The Juno Awards of 1980, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 2 April 1980 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Burton Cummings at the Harbour Castle Hilton. CBC Television broadcast the ceremonies throughout Canada from 9pm Eastern Time, and the show was seen by an estimated 1,500,000 viewers. The show included a number of lip synced performances from Rough Trade with their controversial (at the time) song "High School Confidential", France Joli singing her Disco hit "Come to Me", Burton Cummings singing his hit "Fine State of Affairs", Max Webster with their "Paradise Skies" and pianist Frank Mills playing "Peter Piper". The only live performance of the night was two songs in a row from Gordon Lightfoot, "On the High Seas" and "If You Need Me" (both from his recent Dream Street Rose album), which were quickly added to fill up air time when Paul Anka was unexpectedly absent to receive his "Canadian Music Hall of Fame" award. The biggest winner of the night was Anne Murray with four awards including the Album and Single of the Year awards. Murray was once again absent from the award show, this time due to the recent death of her father. The band Trooper received an unusual nomination for two of their songs in the same category for "Composer of the Year", although technically the songs were from two different albums both charting at the time. The last award of the show was "Male Vocalist of the Year" presented by ambassador Ken Taylor to the winner Burton Cummings.

Nominees and winners

Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Anne Murray Other nominees:

Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Burton Cummings Other nominees:

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: France Joli Other nominees:

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Walter Rossi Other nominees:

Group of the Year

Winner: Trooper Other nominees:

Most Promising Group of the Year

Winner: Streetheart Other nominees:

Composer of the Year

Winner: Frank Mills, "Peter Piper" by Frank Mills Other nominees:

Country Female Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Anne Murray Other nominees:

Country Male Vocalist of the Year

Winner: Murray McLauchlan Other nominees:

Country Group or Duo of the Year

Winner: The Good Brothers Other nominees:

Folk Artist of the Year

Winner: Bruce Cockburn Other nominees:

Instrumental Artist of the Year

Winner: Frank Mills Other nominees:

Producer of the Year

Winner: Bruce Fairbairn, Armageddon by Prism Other nominees:

Recording Engineer of the Year

Winner: David Greene, Concerto for Contemporary Violin by Paul Hoffert Other nominees:

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winner: Paul Anka

Nominated and winning albums

Album of the Year

Winner: Anne Murray, New Kind of Feeling Other nominees:

Best Album Graphics

Winner: Rodney Bowes, Cigarettes by The Wives Other nominees:

Best Children's Album

Winner: Sharon, Lois & Bram, Smorgasbord Other nominees:

Best Classical Album of the Year

Winner: The Crown of Ariadne, Judy Loman, R. Murray Schafer (composer) Other nominees:

Best Selling International Album

Winner: Breakfast in America, Supertramp Other nominees:

Best Jazz Album

Winner: Sackville 4005, Ed Bickert, Don Thompson Other nominees:

Comedy Album of the Year

Winner: A Christmas Carol, Rich Little Other nominees:

Nominated and winning releases

Single of the Year

Winner: "I Just Fall in Love Again", Anne Murray Other nominees:

Best Selling International Single

Winner: "Heart of Glass", Blondie Other nominees: