Juno Award for Group of the Year

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The Juno Award for Group of the Year has been awarded annually since 1970 in recognition of the best musical group or band in Canada. It is presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). The five nominees in the category are decided through a combination of sales and CARAS member voting, and the recipient is chosen from among these nominees by member voting. [1]

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The award was previously named as Top Vocal Instrumental Group (1970–1971), Vocal Instrumental Group of the Year (1972–1973), and Best Group (1999–2002). In 1972 and 1973, awards were also given for Outstanding Performance of the Year – Group.

Achievements

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Jim Cuddy (left) and Greg Keelor (right), members of Blue Rodeo, the winner of the award in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996 and 2008.

With six wins, the alternative rock band Arkells is the most winning group in the category. Arkells is also tied for most consecutive wins, three, with rock band Loverboy and country rock band Blue Rodeo. Blue Rodeo's 13 total nominations is slightly edged out by the 14 garnered by hard rock and progressive rock band Rush, including a record eight consecutive nominations from 1977 to 1984. The record for the most nominations without ever winning is held by April Wine, who were nominated 8 times from 1975 to 1983.

Country and folk group The Rankin Family, winners in 1994, are the first non-rock group to ever win the award. The next were electronic dance music groups A Tribe Called Red in 2018 and Loud Luxury in 2020. Though several French-language groups have been nominated, none has ever won the award.

In 2014, Tegan and Sara became the first all-female band and the first duo to win this award.

Recipients

Top Vocal Instrumental Group (1970–1971)

YearWinnerRef.
1970 The Guess Who [2]
1971 The Guess Who [3]

Vocal Instrumental Group of the Year and Outstanding Performance of the Year – Group (1972–1973)

In 1972 and 1973, two awards were given for group of the year and outstanding performance by a group.

YearVocal Instrumental Group of the YearOutstanding Performance of the Year – GroupRefs.
1972 The Stampeders Lighthouse [4] [5]
1973 Lighthouse Edward Bear [6] [7]

Group of the Year (1974–1998)

YearWinnerNomineesRef.
1974 Lighthouse [8] [9]
1975 Bachman–Turner Overdrive [10]
1976 Bachman–Turner Overdrive [11]
1977 Heart [12]
1978 Rush [13]
1979 Rush [14]
1980 Trooper [15]
1981 Prism [16]
1982 Loverboy [17]
1983 Loverboy [18]
1984 Loverboy [19]
1985 The Parachute Club [20]
1986 Honeymoon Suite [21]
1987 Tom Cochrane and Red Rider [22]
No award ceremony was held in 1988
1989 Blue Rodeo [23]
1990 Blue Rodeo [24]
1991 Blue Rodeo [25]
1992 Crash Test Dummies [26]
1993 Barenaked Ladies [27]
1994 The Rankin Family [28]
1995 The Tragically Hip [29]
1996 Blue Rodeo [30]
1997 The Tragically Hip [31]
1998 Our Lady Peace [32]

Best Group (1999–2002)

YearWinnerNomineesRef.
1999 Barenaked Ladies [33]
2000 Matthew Good Band [34]
2001 Barenaked Ladies [35]
2002 Nickelback [36]

Group of the Year (2003–present)

YearWinnerNomineesRef.
2003 Sum 41 [37]
2004 Nickelback [38]
2005 Billy Talent [39]
2006 Nickelback [40]
2007 Billy Talent [41]
2008 Blue Rodeo [42]
2009 Nickelback [43]
2010 Metric [44]
2011 Arcade Fire [45]
2012 Arkells [46]
2013 Marianas Trench [47]
2014 Tegan and Sara [48]
2015 Arkells [49]
2016 Walk Off the Earth [50]
2017 The Tragically Hip [51]
2018 A Tribe Called Red
2019 Arkells [52]
2020 Loud Luxury [53]
2021 Arkells [54]
2022 Arkells [55]
2023 Arkells [56]
2024 The Beaches [57]

See also

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