The Juno Awards. Canada's big music night and it's like our Grammys here. Don't hate me because I will be opinionated tonight. Already there is not enough Urban music categories then the stage as compared to where the audience sat look tacky! It was like in a gym for God's sake. There was a black wall like barrier separating the VIP's from the stage and it looked like a piano from the other side. What's this? The host made dumb Asian jokes and was obsessed about Avril lavigne throughout the show.
The single of the year was won by Leslie Feist who sat beside her mom and wrote all her thanks on her arm and was chased off stage by the cut-off music. She eventually won 5 awards. I already see Jay-Z working with her. Remember he said that on the Grammy red carpet? Leslie Feist swept the Junos, Canada's music awards, walking away with five trophies during the weekend.
Feist, who records by her last name, earned Junos for best artist and songwriter Saturday during a nontelevised industry awards show in Calgary. The following night, she grabbed three more trophies for single ("1234") and album and pop album ("The Reminder") during a nationwide telecast on the CTV network. Feist, who garnered four nominations at the most recent Grammys, beat out Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Michael Buble and newcomer Pascale Picard for the artist of the year Juno.
Rock band Blue Rodeo earned the group award to add to the top adult alternative album and video trophies it picked up Saturday. The best international album, based on retail record sales in Canada, went to Rihanna for "Girl Gone Bad."
Jully Black won best R&B recording for her hit song "Seven day fool." She performed that song so hard she did not want to even stop. That was the last performance of the night. The dull highlight of the night was all the non televised awards like Best Rap Recording which went to Rapper Belly and the absence of more urban music awards. Enjoy the screen shots cos I couldn't even find any pictures on the wires. It was like nobody even cared in the mainstream media! See the next post to see why I said that!
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