Juno Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year is an annual award presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) for the best adult contemporary album released in Canada. It was first awarded at the 42nd Juno Awards ceremonies in 2013. The five nominees in the category are chosen by a panel of judges selected from the Canadian music industry and the winner is chosen by CARAS members.^[1]

Recipients

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2013	The Tenors	Lead With Your Heart	Like a Man – Adam Cohen Burning Days – Barlow Sans attendre – Céline Dion All the Diamonds – Raylene Rankin	^[2]
2014	Johnny Reid	A Christmas Gift to You	In My Head – Alysha Brilla Loved Me Back to Life – Celine Dion Dream Catcher – Chloe Albert The Year He Drove Me Crazy – Coral Egan	^[3]
2015	Sarah McLachlan	Shine On	Womyn – Alysha Brilla Everything Almost – Jann Arden Trauma: Chansons de la série télé (saison no. 5) – Cœur de pirate Dark Swing – Ndidi	^[4]
2016	Johnny Reid	What Love Is All About	Wallflower – Diana Krall Refined – Don Amero A Jann Arden Christmas – Jann Arden Under One Sky – The Tenors	^[5]
2017	Sarah McLachlan	Wonderland	Encore un Soir – Céline Dion Hard Sail – Chantal Kreviazuk Beating Heart – Mark Masri A Fine Line – Heather Rankin	^[5]
2018	Michael Bublé	Nobody But Me	Rooted — Alysha Brilla Revival — Johnny Reid The Grand Hustle — Nuela Charles Christmas Together — The Tenors	^[6]
2019	Michael Bublé	Love	These Are the Days — Jann Arden Distant Danger — Nuela Charles Meaning to Tell Ya — Molly Johnson A Whitehorse Winter Classic — Whitehorse
2020	Bryan Adams	Shine a Light	Melt — Nuela Charles Both Sides — Marc Jordan Empower — Renée Lamoureux Unplugged Vol. 1 — Lauren Spencer-Smith	^[7]
2021	Alanis Morissette	Such Pretty Forks in the Road	Courage — Céline Dion Pour déjouer l'ennui — Pierre Lapointe Starlit Afternoon — Craig Stickland CH IIII: The Come Up — Storry	^[8]
2022	Serena Ryder	The Art of Falling Apart	Meet You at the Light — Desirée Dawson Nothing Is Lost — Luca Fogale The Outer Circle — Mathew V The Way You See Me — Tafari Anthony	^[9]
2023	Michael Bublé	Higher	Adventure Book — Francois Klark Descendant — Jann Arden He Sang She Sang — Marc Jordan and Amy Sky A Tyler Shaw Christmas — Tyler Shaw	^[10]
2024	Amanda Marshall	Heavy Lifting	Banners, I Wish I Was Flawless, I'm Not Luca Fogale, Run Where the Light Calls Steph La Rochelle, Wildflower Josh Sahunta, To Be Loved, Vol. 1	^[11]

References

^ "42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2012 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process" (PDF). JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
^ "Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
^ "Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
^ "Yearly summary: 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "JUNO Awards Adult Contemporary Album of the Year". junoawards.ca. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
^ "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations" Archived 2018-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, February 6, 2018.
^ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
^ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
^ Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 2022.
^ Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
^ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.

[1] "42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2012 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process" (PDF). JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013.

[2] "Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013.

[3] "Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2014.

[4] "Yearly summary: 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2015.

[ACAY-5] "JUNO Awards Adult Contemporary Album of the Year". junoawards.ca. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

[6] "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations" Archived 2018-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, February 6, 2018.

[7] Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.

[8] Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

[9] Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 2022.

[10] Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.

[11] "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.

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v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards