The Juno Awards of 2004 were presented on April 4, 2004 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and were hosted by Alanis Morissette.
Singer-songwriters Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan, and Nickelback led the nominations with five nominations each. Céline Dion, received four nominations; Billy Talent, Our Lady Peace and Sam Roberts each received three; Avril Lavigne, Barenaked Ladies, Christina Aguilera, Lillix, Michael Bublé, R. Murray Schafer, Shania Twain, and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra got two nominations each.
Producer/musician Bob Ezrin is this year's inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Walter Grealis , who founded in 1970 what became the Juno Awards, will posthumously receive the award that bears his name, the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award .
Nominees and winners
The following lists the nominees and winners for most of the awards.
Juno Fan Choice Award
Winner: Nickelback
Other Nominees:
Artist of the Year
Winner: Sam Roberts (Universal)
Other Nominees:
Group of the Year
Winner: Nickelback (EMI)
Other Nominees:
New Artist of the Year
Winner: Michael Bublé (Warner Bros./Warner)
Other Nominees:
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Barlow (Epic/Sony)
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Kazzer (Epic/Sony)
- Danny Michel (MapleMusic/Universal)
- Kinnie Starr (MapleMusic/Universal)
New Group of the Year
Winner: Billy Talent (Atlantic/Warner)
Other Nominees:
Songwriter of the Year
Winner: Sarah McLachlan, Pierre Marchand, “World On Fire”/“Fallen”/“Stupid”, Afterglow - Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk/EMI)
Other Nominees:
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year
Winner: Gavin Brown, "Try Honesty" - Billy Talent & "I Hate Everything About You" - Three Days Grace
Other Nominees:
Nominated and winning albums
International Album of the Year
Winner: Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, 50 Cent (Interscope/Universal)
Other Nominees:
Francophone Album of the Year
Winner: Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Wilfred Le Bouthillier (Musicor)
Other Nominees:
- 1 Fille: 4 Types, Céline Dion (Sony)
- Reviens, Garou (Sony)
- Don Juan - Un musical de Félix Gray, Jean François Breau /Marie-Eve Janvier /Mario Pelchat /Claude Léveillée /Philippe Berghella /Cassiopée /Cindy Daniel /Chico Castillo (Guy Cloutier/Communications Select)
- Maudit Bordel, Marie Chantal Toupin (Tox/DEP)
Album of the Year
Winner: We Were Born In A Flame - Sam Roberts (Universal)
Other Nominees:
Aboriginal Recording of the Year
Winner: Big Feeling - Susan Aglukark (EMI)
Other Nominees:
- Burnt Project 1: "The Avenue" - Burnt (Sunshine)
- Mother Earth - Eagle & Hawk (Arbor)
- Ketwam - Sandy Scofield (Kokum/Festival)
- In Honour of Percy Dreaver - Whitefish Jrs. (Sweetgrass)
Country Recording of the Year
Winner: Up! - Shania Twain (Mercury/Universal)
Other Nominees:
- Pain To Kill - Terri Clark (Mercury/Universal)
- Everyone Aboard - Doc Walker (Open Road/Universal)
- Free - Brad Johner (Sceptre/Royalty)
- Living Out Loud - Aaron Lines (RCA/BMG)
Rap Recording of the Year
Winner: Flagrant - Choclair (Sextant/EMI)
Other Nominees:
- Dark Sunrise - BrassMunk (54th/EMI)
- Welcome To Planet IRS - IRS (WhatChuWant/Universal)
- Tom Strokes Presents the ClasSix Plus Six - Mr. Roam (Choice Cut/Outside)
- Natural Progression - Sweatshop Union (Battleaxe/Nettwerk/EMI)
Pop Album of the Year
Winner: Afterglow - Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk/EMI)
Other Nominees:
Rock Album of the Year
Winner: We Were Born In A Flame - Sam Roberts (Universal)
Other Nominees:
Alternative Album of the Year
Winner: Talkin' Honky Blues - Buck 65 (WEA/Warner)
Other Nominees:
- Shine A Light - The Constantines (Gut/Outside)
- Truthfully, Truthfully - Joel Plaskett Emergency (MapleMusic/Universal)
- Heart - Stars (Paper Bag/Universal)
- Reconstruction Site - The Weakerthans (Epitaph/FAB)
Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo
Winner: Skating Rink - David Francey (Laker/Festival)
Other Nominees:
- You’ve Never Seen Everything - Bruce Cockburn (TrueNorth/Universal)
- Book Of Days - Susan Crowe (Corvus/Festival)
- Blueprint - Natalie MacMaster (ViK/BMG)
- Oh Susanna - Oh Susanna (Nettwerk/EMI)
Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group
Winner: Maudite Moisson - Le Vent du Nord (Borealis/Festival)
Other Nominees:
- BARK - Blackie and the Rodeo Kings (True North/Universal)
- J’ai jamais tant ri - La Bottine Souriante (Mille-Pattes/DEP)
- The creaking tree string quartet - the creaking tree string quartet (S.Y.T.E./Festival)
- Blue Drag - Pierre Schryer Band (New Canadian/Festival)
Album Design of the Year
Winner: Garnet Armstrong /Susan Michalek (Director/Designer); Andrew MacNaughtan (Photographer), "Love Is The Only Soldier" - Jann Arden
Other Nominees:
- Benjamin Fong (Director/Designer/Illustrator); Janet Kimber (Photographer), "Handmade" - Jimmy Rankin
- Jenn McIntyre (Director/Designer/Illustrator); Ingram Barss /Jenn McIntyre (Photographer), "Talkin' Honky Blues" - Buck 65
- Megan Oldfield (Director/Designer); Jon Claytor (Illustrator); Richard Beland (Photographer), "Battle Of The Nudes" - Gord Downie
- Michael Wrycraft (Director/Designer/Illustrator); Kevin Kelly (Photographer), "Jubilee" - Harry Manx & Kevin Breit
Children's Album of the Year
Winner: A Duck In New York City - Connie Kaldor
Other Nominees:
- Like A Flower To The Sun - Jack Grunsky
- Sing Out Summer Fun - Mary Lambert
- Dodo la planète do - Dream songs night songs 2 - Pelican Music Project
- The Children Of Lir - Loretto Reid
Nominated and winning releases
Single of the Year
Winner: Powerless (Say What You Want), Nelly Furtado (Dreamworks/Universal)
Other Nominees:
Video of the Year
Winner: Floria Sigismondi, Fighter - Christina Aguilera
Other Nominees:
Music DVD of the Year
Winner: Andrew MacNaughtan /Dan Catullo /Allan Weinrib /Pegi Cecconi /Ray Danniels , Rush in Rio - Rush
Other Nominees:
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