The 'In My Blood' hitmaker and the 'Pray For Me' singer will battle it out in three categories, Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Single of the Year at the Canada's version of the Grammy Awards.
- Jan 30, 2019
AceShowbiz - Pop star Shawn Mendes will be the one to beat at the 2019 Juno Awards after scoring six top nominations.
The singer is shortlisted for prizes including Artist of the Year, Single of the Year for "In My Blood", and Album of the Year for his self-titled release, but he will face some tough competition as The Weeknd, who picked up a total of five nods, is up for the same three honours.
They will face off with Alessia Cara, Michael Buble, and rapper Tory Lanez for the Artist of the Year title, while Single of the Year will be a fight between "In My Blood", The Weeknd's "Pray For Me" with Kendrick Lamar, from the "Black Panther" soundtrack, Alessia's "Growing Pains", Loud Luxury's "Body", and "Not A Love Song" by bulow.
Album of the Year contenders include The Weeknd's "My Dear Melancholy", and Jann Arden's "These Are the Days", while International Album of the Year nominees are Cardi B's "Invasion of Privacy", Post Malone's "Beerbongs & Bentleys", Travis Scott (II)'s "Astroworld", Maroon 5's "Red Pill Blues", and "Camila" by Camila Cabello.
The Juno Awards, Canada's version of the Grammy Awards, will be hosted by singer Sarah McLachlan in Ontario on March 17.
The main list of nominees is:
Artist of the Year:
Album of the Year:
- Hubert Lenoir - "Darlene"
- Jann Arden - "These Are the Days"
- Shawn Mendes - "Shawn Mendes"
- The Weeknd - "My Dear Melancholy"
- Three Days Grace - "Outsider"
Single of the Year:
- "Growing Pains" - Alessia Cara
- "Not a Love Song" - bulow
- "Body" - Loud Luxury
- "In My Blood" - Shawn Mendes
- "Pray for Me" - The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar
Songwriter of the Year:
- Afie Jurbanen
- Donovan Woods
- Frank Dukes
- Jessie Reyez
- Shawn Mendes
Group of the Year:
- Arkells
- Chromeo
- Metric
- The Sheepdogs
- Three Days Grace
Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
- bulow
- Grandson
- Johnny Orlando
- Killy
- Meghan Patrick
Breakthrough Group of the Year:
- 88Glam
- Dizzy
- Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
- Loud Luxury
- The Washboard Union
International Album of the Year:
- Camila Cabello - "Camila"
- Cardi B - "Invasion of Privacy"
- Maroon 5 - "Red Pill Blues"
- Post Malone - "Beerbongs & Bentleys"
- Travis Scott (II) - "Astroworld"
Pop Album of the Year
- bulow - "Damaged"
- Chromeo - "Head Over Heels"
- Hubert Lenoir - "Darlene"
- Shawn Mendes - "Shawn Mendes"
- Tyler Shaw - "Intuition"
Juno Fan Choice Award:
- Alessia Cara
- Avril Lavigne
- bulow
- Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
- Killy
- Loud Luxury
- Nav
- Shawn Mendes
- The Weeknd
- Tory Lanez
