The Juno Award for "Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1994, as recognition each year for the best Christian/Gospel music album in Canada. A separate organization, GMA Canada, hands out a full array of awards for Canadian Contemporary Christian/Gospel music, covering a wide range of genres, each year with the annual Covenant Awards.[1]
Winners
Best Blues/Gospel Album (1994 - 1997)
- 1994 - Colin Linden, South At Eight/North At Nine
- 1995 - Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir, Joy To The World - Jubilation V
- 1996 - Jim Byrnes, That River
- 1997 - Long John Baldry, Right to Sing the Blues
Best Gospel Album (1998 - 2002)
- 1998 - Steve Bell, Romantics & Mystics
- 1999 - Sharon Riley & Faith Chorale, Life Is
- 2000 - Deborah Klassen, Legacy Of Hope
- 2001 - Steve Bell, Simple Songs
- 2002 - Downhere, Downhere
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year (2003 - Present)
- 2003 - Toronto Mass Choir, Instrument of Praise
- 2004 - Jill Paquette, Jill Paquette
- 2005 - Greg Sczebel, Here to Stay
- 2006 - Amanda Falk, Amanda Falk
- 2007 - Downhere, Wide-Eyed And Mystified
- 2008 - Brian Doerksen, Holy God
- 2009 - Downhere, Ending is Beginning
- 2010 - Matt Brouwer, Where's Our Revolution
- 2011 - Greg Sczebel, Love & the Lack Thereof
- 2012 - Downhere, On the Altar of Love
- 2013 - The City Harmonic, I Have a Dream (It Feels Like Home)
- 2014 - Tim Neufeld, Trees
- 2015 - Manic Drive, VIP
- 2016 - Dan Bremnes, Where the Light Is
- 2017 - Tim Neufeld & the Glory Boys, Hootenanny!
- 2018 - The Color, First Day of My Life
- 2019 - LoveCollide, Tired of Basic
- 2020 - Matt Maher, The Advent of Christmas
References
- ^ "Juno Award winners list by year" (Requires a search by year). Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. MetroLeap Media. Retrieved 2009-12-29.