Leonard CohenPeter Power/The Globe and Mail
Magic! is the leading nominee heading into this year's Juno Awards.
The Toronto group's reggae-infused single Rude is up for single of the year, while they're also nominated in the Juno Fan Choice, breakthrough group, top songwriter, and pop album of the year categories.
Leonard Cohen and Calgary's Kiesza have four nominations apiece.
Rockers The Arkells will perform at the awards show, which is being staged in their hometown of Hamilton, along with Magic!, Kiesza, Hedley and Shawn Mendes.
The show will air live on CTV on March 15.
JUNO NOMINEES 2015
JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD (PRESENTED BY TD)
- Arcade Fire
- Bobby Bazini
- Drake
- Hedley
- Leonard Cohen
- Magic!
- Michael Bublé
- Nickelback
- Serge Fiori
- You+Me
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
- Hold On, We’re Going Home Drake ft. Majid Jordan
- Crazy for You Hedley
- Hideaway Kiesza
- Rude Magic!
- We’re All in This Together Sam Roberts Band
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- PRISM Katy Perry
- Pure Heroine Lorde
- Midnight Memories One Direction
- In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith
- 1989 Taylor Swift
ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUSIC CANADA)
- Where I Belong Bobby Bazini
- Wild Life Hedley
- Popular Problems Leonard Cohen
- No Fixed Address Nickelback
- Serge Fiori Serge Fiori
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Bryan Adams
- Deadmau5
- Leonard Cohen
- Sarah McLachlan
- The Weeknd
GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Arkells Arkells
- Chromeo
- Mother Mother
- Nickelback
- You+Me
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND)
- Glenn Morrison
- Jess Moskaluke
- Kiesza
- Mac DeMarco
- Shawn Mendes
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND)
- Adventure Club
- Alvvaysl
- Magic!
- USS
- Zeds Dead
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA)
- Bahamas
- Catherine MacLellan
- Henry “Cirkut” Walter
- Jenn Grant
- Magic!
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Lifted Dallas Smith
- Light Up The Night Jess Moskaluke
- Caffeine & Big Dreams Kira Isabella
- MacKenzie Porter Mackenzie Porter
- Wheels The Road Hammers
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Bahamas Is Afie Bahamas
- Compostela Jenn Grant
- The Lemon Squeeze Jeremy Fisher
- Popular Problems Leonard Cohen
- Sleeping Operator The Barr Brothers
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY LONG & MCQUADE)
- Alvvays Alvvays
- Shrink Dust Chad VanGaalen
- July Talk July Talk
- Animism Tanya Tagaq
- Hot Dreams Timber Timbre
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY TD)
- Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne
- Party For Your Life Down With Webster
- Little Machines Lights
- Don’t Kill The Magic Magic!
- Little Secret Nikki Yanofsky
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA)
- High Noon Arkells Arkells
- Ghost Big Wreck
- Lo-Fantasy Sam Roberts Band
- The Union The Glorious Sons
- Between Illness and Migration Your Favorite Enemies
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- PA2: The Director’s Cut Marco Polo
- The Legends League Presents: Naturally Born Strangers Naturally Born Strangers
- Dear America P Reign
- Amani Saukrates
- Stigmata Tre Mission
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Calling All Heroes Adventure Club
- White Women Chromeo
- Goodbye Glenn Morrison
- Sound Of A Woman Kiesza
- Soundwave Trevor Guthrie
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Dirty Laundry Ben Stevenson
- Got To Have It jacksoul
- JRDN JRDN
- Four Seasons Melanie Durrant
- Often The Weeknd
ABORIGINAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK)
- The Whole World’s Got the Blues Crystal Shawanda
- For The Light Digging Roots
- Heart of the People Leela Gilday
- Animism Tanya Tagaq
- The (Post) Mistress Tomson Highway
Find the full list of nominees here.