Michael Bublé leans into patriotism, The Beaches win group of the year at Junos

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 30, 2025 5:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Michael Bublé handed Canadians a heartfelt dose of patriotism astatine the Juno Awards connected Sunday, mounting the code for a nighttime of not-so-subtle references to Canada's existent tensions with the United States.

The Vancouver crooner jumped into his relation arsenic hometown Junos big by telling the assemblage helium was arrogant to beryllium Canadian.

"We are the top federation connected earth," helium said during his opening monologue. "And we are not for sale."

Other musicians leaned into Canadiana, including East Coast leader Anne Murray.

Dressed successful a sequined reddish hockey jersey with "Canada" emblazoned crossed the front, she accepted a beingness accomplishment award, earlier shifting her code to however aboriginal successful her vocation she was pressured to determination to New York oregon Los Angeles.

"I conscionable couldn't bash it," she said.

"I knew instinctively I needed a spot to go, to flight erstwhile my enactment was done. Canada is my harmless haven. My information blanket. My airy astatine the extremity of the passageway — it inactive is."

Other winners of the nighttime were adjacent much overt with their message.

Fan prime victor bbno$, the societal media prima and rapper, expressed his daze astatine beating retired large names similar Tate McRae and Shawn Mendes for the prize, but closed his remarks with a governmental jab.

"Elon Musk is simply a portion of garbage," bbno$ shouted, referencing the Tesla CEO and elder advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump.

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A fewer moments later, Arkells frontman Max Kerman seconded the sentiment.

Singer Josh Ross had a much reserved connection for the fans aft winning state medium of the twelvemonth for Complicated.

"I deliberation it's clip to get backmost to our Canadian roots and retrieve that friends are amended than enemies," helium said from the stage.

Other winners included Toronto set The Beaches, who picked up radical of the year.

Palestinian Canadian Nemahsis added to her Juno wins, being named this year's breakthrough artist, successful addition to her triumph for alternate medium astatine a pre-broadcast amusement connected Saturday night.

"I've been wearing a hijab for 20-plus years," she said. "All I ever wanted was to crook connected Family Channel oregon YTV and conscionable spot idiosyncratic who looks similar me. I didn't deliberation it would instrumentality this long."

Headed into the show, Calgary popular prima Tate McRae was already considered a large winner.

She picked up 4 awards astatine an manufacture gala connected Saturday night, winning large categories that see creator and azygous of the year.

Here's a database of each the nominees and winners (in bold):

TikTok Juno Fan Choice Award

• bbno$  
• Dean Brody 
• Jade Eagleson 
• Josh Ross 
• Karan Aujla 
• Les Cowboys Fringants 
• Preston Pablo 
• Shawn Mendes 
• Tate McRae 
• The Weeknd 

Single of the year 

• Single Again, Josh Ross 
• Winning Speech, Karan Aujla 
• Why Why Why, Shawn Mendes 
• Exes, Tate McRae 
• Timeless, the Weeknd and Playboi Carti 

Album of the year

• Inuktitut, Elisapie 
• Complicated, Josh Ross 
• Submergé, Roxane Bruneau 
• Undisputed, Sukha 
• Think Later, Tate McRae 

Breakthrough creator oregon radical of the year

• Alexander Stewart
• AP Dhillon 
• AR Paisley
• Chris Grey
• Ekkstacy 
• Nemahsis
• Owen Riegling
• Sukha
• Tony Ann 
• Zeina 

Artist of the year

• Josh Ross 
• Kaytranada 
• Shawn Mendes 
• Tate McRae 
• The Weeknd 

Group of the year 

• Crash Adams 
• Mother Mother 
• Spiritbox 
• Sum 41 
• The Beaches 

Classical medium of the twelvemonth (solo artist)

• Signature Philip Glass, Angèle Dubeau 
• Messiaen, Barbara Hannigan
• Freezing, Emily D'Angelo
• Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth, India Gailey 
• Williams Violin Concerto No. 1; Bernstein Serenade, James Ehnes 

Classical medium of the twelvemonth (small ensemble)

• Known to Dreamers: Black Voices successful Canadian Art Song, Canadian Art Song Project 
• Rituæls, collectif9 
• East is East, Infusion Baroque 
• Marie Hubert: Fille du Roy, Karina Gauvin 
• Kevin Lau: Under a Veil of Stars, St. John–Mercer–Park Trio 

Classical medium of the twelvemonth (large ensemble)

