Juno Awards of 1984


The Juno Awards of 1984, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 5 December 1984 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Joe Flaherty and Andrea Martin of SCTV at Exhibition Place Automotive Building. The ceremonies were broadcast on CBC Television from 8pm Eastern Time.
1984 was a pioneering year for music video in Canada as MuchMusic began broadcasting in September, and a new Juno award for "Best Video" was presented for the first time.
As it had been 20 months since the last Juno show, a number of new artist nominees debuted this year including Corey Hart, Honeymoon Suite, Platinum Blonde, The Parachute Club and Zappacosta.
The Juno Award itself was revised from 18-inches high to a 15-inch statuette, retaining the metronome shape.

Awards ceremony

In October 1983, Juno organizers CARAS decided to move the awards date later in the year, tentatively to 3 December 1984 at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Ontario. A stated reason for this move was to promote Canadian artists during the Christmas shopping season. CARAS also wanted to assume more control over the awards broadcast from the CBC. Eventually, it was determined that the CBC would continue to televise the Junos, but for 1984 would work with major music promoter Concert Productions International on the broadcast.
In August 1984, it was confirmed that the awards would take place at Exhibition Place two days later than planned. At the same time, a preliminary selection of "semi-finalist" artists and albums was also announced. The final set of nominations were determined in late October.
British-Canadian musician Bryan Adams was the heavy favorite of the evening with nominations in five categories of which he would take home four awards including "Male Vocalist of the Year" and "Album of the Year" for the hit Cuts Like a Knife album which had sold more than 3 million copies in the U.S. and over 300,000 copies in Canada. When Adams and his co-writing partner Jim Vallance won the "Composer of the Year" award, Adams excitedly accepted it on behalf of the absent Vallance: "This is the one I really wanted to win. Jim and I have been writing for six years together. Jimmy we did it! Right on!"
Performances during the show included the three "Canadian Music Hall of Fame" inductees: The Crew-Cuts, The Four Lads and The Diamonds, and also Jane Siberry.
The ratings for the television broadcast were far down from the previous year with an estimated 1,443,000 viewers.

Nominees and winners

This was the last year that the "Comedy Album of the Year" was awarded.
Bryan Adams was nominated twice in the same category for "Composer of the Year" award for two different songs both from the Cuts Like a Knife album.
The Good Brothers were given their final "Country Group of the Year" award after a record eight years in a row, while Loverboy claimed the "Group of the Year" award for the third year in a row, as did Liona Boyd for the "Instrumental Artist of the Year" award.
Director Rob Quartly received four of the five nominations for the nascent "Best Video" award category, and also took the win for the "Sunglasses at Night" music video.

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

Winner: Carole Pope
Other nominees:

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

Winner: Bryan Adams
Other nominees:

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for New Artist of the Year">Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Sherry Kean
Other nominees:

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for New Artist of the Year">Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Zappacosta
Other nominees:

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

Winner: Loverboy
Other nominees:

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

Winner: The Parachute Club
Other nominees:

Composer of the Year">Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year">Composer of the Year

Winner: Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, "Cuts Like a Knife" by Bryan Adams
Other nominees:

Country Female Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year">Country Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Anne Murray
Other nominees:

Country Male Vocalist of the Year">Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year">Country Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Murray McLauchlan
Other nominees:

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
Other nominees:

[Juno Award for [Instrumental Album of the Year|Instrumental Artist of the Year]]

Winner: Liona Boyd
Other nominees:

[Jack Richardson [Producer of the Year Award|Producer of the Year]]

Winner: Bryan Adams, Cuts Like a Knife by Bryan Adams
Other nominees:

[Juno Award for [Recording Engineer of the Year|Recording Engineer of the Year]]

Winner: John Naslen, Stealing Fire by Bruce Cockburn
Other nominees:

[Canadian Music Hall of Fame]

Winner: The Crewcuts, The Diamonds, The Four Lads

[Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award]

Winner: J. Lyman Potts

Nominated and winning albums

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

Winner: Cuts Like a Knife, Bryan Adams
Other nominees:Grace Under Pressure, RushHammer on a Drum, Payola$Keep It Up, LoverboyNeruda, Red Rider

Best Album Graphics">Juno Award for CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year">Best Album Graphics

Winner: Dean Motter, Jeff Jackson and Deborah Samuel, Seamless by The Nylons
Other nominees:

[Juno Award for [Children's Album of the Year|Best Children's Album]]

Winner: Rugrat Rock, The Rugrats
Other nominees:I Can Do Anything, Sphere Clown BandMusic Builders, Music BuildersReflections on Crooked Walking, Ann MortifeeSpecial Delivery, Fred Penner

Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble|Best Classical Album of the Year]]

Winner: Brahms: Ballades Op. 10, Rhapsodies Op. 79, Glenn Gould
Other nominees:Andrew Davis Plays the Organ at Roy Thomson Hall, Andrew DavisBrass in Berlin, Canadian BrassSibelius: Symphony #2, Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Andrew DavisViola Nouveau, Rivka Golani-Erdesz

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

Winner: Synchronicity, The Police
Other nominees:Can't Slow Down, Lionel RichieColour by Numbers, Culture ClubEliminator, ZZ TopLet's Dance, David Bowie

Best Jazz Album">Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year">Best Jazz Album

Winner: All in Good Time, Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
Other nominees:A New Look, Doug Hamilton and The Brass ConnectionBye Bye Baby, Ed BickertIndian Summer, Fraser MacPhersonThe Lion's Eyes, Steve Holt

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

Winner: Strange Brew, Bob & Doug McKenzie
Other nominees:Air Farce Live, Royal Canadian Air FarceGo to Hell, Maclean and MacleanLaugh to Your Heart's Delight, Al Clouston

Nominated and winning releases

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

Winner: "Rise Up", The Parachute Club
Other nominees:

[Juno Award for [Best Selling Single|International Single of the Year]]

Winner: "Billie Jean", Michael Jackson
Other nominees:

Best Video">Juno Award for Video of the Year">Best Video

Winner: Rob Quartly, "Sunglasses at Night" by Corey Hart
Other nominees: