Juno Awards of 2000

The Juno Awards of 2000 were held in Toronto, Canada, during the weekend of March 11–12, 2000.^[1]

Juno Awards of 2000
Date	March 11–12, 2000
Venue	SkyDome, Toronto, Canada
Hosted by	The Moffatts
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBC
← 1999 · Juno Awards · 2001 →

The primary ceremonies were hosted by the family group the Moffatts^[2] at the SkyDome (now Rogers Centre), on March 12, 2000, and broadcast on CBC Television. This marked the first year that the award ceremonies were divided over two days, with non-televised award categories presented on March 11.^{[citation needed]}

The following award categories were nationally televised:

• Best Female Artist
• Best Male Artist
• Best Country Male Vocalist
• Best Group
• Best New Group
• Best Songwriter
• Best Album
• Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)
• Best Vocal Jazz Album
• Canadian Music Hall of Fame

A new design for the Juno Award statuettes was created by artist Shirley Elford and introduced at this year's ceremony.^{[citation needed]}

Nominations were announced February 2, 2000, in Toronto, at the Glenn Gould Studio.^{[citation needed]} Alanis Morissette received five nominations, including one as director for Best Video.

Nominees and winners

Best Female Artist

Winner: Chantal Kreviazuk

Other nominees:

• Celine Dion
• Lynda Lemay
• Amanda Marshall
• Alanis Morissette

Best Male Artist

Winner: Bryan Adams

Other nominees:

• Paul Brandt
• Choclair
• Tom Cochrane
• Edwin

Best New Solo Artist

Winner: Tal Bachman

Other nominees:

• Tory Cassis
• Tara Lyn Hart
• Jorane
• Ivana Santilli

Best Group

Winner: Matthew Good Band

Other nominees:

• La Chicane
• Moist
• Our Lady Peace
• The Tea Party

Best New Group

Winner: Sky

Other nominees:

• Gob
• Len
• Prozzäk
• Serial Joe

Best Songwriter

Winner: Shania Twain (co-songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", "That Don't Impress Me Much", "You've Got a Way"

Other nominees:

• Tal Bachman, "If You Sleep", "She's So High"
• Bruce Cockburn, "Last Night of the World", "Mango", "Pacing the Cage"
• Amanda Marshall, "Believe in You" and "If I Didn't Have You" (co-writer Eric Bazilian); "Love Lift Me" (co-writers Eric Bazilian, Randy Cantor, John Bettis)
• Alanis Morissette, "So Pure", "Thank U", "Unsent"

Best Country Female Vocalist

Winner: Shania Twain

Other nominees:

• Lisa Brokop
• Terri Clark
• Patricia Conroy
• Tara Lyn Hart

Best Country Male Vocalist

Winner: Paul Brandt

Other nominees:

• Julian Austin
• John Landry
• Jamie Warren
• Jim Witter

Best Country Group or Duo

Winner: The Rankins

Other nominees:

• Farmer's Daughter
• Lace
• Prairie Oyster
• The Wilkinsons

International Achievement Award

Winner: Sarah McLachlan

Best Producer

Winner: Tal Bachman and Bob Rock, "She's So High" and "If You Sleep" by Tal Bachman

Other nominees:

• Arnold Lanni, "One Man Army" and "Is Anybody Home?" by Our Lady Peace
• Jeff Martin, "Heaven Coming Down" and "The Messenger" by the Tea Party
• Greg Wells, "Keep a Lid on Things" and "Get You in the Morning" by Crash Test Dummies
• Michael Phillip Wojewoda, "Puzzle Girl" and "You & Me" by Kim Stockwood

Best Recording Engineer

Winner: Paul Northfield and Jagori Tanna, "Summertime in the Void" and "When Did You Get Back from Mars?" by I Mother Earth

Other nominees:

• Michael Banton-Jones, "Halfway to Heaven" by David Leask
• Richard Benoit, "Slow Bombing the World" by Marc Jordan
• Lenny DeRose, "Sucks to Be You" by Prozzäk, "Supersex 69" by the Philosopher Kings
• John Whynot and Colin Linden, "Last Night of the World" by Bruce Cockburn, "Lean on Your Peers" by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winner: Bruce Fairbairn

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: Emile Berliner

Nominated and winning albums

Best Album

Winner: Alanis Morissette – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

Other nominees:

• Hot Show– Prozzäk
• On a Day Like Today – Bryan Adams
• These Are Special Times – Celine Dion
• Tuesday's Child – Amanda Marshall

