Superstar pop-R&B, The Weeknd, sukses mendominasi Juno Awards 2021 setelah mendapatkan sekitar enam buah bnominasi. Sang bintang akan berkompetisi dalam kategori Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, dan Album of the Year, selain juga Songwriter of the Year, Contemporary R&B Recording of the Year, dan Juno Fan Choice.
Justin Bieber, Jessie Reyez, dan JP Saxe masing-masing mendapatkan 6 buah nominasi, sementara sang diva pop ikonik Celine Dion menambah daftar nominasi Juno miliknya menjadi 75 setelah kembali mendapatkan tempat di tiga kategori, termasuk Album of the Year untuk album "Courage".
Dion dan The Weeknd akan berasing memperebutkan piala Album of the Year bersama dengan Bieber ("Changes"), Ali Gatie ("YOU") dan Leonard Cohen ("Thanks for the Dance"). Sedang Dion, Gatie, Bieber, dan Reyez akan menantang The Weeknd untuk piala Artist of the Year.
Juno Awards, yang diadakan oleh Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, akan berlangsung secara virtual di tanggal 16 Mei mendatang. Berikut daftar nominasi untuk tahun ini:
Single of the Year:
"Drink About Me" - Brett Kissel
"If The World Was Ending" (feat. Julia Michaels) - JP Saxe
"Intentions" (feat. Quavo) - Justin Bieber
"Kissing Other People" - Lennon Stella
"Blinding Lights" - The Weeknd
Album of the Year:
"YOU" - Ali Gatie
"Courage" - Celine Dion
"Changes" - Justin Bieber
"Thanks for the Dance" - Leonard Cohen
"After Hours" - The Weeknd
Artist of the Year:
Ali Gatie
Celine Dion
Jessie Reyez
Justin Bieber
The Weeknd
Group of the Year:
Arkells
Half Moon Run
Loud Luxury
The Glorious Sons
The Reklaws
Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
Curtis Waters
JP Saxe
Powfu
Ryland James
Tate McRae
Breakthrough Group of the Year:
2Freres
Crown Lands
MANILA GREY
Peach Pit
Young Bombs
Songwriter of the Year:
Alanis Morissette - "Ablaze", "Reasons I Drink", "Smiling"
Alessia Cara - "Hell and High Water"
Jessie Reyez - "Coffin", "Before Love Came to Kill Us", "Far Away", "No One's in the Room"
JP Saxe - "A Little Bit Yours", Golf on TV", "If the World Was Ending"
The Weeknd - "After Hours", "Blinding Lights", "Save Your Tears"
French Language Album of the Year:
"A tous les vents" - 2Freres
"Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs" - Klo Pelgag
"Les antipodes" - Les Cowboys Fringants
"Quand la nuit tombe" - Louis-Jean Cormier
"Pour dejouer l'ennui" - Pierre Lapointe
Rap Recording of the Year:
"New Mania" - 88GLAM
"Baby Gravy" - 2 bbno$ & Yung Gravy Baby
"Cold World" - Eric Reprid
"Good Intentions" - NAV
"ELEMENTS Vol. 1" - TOBi
Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year:
Kiyanaw
The Ridge
North Star Calling
Nunarjua Isulinginniani
Contemporary R&B Recording of the Year:
"Before Love Came to Kill Us" - Jessie Reyez
"Where You Are" - Savannah Re
"After Hours" - The Weeknd
"Holiday" - TOBi
Producer of the Year:
Akeel Henry
Jordon Manswell
KAYTRANADA
Murda Beatz
WondaGurl
Juno Fan Choice:
Ali Gatie
Curtis Waters
JP Saxe
Justin Bieber
Lennon Stella
Les Cowboys Fringants
NAV
Shawn Mendes
Tate McRae
The Weeknd