Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year

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The Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year is an annual award presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) for the best French-language album in Canada. Wanting to add a more inclusive Canadian content to the Award show, Isba Music's Larry Mancini lobbied CARAS to add this award to its roster. It was awarded as the Best Selling Francophone Album, based entirely on album sales, but is now chosen by a jury vote. [1]

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Recipients

Best Selling Francophone Album (1992–2002)

YearWinner(s)AlbumNomineesRef.
1992 Luc de Larochellière Sauvez mon âme [2]
1993 Céline Dion Dion chante Plamondon [3]
1994 François Pérusse L'Album du peuple – Tome 2 [4]
1995 Roch Voisine Coup de tête [5]
1996 Céline Dion D'eux [6]
1997 Céline Dion Live à Paris [7]
1998 Marie-Michèle Desrosiers Marie-Michèle Desrosiers chante les classiques de Noël [8]
1999 Céline Dion S'il suffisait d'aimer [9]
2000 La Chicane En catimini [10]
2001 Ginette Reno Un grand Noël d'amour [11]
2002 Kevin Parent Les vents ont changé [12]

Francophone Album of the Year (2003–present)

YearWinner(s)AlbumNomineesRef.
2003 Daniel Bélanger Rêver mieux [13]
2004 Wilfred Le Bouthillier Wilfred Le Bouthillier [14]
2005 Marie-Élaine Thibert Marie-Élaine Thibert [15]
2006 Jim Corcoran Pages blanches [16]
2007 Antoine GrattonIl était une fois dans l'est [17]
2008 Daniel Bélanger L'Échec du matériel [18]
2009 Ariane Moffatt Tous les sens [19]
2010 Andrea Lindsay Les sentinelles dorment [20]
2011 Karkwa Les Chemins de verre [21]
2012 Malajube La caverne [22]
2013 Louis-Jean Cormier Le treizième étage [23]
2014 Karim Ouellet Fox [24]
2015 Jimmy Hunt Maladie d'amour
2016 Jean Leloup À Paradis City
2017 Laurence Nerbonne XO
2018 Daniel Bélanger Paloma [25]
2019 Loud Une année record
2020 Les Louanges La nuit est une panthère [26]
2021 Louis-Jean Cormier Quand la nuit tombe [27]
2022 Cœur de pirate Impossible à aimer [28]
2023 Les Louanges Crash [29]
2024 Les Cowboys Fringants with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra En concert avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (sous la direction du chef Simon Leclerc) [30]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
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  7. ↑ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Yearly summary: 1992". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2003". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2004". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2005". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2006". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2007". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2008". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2009". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2010". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2011". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  22. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2012". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  23. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  24. ↑ "Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, February 6, 2018.
  26. ↑ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
  27. ↑ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
  28. ↑ Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 2022.
  29. ↑ Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
  30. ↑ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.
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