• Ispiciwin, Luminous Voices 
• Alikeness, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Sinfonia, conducted by Mark Fewer featuring Aiyun Huang, Deantha Edmunds and Mark Fewer 
• Sibelius 2 & 5, Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin 
• Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande & Verklärte Nacht, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Rafael Payare 
• Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Gimeno featuring Marc-André Hamelin and Nathalie Forget 

Jazz medium of the twelvemonth (solo)

• Montreal Jazz Series 1 (Échanges Synaptiques), André Leroux 
• The Head of a Mouse, Audrey Ochoa 
• Portrait of Right Now, Jocelyn Gould
• Slice of Life, Larnell Lewis 
• The Antrim Coast, Mark Kelso 

Jazz medium of the twelvemonth (group)

• Time Will Tell, Andy Milne and Unison 
• Reverence, Carn Davidson 9 
• Harbour, Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra 
• Gravity, Jeremy Ledbetter Trio
• Jaya,  Raagaverse

Vocal jazz medium of the year

• Oh Mother, Andrea Superstein 
• Hello! How Are You?, Caity Gyorgy 
• Winter Song, Kellylee Evans 
• Wintersongs, Laila Biali 
• Magpie, Sarah Jerrom

Instrumental medium of the year

• Disaster Pony, Disaster Pony 
• Distant Places, Eric Bearclaw 
• Ginger Beef, Ginger Beef 
• Memory Palace, Intervals 
• Confluencias, Lara Wong & Melón Jimenez 

Blues medium of the year

• This Old Life, Big Dave McLean 
• New Orleans Sessions, Blue Moon Marquee 
• Yeah!, David Gogo 
• Samantha King and the Midnight Outfit, Samantha King & the Midnight Outfit 
• One Guitar Woman, Sue Foley 

Traditional roots medium of the year

• Hemispheres, Inn Echo 
• Retro Man ... More and More (Expanded Edition), Jake Vaadeland 
• Domino!, La Bottine Souriante 
• The Road Back Home (Live), Loreena McKennitt 
• At the End of the Day, Sylvia Tyson 

Contemporary roots medium of the year

• Anniversary, Abigail Lapell 
• For Eden, Boy Golden 
• Things Were Never Good if They're Not Good Now, Donovan Woods 
• Pathways, Julian Taylor 
• Strange Medicine, Kaia Kater 

Country medium of the year

• The Compass Project: West Album, Brett Kissel 
• Dallas Smith, Dallas Smith 
• Complicated, Josh Ross 
• Nobody's Born With a Broken Heart, MacKenzie Porter 
• Going Home, Tyler Joe Miller 

Adult alternate medium of the year 

• Inuktitut, Elisapie 
• Revelation, Leif Vollebekk 
• Healing Power, Terra Lightfoot 
• We were calved here, what's your excuse?, the Secret Beach 
• Never Better, Wild Rivers 

Alternative medium of the year

• When a Thought Grows Wings, Luna Li 
• Verbathim, Nemahsis 
• Magpie, Peach Pit 
• What's the Point, Ruby Waters 
• Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden, Valley 

Rock medium of the year

• Pages, Big Wreck 
• Vices, JJ Wilde 
• Grief Chapter, Mother Mother 
• Set Your Pussy Free, Nobro
• Heaven :x: Hell, Sum 41 

Metal/hard euphony medium of the year

• Beyond the Reach of the Sun, Anciients
• PowerNerd, Devin Townsend 
• Fire, Kittie 
• The Fear of Fear, Spiritbox 
• Ultrapower, Striker 

Adult modern medium of the year

• Roses, Aphrose 
• Boundless Possibilities, Celeigh Cardinal 
• Transitions, Kellie Loder 
• Songs of Love & Death, Maddee Ritter 
• Lovers' Gothic, Maïa Davies 

Pop medium of the year

• Bleeding heart, Alexander Stewart 
• If this is it…, Jamie Fine 
• Anywhere But Here, Preston Pablo 
• Shawn, Shawn Mendes 
• Think Later, Tate McRae 

Dance signaling of the year

• Uh Huh, DijahSB 
• No Time, Interplanetary Criminal featuring SadBoi 
• Give successful to you, Rezz, Virtual Riot featuring One True God 
• Call Me When, So Sus 
• Foul Taste, Wawa 

Underground creation azygous of the year

• Bamboo, Ciel 
• Keepsake, Destrata 
• Distant Memories, Hernan Cattaneo, Hicky & Kalo 
• La Vérité, Jesse Mac Cormack, Charlie Houston, Brö 
• WTP, Suray Sertin 

Electronic medium of the year 

• Honey, Caribou 
• Union, Èbony 
• Love, Care, Kindness & Hope, Fred Everything 
• Timeless, Kaytranada 
• This But More, Priori 

Rap azygous of the year

• People, Classified 
• Double the Fun, Haviah Mighty 
• Shut Up, Jessie Reyez 
• BBE, Snotty Nose Rez Kids 
• Hier encore, Souldia, Lost 

Rap album/EP of the year

• 96 Miles From Bethlehem, Belly 
• Luke's View, Classified 
• The Flower That Knew, DijahSB 
• See You When I See You, Dom Vallie 
• Red Future, Snotty Nose Rez Kids 

Traditional R&B/soul signaling of the year

• Limbo, Aqyila 
• The Worst, Benita 
• Cyan Blue, Charlotte Day Wilson 
• Halfway Broken, Luna Elle 
• Velvet Soul, TheHonestGuy 

Contemporary R&B signaling of the year

• Bloom, Aqyila 
• Noire, Avenoir 
• For the Boy successful Me, Dylan Sinclair 
• Loony, Loony 
• Eastend Confessions, Zeina 

Reggae signaling of the year

• Destiny, Lee "Scratch" Perry & Bob Riddim 
• Born to Be Free, Exco Levi 
• Fallback, King Cruff & Runkus 
• Sky's the Limit, Skystar 
• Rise, Tonya P 

Children's medium of the year

• Shun Beh Nats'ujeh: We Are Healing Through Songs, Kym Gouchie 
• Penny Penguin, Raffi & Good Lovelies 
• Riley Rocket: Songs From Season One, Riley Rocket and Megablast 
• Buon Appetito, Walk disconnected the Earth, Romeo Eats 
• Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro "Rhyme Travellers," Young Maestro 

Comedy medium of the year

• Wonder Woman, Courtney Gilmour 
• Honourable Intentions, Debra DiGiovanni 
• Popcorn, Ivan Decker 
• Sad Witch, Jess Salomon 
• Down With Tech, Nathan Macintosh 

Traditional Indigenous creator oregon radical of the year

• New Comings, Black Bear Singers 
• Winston & I, Brianna Lizotte 
• Travelling Home, Cree Confederation 
• REZilience, Northern Cree 
• Ostesihtowin-"Brotherhood," Young Spirit 

Contemporary Indigenous creator oregon radical of the year 

• Precious Diamonds, Adrian Sutherland 
• Boundless Possibilities, Celeigh Cardinal 
• Brown Man, Sebastian Gaskin 
• Red Future, Snotty Nose Rez Kids 
• Pretty Red Bird, Tia Wood 

Francophone medium of the year

• Aliocha Schneider, Aliocha Schneider 
• Demain il fera beau, Fredz 
• Toutes les rues sont silencieuses, Jay Scøtt 
• Abracadabra, Klô Pelgag 
• Pub Royal, Les Cowboys Fringants 

Contemporary Christian/gospel medium of the year

• Elenee., Elenee 
• My Foundation, Jordan St. Cyr 
• Restore, Ryan Ofei 
• Miracle successful the Making, Tehillah Worship 
• Hymns Alive (Live), Toronto Mass Choir 

Global euphony medium of the year

• Aarambh, Abby V 
• Kanzafula, Ahmed Moneka 
• Malak, Didon 
• Dankoroba, Djely Tapa 
• Niebla, Ramon Chicharron 

South Asian euphony signaling of the year

• The Brownprint, AP Dhillon 
• Coolin, Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga, Jazzy B
• Love Like That, Jonita Gandhi 
• Tauba Tauba (from Bad Newz), Karan Aujla 
• Arul, Yanchan Produced, Sandeep Narayan 

Album artwork of the year

• Erik M. Grice (art director), Vanessa Elizabeth Heins (photographer): Chandler, Wyatt C. Louis 
• Gabriel Noel Altrows (art director, illustrator): Good Kid 4, Good Kid
• Kee Avil, Jacqueline Beaumont (art director), Fatine-Violette Sabiri (photographer): Spine, Kee Avil
• Keenan Gregory (art director): Altruistic, Royal Tusk
• Kevin Hearn, Lauchlan Reid (art director), Antoine Jean Moonen (designer), Lauchlan Reid (illustrator): Basement Days, the Glacials 

