Charlotte Cardin arrives on the Gala Adisq awards ceremony in Montreal, Sunday, October 27, 2019.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
TORONTO --
Charlotte Cardin stated she could be popping the champagne in France to rejoice her shock main six nominations at this yr's Juno Awards.
The Montreal pop singer raced forward of a few of Canada's largest superstars, together with five-time nominees Justin Bieber and the Weeknd, to grow to be the breakout contender at this yr's upcoming celebration of homegrown music set for Might.
Cardin is up for a number of key classes together with artist of the yr and album of the yr for her full-length debut "Phoenix." Her observe "Meaningless" is nominated for single of the yr.
"I am getting messages from my complete household — everyone seems to be freaking out," the 27-year-old stated Tuesday over a video name from Paris the place she lives part-time.
"I waited all day to listen to what the nominations had been. I purchased champagne. And I'll drink it after this."
Rounding out Cardin's different nods are ones for pop album of yr, music video of the yr and TikTok Juno Fan Alternative, an award voted on by viewers by means of the social media platform.
The singer has been on a gradual rise since touchdown within the Prime 4 of "La Voix," the Québécois model of singing competitors "The Voice" in 2013. But it surely was her susceptible effort "Phoenix" that grabbed consideration for her powerhouse vocals on "Anybody Who Loves Me" and the seductive growl of "Daddy."
"It is like further, further gravy and happiness on high of us releasing an album we had been very pleased with within the first place," she added.
Nominees for single of the yr additionally embody Brett Kissel for "Make a Life, Not a Dwelling," JESSIA for "I am Not Fairly," Bieber and Daniel Caesar for "Peaches" (feat. Giveon), and the Weeknd for "Take My Breath."
Becoming a member of Cardin within the album of the yr class are JP Saxe's "Harmful Ranges of Introspection," Bieber's "Justice," Shawn Mendes' "Marvel" and Tate McRae's "Too Younger to Be Unhappy."
Different massive contenders this yr embody Mendes with 4 nominations. He is in keeping with the full held by Pressa, one of many rising stars of the Toronto rap scene, and Vancouver pop newcomer JESSIA, born Jessika Harling, recognized for her body-positive hit "I am Not Fairly," which began as a TikTok video earlier than being produced as a full-fledged pop tune.
"I am so unbelievably proud that I will be an advocate for loving your self, loving your physique and similar to being the true human being and speaking in regards to the bizarre stuff," she defined of the TikTok hit, which additionally scored a fan alternative nomination.
"I'm so grateful to everybody and all the followers, and I am so excited that the world's opening so I will give all of them massive hugs."
The Juno bash is ready to be held in particular person for the primary time in three years at Toronto's open-air Budweiser Stage on Might 15. The out of doors occasion might be hosted by "Shang-Chi" and "Kim's Comfort" star Simu Liu and broadcast on CBC.
Performers will embody Cardin, Arkells, Avril Lavigne and Mustafa Ahmed, who goes by Mustafa, organizers stated Tuesday.
Among the many different highlights, pop songwriter Saxe grabbed two nods after final yr taking dwelling the breakthrough artist win propelled by his duet "If the World Was Ending" with girlfriend Julia Michaels.
This yr Saxe competes for artist of the yr and album of the yr with "Harmful Ranges of Introspection," an accomplishment that introduced out his dry humour.
"It is good to get these nominations once more as a result of it means I am not completely drenched within the decline," he stated with a smirk.
Vancouver rock band Mom Mom scored their fifth profession Juno nomination, helped by their stunning explosion of recognition on TikTok. This yr they picked up a bunch of the yr nomination.
"In mild of this new wave of power born from TikTok, it is that response instances 1,000," stated guitarist and vocalist Ryan Guldemond of the newest recognition.
"We won't consider we're right here nonetheless and it going in addition to it's."
Ladies had been strongly represented within the technical classes with singer-songwriter Charlotte Day Wilson and final yr's winner Ebony Oshunrinde, referred to as WondaGurl, among the many producer of the yr nominees.
Hill Kourkoutis turned the primary girl in Junos historical past to be nominated for recording engineer, a class that was created in 1976.
She referred to as the popularity a part of "an unimaginable interval of transition" that is seen extra ladies, non-binary and transgender individuals stepping to the forefront in behind-the-scenes manufacturing over the previous 5 years.
"I may depend the quantity of feminine producers or engineers within the scene on one hand, and now there's dozens of us, and we're all discovering one another," Kourkoutis added.
"It is undoubtedly shifting. I believe it is an extremely thrilling time and I am nothing however optimistic that this nomination as we speak goes to be the primary of many to come back."
A number of different adjustments are being launched this yr in an effort to acknowledge a wider array of musicians.
The rap class has been cut up into two new classes — rap album/EP of the yr and rap single of the yr — whereas Indigenous artist or group of the yr is now two awards, with one honouring modern Indigenous artists and one other for conventional artists.
A brand new award for underground dance single celebrates much less mainstream sounds usually heard on membership dance flooring.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed March 1, 2022