The Juno Awards of 1989, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 12 March 1989 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. André-Philippe Gagnon was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.

Blue Rodeo won in three of its five nominations: Best Group, Best Single and Best Video. k.d. lang and Robbie Robertson were also notable winners in 1989.

The previous Juno Awards ceremonies were conducted on 2 November 1987. There was no awards event in 1988 due to a decision to restore the Juno scheduling to the earlier portion of each year. The awards had been conducted early each year from its 1970 inception until 1984.

Nominees and winners

Canadian Entertainer of the Year

(This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.)

Winner: Glass Tiger

Other Nominees:

• Bryan Adams
• Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
• Blue Rodeo
• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
• Bruce Cockburn
• Leonard Cohen
• Colin James
• k.d. lang
• Robbie Robertson

Best Female Vocalist

Winner: Céline Dion

Other Nominees:

• Johanne Blouin
• k.d. lang
• Rita MacNeil
• Anne Murray

Best Male Vocalist

Winner: Robbie Robertson

Other Nominees:

• Bruce Cockburn
• Leonard Cohen
• David Wilcox
• Neil Young

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Sass Jordan

Other Nominees:

• Candi
• Patti Jannetta
• Lisa Lougheed
• Michelle Wright

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Colin James

Other Nominees:

• Art Bergmann
• Michael Breen
• Andrew Cash
• Jeff Healey

Best Group

Winner: Blue Rodeo

Other Nominees:

• Glass Tiger
• Honeymoon Suite
• Rush
• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider

Most Promising Group of the Year

Winner: Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts

Other Nominees:

• 54-40
• The Jitters
• The Northern Pikes
• The Pursuit of Happiness

Composer of the Year

Winner: Tom Cochrane

Other Nominees:

• Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor
• David Foster
• Rita MacNeil
• Jim Vallance

Country Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: k.d. lang

Other Nominees:

• Carroll Baker
• Sherry Kean
• Anne Murray
• Michelle Wright

Country Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Murray McLauchlan

Other Nominees:

• George Fox
• Matt Minglewood
• Patrick Norman
• Ian Tyson

Instrumental Artist of the Year

Winner: David Foster

Other Nominees:

• Canadian Brass
• Manteca
• Frank Mills
• Zamfir

International Entertainer of the Year

Winner: U2

Other Nominees:

• Crowded House
• INXS
• Michael Jackson
• George Michael

Producer of the Year

Winner: Daniel Lanois and Robbie Robertson, "Showdown at Big Sky" & "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" from Robbie Robertson by Robbie Robertson

Other Nominees:

• Bruce Fairbairn, "The Movie" from Permanent Vacation by Aerosmith & "Stick to Your Guns" from New Jersey by Bon Jovi
• David Foster, "Winter Games" from The Symphony Sessions by David Foster
• Jonathan Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford, "Purple Haze" & "Sempre Nel Mio Cuore" from Shaking the Pumpkin by Hugh Marsh
• Jim Vallance, "Diamond Sun" from Diamond Sun by Glass Tiger

Recording Engineer of the Year

Winner: Mike Fraser, "Calling America" & "Different Drummer" from Victory Day by Tom Cochrane&Red Rider

Other Nominees:

• Pat Glover, "Paradiso" by Skywalk
• Noel Golden and Ed Stone, "Never Say Never" from Surveillance by Triumph & "Dance Desire" from Don't Just Stand There by Haywire
• Paul Northfield, "Diamond Sun" & "I'm Still Searching" from Diamond Sun by Glass Tiger
• Bob Rock, "Bad Medicine" from New Jersey by Bon Jovi

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winner: The Band

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: Sam Sniderman

Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner: Pierre Juneau

Nominated and winning albums

Album of the Year

Winner: Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson

Other Nominees:

• Diamond Sun - Glass Tiger
• Outskirts - Blue Rodeo
• Racing After Midnight - Honeymoon Suite
• Reason to Believe - Rita MacNeil

Best Children's Album

Winner (tied): Fred Penner's Place - Fred Penner and Lullaby Berceuse - Connie Kaldor and Carmen Campagne

Other Nominees:

