JP Saxe Leads Emerging Artists Chart As 'If the World Was Ending' Hits Hot 100's Top 40 As noted, The Weeknd won the contemporary R&B award.Īccording to the Junos, 52% of this year’s 48 unique winners were first-time winners, 46% had female representation and 40% had BIPOC representation. This marks the first year that R&B has been split into traditional and contemporary categories. In 1985, Silver became the first winner in an R&B category at the Junos.
The award was presented by Liberty Silver and Jully Black. Savannah Ré’s Solid won traditional R&B/soul recording of the year. Saxe and Michaels performed that song, and another, “Like That,” on the Junos, also from Los Angeles. Saxe received a Grammy nomination for song of the year in November for “If the World Was Ending,” which he co-wrote with Julia Michaels. He’s the first male artist to win in that category since Brett Kissel seven years ago, after which the award went to a succession of six female artists – Kiesza, Alessia Cara, Ruth B, Jessie Reyez, bülow and Lennon Stella. Saxe won breakthrough artist of the year. Justin Bieber Kicks Off 2021 Juno Awards With 'Somebody' It was his first Junos appearance in 11 years. Bieber performed “Somebody” from a studio in Los Angeles.
Other 2021 winners who moved up the all-time winners list include Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (18), Alanis Morissette (13), Arkells (seven), Toronto Symphony Orchestra (six) and Bahamas (five). This brings Bieber’s collection of Junos to eight. Changes was nominated for a Grammy this past year for best pop vocal album, but lost to Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia. Barenaked Ladies, Lavigne, Bublé, Lights and Alessia Cara have each won twice in that category. It’s his record-setting third win in that category, following My World 2.0 (2011) and Purpose (2016). Michael Bublé and Avril Lavigne have also won it three times.īieber won pop album of the year for Changes. Only Bieber has won more times in that category (five). Mendes took the fan-voted fan choice award for the third time in the past five years. The Weeknd Calls Out Recording Academy After Nominations Snub: 'The Grammys Remain Corrupt'