This weekend, the best in Canadian music will celebrate The Juno Awards. All week long, I’m taking a closer look at some of the bigger categories and making some bold predictions!
Yesterday, I covered Breakthrough Artist of the Year, so today I thought I should look at Breakthrough Group of the Year!
Notable Winners:
Rush (1975)
Glass Tiger (1986)
The Tragically Hip (1990)
Nickelback (2001)
The Sheepdogs (2012)
Notable snubs (Nominated but didn’t win)
Trooper (1977)
Loverboy (1981)
54-40 (1989)
The Rankin Family (1992)
Sloan (1993)
Hedley (2006)
Breakthrough Group of the Year
Hey Ocean!
Vancouver, BC
Twitter followers: 19,870 (@heyoceanband)
Monster Truck
Hamilton, ON
Twitter followers: 4,993 (@monster_truck)
The Pack a.d.
Vancouver, BC
Twitter followers:Â 3,155 (@therealpackad)
Walk Off the Earth
Burlington, ON
Twitter followers: 116,000 (@walkofftheearth)
Yukon Blonde
Kelowna, BC
Twitter followers: 8,359 (@yukonblonde)
Prediction:
Walk Off The Earth’s YouTube numbers might be too big to ignore, I could see Hey Ocean coming in as a surprise win.
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