The Juno Awards of 2010 honoured music industry achievements in Canada for the latter part of 2008 and for most of 2009. These ceremonies were in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada during the weekend ending 18 April 2010. Primary ceremonies were held at the Mile One Centre and at Prince Edward Plaza on George Street. This also marks the first time to not feature a host. April Wine was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Bryan Adams received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career. Ross Reynolds, an original board member of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and former head of Universal Music Canada received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award. CARAS, the association responsible for the awards, awarded the 2010 ceremonies to the Newfoundland and Labrador capital based on a bid which included government support commitments totalling $1.5 million (CA$), half funded by the province, $250,000 from the St. John's municipal government and the remainder from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

Events

Preliminary award-related events, known as Juno Week, began on 12 April 2010 with a launch event at the Confederation Building. Activities during this time included concerts such as JunoFest and the Juno Cup charity hockey game. On 17 April, the Juno Fan Fare event featured artist interviews, prizes and opportunities for the public to meet musicians. However, some artists such as Alexisonfire were unable to attend when fog conditions that weekend delayed air travel into St. John's. The fog delays also cancelled some concerts the previous evening, and disrupted rehearsals for the main Sunday broadcast. Also on that Saturday, winners in 32 Juno categories were announced at a special gala dinner at the St. John's Convention Centre. On the following day, prior to the main awards broadcast, a Songwriters' Circle concert was hosted by Dallas Green then broadcast on CBC Radio 2.

Primary ceremony

The primary awards ceremony on 18 April 2010 was telecast by CTV from Mile One Centre and from an outdoor venue on George Street, featuring multiple hosts and presenters. Classified began the proceedings with "Oh... Canada" from the George Street venue. Bryan Adams could not attend in person due to the air travel disruption from the Icelandic ash cloud incident; he therefore received his Allan Waters Humanitarian Award via satellite. Other artists performing at the ceremonies broadcast were Justin Bieber, Billy Talent, Blue Rodeo, Michael Bublé, Drake, Great Lake Swimmers, K'naan with Young Artists for Haiti, Metric and Johnny Reid. Award presenters and personalities included: The following seven categories were awarded during the main broadcast: Rebroadcasts of the Juno Awards telecast were scheduled for A, Bravo!, MuchMore, Star! in late April.

Changes to nomination categories for 2010

Changes were made to the following award categories for this year's nominations:

Nominees and winners

Nominees in the following categories were announced on 3 March 2010. Michael Bublé received the most nominations of any artist this year, represented in six categories and winning four of those (Album of the Year, Fan Choice Award, Pop Album of the Year and Single of the Year). Billy Talent, Drake and Johnny Reid each received four nominations. Drake, who had yet to release a full album, won in two categories (New Artist of the Year and Rap Recording of the Year). K'Naan also won two of his nominations (Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year). Winners of most categories were announced on 17 April at a gala dinner.

Artist of the Year

Winner: K'Naan Other Nominees:

Group of the Year

Winner: Metric Other nominees:

New Artist of the Year

Winner: Drake Other nominees:

New Group of the Year

Winner: Arkells Other Nominees:

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year

Winner: Bob Rock, "Haven't Met You Yet" and "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" (Michael Bublé, Crazy Love) Other Nominees:

Recording Engineer of the Year

Winner: Dan Brodbeck, "Apple of My Eye" and "Be Careful" (Dolores O'Riordan, No Baggage) Other Nominees:

Songwriter of the Year

Winner: K'naan – "Wavin' Flag" (written with B. Mars, P. Lawrence and J. Daval), "Take A Minute", "If Rap Gets Jealous" (written with Gerald Eaton and Brian West) (K'naan, Troubadour) Other nominees:

Fan Choice Award

Winner: Michael Bublé Other nominees:

Nominated albums

Album of the Year

Winner: Crazy Love – Michael Bublé Other nominees:

Aboriginal Recording of the Year

Winner: We Are... – Digging Roots Other Nominees:

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

Winner: Three – Joel Plaskett Other Nominees:

Alternative Album of the Year

Winner: Fantasies – Metric Other Nominees:

Blues Album of the Year

Winner: The Corktown Sessions – Jack de Keyzer Other Nominees:

Recording Package of the Year

Winner: Martin Bernard, Stéphane Cocke, Thomas Csano: Beats on Canvas, Beats on Canvas Other Nominees:

Children's Album of the Year

Winner: Love My New Shirt – Norman Foote Other Nominees:

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

Winner: Where's Our Revolution – Matt Brouwer Other Nominees:

Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)

Winner: Mathieu, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: Concertino & Concertos – Alain Lefèvre & London Mozart Players Other Nominees:

Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)

Winner: Joel Quarrington: Garden Scene – Joel Quarrington Other Nominees:

Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)

Winner: Adrianne Pieczonka sings Puccini – Adrianne Pieczonka Other Nominees:

Francophone Album of the Year

Winner: Les sentinelles dorment – Andrea Lindsay Other Nominees:

Instrumental Album of the Year

Winner: As Seen Through Windows – Bell Orchestre Other Nominees:

International Album of the Year

Winner: Only by the Night – Kings of Leon Other Nominees:

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

Winner: The Happiness Project – Charles Spearin Other Nominees:

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

Winner: It's About Time – Terry Clarke Other Nominees:

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

Winner: Ranee Lee Lives Upstairs – Ranee Lee Other Nominees:

Pop Album of the Year

Winner: Crazy Love – Michael Bublé Other Nominees:

Rock Album of the Year

Winner: Billy Talent III – Billy Talent Other Nominees:

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)

Winner: Hunter, Hunter, Amelia Curran Other Nominees:

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)

Winner: The Good Lovelies, The Good Lovelies Other Nominees:

World Music Album of the Year

Winner: Comfortably Mine, Dominic Mancuso Other Nominees:

Nominated releases

Single of the Year

Winner: "Haven't Met You Yet" – Michael Bublé Other Nominees:

Classical Composition of the Year

Winner: "Lament in the Trampled Garden", Marjan Mozetich (album, Lament in the Trampled Garden) Other Nominees:

Country Album of the Year

Winner: Dance With Me, Johnny Reid Other Nominees:

Dance Recording of the Year

Winner: For Lack of a Better Name, Deadmau5 Other Nominees:

Music DVD of the Year

Winner: Iron Maiden: Flight 666 (Iron Maiden), Stefan Demetriou, Sam Dunn, Scott McFadyen, Rod Smallwood, Andy Taylor Other Nominees:

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

Winner: "Lonesome Highway", Jacksoul Other Nominees:

Rap Recording of the Year

Winner: So Far Gone, Drake Other nominees:

Reggae Recording of the Year

Winner: Gonna Be Alright, Dubmatix with Prince Blanco Other Nominees:

Video of the Year

Winner: "Little Bit of Red" – Serena Ryder Other Nominees:

Compilation album

A compilation album featuring selected Juno nominees was released on 30 March 2010 by Sony Music Entertainment Canada. Sales of the album support the CARAS music education charity MusiCounts. The artists and track listing is as follows: