New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Publishing) Hedley leads the pack with four Juno Award nominations including Single of the Year ("
Invincible"), Group of the Year, Pop Album of the Year (Storms), and the coveted Juno Fan Choice Award. Rondor's
Avril Lavigne received nominations in three categories, including the Juno Fan Choice Award, Album of the Year (Goodbye Lullaby), and Pop Album of the Year (Goodbye Lullaby).
Feist is also nominated for three awards, including Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Adult Alternative Album of the Year (Metals).
Justin Bieber scored two nominations including the Juno Fan Choice Award and Album of the Year (Under the Mistletoe).
Sam Roberts Band is also up for two awards including Group of the Year and Rock Album of the Year (Collider).
Universal
Music Publishing Group and Rondor songwriters and artists received four out of five nominations in the Album of the Year category, four out of five in the International Album of the Year category, and three out of five in the Juno Fan Choice Award category.
Hedley is scheduled to perform at the 2012 Juno Awards show which will be held in Ottawa on April 1.
Congratulations to all of our nominated artists and songwriters!
Complete list of UMPG and Rondor nominees:
Artist of the Year
Feist
Album of the Year
Goodbye Lullaby
Avril Lavigne (Rondor)
[RCA RECORDS]
(Rondor publishing interest via Avril Lavigne)
Take Care
Drake
[CASH MONEY]
(UMPG publishing interest via Nicki Minaj/ Brian Morgan/ Romy Croft/
James Smith/ Bryan Williams/ Ronald Williams /
Don McLean / Dwayne Carter/ Terius Gray/ Byron Thomas)
Under the Mistletoe
Justin Bieber
[ISLAND]
(UMPG publishing interest via Justin Bieber/Aaron Pearce/Tricky Stewart/Bernard Harvey/Mariah Carey/Christopher Maurice Brown/Kevin L. McCall/Franz Gruber /Joseph Mohr)
Christmas
Michael Bublé
[143 RECORDS/ATLANTIC]
(UMPG publishing interest via Patty Andrews/James Pierpont/Victor Schoen/Mariah Carey/Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Billy Hayes/Jay Johnson)
Single of the Year
"
Invincible"
Hedley
Track from: Storms
[Universal
Music Canada]
(UMPG publishing interest via Jacob Hoggard)
Group of the Year
Hedley
Sam Roberts Band
International Album of the Year
21
Adele
[XL Recordings/Columbia Records]
(UMPG publishing interest via
Adele on all songs and "
Lovesong" via The Cure - Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams)
Mylo Xyloto
Coldplay
[PARLOPHONE 1]
(UMPG publishing interest via Guy Berryman/Jonathan Buckland/William Champion/Christopher Martin/Peter Allen/Adrienne Anderson/Jon Birgisson/Orri Dyrason/Georg Holm/Kjartan Sveinsson )
Born This Way
Lady Gaga
[Streamline/Interscope/Kon Live]
(UMPG publishing interest: "
Born This Way" "Government Hooker" "
Americano" "
Bloody Mary" "Bad Kids" "Highway
Unicorn (Road To Love)" "Electric Chapel" and "Edge of Glory" via DJ White Shadow)
Loud
Rihanna
[Def Jam]
(UMPG publishing interest: "Cheers (Drink to That)" via Stacy Barthe, Andrew "Dru Brett" Harr (The Runners),
Avril Lavigne (Rondor), and
Laura Pergolizzi. "
Fading" via Polow. "
California King Bed" via Andrew "Dru Brett" Harr (The Runners). "
Man Down" via
Shontelle (Rondor), Theron and Timothy
Thomas (Rock City). "Raining Men" via Nicki Minaj. "
Complicated" via
Tricky Stewart. "Love The Way You Lie, Part 2" via Alex Da Kid, Eminem, and Skylar Grey.)
Juno Fan Choice Award
Avril Lavigne
Justin Bieber
Hedley
Songwriter of the Year
Feist
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
Metals
Feist
[Cherrytree / Interscope]
(UMPG publishing interest via
Leslie Feist)
Pop Album of the Year
Goodbye Lullaby
Avril Lavigne (Rondor)
[RCA RECORDS]
(Rondor publishing interest via Avril Lavigne)
Storms
Hedley
[Universal
Music Canada]
(UMPG publishing interest via Christian Crippin/Jacob Hoggard/Thomas MacDonald/Dave Rosin)
Rock Album of the Year
Collider
Sam Roberts Band
[Zoe Records]
(UMPG publishing interest via Sam Roberts)
Rap Recording of the Year
"
Take Care"
Drake
Track from: Take Care
[Cash Money]
(UMPG publishing interest via Romy Madley/James Smith)
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
"Pretty Lil' Heart" ft. Lil Wayne
Robin Thicke
Track from: Love After War
[INTERSCOPE]
(UMPG publishing interest via
Robin Thicke)