• Diamond and Dragons - Charlotte Diamond
• Qu'il y ait toujours le soleil - Charlotte Diamond
• Mr Bach Comes to Call - Susan Hammond
• Le loup de nord - Matt Maxwell
• The Orchestra - Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra

Best Classical Album: Solo or Chamber Ensemble

Winner: Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata - Ofra Harnoy

Other Nominees:

• Beethoven: Music for Cello and Piano - Desmond Hoebig and Andrew Tunis
• Chopin: Piano Works - Jon Kimura Parker
• Masters of the German Baroque - Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists
• Mozart: Piano Pieces - Jane Coop
• Wagner, Francaix, Dvorak - Canadian Chamber Ensemble and Raffi Armenian

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor

Other Nominees:

• Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Rob Roy and Corsaire Overtures - Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor
• Fauro: Requiem - Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor
• Handel: Messiah - Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis conductor
• Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bare Mountain - Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor

Best Album Graphics

Winner: Hugh Syme, Levity by Ian Thomas

Other Nominees:

• Taras Chornowol, Beyond Benghazi by Paul Cram Orchestra
• J. Don Blair, Celebration by various artists
• Thomas Balint, Vertigo Tango by The Spoons
• James O'Mara, Walking Through Walls by Body Electric

International Album of the Yearedit

Winner: Dirty Dancing soundtrack - various artists

Other Nominees:

• Bad - Michael Jackson
• Cocktail - Various Artists
• Faith - George Michael
• Hysteria - Def Leppard

Best Jazz Albumedit

Winner: Looking Up - The Hugh Fraser Quintet

Other Nominees:

• Beyond Benghazi - Paul Cram Orchestra
• Contredanse - Karen Young and Michael Donato
• In Dew Time - Jane Bunnett
• Jean Beaudet Quartet - Jean Beaudet Quartet

Best Roots & Traditional Albumedit

Winner: The Return of the Formerly Brothers - Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm and Gene Taylor

Other Nominees:

• Bop 'Til I Drop - Downchild Blues Band
• King Biscuit Boy aka Richard Newell - King Biscuit Boy
• Labour Day - Spirit of the West
• Swinging on a Star - Murray McLauchlan

Nominated and winning releasesedit

Single of the Yearedit

Winner: "Try" - Blue Rodeo

Other Nominees:

• "Diamond Sun" - Glass Tiger
• "When a Man Loves a Woman" - Luba
• "Pop Goes the World" - Men Without Hats
• "Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" - Sway

Best Classical Compositionedit

Winner: Songs of Paradise - Alexina Louie

• Concerto for Harpsichord and Eight Wind Instruments - R. Murray Schafer
• River of Fire - Brian Cherney
• Siddartha - Claude Vivier
• Symphonie No 3 - Jacques Hétu

International Single of the Yearedit

Winner: "Pump Up the Volume" - MARRS

Other Nominees:

• "Faith" - George Michael
• "A Groovy Kind of Love" - Phil Collins
• "I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany
• "The Locomotion" - Kylie Minogue

Best R&B/Soul Recording of the Yearedit

Winner: Angel - Erroll Starr

Other Nominees:

• Crying For Love - Lorraine Scott
• Dancing Under a Latin Moon - Candi
• Private Property - Liberty Silver
• Secret Love - Debbie Johnson and Demo Cates

Best Reggae/Calypso Recordingedit

Winner: Conditions Critical - Lillian Allen

Other Nominees:

• Give Peace a Chance - Errol Blackwood
• I Like Calypso - Elsworth James
• Shadrock - Chester Miller
• War on Drugs - Devon Haughton

Best Videoedit

Winner: Michael Buckley, "Try" - Blue Rodeo

Other Nominees:

• Ron Berti, "Wait for Me" - The Northern Pikes
• James O'Mara and Kate Ryan, "Our Little Secret" - Art Bergmann
• Donald Robertson, "Ingrid and the Footman" - Jane Siberry
• Jean-Marc Pisapia, "Ordinary People" - The Box

Referencesedit

• Bastien, Mark (2 February 1989). "Blue Rodeo tops Juno list". The Globe and Mail. pp. C5.
• Dafoe, Chris (13 March 1989). "Robertson, Blue Rodeo and a tearful k.d. lang top list of Juno winners". The Globe and Mail. pp. D7.

External linksedit

• Juno Awards site