Best Blues Album

Winner: Gust of Wind – Ray Bonneville

Other nominees:

• Blues Party – Chris Whiteley
• Call It What You Will – Steve Hill
• Down in the Groove – Jack de Keyzer
• Michael Jerome Browne – Michael Jerome Browne

Best Children's Album

Winner: Skinnamarink TV – Sharon, Lois and Bram

Other nominees:

• Ants in Your Pants, Volume 1 – Douglas John
• Les Petites Merveiles de Fanchon – Fanchon
• Play On... – Jam Sandwich
• Song of the Unicorn – Susan Hammond's Classical Kids

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)

Winner: Schumann: String Quartets – St. Lawrence String Quartet

Other nominees:

• Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 – Angela Hewitt
• For the End of Time – Leila Josefowicz
• Naida Cole – Naida Cole
• Rzewiski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! – Marc-Andre Hamelin

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner: Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

Other nominees:

• Brahms: Two Piano Concertos – Anton Kuerti, Orchestre Métropolitain
• Handel: Arias and Dances – Excerpts from Agrippina and Alcina – Tafelmusik, Karina Gauvin
• Nights in the Gardens of Spain – Angela Cheng, Hans Graf, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
• Vivaldi: Concerti for Strings – Les Violons du Roy

Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)

Winner: German Romantic Opera – Ben Heppner

Other nominees:

• Ae Fond Kiss – Edith Wiens, Rudolph Jansen, Judy Loman
• Bach: Arias & Oboe d'Amore – Daniel Taylor
• Heavenly Spheres – Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal
• Images de Noel – Karina Gauvin, Michael McMahon, Nora Shulman

Best Album Design

Winner: Michael Wrycraft (creative director) – Radio Fusebox by Andy Stochansky

Other nominees:

• Garnet Armstrong, Mark Bartkiw, Amo3ba Corp, Margaret Malandruccolo – Blue Green Orange by I Mother Earth
• Tom Chaggaris, Eve Egoyan, Johnnie Eisen – Thetihingsinbeteween by Eve Egoyan
• Anouk Lessard, Sebastien Toupin – Vent Fou by Jorane
• Catherine Stockhausen, Lee Towndrow – Between the Bridges by Sloan

Best Gospel Album

Winner: Legacy of Hope – Deborah Klassen

Other nominees:

• God Only Knows – the LaPointes
• Sheryl Stacey – Sheryl Stacey
• Sinner and the Saint – Jon Buller
• Sweetsalt – Sweetsalt

Best Instrumental Album

Winner: In My Hands – Natalie MacMaster

Other nominees:

• Natural Sleep Inducement – David Bradstreet, Dan Gibson
• Piano Cascades – John Herberman, Dan Gibson
• The Piper's Legacy – Rob Crabtree, Oliver Schroer
• Utopia – Robert Michaels

Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)

Winner: Millennium – Backstreet Boys

Other nominees:

• Americana – the Offspring
• ...Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
• Ricky Martin – Ricky Martin
• These Are Special Times – Celine Dion

Best Traditional Jazz Album – Instrumental

Winner: Deep in a Dream – Pat LaBarbera

Other nominees:

• Art & Soul – Renee Rosnes
• New Horizons – Bernie Senensky Quintet
• P.J. Perry & the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra – P.J. Perry
• Time Warp Plays the Music of Duke Ellington – Time Warp

Best Contemporary Jazz Album – Instrumental

Winner: ...so far – D.D. Jackson

Other nominees:

• Blue Jade – Joe Sealy and Paul Novotny
• The Field – Jeff Johnston
• Freeflight – Bob Shaw and Freeflight
• Puzzle City – Jean-Pierre Zanella

Best Vocal Jazz Album

Winner: When I Look in Your Eyes – Diana Krall

Other nominees:

• How My Heart Sings – Kate Hammett-Vaughan
• I've Got Your Number – Jeri Brown
• Swing Ladies, Swing! – Carol Welsman
• There's Beauty in the Rain – Karin Plato

Best Roots or Traditional Album – Group

Winner: Kings of Love – Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Other nominees:

• Encore! – Barachois
• The Road to Canso – Scruj MacDuhk
• Turn – Great Big Sea
• Xième – La Bottine Souriante

Best Roots or Traditional Album – Solo

Winner: Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu – Bruce Cockburn

Other nominees:

• Gentleman of Leisure – Jesse Winchester
• In My Hands – Natalie MacMaster
• Lan Duil – Mary Jane Lamond
• Whereabouts – Ron Sexsmith

Best Alternative Album

Winner: Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars – Julie Doiron and Wooden Stars

Other nominees:

• Clayton Park – Thrush Hermit
• My Love Is Bold – Danko Jones
• Sometimes I Cry – Tricky Woo
• You Can't Stop the Bum Rush – Len

Best Selling Francophone Album

Winner: En Catimini – La Chicane

Other nominees:

• D'Autres rives – Bruno Pelletier
• Les Fourmis – Jean Leloup
• Live – Lynda Lemay
• Notre-Dame de Paris – various artists

Best Pop/Adult Album

Winner: Colour Moving and Still – Chantal Kreviazuk

Other nominees:

• On a Day Like Today – Bryan Adams
• Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie – Alanis Morissette
• Tal Bachman – Tal Bachman
• Taming the Tiger – Joni Mitchell

Best Rock Album

Winner: Beautiful Midnight – Matthew Good Band

Other nominees:

• Another Spin Around the Sun – Edwin
• Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch – Our Lady Peace
• Mercedes 5 and Dime – Moist
• Triptych – The Tea Party

Nominated and winning releases

Best Single

Winner: "Bobcaygeon" – The Tragically Hip

Other nominees:

• "Heaven Coming Down" – The Tea Party
• "Hello Time Bomb" – Matthew Good Band
• "Steal My Sunshine" – Len
• "Sucks to Be You" – Prozzäk

Best Classical Composition

Winner: Shattered Night, Shivering Stars – Alexina Louie

Other nominees:

• Arc – Alexina Louie
• String Quartet No. 1 – Glenn Buhr
• The Book of Mirrors – Gary Kulesha
• Winter Poems – Glenn Buhr

Best Rap Recording

Winner: Ice Cold – Choclair

Other nominees:

• Deliverance – Citizen Kane
• Global Warning – Rascalz
• Money or Love – Saukrates
• Don't Wanna Be Your Slave – Michie Mee with Esthero

Best R&B/Soul Recording

Winner: Thinkin' About You – 2Rude featuring Snow, Smoothe tha Hustler, Latoya & Miranda

Other nominees:

• All My Love – Michael Clarke
• Brown – Ivana Santilli
• Nodeja – Nodeja
• Tha Crab Theory – Blacklisted featuring ORA, Taj and Deslisha Thomas

Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording

Winner: Falling Down – Chester Knight and the Wind

Other nominees:

• Love that Strong – Elizabeth Hill
• To Bring Back Yesterday – Fara Palmer
• Touch the Earth and Sky – Vern Cheechoo
• World Hand Drum Champions '98 – Red Bull

Best Reggae Recording

Winner: Heart & Soul – Lazo

Other nominees:

• Hard End – The Luge Sessions
• Sometimes – Choices
• Thanks and Devotion – Willi Williams
• What If I Told You – Andru Branch

Best Global Album

Winner: Omnisource – Madagascar Slim

Other nominees:

• Bambatulu – Lilison Di Kinara
• Entente Cordiale – Show-Do-Man
• Firedance – Toronto Tabla Ensemble
• Jongo Le – Celso Machado

Best Dance Recording

Winner: "Silence" – Delerium

Other nominees:

• "Arriba" – Joee
• "Dancing in the Key of Love" – Temperance
• "Over and Over" – Emjay
• "The Rush Won't Stop" – Steve Austin

Best Video

Winner: Alanis Morissette, "So Pure" by Alanis Morissette

Other nominees:

• Ulf Buddensieck, "Underground" by Moist
• Marc Lostracco, "Strange Disease" by Prozzäk
• Andrew MacNaughtan, "On the Scene" by Big Sugar
• William Morrison, "Hello Time Bomb" by Matthew Good Band

References

1. "The 2000 Juno Awards in Toronto". thegate.ca. March 20, 2000. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
2. . chartattack.com. January 28, 2000. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2023.

• Flynn, Andrew (March 14, 2000). "Unusual but slick describes Juno Awards". Charlottetown Guardian. p. B10.
• Saxberg, Lynn (March 11, 2000). "Two Juno nights better than one, organizers say". Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 36.
• Gill, Alexandra (February 3, 2000). "Morissette, Prozzak lead Juno race". The Globe and Mail. p. R6.
• Gill, Alexandra (March 10, 2000). "New statuette 'sings praises of women'". The Globe and Mail. p. R13.
• Gill, Alexandra (March 13, 2000). "New pop diva takes 2 Junos / Chantal Kreviazuk beats out bigger names for best female artist". The Globe and Mail. pp. A1, A5.

External links

• Juno Awards official website