Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year

The Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year is presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to the best new musical group in Canada. The award has been given annually since 1974, and was previously called Most Promising Group of the Year (1974–1993), Best New Group (1994–2002), and New Group of the Year (2003–2012). The award was customarily presented by the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Recipients

Most Promising Group of the Year (1974–1993)

Year	Winner	Nominees	Refs.
1974	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	Bearfoot Chester Scrubbaloe Caine Wednesday	^[1]
1975	Rush	Beau Dommage Greaseball Boogie Band Mahogany Rush Ville Émard Blues Band	^[2]
1976	Myles & Lenny	Aut'Chose Bond Heart Maneige	^[3]
1977	THP Orchestra	Garfield Moxy Sweeney Todd Trooper	^[4]
1978	Hometown Band	Black Light Orchestra Jackson Hawke Max Webster Prism	^[5]
1979	Doucette	Max Webster Streetheart Teaze Zon	^[6]
1980	Streetheart	FM The Minglewood Band Teaze The Raes	^[7]
1981	Powder Blues	Loverboy Martha & the Muffins Red Rider Toronto	^[8]
1982	Saga	Goddo Martha & the Muffins Red Rider The Kings	^[9]
1983	Payola$	Doug & the Slugs Headpins Spoons Strange Advance	^[10]
1984	Parachute Club	Honeymoon Suite Men Without Hats Platinum Blonde The Nylons	^[11]
1985	Idle Eyes	Images in Vogue Rational Youth The Arrows The Box	^[12]
1986	Glass Tiger	Cats Can Fly Chalk Circle Eye Eye One to One	^[13]
1987	Frozen Ghost	Eight Seconds Haywire Nuance The Partland Brothers	^[14]
No award ceremony was held in 1988
1989	Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts	54-40 The Jitters The Northern Pikes The Pursuit of Happiness	^[15]
1990	The Tragically Hip	Brighton Rock Indio Paradox Sons of Freedom	^[16]
1991	Leslie Spit Treeo	Bootsauce Crash Vegas National Velvet Spirit of the West	^[17]
1992	Infidels	The Rankin Family West End Girls World on Edge Young Saints	^[18]
1993	Skydiggers	Lost & Profound Pure Slik Toxik Sven Gali	^[19]

Best New Group (1994–2002)

Year	Winner	Nominees	Refs.
1994	The Waltons	Moxy Früvous Junkhouse Sloan The Odds The Tea Party	^[20]
1995	Moist	Big Sugar Farmer's Daughter The Gandharvas Wild Strawberries	^[21]
1996	Philosopher Kings	Hemingway Corner Rainbow Butt Monkeys Rymes with Orange Sandbox	^[22]
1997	The Killjoys	Limblifter Pluto Starkicker Victor	^[23]
1998	Leahy	Bran Van 3000 Matthew Good Band The Age of Electric Wide Mouth Mason	^[24]
1999	Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra	Love Inc. New Meanies The Moffats The Wilkinsons	^[25]
2000	Sky	Gob Len Prozzäk Serial Joe	^[26]
2001	Nickelback	b4-4 Kittie Sum 41 Templar	^[27]
2002	Default	Joydrop Smoother Sugar Jones Wave	^[28]

New Group of the Year (2003–2012)

Year	Winner	Nominees	Refs.
2003	Theory of a Deadman	Bet.e & Stef Crush One Ton Simple Plan	^[29]
2004	Billy Talent	Lillix The Dears The Trews Three Days Grace	^[30]
2005	Alexisonfire	Death From Above The Marble Index The Waking Eyes Thornley	^[31]
2006	Bedouin Soundclash	Boys Night Out Hedley Pocket Dwellers Silverstein	^[32]
2007	Mobile	Evans Blue Idle Sons Jets Overhead Stabilo	^[33]
2008	Wintersleep	Dragonette Faber Drive illScarlett State of Shock	^[34]
2009	The Stills	Beast Cancer Bats Crystal Castles Plants and Animals	^[35]
2010	Arkells	Down With Webster Stereos Ten Second Epic The New Cities	^[36]
2011	Said the Whale	Die Mannequin Hollerado Misteur Valaire My Darkest Days	^[37]
2012	The Sheepdogs	Braids Hey Rosetta! Mother Mother The Rural Alberta Advantage	^[38]

Breakthrough Group of the Year (2013–present)

Year	Winner	Nominees	Refs.
2013	Monster Truck	Hey Ocean! The Pack A.D. Walk Off the Earth Yukon Blonde	^[39]
2014	A Tribe Called Red	Autumn Hill Born Ruffians Courage My Love July Talk	^[40]
2015	Magic!	Adventure Club Alvvays USS Zeds Dead	^[41]
2016	Dear Rouge	The Elwins Half Moon Run Milk & Bone Young Empires	^[42]
2017	The Dirty Nil	Bleeker Cold Creek County Bob Moses The Zolas	^[43]
2018	The Beaches	James Barker Band The Dead South The Franklin Electric The Jerry Cans	^[44]
2019	The Washboard Union	88Glam Dizzy Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine Loud Luxury	^[45]
2020	Neon Dreams	The Blue Stones Hunter Brothers Palaye Royale Valley	^[46]
2021	Crown Lands	2Frères Manila Grey Peach Pit Young Bombs	^[47]
2022	Monowhales	Black Pistol Fire Cleopatrick Ocie Elliott Spiritbox	^[48]

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↑ "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, February 6, 2018.
↑ "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
↑ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
↑ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
↑ Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.

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[44] "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, February 6, 2018.

[45] "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.

[46] Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.

[47] Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

[48] Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.

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v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Indigenous Artist or Group (1994-2021) Best Jazz Album (1977-1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994-2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994-2014) Rap (1991-2021) R&B/Soul (1985-2020) Best Roots and Traditional Album (1989-1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996-2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996-2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards

Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year

Contents

Recipients

Most Promising Group of the Year (1974–1993)

Best New Group (1994–2002)

New Group of the Year (2003–2012)

Breakthrough Group of the Year (2013–present)

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