Juno Awards of 1990

The Juno Awards of 1990, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 18 March 1990 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.

Singer-songwriter Alannah Myles won in three Juno categories on the strength of her internationally successful debut album.

Specialty television service YTV would broadcast a repeat of the televised awards ceremony one week later, according to a five-year agreement announced before the 1990 Juno Awards.

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

Winner: Rita MacNeil

Other Nominees:

• Lee Aaron
• Sass Jordan
• Anne Murray
• Candy Pennella

Winner: Kim Mitchell

Other Nominees:

• Bruce Cockburn
• George Fox
• David Wilcox
• Neil Young

Winner: Alannah Myles

Other Nominees:

• Annette Ducharme
• Mitsou
• Mary Margaret O'Hara
• Anita Perras

Winner: Daniel Lanois

Other Nominees:

• Neil Harnett
• Ray Lyell
• Roch Voisine
• Rufus Wainwright

Winner: Blue Rodeo

Other Nominees:

• Tom Cochrane and Red Rider
• Cowboy Junkies
• The Jeff Healey Band
• Rush

Winner: The Tragically Hip

Other Nominees:

• Brighton Rock
• Indio
• Paradox
• Sons of Freedom

Winner: David Tyson and Christopher Ward (for Alannah Myles)

Other Nominees:

• Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy
• Luba
• Eddie Schwartz
• Jim Vallance

Winner: k.d. lang

Other Nominees:

• Carroll Baker
• Rita MacNeil
• Anne Murray
• Lori Yates

Winner: George Fox

Other Nominees:

• Gary Fjellgaard
• Handsome Ned
• Ian Tyson
• Jesse Winchester

Winner: The Family Brown

Other Nominees:

• Alibi
• Great Western Orchestra
• Silver and Degazio
• Stoker Brothers

Winner: Manteca

Other Nominees:

• Liona Boyd
• Canadian Brass
• Frank Mills
• Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Orchestra

Winner: Melissa Etheridge

Other Nominees:

• Crowded House
• Steve Earle
• Rod Stewart
• Randy Travis

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

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

Winner: Maureen Forrester

Winner: Rush

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Nunes, Julia (8 February 1990). "Alannah Myles and Rita MacNeil lead the pack of Juno nominees". The Globe and Mail. p. C5.
• Nunes, Julia (19 March 1990). "Myles scores musical hat trick (Rocker picks up three Juno Awards)". The Globe and Mail. p. C7.

• Juno Awards site