Juno Awards of 2025
| Juno Awards of 2025 | |
|---|---|
 The Juno Awards Logo | |
| Date | March 30, 2025 |
| Location | Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Hosted by | Michael Bublé |
| Website | junoawards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBC CBC Gem |
The Juno Awards of 2025 will be held on March 30, 2025, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, to honour achievements in Canadian music in 2024.[1] The ceremony will be hosted by Michael Bublé.
Category changes
[edit]The lead-up to the 2025 awards was marked by controversy in 2024 when media began to report that the Juno committee were planning to discontinue several categories, including Reggae Recording of the Year, Children's Album of the Year, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year and International Album of the Year.[2] The proposal was heavily criticized, on the grounds that as lower-profile genres their attention from the Juno Awards was an essential component of their viability, with reggae musicians in particular also noting that the elimination of a category for a predominantly Black genre of music rang "alarms of racism".[3]
The award committee backtracked on the decision eight days after it was first reported.[4] They ultimately retained all of the genre categories, pulling only the International Album of the Year category, while also adding new categories for South Asian music and non-performing songwriters.[5]
Performances
[edit]Rock band Sum 41 will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, with their induction performance at the Juno Awards ceremony currently slated to be their last-ever live performance following the conclusion of their farewell tour in January.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Stuart Derdeyn, "The 2025 Juno Awards aim to make Vancouver home for a provincewide party". Vancouver Sun, November 25, 2024.
- ^ "JUNO Awards Putting Reggae Recording of the Year Honours on "Hiatus" in 2025: Report". Exclaim!, September 9, 2024.
- ^ David Friend, "Decision to pull reggae, gospel awards from 2025 Junos sees concerns raised about inclusivity". Global News, September 11, 2024.
- ^ Richie Assaly, "Juno Awards reverse controversial decision to pull reggae and gospel categories from 2025 ceremony". Toronto Star, September 17, 2024.
- ^ Joseph Pugh, "Junos add 2 new awards, drop international album category ahead of 2025 show". CBC News, September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Sum 41 to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame". CBC Music, November 22, 2024.