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Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year
Yearly Alternative album award
Yearly Alternative album award
The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the alternative rock and/or indie rock genres. The award was first presented in 1995 under the name Best Alternative Album, and adopted its current name in 2003.
Achievements
Arcade Fire and July Talk have won the award three times to date, while Broken Social Scene, Metric, Alvvays and Rufus Wainwright have won the award twice each. In addition to Broken Social Scene's wins as a band, three members have also won the award for separate projects — Emily Haines and James Shaw have also won the award twice with their band Metric, and Leslie Feist has won for a solo album. Arcade Fire have been nominated for the award four times overall, while July Talk, Broken Social Scene, Metric, Alvvays, Stars, Chad VanGaalen, and Tegan and Sara have received three nominations each.
Only two French-language albums have ever been nominated (Malajube's Trompe-l'œil and Karkwa's Les Chemins de verre) and none has ever won.
Recipients
Best Alternative Album (1995–2002)
| Year | Winner(s) | Album | Nominees | Ref. | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Chronicles | Shiver | |||||||||||
| Art Bergmann | What Fresh Hell Is This? | |||||||||||
| Sloan | One Chord to Another | |||||||||||
| Bran Van 3000 | Glee | |||||||||||
| Rufus Wainwright | Rufus Wainwright | |||||||||||
| Julie Doiron and Wooden Stars | Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars | |||||||||||
| The New Pornographers | Mass Romantic | |||||||||||
| Rufus Wainwright | Poses |
Alternative Album of the Year (2003–present)
| Year | Winner(s) | Album | Nominees | Ref. | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Social Scene | You Forgot It in People | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buck 65 | Talkin' Honky Blues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feist | Let It Die | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broken Social Scene | Broken Social Scene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City and Colour | Sometimes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arcade Fire | Neon Bible | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Stills | Oceans Will Rise | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metric | Fantasies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dan Mangan | Oh Fortune | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metric | Synthetica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arcade Fire | Reflektor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July Talk | July Talk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BRAIDS | Deep in the Iris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July Talk | Touch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alvvays | Antisocialites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dizzy | Baby Teeth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PUP | Morbid Stuff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July Talk | Pray for It | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mustafa | When Smoke Rises | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alvvays | Blue Rev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aysanabee | Here and Now | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nemahsis | Verbathim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TBA |
References
References
- "Best Alternative Album: Yearly summary: 1995". [[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].
- "Best Alternative Album: Yearly summary: 1996". [[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].
- "Best Alternative Album: Yearly summary: 1997". [[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].
- "Best Alternative Album: Yearly summary: 1998". [[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].
- "Best Alternative Album: Yearly summary: 1999". [[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].
- "Best Alternative Album: Yearly summary: 2000". [[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].
- "Best Alternative Album: Yearly summary: 2001". [[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].
- "Best Alternative Album: Yearly summary: 2002". [[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].
- "Yearly summary: 2003". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2004". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2005". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2006". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2007". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2008". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2009". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2010". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2011". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2012". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2013". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2014". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- "Yearly summary: 2015". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/juno-awards-2017-nominees-complete-list-972429/item/juno-fan-choice-award-973433 "Juno Awards: Drake, The Weeknd and Shawn Mendes Lead With Five Noms Each"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', February 8, 2017.
- [http://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/junos-news/arcade-fire-and-daniel-caesar-lead-2018-juno-award-nominations-1.4520940 "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations"] {{webarchive. link. (2018-02-08 . [[CBC Music]], February 6, 2018.)
- [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/shawn-mendes-and-the-weeknd-lead-the-2019-juno-nominations-1.4992669 "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations"]. [[CBC Music]], January 29, 2019.
- Melody Lau, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/alessia-cara-and-tory-lanez-lead-the-2020-juno-nominations-1.5436386 "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations"]. [[CBC Music]], January 28, 2020.
- Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-the-2021-juno-award-winners-1.6036001 "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners"]. [[CBC Music]], June 4, 2021.
- Holly Gordon, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-all-the-2022-juno-award-winners-1.6453668 "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners"]. [[CBC Music]], May 14, 2022.
- Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/junos-2023-opening-night-winners-list-1.6776262 "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night"]. [[CBC News]], March 11, 2023.
- [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"]. [[CBC Music]], March 23, 2024.
- [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2025-full-list-winners-1.7497072 "Junos 2025: full list of winners"]. [[CBC Music]], March 30, 2025.
- Holly Gordon, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/juno-award-nominees-2026-complete-list-9.7060862 "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees"]. [[CBC Music]], January 27, 2026.
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