TORONTO - Some of Canada’s brightest music stars will be toasted in Edmonton tonight as a pre-telecast Juno Awards celebration gets underway. Toronto singer the Weeknd holds a leading six Juno nominations, with four of those categories set to be handed out tonight, including contemporary R&B recording, artist and single of the year. pop princess Avril Lavigne and Calgary newcomer Tate McRae. They’ll compete with each other in two of those categories tonight — single and pop album of the year. The headline Juno Awards show airs live on CBC and CBC Gem on Monday, hosted by Simu Liu with performances from Tate McRae, Tenille Townes and Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees Nickelback.

Source: The Star March 12, 2023 01:01 UTC