21 on March 1^st.  Nickelback won the JUNO Fan Choice Award in 2004 and 2009.  Drake has never won a JUNO Fan Choice Award. Sorry Drake, but he’s OK as he has 6 other JUNO statues to keep him warm in the winter.   

4.  If you guessed c. ‘Artist of the Year’, you are correct.  Also in 2013, Leonard won a JUNO as ‘Songwriter of the Year’. 

         

5.  This years’ inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame is the same person who won ‘Single of the Year’ in 1996.  It’s Alanis Morissette.  Her song was “You Oughta Know”.  The following year, Alanis won the ‘Single of the Year’ JUNO Award again.  This time, it was for her song “Ironic”.