Juno Awards of 2000

Juno Awards of 2000
Juno Awards of 2000
Date	March 11–12, 2000
Venue	SkyDome, Toronto, Canada
Hosted by	The Moffatts
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBC
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The Juno Awards of 2000 were held in Toronto, Canada, during the weekend of March 11–12, 2000.

The primary ceremonies were hosted by the family group the Moffatts 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:

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:

Best Male Artist

Winner: Bryan Adams

Other nominees:

Best New Solo Artist

Winner: Tal Bachman

Other nominees:

Best Group

Winner: Matthew Good Band

Other nominees:

Best New Group

Winner: Sky

Other nominees:

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:

Best Country Male Vocalist

Winner: Paul Brandt

Other nominees:

Best Country Group or Duo

Winner: The Rankins

Other nominees:

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 – Montreal Symphony Orchestra

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:

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

↑ "The 2000 Juno Awards in Toronto". thegate.ca. March 20, 2000. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
↑ "The Moffatts chosen to host Juno Awards". 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

[1] "The 2000 Juno Awards in Toronto". thegate.ca. March 20, 2000. Retrieved October 23, 2023.

[2] "The Moffatts chosen to host Juno Awards". chartattack.com. January 28, 2000. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2023.

v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter Songwriter (Non-Performer)
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Latin Music Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year South Asian Music Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Breakthrough Artist of the Year (1974–2024) Breakthrough Group of the Year (1974–2024) Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) International (1975–2024) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards Juno Cup