This year's nominees for Canada's premier music awards ceremony have officially been announced with the best and brightest names in the country's soundscape making the cut.
Among those in the hip-hop and R&B scope, you'll find names like Daniel Caesar, The Weeknd, Nav, Tory Lanez, and Jessie Reyez peppered throughout categories that include the Juno Fan Choice Award, Artist of The Year, and Single Of the Year. In the category for International Album Of the Year, you'll find artists who have been dominating stateside awards shows in recent times, including Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, and Ed Sheeran.
Check out the list of related nominees below and the full list of nominees here. The 2018 Juno Awards are set to be held in Vancouver's Rogers Arena on March 25th and will be hosted by singer Michael Buble.
Juno Fan Choice Award:
Jessie Reyez
Shawn Hook
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Theory of a Dead Man
Walk Off the Earth
Justin Bieber
Hedley
Arkells
Alessia Cara
Single of the Year:
Shawn Mendes - "There's Nothing Holding Me Back"
The Weeknd - "I Feel It Coming" (ft. Daft Punk)
Alessia Cara - "How Far I'll Go"
Arkells - "Knocking at the Door"
Arcade Fire - "Everything Now"
International Album of the Year:
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Post Malone - Stoney
Taylor Swift - Reputation
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Ed Sheeran - ÷
Artist of the Year:
Ruth B
Shania Twain
Gord Downie
Daniel Caesar
Lights
Group of the Year:
A Tribe Called Red
Arcade Fire
Alvvays
Broken Social Scene
Hedley
Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
Jessie Reyez
NAV
Virginia to Vegas
Allan Rayman
Charlotte Cardin
Rap Recording of the Year:
Maestro Fresh Wes - "Coach Fresh"
Lou Phelps - "001: Experiments"
Tory Lanez - "Shooters"
Belly - "Mumble Rap"
Clairmont The Second - "Lil Mont from the Ave"
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year:
Jahkoy - Foreign Water
Jessie Reyez - Kiddo
Jhyve - Human
Keshia Chanté - Unbound 01
Daniel Caesar - Freudian