William Shatner will host the 2012 Juno Awards in Ottawa April 1st.
Dozens of Canadian musicians got shout-outs Tuesday morning as the Juno Award nominations were announced.
Here are some of the major nods:
New Artist of the Year: Alissa Reid, Dan Mangan, Diamond Rings, Jordan and Lindi Ortega.
New Group of the Year: Hey Rosetta, Mother Mother, Rural Alberta Advantage and The Sheepdogs.
Pop Album of the Year: Avril Lavigne, Down with Webster, Hedley, Lights and Mariana’s Trench.
Album of the year: Avril Lavigne, Drake, Justin Bieber, Michael Buble (for his Christmas album) and Nickelback.
Artist of the Year: City and Colour, Deadmau5, Drake, Feist, and Michael Buble.
Also announced Tuesday, Sarah McLachlan will join Blue Rodeo on stage. (Blue Rodeo will also be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame the night of the awards on April 1st.) Hedley, Nickelback, City and Colour, Deadmau5, and Feist will perform too.
I’ll post the full list as it comes down.