Music video of the year 

• Human, Adrian Villagomez (Apashe & Wasiu)
• Nasty, Jonah Haber (Tinashe)
• Gravity, Jorden Lee (Sean Leon) 
• Name of God, Mustafa 
• Jump Cut, Winston Hacking (Corridor)

Jack Richardson shaper of the year

• Aaron Paris: intro (end of the world) (co-producer Ariana Grande, Nick Lee, Shintaro Yasuda), eternal sunshine, Ariana Grande; Bought the Earth (co-producer Calton McDowell, Charlie Coffeen, Rex Kudo), 2093, Yea; Let it Breathe (co-producer Charlie Coffeen, Carton, Rewind, Rex Kudo, Russell Boring, the Kount), 11th Dimension, Ski Mask the Slump God; Tiger Eye (co-producer Akeel Henry), Tiger Eye, Loony; "Dishonored" (co-producer Jack Rochon, Leonardo Dessi, Matthew Sean Leon), In Loving Memory, Sean Leon, Jessie Reyez; R e a l W o m a n (co-producer Eli Brown, Noah "40" Shebib, Prep Bijan), PartyNextDoor 4 (P4), PartyNextDoor

• Akeel Henry: Spin featuring Victoria Monét (co-producer Yonatan Ayal), Megan, Megan Thee Stallion; Smoke (co-producer Bongo ByTheWay), Smoke, Ari Lennox; Shake featuring Jeremih (co-producer Bongo ByTheWay, Kareen Lomax, Trey Campbell), Trouble successful Paradise, Chlöe; Oh, Wait… featuring Nao (co-producer Ari PenSmith, Blake Straus), Love's Letter (deluxe), Shae Universe; I Choose You (co-producer Yonatan Ayal), Say Yes, Melanie Fiona; Love Ain't Guaranteed (co-producer Harry Beech), Redemption, Mist

• Evan Blair: Pretty Slowly, Benson Boone; Beautiful Things, Benson Boone; club heaven, Nessa Barrett; No High, David Kushner; this is however a pistillate leaves, i anticipation one ne'er autumn successful love, Intermission, Maren Morris 

• Jack Rochon: II Hands II Heaven (co-producer Beyoncé, Dave Hamelin), Protector (co-producer Beyoncé), Jolene (co-producer Alex Vickery, Beyoncé, Brittany "Chi" Coney, Denisia "Blu June" Andrews, Khirye Tyler), Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé; My Way (co-producer Charlotte Day Wilson, Leon Thomas); Cyan Blue, Charlotte Day Wilson; Crash (co-producer Aaron Paris, Aidan, Alex Goldblatt, Khris Riddick, Mariel Gomerez-Rodriguez, Oak), Tears featuring Omah Lay (co-producer Etienne, GuiltyBeatz, Mariel Gomerez-Rodriguez, Oak, Symphony), Crash, Kehlani 

• Shawn Everett: II Most Wanted (co-producer Beyoncé, Jonathan Rado, Michael Pollack, Miley Cyrus), Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé; Found Heaven, Found Heaven, Conan Gray; Bright Lights (co-producer Jonathan Rado), Bright Lights, the Killers; I Don't, (co-producer Brittany Howard), Eye of the Night, Found Heaven, Conan Gray; Prove it to You (co-producer Brittany Howard), What Now, Brittany Howard

Recording technologist of the year

• George Seara: Soft Spot, Dream, Requiem, keshi
• Hill Kourkoutis: Ghost, Sebastian Gaskin; Should We, Razzle, Emi Jeen 
• Mitch McCarthy: Good Luck, Babe!, Chappell Roan; Make You Mine, Madison Beer 
• Serban Ghenea: Please Please Please, Short n' Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter; Lose Control, I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1), Teddy Swims
• Shawn Everett: Don't Forget Me, Maggie Rogers; Deeper Well, Kacey Musgraves

Classical creation of the year

• Angmalukisaa, Deantha Edmunds
• The fog successful our poise, Gabriel Dharmoo
• L'écoute du perdu : III. « Voix jetées », Keiko Devaux
• Dark Flower, Linda Catlin Smith 
• String Quartet No. 4 "Insects and Machines," Vivian Fung

