Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year
The Juno Award for "Recording Engineer of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best recording engineer in Canada.[citation needed]
Winners[edit]
Recording Engineer of the Year (1976 - 1998)[edit]
- 1976 - Michel Ethier, Dompierre (album)|Dompierre by François Dompierre
- 1977 - Paul Pagé, Are You Ready For Love by Patsy Gallant
- 1978 - (tie) Terry Brown, Hope by Klaatu AND David Greene, Big Band Jazz by The Boss Brass
- 1979 - Ken Friesen, Let's Keep It That Way by Anne Murray
- 1980 - David Greene, Concerto for Contemporary Violin by Paul Hoffert
- 1981 - Mike Jones, "Factory"" and "We're OK" by Instructions
- 1982 - (tie) Gary Gray, "Attitude" & "For Those Who Think Young"" by Rough Trade AND Keith Stein / Bob Rock, "When It's Over" & "It's Your Life" by Loverboy
- 1983 - Bob Rock, No Stranger To Danger by Payolas
- 1984 - John Naslen, Stealing Fire by Bruce Cockburn
- 1985 - Hayward Parrott, Underworld by The Front
- 1986 - Joe Vannelli / Gino Vannelli, Black Cars
- 1987 - Gino Vannelli / Joe Vannelli, "Wild Horses" & "Young Lover"
- 1989 - Mike Fraser, "Calling America" & "Different Drummer" by Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
- 1990 - Kevin Doyle, Alannah Myles
- 1991 - Gino Vannelli / Joe Vannelli, "The Time of Day" & "Sunset On LA"
- 1992 - Mike Fraser, "Thunderstruck" & "Moneytalks" by AC/DC
- 1993 - Jeff Wolpert / John Whynot, "The Lady of Shallott" by Loreena McKennitt
- 1994 - Kevin Doyle, "Old Cape Cod" & "Cry Me a River" by Anne Murray
- 1995 - Lenny DeRose, "Lay My Body Down" & "Charms" by The Philosopher Kings
- 1996 - Chad Irschick, "O Siem" by Susan Aglukark
- 1997 - Paul Northfield, "Another Sunday" by I Mother Earth, "Leave It Alone" by Moist
- 1998 - Michael Phillip Wojewoda, "Armstrong and the Guys" & "Our Ambassador" by Spirit of the West
Best Recording Engineer (1999 - 2002)[edit]
- 1999 - Kevin Doyle, "Stanstill" by various artists and "Soul On Soul" by Amy Sky
- 2000 - Paul Northfield / Jagori Tanna, "Summertime in the Void" & "When Did You Get Back From Mars?" by I Mother Earth
- 2001 - Jeff Wolpert, "Make It Go Away" & "Romantically Helpless" by Holly Cole
- 2002 - Randy Staub, "How You Remind Me" & "Too Bad" by Nickelback
Recording Engineer of the Year (2003 - present)[edit]
- 2003 - Denis Tougas, "Double Agent" & "Everybody's Got A Story" by Amanda Marshall
- 2004 - Mike Haas / Dylan Heming / Jeff Wolpert, "Heat Wave" and "Something Cool" by Holly Cole
- 2005 - L. Stu Young, "What Do U Want Me 2 Do?" and "If Eye Was the Man in Ur Life" by Prince
- 2006 - Vic Florencia, "Everyday Is a Holiday" and "Melancholy Melody" by Esthero
- 2007 - John "Beetle" Bailey, "Rain" by Molly Johnson and "Sisters of Mercy" by Serena Ryder
- 2008 - Kevin Churko, Black Rain by Ozzy Osbourne
- 2009 - Kevin Churko, "Disappearing" and "The Big Bang" (Simon Collins, U-Catastrophe)
- 2010 - Dan Brodbeck, "Apple Of My Eye" and "Be Careful" (Dolores O’Riordan, No Baggage)
- 2011 - Kevin Churko, "Let It Die", "Life Won’t Wait" (Ozzy Osbourne, Scream)
- 2012 - George Seara, "A Little Bit of Love", Michael Kaeshammer and "Let Go", Laila Biali
- 2013 - Kevin Churko / (co-engineer Kane Churko), "Blood" from Blood by In This Moment; "Coming Down" from American Capitalist by Five Finger Death Punch
- 2014 - Eric Ratz, "Sweet Mountain River" and "The Lion" from Furiosity by Monster Truck
- 2015 - Eric Ratz, "Ghosts" from Ghosts by Big Wreck and "Satellite Hotel" from Black Buffalo by One Bad Son
- 2016 - Shawn Everett, "Don't Wanna Fight", "Gimme All Your Love" from Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes
- 2017 - Jason Dufour, "Push + Pull", "Beck + Call" from Touch by July Talk
- 2018 - Riley Bell, "Get You" by Daniel Caesar feat. Kali Uchis, "We Find Love" by Daniel Caesar
- 2019 - Shawn Everett, "Slow Burn", "Space Cowboy" (Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour)
- 2020 - John "Beetle" Bailey - "Dividido" (Alex Cuba feat. Silvana Estrada), "Shotgun" (Monkey House)
- 2021 - Serban Ghenea - "Blinding Lights" (The Weeknd); "Positions" (Ariana Grande)[1]
- 2022 - Hill Kourkoutis — "Howler" (SATE), "The Drought" (Tania Joy)
- 2023 - Serban Ghenea — "That's What I Want" (Lil Nas X), "Unholy" (Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras)[2]
- 2024 - Shawn Everett — "Used to Be Young" (Miley Cyrus), "What Now" (Brittany Howard)[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
- ^ Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.
