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Awards
Nickelback triumph at Junos
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 30 March 2009
Rockers Nickelback dominated Canada’s Juno awards at the weekend, opening the show with a performance of their single ‘Something In Your Mouth’, and collecting three awards at the ceremony, for Group Of The Year, Album Of The Year for ‘Dark Horse’ and the Juno Fan Choice Award.
Accepting the first award frontman Chad Kroeger said this: “Wow, wow, we have been doing this for awhile now – since ’96 – and to win this – Group Of The Year – is just absolutely amazing. Thanks to the fans and everybody here in Vancouver, thank you so much”.
Other winners on the night included Montreal rocker Sam Roberts, who took Artist Of The Year, Toronto rapper Kardinal Offishall who won in the Rap Recording category, and Alexisonfire man Dallas Green, who got Songwriter Of The Year. Coldplay took International Album of The Year for ‘Viva La Vida’, Alanis Morrissette received Best Pop Album for ‘Flavors Of Entanglement’, and Barenaked Ladies were awarded the gong for Best Children’s Album.
And talking of Barenaked Ladies, the show’s host Russell Peters had a pop at former band member Steven Page, who was, as previously reported, charged with possessing cocaine last summer. “Speaking of snow, Steven Page left the Barenaked Ladies”, he told the audience, “apparently to sniff out some other work”.
