Juno Awards of 1990

===Canadian Entertainer of the Year=== This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS. Winner: The Jeff Healey Band Other Nominees: • Blue Rodeo • Tom Cochrane • k.d. lang • Kim Mitchell ===Best Female Vocalist=== Winner: Rita MacNeil Other Nominees: • Lee Aaron • Sass Jordan • Anne Murray • Candy Pennella ===Best Male Vocalist=== Winner: Kim Mitchell Other Nominees: • Bruce Cockburn • George Fox • David Wilcox • Neil Young ===Most Promising Female Vocalist=== Winner: Alannah Myles Other Nominees: • Annette Ducharme • Mitsou • Mary Margaret O'Hara • Anita Perras ===Most Promising Male Vocalist=== Winner: Daniel Lanois Other Nominees: • Neil Harnett • Ray Lyell • Roch Voisine • Rufus Wainwright ===Group of the Year=== Winner: Blue Rodeo Other Nominees: • Tom Cochrane and Red Rider • Cowboy Junkies • The Jeff Healey Band • Rush ===Most Promising Group=== Winner: The Tragically Hip Other Nominees: • Brighton Rock • Indio • Paradox • Sons of Freedom ===Best Composer=== Winner: David Tyson and Christopher Ward (for Alannah Myles) Other Nominees: • Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy • Luba • Eddie Schwartz • Jim Vallance ===Best Country Female Vocalist=== Winner: k.d. lang Other Nominees: • Carroll Baker • Rita MacNeil • Anne Murray • Lori Yates ===Best Country Male Vocalist=== Winner: George Fox Other Nominees: • Gary Fjellgaard • Handsome Ned • Ian Tyson • Jesse Winchester ===Best Country Group or Duo=== Winner: The Family Brown Other Nominees: • Alibi • Great Western Orchestra • Silver and Degazio • Stoker Brothers ===Best Instrumental Artist=== Winner: Manteca Other Nominees: • Liona Boyd • Canadian Brass • Frank Mills • Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Orchestra ===International Entertainer of the Year=== Winner: Melissa Etheridge Other Nominees: • Crowded House • Steve Earle • Rod Stewart • Randy Travis ===Best Producer=== Winner: Bruce Fairbairn, Pump by Aerosmith Other Nominees: • Daniel Lanois, Acadie by Daniel Lanois • Bob Rock, Dr. Feelgood by Mötley Crüe & Blue Murder by Blue Murder • Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (with Co-producer Rupert Hine), "Force Ten" from Hold Your Fire & "Presto" from Presto by Rush • David Tyson, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles ===Best Recording Engineer=== Winner: Kevin Doyle, Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles Other Nominees: • Jean Claude Beaudoin, Tell Somebody by Sass Jordan • Lenny DeRose, Bodyrock by Lee Aaron & she by Dalbello • John Naslen, Big Circumstance by Bruce Cockburn • Rick Starks, Perfect Foot by Manteca • Michael Phillip Wojewoda, As the Crow Flies by Chalk Circle ===Hall of Fame Award=== Winner: Maureen Forrester Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Winner: Rush ==Nominated and winning albums==

===Album of the Year=== Winner: Alannah Myles, Alannah Myles Other Nominees: • Now the Bells Ring, Rita MacNeil • Rita, Rita MacNeil • See the Light, The Jeff Healey Band • Victory Day, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider ===Best Children's Album=== Winner: Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Susan Hammond and Barbara Nichol Other Nominees: • The Boy Who Wanted to Talk to Whales, Robert Minden Ensemble • Footeprints, Norman Foote • Improvise with Eric Nagler, Eric Nagler • The People on My Street, Bob King ===Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)=== Winner: 20th Century Original Piano Transcriptions, Louis Lortie Other Nominees: • Beethoven: The Complete Quartets, The Orford String Quartet • Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra • Gabrieli and Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music, Canadian Brass • Kevin McMillan, baritone Kevin McMillan ===Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)=== Winner: Boccherini: Cello Concertos and Symphonies, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Other Nominees: • Fête à la Français, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit, piano Louis Lortie • Haydn Symphonies No. 1 and 5, National Arts Centre Orchestra, conductor Gabriel Chmura • Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit ===Best Album Design=== Winner: Hugh Syme, Presto by Rush Other Nominees: • Jamie Bennett and Nuala Byles, Perfect Foot by Manteca • Robert LeBeuf and J.W. Stewart, The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century by Men Without Hats • Mary Margaret O'Hara, Miss America by Mary Margaret O'Hara • Hugh Syme, Rockland by Kim Mitchell ===International Album of the Year=== Winner: ''Girl You Know It's True'', Milli Vanilli (disqualified) Other Nominees: • Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul • The Raw & the Cooked, Fine Young Cannibals • ''Hangin' Tough'', New Kids on the Block • Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, Traveling Wilburys ===Best Jazz Album=== Winner: Skydance, Jon Ballantyne Trio featuring Joe Henderson Other Nominees: • Friday the 14th, Bernie Senesky • Off Centre, Time Warp • Pas de Probleme, The Hugh Fraser Quintet • ''Something's Here'', The Edmonton Jazz Ensemble ===Best Roots & Traditional Album=== Winner: ''Je Voudrais Changer D'Chapeau'', La Bottine Souriante Other Nominees: • Humor Me, Jesse Winchester • I Make My Home in Shoes, Amos Garrett • Jubilation II, Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir • You Were on My Mind, Sylvia Tyson ==Nominated and winning releases==

===Single of the Year=== Winner: "Black Velvet", Alannah Myles Other Nominees: • "All the Things I Wasn't", The Grapes of Wrath • "Love Is", Alannah Myles • "Rock n Roll Duty", Kim Mitchell • "Under Your Spell", Candi ===Best Classical Composition=== Winner: Concerto For Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Oskar Morawetz Other Nominees: • Introduction and Three Folk Songs, Jean Coulthard • Sonata No. 1, Pat Carrabré • The Sons of Jacob, Sid Robinovitch • Third Chamber Concerto, Gary Kulesha ===International Single of the Year=== Winner: "Swing The Mood", Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers Other Nominees: • "Hangin' Tough", New Kids on the Block • "Like a Prayer", Madonna • "She Drives Me Crazy", Fine Young Cannibals • "Straight Up", Paula Abdul ===Best R&B/Soul Recording=== Winner: Spellbound, Billy Newton-Davis Other Nominees: • Your Love, George Banton • Mega Love, Debbie Johnson • Another Love in Your Life, Jay W. McGee • Never Be Lonely, Lorraine Scott ===Best Reggae/Calypso Recording=== Winner: Too Late To Turn Back Now, Sattalites Other Nominees: • Chuckie Prophesy, Clifton Joseph • Soca Band, Elsworth James • South Africa is a Disgrace, Leroy Sibbles • Tribute to Ben Johnson, Elsworth James ===Best Dance Recording=== Winner: "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)", Kon Kan Other Nominees: • "Yada Yada", Jam Jam Jam • "Let Your Backbone Slide", Maestro Fresh-Wes • "Missing You", Candi • "Under Your Spell", Candi ===Best Video=== Winner: Cosimo Cavallaro, "Boomtown" by Andrew Cash Other Nominees: • Don Allan, "Watcha Do to My Body" by Lee Aaron • Chris Hooper, Kevin Kane, Robert Longevall, "All the Things I Wasn't" by The Grapes of Wrath • Greg Masuak, "Giving Away a Miracle" by Luba • Kari Skogland, "Waterline" by Spoons == References ==