Juno Awards of 1990

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Juno Awards of 1990
Date18 March 1990
Venue O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted by Rick Moranis
Television/radio coverage
Network CBC
  1989  · Juno Awards ·  1991  

The Juno Awards of 1990, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 18 March 1990 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.

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Singer-songwriter Alannah Myles won in three Juno categories on the strength of her internationally successful debut album.

Specialty television service YTV would broadcast a repeat of the televised awards ceremony one week later, according to a five-year agreement announced before the 1990 Juno Awards.

Nominees and winners

Canadian Entertainer of the Year

This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.

Winner: The Jeff Healey Band

Other Nominees:

Best Female Vocalist

Winner: Rita MacNeil

Other Nominees:

Best Male Vocalist

Winner: Kim Mitchell

Other Nominees:

Most Promising Female Vocalist

Winner: Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:

Most Promising Male Vocalist

Winner: Daniel Lanois

Other Nominees:

Group of the Year

Winner: Blue Rodeo

Other Nominees:

Most Promising Group

Winner: The Tragically Hip

Other Nominees:

Best Composer

Winner: David Tyson and Christopher Ward (for Alannah Myles)

Other Nominees:

Best Country Female Vocalist

Winner: k.d. lang

Other Nominees:

Best Country Male Vocalist

Winner: George Fox

Other Nominees:

Best Country Group or Duo

Winner: The Family Brown

Other Nominees:

Best Instrumental Artist

Winner: Manteca

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International Entertainer of the Year

Winner: Melissa Etheridge

Other Nominees:

Best Producer

Winner: Bruce Fairbairn, Pump by Aerosmith

Other Nominees:

Best Recording Engineer

Winner: Kevin Doyle, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:

Hall of Fame Award

Winner: Maureen Forrester

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: Rush

Nominated and winning albums

Album of the Year

Winner: Alannah Myles , Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:

Best Children's Album

Winner: Beethoven Lives Upstairs , Susan Hammond and Barbara Nichol

Other Nominees:

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)

Winner:20th Century Original Piano Transcriptions, Louis Lortie

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Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner:Boccherini: Cello Concertos and Symphonies, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Other Nominees:

Best Album Design

Winner: Hugh Syme, Presto by Rush

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International Album of the Year

Winner: Girl You Know It's True , Milli Vanilli (disqualified)

Other Nominees:

Best Jazz Album

Winner: Skydance , Jon Ballantyne Trio featuring Joe Henderson

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Best Roots & Traditional Album

Winner:Je Voudrais Changer D'Chapeau, La Bottine Souriante

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Nominated and winning releases

Single of the Year

Winner: "Black Velvet", Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:

Best Classical Composition

Winner:Concerto For Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Oskar Morawetz

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International Single of the Year

Winner: "Swing The Mood", Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

Other Nominees:

Best R&B/Soul Recording

Winner:Spellbound, Billy Newton-Davis

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Best Reggae/Calypso Recording

Winner:Too Late To Turn Back Now, Sattalites

Other Nominees:

Best Dance Recording

Winner: "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)", Kon Kan

Other Nominees:

Best Video

Winner: Cosimo Cavallaro, "Boomtown" by Andrew Cash

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