“Flowers Need Rain,” Preston Pablo and Banx & Ranx
“When You’re Gone,” Shawn Mendes
“She’s all I Wanna Be,” Tate McRae
“Sacrifice,” the Weeknd
International album of the year
=, Ed Sheeran
Harry’s House, Harry Styles
Montero, Lil Nas X
Midnights, Taylor Swift
Red (Taylor’s Version), Taylor Swift
Album of the year
Who Hurt You?,Ali Gatie
Love Sux, Avril Lavigne
Demons Protected By Angels, Nav
I Used to Think I Could Fly, Tate McRae
Dawn FM, the Weeknd
Artist of the year
Avril Lavigne
Lauren Spencer-Smith
Michael Bublé
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Group of the year
Arcade Fire
Arkells
Billy Talent
Metric
The Reklaws
Breakthrough artist of the year
Dax
Devon Cole
Preston Pablo
RealestK
Rêve
Breakthrough group of the year
Banx & Ranx
Harm & Ease
Rare Americans
Tommy Lefroy
Wild Rivers
Songwriter of the year
Abel Tesfaye: “Less Than Zero” (co-songwriters Tomoko Yamaguch, Hamada Tetsuro, Daniel Lopatin, the Weeknd); “Out of Time” (co-songwriters Max Martin, Fragogian Josefsson, Axel Hedfors, Oscar Holter, Sebastian Ingrosso, Carl Nordstrom, Kevin Duane McCord); “Sacrifice” (co-songwriters Max Martin, Fragogian Josefsson, Axel Hedfors, Oscar Holter, Sebastian Ingrosso, Carl Nordstrom, Kevin Duane McCord).
Faouzia: “Anybody Else” (co-songwriters Andre Davidson, Michelle Buzz, Sean Davidson);
“Puppet” (co-songwriters Andre Davidson, Johnny Goldstein, Sean Davidson); “RIP, Love” (co-songwriters Fran Hall, Jakke Erixson).
Tate McRae:“Chaotic” (co-songwriter Victoria Zaro); “Feel Like Shit” (co-songwriters Victoria Zaro, Jacob Hindlin, Russell J Chell); “She’s all I Wanna Be” (co-songwriter Greogry Kurstin).
Tenille Townes: “The Last Time” (co-songwriters Gordon Sampson, Benjamin Goldsmith); “When you Need It” (co-songwriter Stephen Wrabel); “When’s it Gonna Happen” (co-songwriters Stephenie Jones, Stephen Wrabel).
Tobi: “Before we Panic” (co-songwriters Alex Goose, Eric Hagstrom, John Stephen Sudduth, Kevin Martin, Tony Martin, Stephenie Jones, Stephen Wrabel); “Flowers” (co-songwriters Alex Goose, Daniele Luppi, Homer Steinweiss, Nick Movshon, Nicole Wray, Leon Michels, Paul Spring); “Move” (co-songwriters Alex Goose, Jessica Lee Hansell, Jon Bap, Robin Hannibal, Tavon Thompson, Tyler Demorest).
Country album of the year
Way Back, High Valley
Honkytonk Revival, Jade Eagleson
Bronco, Orville Peck
Masquerades, Tenille Townes
Good Ol’ Days, the Reklaws
Adult alternative album of the year
Born Losers, Altameda
The Garden, Basia Bulat
Being Somewhere, Dan Mangan
Colder Streams, the Sadies
How is it That I Should Look at the Stars, the Weather Station
Alternative album of the year
Blue Rev, Alvvays
Duality, Luna Li
Sewn Back Together, Ombiigizi
The Unraveling of PupTheBand, Pup
Tongues, Tanya Tagaq
Pop album of the year
In the Meantime, Alessia Cara
Love Sux, Avril Lavigne
The Loneliest Time, Carly Rae Jepsen
I Used to Think I Could Fly, Tate McRae
Dawn FM, the Weeknd
Rock album of the year
Otherness, Alexisonfire
Crisis of Faith, Billy Talent
Get Rollin’, Nickelback
Outta Sight, the Sheepdogs
Explosions, Three Days Grace
Vocal jazz album of the year
Featuring, Caity Gyorgy
Blue, Diana Panton
Venez donc chez moi, Laura Anglade and Sam Kirmayer
Nikki by Starlight, Nikki Yanofsky
The Ostara Project, the Ostara Project
Jazz album of the year
Joy, Ernesto Cervini
A Little Louder Now, Lauren Falls
El Tinajon, Luis Deniz
Rumba, Rafael Zaldivar
Kinds of Love, Renee Rosnes
Jazz album of the year
Semantics, Andrew Rathbun Quintet
Talk Memory, BadBadNotGood
The History of Us, Carn Davidson 9
Desert Bloom, Florian Hoefner Trio
The Dragon’s Tail, Mark Kelso & the Jazz Exiles
Instrumental album of the year
Canadiana, Canadian Brass
Everything was Forever Until it was no More, Esmerine
Iguana, Hard Rubber Orchestra
Aubades, Jean-Michel Blais
Lionheart, Stephan Moccio
Album francophone de l’année
Medium plaisir, Ariane Roy
Mercure en mai, Daniel Bélanger
Pictura de ipse: Musique directe, Hubert Lenoir
Crash, Les Louanges
Chiac Disco, Lisa LeBlanc
Children’s album of the year
Nice to Meet You, Beppie
Say Hello, Jeremy and Jazzy
I am Love, Splash’N Boots
Walk off the Earth & Romeo Eats, Vol. 2, Walk off the Earth and Romeo Eats
Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Julia the Great, Young Maestro and Keysha Freshh
Classical album of the year (solo artist)
Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021, Bruce Liu
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1, David Jalbert
La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland, Isabel Bayrakdarian
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, James Ehnes
