Charlotte Cardin, Daniel Caesar, Talk lead 2024 Juno nominees
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In an almost exact repeat of her showing in 2022, Montreal artist Charlotte Cardin leads the 2024 Juno nominations with six, with nods for artist, album, pop album, songwriter and single of the year, along with TikTok's fan choice award, the show's organizers announced on Tuesday.
Cardin, who both hosted the event and won in four of those categories two years ago, was among a crop of somewhat newer artists following the 2023 ceremony, which seemed preoccupied with nostalgia.
Just behind Cardin, Toronto's Daniel Caesar has five Juno nominations this year: fan choice, as well as single, album, artist and contemporary R&B recording of the year. He now has more total Juno nominations than he does Grammy noms for the first time since 2018.
Right alongside Caesar is Ottawa's Talk, real name Nick Durocher, who also pulled in five nominations: album, alternative album, single, breakthrough artist and songwriter of the year.
Durocher's career success is even more recent than Caesar's. After spending the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic out of work and living in his parents' basement, he wrote and released the song Run Away to Mars in 2022.
The TikTok virality of that track catapulted Durocher to talk show appearances and wider fame. His debut album Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees, on which Run Away to Mars appears, was released in 2023.
Juno organizers also announced on Tuesday that the awards, which will be held in Halifax, would include performances by Josh Ross, Karan Aujila and Talk. Cardin had already been announced as a performer.
Multi-platinum Canadian singer Nelly Furtado will host and perform, while also being up for dance recording of the year.
Furtado last hosted in 2007, when she took home all five trophies for which she was nominated.
"This is my favourite music event, the Junos," Furtado, who received her first Juno nomination in 2001, told CBC News at an interview on Tuesday. "It feels like home. The first time I was at the Junos it was my first award show ever, and it was, like, true Cinderella vibes."
But while classic names like Furtado, Nickelback and Arkells are once again up for awards, musicians with a bit less gold on their shelves made up the bulk of the nominee list.
Nominees in key categories:
TikTok Juno fan choice: Charlotte Cardin, Daniel Caesar, DVBBS, Josh Ross, Karan Aujla, Shubh, Tate McRae, the Weeknd, ThxSoMch, Walk off the Earth.
Artist of the year: Charlotte Cardin, Daniel Caesar, Lauren Spencer Smith, Shania Twain, Tate McRae.
