Juno Awards of 2000

The Juno Awards of 2000 were held in Toronto, Canada, during the weekend of March 11–12, 2000.[1]

Juno Awards of 2000
DateMarch 11–12, 2000
VenueSkyDome, Toronto, Canada
Hosted byThe Moffatts
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC

The primary ceremonies were hosted by the family group the Moffatts[2] at the SkyDome (now Rogers Centre), on March 12, 2000, and broadcast on CBC Television. This marked the first year that the award ceremonies were divided over two days, with non-televised award categories presented on March 11.

The following award categories were nationally televised:

A new design for the Juno Award statuettes was created by artist Shirley Elford and introduced at this year's ceremony.

Nominations were announced February 2, 2000, in Toronto, at the Glenn Gould Studio. Alanis Morissette received five nominations, including one as director for Best Video.

Nominees and winners

Best Female Artist

Winner: Chantal Kreviazuk

Other nominees:

Best Male Artist

Winner: Bryan Adams

Other nominees:

Best New Solo Artist

Winner: Tal Bachman

Other nominees:

Best Group

Winner: Matthew Good Band

Other nominees:

Best New Group

Winner: Sky

Other nominees:

Best Songwriter

Winner: Shania Twain (co-songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", "That Don't Impress Me Much", "You've Got a Way"

Other nominees:

  • Tal Bachman, "If You Sleep", "She's So High"
  • Bruce Cockburn, "Last Night of the World", "Mango", "Pacing the Cage"
  • Amanda Marshall, "Believe in You" and "If I Didn't Have You" (co-writer Eric Bazilian); "Love Lift Me" (co-writers Eric Bazilian, Randy Cantor, John Bettis)
  • Alanis Morissette, "So Pure", "Thank U", "Unsent"

Best Country Female Vocalist

Winner: Shania Twain

Other nominees:

Best Country Male Vocalist

Winner: Paul Brandt

Other nominees:

Best Country Group or Duo

Winner: The Rankins

Other nominees:

International Achievement Award

Winner: Sarah McLachlan

Best Producer

Winner: Tal Bachman and Bob Rock, "She's So High" and "If You Sleep" by Tal Bachman

Other nominees:

Best Recording Engineer

Winner: Paul Northfield and Jagori Tanna, "Summertime in the Void" and "When Did You Get Back from Mars?" by I Mother Earth

Other nominees:

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winner: Bruce Fairbairn

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: Emile Berliner

Nominated and winning albums

Best Album

Winner: Alanis Morissette – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

Other nominees:

Best Blues Album

Winner: Gust of Wind – Ray Bonneville

Other nominees:

  • Blues Party – Chris Whiteley
  • Call It What You Will – Steve Hill
  • Down in the Groove – Jack de Keyzer
  • Michael Jerome Browne – Michael Jerome Browne

Best Children's Album

Winner: Skinnamarink TV – Sharon, Lois and Bram

Other nominees:

  • Ants in Your Pants, Volume 1 – Douglas John
  • Les Petites Merveiles de Fanchon – Fanchon
  • Play On... – Jam Sandwich
  • Song of the Unicorn – Susan Hammond's Classical Kids

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)

Winner: Schumann: String Quartets – St. Lawrence String Quartet

Other nominees:

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner: Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

Other nominees:

Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)

Winner: German Romantic Opera – Ben Heppner

Other nominees:

Best Album Design

Winner: Michael Wrycraft (creative director) – Radio Fusebox by Andy Stochansky

Other nominees:

Best Gospel Album

Winner: Legacy of Hope – Deborah Klassen

Other nominees:

  • God Only Knows – the LaPointes
  • Sheryl Stacey – Sheryl Stacey
  • Sinner and the Saint – Jon Buller
  • Sweetsalt – Sweetsalt

Best Instrumental Album

Winner: In My Hands – Natalie MacMaster

Other nominees:

Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)

Winner: Millennium – Backstreet Boys

Other nominees:

Best Traditional Jazz Album – Instrumental

Winner: Deep in a Dream – Pat LaBarbera

Other nominees:

Best Contemporary Jazz Album – Instrumental

Winner: ...so far – D.D. Jackson

Other nominees:

  • Blue Jade – Joe Sealy and Paul Novotny
  • The Field – Jeff Johnston
  • Freeflight – Bob Shaw and Freeflight
  • Puzzle City – Jean-Pierre Zanella

Best Vocal Jazz Album

Winner: When I Look in Your Eyes – Diana Krall

Other nominees:

  • How My Heart Sings – Kate Hammett-Vaughan
  • I've Got Your Number – Jeri Brown
  • Swing Ladies, Swing! – Carol Welsman
  • There's Beauty in the Rain – Karin Plato

Best Roots or Traditional Album – Group

Winner: Kings of Love – Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Other nominees:

Best Roots or Traditional Album – Solo

Winner: Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu – Bruce Cockburn

Other nominees:

Best Alternative Album

Winner: Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars – Julie Doiron and Wooden Stars

Other nominees:

Best Selling Francophone Album

Winner: En Catimini – La Chicane

Other nominees:

Best Pop/Adult Album

Winner: Colour Moving and Still – Chantal Kreviazuk

Other nominees:

Best Rock Album

Winner: Beautiful Midnight – Matthew Good Band

Other nominees:

Nominated and winning releases

Best Single

Winner: "Bobcaygeon" – The Tragically Hip

Other nominees:

Best Classical Composition

Winner: Shattered Night, Shivering Stars – Alexina Louie

Other nominees:

  • Arc – Alexina Louie
  • String Quartet No. 1 – Glenn Buhr
  • The Book of Mirrors – Gary Kulesha
  • Winter Poems – Glenn Buhr

Best Rap Recording

Winner: Ice Cold – Choclair

Other nominees:

Best R&B/Soul Recording

Winner: Thinkin' About You – 2Rude featuring Snow, Smoothe tha Hustler, Latoya & Miranda

Other nominees:

  • All My Love – Michael Clarke
  • Brown – Ivana Santilli
  • Nodeja – Nodeja
  • Tha Crab Theory – Blacklisted featuring ORA, Taj and Deslisha Thomas

Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording

Winner: Falling Down – Chester Knight and the Wind

Other nominees:

  • Love that Strong – Elizabeth Hill
  • To Bring Back Yesterday – Fara Palmer
  • Touch the Earth and Sky – Vern Cheechoo
  • World Hand Drum Champions '98 – Red Bull

Best Reggae Recording

Winner: Heart & Soul – Lazo

Other nominees:

Best Global Album

Winner: Omnisource – Madagascar Slim

Other nominees:

Best Dance Recording

Winner: "Silence" – Delerium

Other nominees:

  • "Arriba" – Joee
  • "Dancing in the Key of Love" – Temperance
  • "Over and Over" – Emjay
  • "The Rush Won't Stop" – Steve Austin

Best Video

Winner: Alanis Morissette, "So Pure" by Alanis Morissette

Other nominees:

References
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  2. "The Moffatts chosen to host Juno Awards". chartattack.com. January 28, 2000. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
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  • Saxberg, Lynn (March 11, 2000). "Two Juno nights better than one, organizers say". Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 36.
  • Gill, Alexandra (February 3, 2000). "Morissette, Prozzak lead Juno race". The Globe and Mail. p. R6.
  • Gill, Alexandra (March 10, 2000). "New statuette 'sings praises of women'". The Globe and Mail. p. R13.
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