Juno Awards of 1992

The Juno Awards of 1992, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 29 March 1992 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television from 9 pm Eastern.

Juno Awards of 1992
Date29 March 1992
VenueO'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted byRick Moranis
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC

Nominations were announced 12 February 1992. Bryan Adams was nominated in 7 categories to set a Juno record, while Tom Cochrane received nominations in 6.

Adams sparked controversy in the Canadian music industry several months earlier when he openly criticised Canadian content regulations when his album project, Waking Up the Neighbours, was disqualified as Canadian for radio airplay purposes. That album was created largely with the help of non-Canadian producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, therefore the songs fell below the legal Canadian content threshold. However, Adams qualified for the 1992 Juno nominations as an individual Canadian citizen. The 1992 Juno Awards thus became viewed as a showdown between Adams and Tom Cochrane, as the latter met Canadian content requirements.

When all the 1992 Juno Awards were presented, Tom Cochrane was the major winner with 4 Junos, compared to 3 for Adams. 1992's awards also featured an unprecedented three-way tie for winners in the Best Jazz Album category.

Nominees and winners

Canadian Entertainer of the Year

Determined by public ballot.

Winner: Bryan Adams

Other Nominees:

Best Female Vocalist

Winner: Celine Dion

Other Nominees:

Best Male Vocalist

Winner: Tom Cochrane

Other Nominees:

Most Promising Female Vocalist

Winner: Alanis

Other Nominees:

Note: Julie Masse was originally nominated here but was disqualified prior to the awards because her album was deemed to have been released 21 August 1990. Juno rules had set 1 September 1990 as the earliest date for which an album could qualify for the 1992 awards. Masse's nomination for this category was replaced by Meryn Cadell.[1]

Most Promising Male Vocalist

Winner: Keven Jordan

Other Nominees:

Group of the Year

Winner: Crash Test Dummies

Other Nominees:

Most Promising Group

Winner: Infidels

Other Nominees:

Songwriter of the Year

Winner: Tom Cochrane

Other Nominees:

Best Country Female Vocalist

Winner: Cassandra Vasik

Other Nominees:

Best Country Male Vocalist

Winner: George Fox

Other Nominees:

Best Country Group or Duo

Winner: Prairie Oyster

Other Nominees:

International Achievement Award

Best Instrumental Artist

Winner: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

Other Nominees:

Foreign Entertainer of the Year

Winner: Garth Brooks

Other Nominees:

Best Producer

Winner: Bryan Adams (with Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" and "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"

Other Nominees:

Best Recording Engineer

Winner: Mike Fraser, "Thunderstruck" and "Money Talks" by AC/DC

Other Nominees:

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winner: Ian and Sylvia Tyson

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: (posthumous) Harold Moon

Nominated and winning albums

Best Album

Winner: Mad Mad World, Tom Cochrane

Other Nominees:

Best Children's Album

Winner: Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, Classical Kids, producer Susan Hammond

Other Nominees:

  • Children of the Morning, Jack Grunsky
  • Happy Feet, Fred Penner
  • Rendezvous Soleil, Claire de Lune
  • Swing on a Star, Claire de Lune

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)

Winner: Liszt: Années De Pelerinage, Louis Lortie piano

Other Nominees:

  • Ravel: Music for Four Hands, Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier
  • Maurice Ravel: Piano Works Vol. 1, André Laplante
  • Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantatas, Nancy Argenta
  • Smetana: Complete Czech Dances, Antonin Kubelek

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner: Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit

Other Nominees:

Best Album Design

Winner: Hugh Syme, Roll The Bones by Rush

Other Nominees:

Best Selling Album by a Foreign Artist

Winner: To The Extreme, Vanilla Ice

Other Nominees:

Best Jazz Album

Winners (3-way tie):

Other Nominees:

  • Climbing, Barry Elmes
  • Gliding, Stan Samole

Best Selling Francophone Album

Winner: Sauvez mon âme, Luc de Larochellière

Other Nominees:

Note: Julie Masse was originally nominated here but was disqualified prior to the awards because her album was deemed to have been released 21 August 1990. Juno rules had set 1 September 1990 as the earliest date for which an album could qualify for the 1992 awards. Masse's nomination for this category was replaced by Kathleen.[1]

Hard Rock Album of the Year

Winner: Roll the Bones, Rush

Other Nominees:

Best Roots & Traditional Album

Winners (tie):

Other Nominees:

Nominated and winning releases

Single of the Year

Winner: "Life Is a Highway", Tom Cochrane

Other Nominees:

Best Classical Composition

Winner: Concerto For Piano & Chamber Orchestra, Michael Conway Baker

Other Nominees:

  • Dream Rainbow Dream Thunder, R. Murray Schafer
  • Improvisation on a Blue Theme, John Thrower
  • Memorial to Martin Luther King, Oskar Morawitz
  • Virelai, Patrick Cardy

Best Selling Single by a Foreign Artist

Winner: "More Than Words", Extreme

Other Nominees:

Best R&B/Soul Recording

Winner: Call My Name, Love & Sas

Other Nominees:

Rap Recording of the Year

Winner: My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style, Dream Warriors

Other Nominees:

Best World Beat Recording

Winner: The Gathering, various artists

Other Nominees:

Best Dance Recording

Winner: "Everyone's a Winner" (Chocolate Movement mix), Bootsauce

Other Nominees:

  • "Good Together" (Wicked mix), Candi & The Backbeat
  • "I Don't Need Yo Kiss" (The 12 Inch mix), Love & Sas
  • "I'll Respect You" (club mix), Debbie Johnson
  • "Too Hot" (Hott Shot mix), Alanis

Best Video

Winner: Phil Kates, "Into The Fire" by Sarah McLachlan

Other Nominees:

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References
  1. Canadian Press (18 February 1992). "Vocalist's album ruled ineligible for Juno award due to technicality". Calgary Herald. p. F5.
  • Taylor, Kate (13 February 1992). "Adams collects 7 Juno nominations (Rocker sets record for individual artist)". The Globe and Mail. pp. C1, C3.
  • Dafoe, Chris (23 March 1992). "Lang long on torch, short on twang (multi-topic article)". The Globe and Mail. pp. C1.
  • Dafoe, Chris (30 March 1992). "Adams philosophical about Juno losses (Cochrane walks off with four awards)". The Globe and Mail. pp. A1.
  • Taylor, Kate (30 March 1992). "Cochrane wins shootout at Juno corral (Public votes for Adams as entertainer of the year, but music industry snubs Vancouver star)". The Globe and Mail. pp. C1.
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