Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best instrumental album in Canada. The award was originally called the "Instrumental Artist of the Year".^{[ citation needed ]}

Winners

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1976 - 1987)

Year	Performing artist(s)	Nominees	Ref.
1976	Hagood Hardy	Liona Boyd François Dompierre André Gagnon Moe Koffman
1977	Hagood Hardy	Black Light Orchestra Al Cherney François Dompierre André Gagnon
1978	André Gagnon	Liona Boyd Hagood Hardy Moe Koffman
1979	Liona Boyd	Black Light Orchestra André Gagnon Hagood Hardy Frank Mills
1980	Frank Mills	Liona Boyd André Gagnon Hagood Hardy Gino Soccio
1981	Frank Mills	Liona Boyd Hagood Hardy Moe Koffman Claire Lawrence
1982	Liona Boyd	The Emeralds André Gagnon Hagood Hardy Frank Mills
1983	Liona Boyd	All-Star Swing Band The Emeralds Frank Mills The Spitfire Band
1984	Liona Boyd	Canadian Brass Hagood Hardy Frank Mills The Spitfire Band
1985	Canadian Brass	Hagood Hardy Frank Mills The Spitfire Band Zamfir
1986	David Foster	Liona Boyd Canadian Brass Moe Koffman Zamfir
1987	David Foster	Liona Boyd Canadian Brass Hagood Hardy Frank Mills

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1989 - 1998)

Year	Performing artist(s)	Nominees	Ref.
1989	David Foster	Canadian Brass Manteca Frank Mills Zamfir
1990	Manteca	Liona Boyd Canadian Brass Frank Mills Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Orchestra
1991	Ofra Harnoy	Exchange (Steve Sexton and Gerald O'Brien) Michael Jones Moe Koffman Ian Tamblyn
1992	Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	John Arpin Jacques de Koninck David Foster Graham Townsend
1993	Ofra Harnoy	John Arpin Exchange (Steve Sexton and Gerald O'Brien) Manteca Skywalk
1994	Ofra Harnoy	John Arpin André Gagnon Jacques de Koninck Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
1995	André Gagnon	Hennie Bekker Wayne Chaulk Marie-Andree Ostiguy Quartetto Gelato
1996	Liona Boyd	Richard Abel George Amatino Hennie Bekker André Gagnon
1997	Ashley MacIsaac	Richard Abel Hennie Bekker Samuel Reid and Ernest Lyons Sandule and Nikolai
1998	Leahy	Jesse Cook Oscar Lopez Robert Michaels Mythos

Best Instrumental Album (1999 - 2002)

Year	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1999	Natalie MacMaster	My Roots Are Showing	Howard Baer and Dan Gibson, Celtic Awakening David Bradstreet and Dan Gibson, Whispering Woods Jesse Cook, Vertigo Casadh An tSúgáin (Oliver Schroer and John Herberman), Celtic Dance
2000	Natalie MacMaster	In My Hands	David Bradstreet and Dan Gibson, Natural Sleep Inducement Rob Crabtree and Oliver Schroer, The Piper's Legacy John Herberman and Dan Gibson, Piano Cascades Robert Michaels, Utopia
2001	Jesse Cook	Free Fall	Oliver Schroer, Celtic Devotion Pavlo, Fantasia Dan Gibson, Ron Allen and Dr. Lee Bartel, Natural Massage Therapy Dan Gibson, Ron Allen and Dr. Lee Bartel, Natural Relaxation
2002	Oscar Lopez	Armando's Fire	Richard Abel, Inspiration Classique Dan Gibson and David Bradstreet, Angel's Embrace Dan Gibson and John Herberman, The English Country Garden Kenny Vehkavaara, Fiesta Del Sol

Instrumental Album of the Year (2003 - Present)

Year	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2003	Robert Michaels	Allegro	Howard Baer, Celtic Mystique Liona Boyd, Camino Latino / Latin Journey Oliver Schroer and Dan Gibson, Lakeside Retreat The Swingfield Big Band, Big Band Love Songs
2004	I Sorenti	Italian Love Songs	Richard Abel, Romance George Carlaw, Stress Less The Covingtons, Country Christmas Michel Cusson, Un homme et son péché
2005	Oscar Lopez	Mi Destino/My Destiny	Longhouse, A Warrior's Journey Loretto Reid and Dan Gibson, Celtic Reverie Montgomery Smith, Rest & Relaxation Kenny Vehkavaara nad Rob Piltch, Mediterranean Nights
2006	Daniel Lanois	Belladonna	George Carlaw, Christmas Serenity Bobby Creed & His Orchestra, Sentimental Strings Tomas Hamilton, Balance Nancy Walker, Rainy Days and Mondays
2007	Sisters Euclid	Run Neil Run	Bell Orchestre, Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light Joël Fafard, ...and another thing Johannes Linstead, Café Tropical Natalie MacMaster, Yours Truly
2008	Jayme Stone	The Utmost	Bob Lanois, Snake Road Amon Tobin, Foley Room Richard Underhill, Kensington Suite Joey Wright, Jalopy
2009	DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra	Nostomania	Creaking Tree String Quartet, The Soundtrack Steve Dawson, Telescope Inhabitants, The Furniture Moves Underneath Tanya Tagaq, Auk/Blood
2010	Bell Orchestre	As Seen Through The Windows	Beats on Canvas, Beats on Canvas The Hylozoists, L'île de Sept Villes Pavlo, Rik Emmett and Oscar Lopez, Trifecta Sultans of String, Yalla Yalla!
2011	Fond of Tigers	Continent & Western	David Braid and Canadian Brass, Spirit Dance Creaking Tree String Quartet, Sundogs The Souljazz Orchestra, Rising Sun Jayme Stone, Room of Wonders
2012	Stretch Orchestra	Stretch Orchestra	Andrew Collins, Cats & Dogs MAZ, Téléscope L'Orkestre des Pas Perdus, L'Âge du cuivre Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
2013	Pugs and Crows	Fantastic Pictures	Five Alarm Funk, Rock the Sky Ian McDougall, The Very Thought of You Ratchet Orchestra, Hemlock Hugh Sicotte and Jon Ballantyne, Twenty Accident Free Work Days
2014	Esmerine	Dalmak	Petr Cancura, Down Home Mahogany Frog, Senna The Peggy Lee Band, Invitation Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
2015	Quartango	Encuentro	Canadian Brass, Great Wall of China Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine John Stetch, Off with the Cuffs Sultans of String, Symphony!
2016	Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld	Never Were the Way She Was	Afiara Quartet and Skratch Bastid, Spin Cycle Cris Derksen, Orchestral Powwow Esmerine, Lost Voices Jens Lindemann and Tommy Banks, Legacy Live
2017	The Fretless	Bird's Nest	Blitz//Berlin, Movements 1 David Braid, Flow Sarah Neufeld, The Ridge Pugs & Crows and Tony Wilson, Everyone Knows Everyone
2018	Do Make Say Think	Stubborn Persistent Illusions	Five Alarm Funk, Sweat Kristofer Maddigan, Cuphead Oktopus, Hapax Peregrine Falls, Peregrine Falls
2019	Gordon Grdina	China Cloud	Aerialists, Group Manoeuvre Kevin Breit, Johnny Goldtooth and the Chevy Casanovas The Fretless, Live from the Art Farm Toninato/Thiessen, The Space Between Us	[1]
2020	Alexandra Stréliski	Inscape	Kevin Hearn, Calm and Cents Bill McBirnie and Bernie Senesky, The Silent Wish Ron Davis' Symphronica, Symphronica Upfront Tanya Tagaq, Toothsayer	[2]
2021	Blitz//Berlin	Movements III	Bruce Cockburn, Crowing Ignites David Foster, Eleven Words Flore Laurentienne, Volume 1 Gordon Grdina, Prior Street	[3]
2022	David Myles	That Tall Distance	Cœur de pirate, Perséides Frank Evans and Ben Plotnick, Madison Archives Jorane, Hemenetset Jens Lindemann with Jon Kimura Parker, Matt Catingub and the Canadian All Star JazzPops Orchestra, Then is Now Rhapsody in Blue	[4]
2023	Esmerine	Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More	Jean-Michel Blais, Aubades The Canadian Brass, Canadiana Hard Rubber Orchestra, Iguana Stephan Moccio, Lionheart	[5]
2024	Colin Stetson	When we were that what wept for the sea	Meredith Bates, Tesseract Markus Floats, Fourth Album Haralabos (Harry) Stafylakis, Calibrating Friction Alexandra Stréliski, Néo-Romance	[6]
2025	Intervals	Memory Palace	Eric Bearclaw, Distant Places Disaster Pony, Disaster Pony Ginger Beef, Ginger Beef Lara Wong and Melón Jimenez, Confluencias	[7]

References

1. "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
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. Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 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.
7. "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.