Drum roll, please....

The nominations came out for the 2018 Junos!

Leading the pack is Arcade Fire with noms in group of the year, album of the year and alternative album of the year for Everything Now. Even Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie earned three Juno nominations for artist of the year, songwriter of the year and best adult alternative album for his final solo release, Introduce Yerself.

The Key Nominations

  • Juno Fan Choice: Alessia Cara; Arkells; Hedley; Jessie Reyez; Justin Bieber; Shawn Hook; Shawn Mendes; The Weeknd; Theory; Walk Off The Earth.

  • Artist of the year: Daniel Caesar; Gord Downie; Lights; Ruth B; Shania Twain.

  • Album of the year:  Everything Now, Arcade Fire; Revival, Johnny Reid; Nobody But Me, Michael Bublé; Safe Haven, Ruth B; Now, Shania Twain.

  • Single: How Far I'll Go, Alessia Cara; Everything Now, Arcade Fire; Knocking at the Door, Arkells; I Feel It Coming, The Weeknd; There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back, Shawn Mendes.

  • Group:  A Tribe Called Red; Alvvays; Arcade Fire; Broken Social Scene; Hedley.

  • Breakthrough artist:  Allan Rayman; Charlotte Cardin; Jessie Reyez; NAV; Virginia to Vegas.

  • Breakthrough group:  James Barker Band; The Beaches; The Dead South; The Franklin Electric; The Jerry Cans.

  • Songwriter: Amelia Curran; Charlotte Cardin; Gord Downie & Kevin Drew; Rose Cousins; Scott Helman.

Who do you have your eyes on? My eyes are on Shania Twain who could be adding two more Junos to her already full shelf of awards! She has 187 awards from 1993 to the present day including 13 Junos.

The 2018 Juno Awards festivities get underway in Vancouver on March 19 with the Gala airing from the Rogers Arena on March 25

~Logan