The 2006 JUNO Awards, Canada’s Music Awards, was be held on Sunday, April 2 from the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, NS. The Juno Awards are awards of achievement presented to Canadian musical artists and bands; they could be considered the transnational counterpart to the United States’ Grammy Awards.

The winners are :

JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD (PRESENTED BY DORITOS)
Simple Plan Lava/Atlantic*Warner

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Home Michael Bublé 143/Reprise*Warner

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Monkey Business Black Eyed Peas Interscope*Universal
X&Y Coldplay EMI

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
It’s Time Michael Bublé 143/Reprise*Warner

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Michael Bublé 143/Reprise*Warner

GROUP OF THE YEAR
Nickelback EMI

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Belladonna Daniel Lanois Epitaph*FAB

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
It’s Time Michael Bublé 143/Reprise*Warner

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
All The Right Reasons Nickelback EMI

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR) Daniel Powter Warner Bros*Warner
Divine Brown Blacksmith*Universal
Jonas Déjà Musique*DKDD/Fusion III
Martha Wainwright MapleMusic*Universal
Skye Sweetnam Capitol*EMI

NEW GROUP OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR)
Bedouin Soundclash Stomp*Warner

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY SOCAN)
Arcade Fire
“Wake Up” | “Rebellion (Lies)”
“Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)” - Josh Deu
FUNERAL - Arcade Fire Merge*FAB

COUNTRY RECORDING OF THE YEAR
The Road Hammers The Road Hammers Open Road*Universal

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Prairie Wind Neil Young Reprise*Warner

RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
The Dusty Foot Philosopher K’Naan track & field*SONY BMG

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene Arts & Crafts*EMI

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Christmas Songs Diana Krall Verve*Universal

CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Radio Guantánamo (Guantánamo Blues Project Vol. 1) Jane Bunnett EMI

TRADITIONAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Ask Me Later Don Thompson Quartet CBC Records*Universal

FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Pages blanches Jim Corcoran Audiogram*Select

CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Baroque Adventure: The Quest for Arundo Donax Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Analekta*Select/Naxos

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Albéniz: Iberia Marc-André Hamelin Hyperion*SRI

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE OR SOLOIST(S) WITH LARGE ENSEMBLE ACCOMPANIMENT
Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5 et 6 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Bruno Weil Analekta*Select/Naxos

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL PERFORMANCE
Viardot-Garcia: Lieder Chansons Canzoni Mazurkas Isabel Bayrakdarian - Serouj Kradjian Analekta*Select/Naxos

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
String Quartet No. 1 (The Awakening) Christos Hatzis AWAKENING EMI

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Spanish Fly Hatiras & Macca feat. Shawna B. Blow Media

R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Back For More Shawn Desman Uomo/SONY BMG

REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Reggae Time Blessed Explorer*Universal

ABORIGINAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Hometown Burnt Project 1 Sunshine

ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO
Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer Corb Lund Stony Plain*Warner

ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP
The Duhks The Duhks Sugarhill*Fusion III

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Let It Loose Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne Electro-Fi*Festival

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Amanda Falk Amanda Falk Avante*CMC

WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Humo De Tabaco Alex Cuba Band Globestar*Navarre/Universal

JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Neil Young “The Painter” PRAIRIE WIND - Neil Young Reprise*Warner<

RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Vic Florencia «Everyday is a Holiday» | «Melancholy Melody» WIKKED LIL GRRRLS - Esthero Reprise*Warner

CD/DVD ARTWORK DESIGN OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY EVER-REDDY PACKAGING)
Rob Baker (Director/Illustrator); Garnet Armstrong (Director/Designer); Susan Michalek (Designer); Will Ruocco (Illustrator)Hipeponymous THE TRAGICALLY HIP Universal

VIDEO OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY VIDEOFACT)
Devil’s Eyes Micah Meisner & Rich Terfry BUCK 65 WEA*Warner

MUSIC DVD OF THE YEAR
Hipeponymous Pierre Lamoureux/Christopher Mills Gord Downie/Allan Reid/Shawn Marino THE TRAGICALLY HIP Universal