Juno Award for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year

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The Juno Award for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the contemporary roots and folk genre. Prior to 2016, awards for this genre were awarded in two categories: Roots & Traditional - Solo and Roots & Traditional - Group. Beginning with the 2016 ceremony, the solo and group categories were replaced with contemporary and traditional roots categories, to "ensure two genres of music are not competing against each other in the same category". [1]

Winners and nominees

Inaugural award recipient Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie July 2009.jpg
Inaugural award recipient Buffy Sainte-Marie
Bruce Cockburn won the award in 2018 Bruce Cockburn at Markham Jazz Festival 2014.jpg
Bruce Cockburn won the award in 2018
2021 honoree Rose Cousins Rose Cousins @ High Noon Saloon.jpg
2021 honoree Rose Cousins
YearWinner(s)AlbumNomineesRef.
2016 Buffy Sainte-Marie Power in the Blood
2017 William Prince Earthly Days
2018 Bruce Cockburn Bone on Bone
2019 Donovan Woods Both Ways
2020 Lee Harvey Osmond Mohawk [2]
2021 Rose Cousins Bravado [3]
2022 Allison Russell Outside Child [4]
2023 The Bros. Landreth Come Morning [5]
2024 William Prince Stand in the Joy [6]

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References

  1. "42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2016 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process" (PDF). JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  2. Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
  3. Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
  4. Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.
  5. Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
  6. "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.