NICKELBACK LEADS CANADA'S JUNO NOMINATIONS

Last updated: Wednesday, February 4, 2009

NICKELBACK LEADS CANADA'S JUNO NOMINATIONS

NICKELBACK will lead the way at the 2009 Juno Awards after scoring five nominations at Canada's top music prizegiving.

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The Rock Star hitmakers will be the group to beat as they compete for the Juno Fan Choice, Single Of The Year (Gotta Be Somebody), Album Of The Year (Dark Horse), Group Of The Year and Jack Richardson Producer of the Year honours.

Celine Dion landed three nominations, and will take Michael Buble and Nickelback to task in the best song category with her track Taking Chances.

Montreal singer Sam Roberts nabbed four Juno nominations, while Vancouver band Hedley will be hoping to take home three gongs.

The Juno Awards will be held in Vancouver on 29 March (09), with feted rockers Nickelback, singer Sarah McLachlan and pop punk outfit Simple Plan all slated to perform at the ceremony.

The main nominations are as follows:

Album Of The Year:

Famous Last Words - Hedley

Dark Horse - Nickelback

Simple Plan - Simple Plan

70s Volume 2 - Sylvain Cossette

Lost In The 80s - The Lost Fingers

Group Of The Year:

Great Big Sea

Nickelback

Simple Plan

The Trews

Tokyo Police Club

Artist Of The Year:

Bryan Adams

City and Colour

k.d. lang

Sam Roberts

Serena Ryder

Juno Fan Choice Award:

Celine Dion

Feist Arts & Crafts

Hedley

Nickelback

The Lost Fingers Tandem

Single Of The Year:

Taking Chances - Celine Dion

Lay It On The Line - Divine Brown

Dangerous - Kardinal Offishall

Lost - Michael Buble

Gotta Be Somebody - Nickelback

International Album Of The Year:

Black Ice - AC/DC

Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Chinese Democracy - Guns N' Roses

Sleep Through The Static - Jack Johnson

Death Magnetic - Metallica

Source: WENN

| Wednesday, February 4, 2009

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