Fables, Philip Chiu
Classical album of the year (large ensemble)
Clara – Robert – Johannes: Lyrical Echoes, Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Shelley
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen – Arvo Pärt: Symphonie No. 4, ‘Los Angeles,’ I Musici de Montréal, conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Viola Borealis, Orchestre de l’Agora, conducted by Nicolas Ellis, featuring Marina Thibeault
Radiant Dawn: Music for Advent and Christmas, The Elora Singers, conducted by Mark Vuorinen
Classical album of the year (small ensemble)
Nagamo, Andrew Balfour and musica intima
Hemsi: Chamber Works, ARC Ensemble
Vagues et ombres, collectif9
Early Italian Cello Concertos, Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca, conducted by Claude Lapalme
De la cour de Louis XIV à Shippagan! Chants traditionnels acadiens et airs de cour du XVIIe siècle, Suzie LeBlanc, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay, Vincent Lauzer, and Sylvain Bergeron
Classical composition of the year
An Overall Augmented Sense of Well-being, Anthony Tan
Bestiary I & II, Bekah Simms
The Black Fish, Keyan Emami
Prayers for Ruins, Nicole Lizée
Supervillain Études, Vincent Ho
Rap album/EP of the year
Gonzo, Boslen
Retrospected (Acoustic), Classified
The Fleur Print Vol. 2, Jazz Cartier
Demons Protected by Angels, Nav
Shall I Continue?, Tobi
Dance recording of the year
“Afterglow,” Bob Moses and Kasablanca
“Shinigami Eyes,” Grimes
“These Nights,” Loud Luxury feat. Kiddo
“Ctrl + Alt + Del,” Rêve
Spiral, Rezz
Contemporary R&B recording of the year
When Flowers Bloom, Adria Kain
“If I get Caught,” dvsn
No Longer in the Suburbs,Dylan Sinclair
Yessie, Jessie Reyez
“WTF,”Savannah Ré
Reggae recording of the year
Water, Ammoye
“Like a Star,”Celena
“Jah Love,”Exco Levi
“In the Streets,”Kairo McLean
“Reggae Party,” Kirk Diamond, Kairo McLean and Finn feat. Kairo McLean
Contemporary Indigenous artist or group of the year
Watin, Aysanabee
Zhawenim, Digging Roots
Code Red, Indian City
Beyond the Reservoir, Julian Taylor
The Crossing, Susan Aglukark
Contemporary roots album of the year
O Glory, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
That was you and Me, Fortunate Ones
Hold on to Love, Shakura S’Aida
Come Morning, the Bros. Landreth
House of Dreams, the East Pointers
Traditional roots album of the year
Hurricane Clarice, Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
20 printemps, Le Vent du Nord
Narrow Line, Mama’s Broke
Tell ‘Em You Were Gold, Pharis & Jason Romero
The Empress, the McDades
Blues album of the year
Long River, Angelique Francis
Midnight Blues, Crystal Shawanda
Thanks for Tomorrow, Harrison Kennedy
Preach to my Soul, Spencer Mackenzie
Live at the King Eddy, the Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer
Contemporary Christian/gospel album of the year
Into the Wild, Dan Bremnes
Trust, Daniel Ojo
Jordan St. Cyr, Jordan St. Cyr
Only Ever Always, Love & the Outcome
The Church Will Rise, Tehillah Worship
Global music album of the year
In the Footsteps of Rumi, Ghalia Benali, Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian
Thieves of Dreams, Lenka Lichtenberg
José Louis and the Paradox of Love, Pierre Kwenders
Vox.Infold, Ruby Singh
Tradisyon, Wesli
Jack Richardson producer of the year
Akeel Henry: “For Tonight,” Giveon (co-producers Sevn Thomas, Jahaan Sweet); “Splash,” John Legend (co-producer Tone, Kevin Ekofo).
Banx & Ranx: “Ctrl + Alt + Del,” Rêve; “Dynamite feat. Sia,” Sean Paul (co-producers Greg Kurstin, Jason Jigzagula Henriques).
Kaytranada: “dog food,” IDK; “Iced Tea,” Joyce Wrice and Kaytranada.
Mike Wise: “10 Things I Hate About You,” Leah Kate; “Yuck,” Charli XCX.
Murda Beatz: “California Breeze,” Lil Baby (co-producer Marcel Korkutata); “Have Mercy,” Chlöe (co-producers Chlöe, BoogzDaBeast, Fnz, Joseph L’Etranger).
Recording engineer of the year
Derek Hoffman: “My Body,” Lili-Ann De Francesco; “Stronger Than you Know,” the East Pointers.
George Seara: “Hell/Heaven,” Keshi; “It’ll be Okay,” Shawn Mendes.
Gus van Go: “Grow up Tomorrow,” the Beaches; “What Feels Like Eternity,” Metric.
Jason Dufour: “She Don’t Know,” Jade Eagleson; “The old Me,” Ria Mae.
Serban Ghenea: “That’s What I Want,” Lil Nas X; “Unholy,” Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras.
Album artwork of the year
Emy Storey (art director, designer, photographer), Becca McFarlane and Pamela Littky (photographers): Crybaby, Tegan and Sara.
Ian Ilavsky (art director and designer), Maciek Szczerbowski (illustrator): Everything was Forever Until it was no More, Esmerine.
