Juno Awards of 1980


The Juno Awards of 1980, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 2 April 1980 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Burton Cummings at the Harbour Castle Hilton.
CBC Television broadcast the ceremonies throughout Canada from 9pm Eastern Time, and the show was seen by an estimated 1,500,000 viewers.
The show included a number of lip synced performances from Rough Trade with their controversial song "High School Confidential", France Joli singing her Disco hit "Come to Me", Burton Cummings singing his hit "Fine State of Affairs", Max Webster with their "Paradise Skies" and pianist Frank Mills playing "Peter Piper". The only live performance of the night was two songs in a row from Gordon Lightfoot, "On the High Seas" and "If You Need Me", which were quickly added to fill up air time when Paul Anka was unexpectedly absent to receive his "Canadian Music Hall of Fame" award.
The biggest winner of the night was Anne Murray with four awards including the Album and Single of the Year awards. Murray was once again absent from the award show, this time due to the recent death of her father.
The band Trooper received an unusual nomination for two of their songs in the same category for "Composer of the Year", although technically the songs were from two different albums both charting at the time.
The last award of the show was "Male Vocalist of the Year" presented by ambassador Ken Taylor to the winner Burton Cummings.

Nominees and winners

Female Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for Artist of the Year">Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Anne Murray
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Male Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for Artist of the Year">Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Burton Cummings
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Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for New Artist of the Year">Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: France Joli
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Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for New Artist of the Year">Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Walter Rossi
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Group of the Year">Juno Award for Group of the Year">Group of the Year

Winner: Trooper
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Most Promising Group of the Year">Juno Award for New Group of the Year">Most Promising Group of the Year

Winner: Streetheart
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Composer of the Year">Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year">Composer of the Year

Winner: Frank Mills, "Peter Piper" by Frank Mills
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Country Female Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year">Country Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Anne Murray
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Country Male Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year">Country Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Murray McLauchlan
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Country Group or Duo of the Year">Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year">Country Group or Duo of the Year

Winner: The Good Brothers
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[Juno Award for [Folk Artist of the Year|Folk Artist of the Year]]

Winner: Bruce Cockburn
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[Juno Award for [Instrumental Album of the Year|Instrumental Artist of the Year]]

Winner: Frank Mills
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Producer of the Year">Jack Richardson Producer of the Year">Producer of the Year

Winner: Bruce Fairbairn, Armageddon by Prism
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[Juno Award for [Recording Engineer of the Year|Recording Engineer of the Year]]

Winner: David Greene, Concerto for Contemporary Violin by Paul Hoffert
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[Canadian Music Hall of Fame]

Winner: Paul Anka

Nominated and winning albums

Album of the Year">Juno Award for Album of the Year">Album of the Year

Winner: Anne Murray, New Kind of Feeling
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Best Album Graphics">Juno Award for CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year">Best Album Graphics

Winner: Rodney Bowes, Cigarettes by The Wives
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[Juno Award for [Children's Album of the Year|Best Children's Album]]

Winner: Sharon, Lois & Bram, Smorgasbord
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[Juno Award for Classical [Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble|Best Classical Album of the Year]]

Winner: The Crown of Ariadne, Judy Loman, R. Murray Schafer
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Best Selling International Album">Juno Award for International Album of the Year">Best Selling International Album

Winner: Breakfast in America, Supertramp
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Best Jazz Album">Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year">Best Jazz Album

Winner: Sackville 4005, Ed Bickert, Don Thompson
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Comedy Album of the Year">Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year">Comedy Album of the Year

Winner: A Christmas Carol, Rich Little
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Nominated and winning releases

Single of the Year">Juno Award for Single of the Year">Single of the Year

Winner: "I Just Fall in Love Again", Anne Murray
Other nominees:

[Juno Award for [Best Selling Single|Best Selling International Single]]

Winner: "Heart of Glass", Blondie
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