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The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) crowned 35 new JUNO Award winners during the 2016 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards last night in Calgary.
Following a hugely successful year with the release of his chart-topping album Beauty Behind the Madness, alternative R&B singer-songwriter The Weeknd scored a hat-trick tonight, snagging wins for Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and R&B/Soul Recording of the Year. The multi-platinum-selling artist will also grace the JUNO stage for his second year in a row with a special performance during Sunday night’s live broadcast of The 2016 JUNO Awards.
Three other broadcast performers also took home statuettes including double-winner Buffy Sainte-Marie, who earned Aboriginal Album of the Year and Contemporary Roots Album of the Year, Dear Rouge, who were named Breakthrough Group of the Year and Whitehorse, who won Adult Alternative Album of the Year.
Calgary natives, BRAIDS were the hometown heroes of the night who received an award for Alternative Album of the Year, and Bragg Creek, Alberta’s Shawn Everett won Recording Engineer of the Year.
Additional highlights of the evening included special award presentations by Tom Cochrane to commend Arcade Fire with the 2016 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award, and 2016 Canadian Hall of Fame inductee Burton Cummings, who honoured legendary former Music Director Rosalie Trombley with the 2016 Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.
Gala guests enjoyed a special three-course dinner curated by Canadian celebrity chef Roger Mooking, who was also on hand to speak about the menu, and musical performances by 2016 JUNO Award nominees Afiara Quartet & Skratch Bastid (Instrumental Album of the Year), Fortunate Ones (Contemporary Roots Album of the Year), SonReal (Rap Recording of the Year, Video of the Year), Young Empires (Breakthrough Group of the Year), as well as Jazz All-Stars Performers Al Muirhead, Allison Au, Jerry Granelli, Kodi Hutchinson, Mark Kelso, Rich Brown, Robi Botos, and Tommy Banks.
See the full list of winners here.
Dear Rouge at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
SonReal performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Buffy Sainte-Marie at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Pomo at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Bob Ezrin at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
The Swinging Belles at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Kafinal at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Braids at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Kafinal at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Dear Rouge at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Braids at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Whitehorse at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
The Fortunate Ones performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Dear Rouge at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Burton Cummings introduces the video tribute to Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award recipient Rosalie Trombley at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
The Fortunate Ones performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Whitehorse at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Kataklysm at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Tom Cochrane introduces Allan Waters Humanitarian Award Recipient – Arcade Fire at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Regina Chassagne of Arcade Fire at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Young Empires performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Young Empires performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Death from Above 1979 at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Afiara Quartet and Scratch Bastid performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Young Empires performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Afiara Quartet and Scratch Bastid performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Buffy Sainte-Marie at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Young Empires performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Kafinal at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
SonReal performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Afiara Quartet and Scratch Bastid performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Tom Cochrane introduces Allan Waters Humanitarian Award Recipient – Arcade Fire at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
SonReal performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Kataklysm at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
The Fortunate Ones performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Whitehorse at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Regina Chassagne of Arcade Fire at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Brett Kissel at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Bob Ezrin at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Pomo at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Dear Rouge at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Young Empires performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Braids at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Braids at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Whitehorse at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Dear Rouge at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Young Empires performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Death from Above 1979 at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Death from Above 1979 at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Kafinal at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Regina Chassagne of Arcade Fire at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS) Calgary Telus Convention Centre. April 2, 2016. Photo: CARAS/iPhoto
Francesco Yates at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Three Days Grace at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Whitehorse at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Kataklysm at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
The Tenors at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Tom Cochrane at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS) Calgary Telus Convention Centre. April 2, 2016. Photo: CARAS/iPhoto
Tom Cochrane, and Regine Chassagne of Arcade Fire at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Death from Above 1979 at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Buffy Sainte-Marie at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
Young Empires performing at the JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on April 2, 2016. (Photo: CARAS)
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