Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best instrumental album in Canada. The award was originally called the "Instrumental Artist of the Year".^{[citation needed]}

Winners

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1976 - 1987)

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1989 - 1998)

Best Instrumental Album (1999 - 2002)

Instrumental Album of the Year (2003 - Present)

2003 - Robert Michaels, Allegro
2004 - I Sorenti, Italian Love Songs
2005 - Oscar Lopez, Mi Destino/My Destiny
2006 - Daniel Lanois, Belladonna
2007 - Sisters Euclid, Run Neil Run
2008 - Jayme Stone, The Utmost
2009 - DJ Brace, DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra, Nostomania
2010 - Bell Orchestre, As Seen Through The Windows
2011 - Fond of Tigers, Continent & Western
2012 - Stretch Orchestra, Stretch Orchestra
2013 - Pugs and Crows, Fantastic Pictures
2014 - Esmerine, Dalmak
2015 - Quartango, Encuentro
2016 - Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld, Never Were the Way She Was
2017 - The Fretless, Bird's Nest
2018 - Do Make Say Think, Stubborn Persistent Illusions
2019 - Gordon Grdina, China Cloud
2020 - Alexandra Stréliski, Inscape
2021 - Blitz//Berlin, Movements III^[1]
2022 - David Myles, That Tall Distance
2023 - Esmerine, Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More^[2]
2024 - Colin Stetson, When we were that what wept for the sea^[3]

References

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

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

[3] "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