Nominees in the following categories were announced on 3 March 2010.
Michael Bublé received the most nominations of any artist this year, represented in six categories and winning four of those (Album of the Year, Fan Choice Award, Pop Album of the Year and Single of the Year).
Billy Talent,
Drake and
Johnny Reid each received four nominations. Drake, who had yet to release a full album, won in two categories (New Artist of the Year and Rap Recording of the Year). K'Naan also won two of his nominations (Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year). ===
Artist of the Year ===
Winner: K'Naan Other Nominees: •
Jann Arden •
Michael Bublé •
Diana Krall •
Johnny Reid ===
Group of the Year===
Winner: Metric Other nominees: •
Billy Talent •
Blue Rodeo •
Hedley •
The Tragically Hip ===
New Artist of the Year ===
Winner: Drake Other nominees: •
Justin Bieber •
Danny Fernandes •
Carly Rae Jepsen •
Shiloh ===
New Group of the Year ===
Winner: Arkells Other Nominees: •
Down With Webster •
The New Cities •
Stereos •
Ten Second Epic ===
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year===
Winner: Bob Rock, "
Haven't Met You Yet" and "
Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" (
Michael Bublé,
Crazy Love)
Other Nominees: •
Kevin Churko, "Look Where You're Walking" (Modern Science Mimortl,
Modern Science, produced with Kane Churko); "The Dream" (
In This Moment,
The Dream) •
David Foster, "Cry Me A River" and "All of Me" (
Michael Bublé,
Crazy Love) •
Fred St-Gelais, "Plaisirs amers" and "C'est moi" (
Marie-Mai,
Version 3.0) •
Michael Phillip Wojewoda "Palm Trees" and "The Key (Different Than I Used To Be)" (Jennifer LFO,
Songs from the Alien Beacon, produced with Jennifer Foster) ===
Recording Engineer of the Year===
Winner: Dan Brodbeck, "Apple of My Eye" and "Be Careful" (
Dolores O'Riordan,
No Baggage)
Other Nominees: •
John Bailey, "I Can't Make You Love Me" (
Sophie Milman,
Take Love Easy); "Havana City" (
Hilario Durán,
Motion) • Jon Drew, "Oh! The Boss Is Coming!" and "Pullin' Punches" (
Arkells,
Jackson Square) •
Darryl Neudorf, "And When You Wake Up" (
Blue Rodeo,
The Things We Left Behind); "Fever" (
Neko Case,
Middle Cyclone) • Denis Tougas, "Save Your Love" and "The Mad Mile" (Kirsten Jones,
The Mad Mile) ===
Songwriter of the Year===
Winner: K'naan – "
Wavin' Flag" (written with B. Mars, P. Lawrence and J. Daval), "Take A Minute", "If Rap Gets Jealous" (written with
Gerald Eaton and
Brian West) (K'naan,
Troubadour)
Other nominees: •
Michael Bublé – "Haven't Met You Yet", "Hold On" (written with Alan Chang and Amy S. Foster) (Michael Bublé,
Crazy Love) •
Emily Haines and
James Shaw – "Gimme Sympathy", "Sick Muse", "Help I'm Alive" (
Metric,
Fantasies) •
Carly Rae Jepsen and
Ryan Stewart – "Tug of War", "Bucket", "Money and the Ego" (Carly Rae Jepsen,
Tug of War) •
Joel Plaskett – "Through & Through & Through", "Deny, Deny, Deny", "All The Way Down The Line" (Joel Plaskett,
Three) ===
Fan Choice Award ===
Winner: Michael Bublé Other nominees: • Maxime Landry •
Nickelback •
Johnny Reid •
Ginette Reno Nominated albums ====
Album of the Year ====
Winner: Crazy Love –
Michael Bublé Other nominees: •
Billy Talent III –
Billy Talent •
Quiet Nights –
Diana Krall •
Dance with Me –
Johnny Reid •
My World –
Justin Bieber ====
Aboriginal Recording of the Year ====
Winner: We Are... –
Digging Roots Other Nominees: •
Distant Morning Star –
Digawolf •
Sing Soul Girl –
Inez Jasper •
Swagger –
Lucie Idlout •
Trail of Tears –
Wayne Lavallee ====
Adult Alternative Album of the Year ====
Winner: Three –
Joel Plaskett Other Nominees: •
How to Fall Down in Public –
Howie Beck •
Masters of the Burial –
Amy Millan •
Nineteen Seventy-Seven –
1977 •
Way Down Here –
Cuff the Duke ====
Alternative Album of the Year ====
Winner: Fantasies –
Metric Other Nominees: •
Face Control –
Handsome Furs •
I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day –
Julie Doiron •
Post-Nothing –
Japandroids •
Sainthood –
Tegan & Sara ====
Blues Album of the Year ====
Winner: The Corktown Sessions –
Jack de Keyzer Other Nominees: •
From the Water –
Colin Linden •
I Need a Hat –
Downchild •
Low Fidelity – Treasa Levasseur •
Steady Movin' –
Carlos del Junco ====
Recording Package of the Year ====
Winner: Martin Bernard, Stéphane Cocke, Thomas Csano:
Beats on Canvas, Beats on Canvas
Other Nominees: • Thomas Csano, Alex McLean:
Wooden Arms,
Patrick Watson • Rachelle Dupere, Derek Henderson, Evan Kaminsky:
Masters of the Burial,
Amy Millan • Alex Durlak:
Potential Things, Canaille • Justin Ellsworth, Vanessa Heins, Daniel Romano, Ken Reaume:
Bring Me Your Love (special edition),
City and Colour ====
Children's Album of the Year ====
Winner: Love My New Shirt –
Norman Foote Other Nominees: •
Action Packed –
Bobs and Lolo • ''I'm Me!'' –
Charlie Hope •
Walk On –
The Kerplunks •
We Share The Earth – The Bee's Knees ====
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year ====
Winner: ''
Where's Our Revolution'' –
Matt Brouwer Other Nominees: •
Dear Diary –
FM Static •
Devotion –
Steve Bell •
Welcome to the Masquerade –
Thousand Foot Krutch •
What I Gotta Say – Janelle ====
Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble) ====
Winner: Mathieu, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: Concertino & Concertos –
Alain Lefèvre &
London Mozart Players Other Nominees: •
Bartók –
Les Violons du Roy •
Bruckner 8 –
Yannick Nézet-Séguin &
Orchestre Métropolitain •
Mendelssohn – Piano Concertos 1 & 2 – Symphony No. 5 –
Louis Lortie and
Orchestre symphonique de Québec •
Selections From the 2009 National Tour –
National Youth Orchestra of Canada ====
Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble) ====
Winner: Joel Quarrington: Garden Scene –
Joel Quarrington Other Nominees: •
El Dorado –
Caroline Leonardelli •
James Ehnes plays Paganini 24 Caprices –
James Ehnes •
Philip Glass : Portrait – Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà •
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Quartet No. 1 –
I Musici de Montréal ====
Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance) ====
Winner: Adrianne Pieczonka sings Puccini –
Adrianne Pieczonka Other Nominees: •
Gomidas Songs –
Isabel Bayrakdarian •
Melodiya: Glinka, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky – Orchestre Radio-Canada Musique •
Porpora Arias –
Karina Gauvin •
Songs By Ravel –
Gerald Finley ====
Francophone Album of the Year ====
Winner: Les sentinelles dorment –
Andrea Lindsay Other Nominees: •
Dans mon corps –
Les Trois Accords •
Mille excuses milady –
Jean Leloup •
Un serpent sous ses fleurs –
Yann Perreau •
Un toi dans ma tête –
Luc de Larochellière ====
Instrumental Album of the Year ====
Winner: As Seen Through Windows –
Bell Orchestre Other Nominees: •
Beats on Canvas – Beats on Canvas • ''
L'île de Sept Villes'' –
The Hylozoists •
Trifecta –
Pavlo,
Rik Emmett and
Oscar Lopez •
Yalla Yalla! –
Sultans of String ====
International Album of the Year ====
Winner: Only by the Night –
Kings of Leon Other Nominees: •
Circus –
Britney Spears •
The E.N.D –
The Black Eyed Peas •
Fearless –
Taylor Swift •
I Dreamed a Dream –
Susan Boyle ====
Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year ====
Winner: The Happiness Project –
Charles Spearin Other Nominees: •
Infernal Machines –
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society •
Motion –
Hilario Durán •
Silverbirch – John Roney with the Silver Birch String Quartet •
Songbook Vol. 1 – Kirk MacDonald Quartet ====
Traditional Jazz Album of the Year ====
Winner: ''It's About Time'' –
Terry Clarke Other Nominees: •
Bluesy Lunedi – Alain Bédard •
Pleased To Meet You –
Oliver Jones and
Hank Jones •
Regeneration – Al Henderson Septet •
Strands II – Darren Sigesmund ====
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year ====
Winner: Ranee Lee Lives Upstairs –
Ranee Lee Other Nominees: • ''
Haven't We Met?'' –
Emilie-Claire Barlow •
I Like Men –
Carol Welsman •
Lovelight –
Michael Kaeshammer •
Quiet Nights –
Diana Krall ====
Pop Album of the Year ====
Winner: Crazy Love –
Michael Bublé Other Nominees: •
The Listening –
LIGHTS •
My World –
Justin Bieber •
The Show Must Go –
Hedley •
Stereos –
Stereos ====
Rock Album of the Year ====
Winner: Billy Talent III –
Billy Talent Other Nominees: •
Dark Horse –
Nickelback •
Life Starts Now –
Three Days Grace •
Old Crows/Young Cardinals –
Alexisonfire •
We Are The Same –
The Tragically Hip ====
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo) ====
Winner: Hunter, Hunter,
Amelia Curran Other Nominees: •
Achin in Yer Bones,
Romi Mayes • ''
Losin' Lately Gambler'',
Corb Lund •
Pink Strat,
Bahamas • ''Queen's Hotel'',
John Wort Hannam ====
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group) ====
Winner: The Good Lovelies,
The Good Lovelies Other Nominees: •
Annie Lou, Annie Lou • ''
Let's Just Stay Here'',
Carolyn Mark and
NQ Arbuckle •
Lost Channels,
Great Lake Swimmers •
No Fool for Trying,
Madison Violet ====
World Music Album of the Year ====
Winner: Comfortably Mine, Dominic Mancuso
Other Nominees: •
Alex Cuba,
Alex Cuba • ''La danse de l'exilé'', Karim Saada •
Slide to Freedom 2: Make a Better World,
Doug Cox Salil Bhatt •
Sunplace,
Jaffa Road Nominated releases ====
Single of the Year ====
Winner: "
Haven't Met You Yet" –
Michael Bublé Other Nominees: • "Anybody Listening" –
Classified • "
Best I Ever Had" –
Drake • "
Love Is a First" –
The Tragically Hip • "
Rusted from the Rain" –
Billy Talent ====
Classical Composition of the Year ====
Winner: "Lament in the Trampled Garden",
Marjan Mozetich (album,
Lament in the Trampled Garden)
Other Nominees: • "Angels in Flight",
Marjan Mozetich (album,
Lament in the Trampled Garden) • "Dreams of Flying",
Rob Teehan (performed by National Youth Orchestra of Canada) • "Earth Songs",
Stephen Chatman (album,
Earth Songs) • "Nocturne",
Leonard Enns (DaCapo Chamber Choir album,
Shadowland) ====
Country Album of the Year ====
Winner: Dance With Me,
Johnny Reid Other Nominees: •
Believe,
Emerson Drive •
Go,
Doc Walker •
The Long Way Home,
Terri Clark •
The Road Hammers II,
The Road Hammers ====
Dance Recording of the Year ====
Winner: For Lack of a Better Name,
Deadmau5 Other Nominees: • ''I'm No Human'',
Misstress Barbara • "Runnin", Doman and Gooding with Dru and Lincoln • "Shine 4U",
Carmen and Camille •
Thunderheist,
Thunderheist ====
Music DVD of the Year ====
Winner: Iron Maiden: Flight 666 (
Iron Maiden), Stefan Demetriou, Sam Dunn, Scott McFadyen, Rod Smallwood, Andy Taylor
Other Nominees: •
Acoustic – Friends & Total Strangers (
The Trews), John-Angus MacDonald, Tim Martin, Larry Wanagas •
Drum! Live (
Drum!), Daniel Brooker, Brookes Diamond, Doris Mason, Colin Smeltzer, Aaron Young •
Miroir Noir (
Arcade Fire), Arcade Fire, Vincent Morisset •
Snakes & Arrows Live (
Rush), Pegi Cecconi,
Ray Danniels, François Lamoureaux, Pierre Lamoureaux, Allan Weinrib ====
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year ====
Winner: "Lonesome Highway",
Jacksoul Other Nominees: •
The Black Book,
Jully Black •
The Bridge,
Melanie Fiona •
Intro,
Danny Fernandes •
The Long Way Home,
Jarvis Church ====
Rap Recording of the Year ====
Winner: So Far Gone,
Drake Other nominees: •
Self Explanatory,
Classified • "I'm Still Fly", Big Page,
Drake & U.G.O Crew •
Troubadour,
K'naan •
Yes!,
k-os ====
Reggae Recording of the Year ====
Winner: Gonna Be Alright,
Dubmatix with
Prince Blanco Other Nominees: •
American Dream,
Carl Henry •
Breaking Up, Tanya Mullings •
Show Me The Way, Kim Davis •
Wha-La-La-Leng,
Ghislain Poirier with Face-T ===
Video of the Year ===
Winner: "Little Bit of Red" –
Serena Ryder Other Nominees: • "Anybody Listening" –
Classified • "Heavens to Purgatory" –
The Most Serene Republic • "It's Okay" –
Land of Talk • "Mr. Hurricane" –
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