Juno Awards of 1992


The Juno Awards of 1992, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 29 March 1992 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television from 9 pm Eastern.
Nominations were announced 12 February 1992. Bryan Adams was nominated in 7 categories to set a Juno record, while Tom Cochrane received nominations in 6.
Adams sparked controversy in the Canadian music industry several months earlier when he openly criticised Canadian content regulations when his album project, Waking Up the Neighbours, was disqualified as Canadian for radio airplay purposes. That album was created largely with the help of non-Canadian producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, therefore the songs fell below the legal Canadian content threshold. However, Adams qualified for the 1992 Juno nominations as an individual Canadian citizen. The 1992 Juno Awards thus became viewed as a showdown between Adams and Tom Cochrane, as the latter met Canadian content requirements.
When all the 1992 Juno Awards were presented, Tom Cochrane was the major winner with 4 Junos, compared to 3 for Adams. 1992's awards also featured an unprecedented three-way tie for winners in the Best Jazz Album category.

Nominees and winners

Canadian Entertainer of the Year">Juno Award for Entertainer of the Year">Canadian Entertainer of the Year

Determined by public ballot.
Winner: Bryan Adams
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Winner: Celine Dion
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Winner: Tom Cochrane
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Winner: Alanis
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Note: Julie Masse was originally nominated here but was disqualified prior to the awards because her album was deemed to have been released 21 August 1990. Juno rules had set 1 September 1990 as the earliest date for which an album could qualify for the 1992 awards. Masse's nomination for this category was replaced by Meryn Cadell.

Most Promising Male Vocalist">Juno Award for New Artist of the Year">Most Promising Male Vocalist

Winner: Keven Jordan
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Winner: Crash Test Dummies
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Winner: Infidels
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Winner: Tom Cochrane
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Winner: Cassandra Vasik
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Winner: George Fox
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Winner: Prairie Oyster
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Winner: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
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Winner: Garth Brooks
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Winner: Bryan Adams, " I Do It for You" and "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
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Winner: Mike Fraser, "Thunderstruck" and "Money Talks" by AC/DC
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Winner: Ian and Sylvia Tyson

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: Harold Moon

Nominated and winning albums

Best Album">Juno Award for Album of the Year">Best Album

Winner: Mad Mad World, Tom Cochrane
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Winner: Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, Classical Kids, producer Susan Hammond
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Winner: ', Louis Lortie piano
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Winner: ', Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
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Winner: Hugh Syme, Roll The Bones by Rush
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Winner: To The Extreme, Vanilla Ice
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Winner: Sauvez mon âme, Luc de Larochellière
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Note: Julie Masse was originally nominated here but was disqualified prior to the awards because her album was deemed to have been released 21 August 1990. Juno rules had set 1 September 1990 as the earliest date for which an album could qualify for the 1992 awards. Masse's nomination for this category was replaced by Kathleen.

Hard Rock Album of the Year">Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year">Hard Rock Album of the Year

Winner: Roll the Bones, Rush
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Single of the Year">Juno Award for Single of the Year">Single of the Year

Winner: "Life Is a Highway", Tom Cochrane
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Winner: Concerto For Piano & Chamber Orchestra, Michael Conway Baker
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Winner: "More Than Words", Extreme
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Winner: Call My Name, Love & Sas
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Winner: My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style, Dream Warriors
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Winner: The Gathering, various artists
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Winner: "Everyone's a Winner", Bootsauce
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Winner: Phil Kates, "Into The Fire" by Sarah McLachlan
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