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Once upon a time, not all that long ago, the Juno Awards doled out prizes for
the best Canadian music to winners known mostly only in Canada. Not so much
anymore. In 2011, Canadian musicians are at the top of almost every major
genre, and the 40th annual Junos in Toronto might as well have been an
international award show.
The night's big prize was a re-run of last month's Grammy Awards, with
Montreal's indie icons Arcade Fire winning album of the year, as well as best
songwriter, group and alternative album.
Toronto rapper Drake, who was also nominated at this year's Grammys, was the
high-octane host -- though he came up short in actual award-winning by losing
all six of his nominations, including the previous night's best rap recording
which unexpectedly went to Shad.
The dapper Drizzy filled the cold open with CanCon humour, including an
uncomfortably awkward Skype gag with CTV national news anchorman Lloyd
Robertson, and a hilariously homoerotic duet of Sarah McLaughlin's 'I Will
Remember You' with an absent Justin Bieber videoing in from Rotterdam where
he's on tour. Then the ...
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