The opening night of the 2022 Juno Awards took place Saturday, May 14 in Toronto, prior to the main Juno Awards event, set to be televised on CBC.
The Weeknd was one of the big winners at the opening night awards, winning Junos for Songwriter of the Year (his third win in that category) and Contemporary R&B Recording of the Year for “Take My Breath”.
Singer Charlotte Cardin also had a big night with three Juno wins, for Artist of the Year, Single of the Year for “Meaningless” and Pop Album of the Year for her debut album Phoenix.
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Here is the complete list of winners from opening night of the Juno Awards.
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Phoenix – Charlotte Cardin
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Easy Now – Kairo McLean
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP)
Worldview – Avataar
ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR
Mykaël Nelson (Art Director, Designer, & Illustrator), Nicolas Lemieux (Art Director & Designer), Albert Zablit
(Photographer)
HISTOIRES SANS PAROLES – HARMONIUM SYMPHONIQUE – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Simon Leclerc
CONTEMPORARY R&B RECORDING OF THE YEAR
“Take My Breath” – The Weeknd
CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY
INDIGENOUS TOURISM ASSOCIATION OF CANADA)
War Club – DJ Shub
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)
Change of Plans – Will Bonness
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST)
enargeia – Emily D’Angelo
JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY AUDIO-TECHNICA)
WondaGurl
“Fair Trade (feat. Travis Scott)” (co-producers Jahaan Sweet, OZ, Patron, Travis Scott)
Certified Love Boy – Drake
“Made a Way (feat. Lil Durk and Future)” (co-producers Allen Ritter, FaZe Kaysan)
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY FACTOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
AND CANADA’S PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTERS)
Monowhales
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
No Greater Love – The Color
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE)
Solfeggio L’Harmonie des saisons, conducted by Eric Milnes ft. Hélène
Brunet
SINGLE OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY LIVE NATION)
“Meaningless” – Charlotte Cardin
COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA)
Grandma’s Girl 姥姥的孩子 – Andrea Jin 金玉琪
DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
“Caution” – Kaytranada Sony
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Falling in Africa – Garth Prince
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
That Tall Distance – David Myles
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY CBC MUSIC)
When Smoke Rises – Mustafa
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
“Arras” – Keiko Devaux
TRADITIONAL R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
24hrs – Savannah Ré
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY LONG & MCQUADE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)
Sisters Not Twins (The Professional Lovers Album) – The Beaches
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Now Pronouncing: Caity Gyorgy – Caity Gyorgy
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
SOUR – Olivia Rodrigo
GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Kalasö – Afrikana Soul Sister
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY SONOS
Inwards & Onwards – Half Moon Run
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
What Is Life? – Brett Kissel
ALBUM FRANCOPHONE DE L’ANNÉE
Impossible à aimer – Cœur de pirate
TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Joyful Banner Blazing – Maria Dunn
ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Art of Falling Apart – Serena Ryder
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Open Road – Colin James
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE)
Beethoven: Sonates pour violon et piano / Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 5 – Andrew Wan and Charles
Richard-Hamelin
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Hill Kourkoutis
“Howler”
Howler – SATE
“The Drought”
The Drought – Tania Joy
RAP SINGLE OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY ADVANCE, CANADA’S BLACK MUSIC BUSINESS COLLECTIVE)
“Bold” – Charmaine
METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Bleed the Future – Archspire
ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Oasis – Sky
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
“Easy On Me” – Xavier Dolan – Adele
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY SOCAN)
Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye
Publisher – CIRCUIT BREAKER / KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING
“Hurricane” – co-songwriters Albert Daniels, Cailin Russo, Charles Njapa, Christopher Raelas, Cydell Young,
Daniel Seeff, Dexter Mills, Dominque Armani Jones, Henry Walter, Jahmal Gwin, Josh Mease, Kanye West,
Khalil Abdul-Rahman, Malik Yusef, Mark Mbogo, Mark Williams, Mike Dean, Nasir Pemberton, Raul Cubina,
Ronald Oneil Spence, Jr., Sam Barsh, Tobias Smith, orlando wilder
HURRICANE FEAT. LIL BABY – Kanye West and The Weeknd Getting Out Our Dreams II/Def Jam*Universal
“Moth To A Flame” – co-songwriters Axel Hedfors, Carl Nordström,
Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello
MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd SSA Recording/Republic Records*Universal
“Take My Breath” – co-songwriters Ahmad Balshe, Max Martin, Oscar Holter
TAKE MY BREATH – The Weeknd XO*Universal
CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Outside Child – Allison Russell
UNDERGROUND DANCE SINGLE OF THE YEAR
“Shadows In The Dark” (ft. Elliot Moss) – HNTR
TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Kakike – Fawn Wood
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA)
Charlotte Cardin
The main Juno Awards event airs Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. PT.
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2022 Juno Awards Performers & Attendees