Songwriter of the year 

• Abel Tesfaye (the Weeknd): Dancing successful the Flames (co-songwriters Max Martin, Oscar Holter), the Weeknd; Timeless (co-songwriters Blessed, Jarrod "Twisco" Morgan, Jordan Terrell Carter, Kobe "BbyKobe" Hood, Lawson, Mark Williams, Mike Dean, Pharrel Williams, Raul Cubina (Volta), Tariq "BL$$D" Sharrieff); São Paulo featuring Anitta (co-songwriters Agustinho Raphael Dos Santos, Andre Luiz Viegas, Everton Ramos De Araujo, Flavio Seraphim De Almeida, Larissa de Macedo Machado, Marcelo Nei Leal, Mike Dean, Sean Solymar, Tatiana Dos Santos Lourenco, Washington Luis Costa Vaz)

• AP Dhillon: Old Money (co-songwriters Abdul Aziz Dieng, Chris Mathew LaRocca-Cerrone, Luke Maurizio Mauti, Michael Tompa, Robert Benvegnu, Satinderpal Singh); Losing Myself featuring Gunna (co-songwriters Abdul Aziz Dieng, Herman Atwal, Luke Maurizio Mauti, Rashpal Singh, Sergio Giavanni Kitchens); Bora Bora featuring Arya Starr (co-songwriters Anas Rahmoune, Joseph Watchorn, Mason Tanner, Satinderpal Singh)

• Jessie Reyez: Child of Fire (co-songwriters Oladipo Omishore, Spencer Stewart, Tiffany Day); Ridin featuring Lil Wayne (co-songwriters Dwayne Carter, Jeff Gitelman, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson); Shut Up featuring Big Sean (co-songwriter Christopher Smith, Giovani Figueroa-Borges, Julian Harris, Nolan Lambroza, Sean Anderson, Uforo Ebong)

• Mustafa: Name of God (co-songwriters Aaron Dessner, Simon Hessman); Leaving Toronto (co-songwriters Jonah Yano, Rodaidh Mcdonald, Simon Hessman); I'll Go Anywhere (co-songwriters Simon Hessman)

• Nemah Hasan: stick of gum (co-songwriters Danny Casio, Pablo Bowman); you wore it better (co-songwriters Danny Casio, Pablo Bowman); coloured concrete (co-songwriters Danny Casio, Pablo Bowman)

Songwriter of the twelvemonth (non-performer)

• Evan Blair: Beautiful Things, Pretty Slowly (co-songwriters Benson Boone, Jackson Lafrantz Larsen), Benson Boone; "i anticipation one ne'er autumn successful love" (co-songwriters Delacey, Lucy Healey, Maren Morris), Maren Morris

• Lowell: Texas Hold 'Em (co-songwriters Atia "Ink" Boggs, Beyoncé, Brian Bates, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro, Raphael Saadiq); Bodyguard (co-songwriters Beyoncé, Leven Kali, Raphael Saadiq, Ryan Beatty,  Shantoni Ajane Nichols, Terius "The Dream" Gesteelde-Diamant), Beyoncé; Takes One to Know One (co-songwriters Eliza Enman-Mcdaniel, Gus van Go, Jordan Miller, Kylie Miller, Leandra Earl), the Beaches

• Nathan Ferraro: Texas Hold 'Em (co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Atia "Ink" Boggs, Beyoncé, Brian Bates, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Raphael Saadiq), Beyoncé; Smoke (co-songwriters Akeel Henry, Ant Clemons, Courtney Salter, Uforo Ebong Smoke), Ari Lennox; Who Do I Call Now? (Hellbent) (co-songwriters Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Michael Wise, Sofia Camara), Sofia Camara

• Shaun Frank: Love Somebody (co-songwriters Ashley Gorley, Elof Loelv, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, John Bryon, Martina Sorbara, Morgan Wallen, Nicholas Gale, Ryan Vojtesak, Steve Richard Francis Mastroianni, Yaakov Gruzman), Morgan Wallen; Training Season (co-songwriters Caroline Ailin, Danny L Harle, Dua Lipa, Kevin Parker, Martina Sorbara, Nicholas Gate, Steve Francis Richard Mastroianni, Tobias Jesso Jr., Yaakov Gruzman), Dua Lipa; Sideways (co-songwriters A. Graham, David Karbal, Marcel Kosic, Richard Beynon, Tiernan Kelly, Tinashe Sibanda), Gordo

• Tobias Jesso Jr.: Houdini (co-songwriters Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Danny L Harle, Kevin Parker), Dua Lipa; push maine over (co-songwriters Catherine Hope Gavin, Josette Maskin, Maren Morris, Naomi McPherson), Maren Morris; Come Show Me (co-songwriters Camila Cabello, DJ Spinn (Morris Anthony Harper), Jasper Harris, Pablo Diaz-Reixa), Camila Cabello