The Juno Award for "Video of the Year" has been awarded since 1984, as recognition each year for the best music video made by a Canadian video director. The award is presented based on the Canadian nationality of the director, not necessarily the song or recording artist; there have been a number of instances where directors have been nominated or won for videos that were created for songs by American or British artists.
The award used to be called "Best Video".[ citation needed]
Winners
Best Video (1984 - 2002)
| Year | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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| 1984 | Rob Quartly | " Sunglasses at Night" ( Corey Hart) |
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| 1985 | Rob Quartly | " A Criminal Mind" ( Gowan) |
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| 1986 | Greg Masuak | "How Many (Rivers to Cross)" ( Luba) |
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| 1987 | Ron Berti | "Love Is Fire" ( The Parachute Club) |
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| 1989 | Michael Buckley | " Try" ( Blue Rodeo) |
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| 1990 | Cosimo Cavallaro | "Boomtown" ( Andrew Cash) |
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| 1991 | Joel Goldberg | "Drop the Needle" ( Maestro Fresh-Wes) |
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| 1992 | Phil Kates | " Into the Fire" ( Sarah McLachlan) |
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| 1993 | Curtis Wehrfritz | " Closing Time" ( Leonard Cohen) |
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| 1994 | Jeth Weinrich | "I Would Die for You" ( Jann Arden) |
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| 1995 | Lyne Charlebois | "Tunnel of Trees" ( Gogh Van Go) |
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| 1996 | Jeth Weinrich | " Good Mother" ( Jann Arden) |
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| 1997 | Jeth Weinrich | "Burned Out Car" ( Junkhouse) |
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| 1998 | Javier Aguilera | "Gasoline" ( Moist) |
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| 1999 | Javier Aguilera | "Forestfire" ( David Usher) |
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| 2000 | Alanis Morissette | " So Pure" (Alanis Morissette) |
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| 2001 | Rob Heydon | "Alive" ( Edwin) |
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| 2002 | Sean Michael Turrell | "Jealous of Your Cigarette" ( Hawksley Workman) |
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Video of the Year (2003 - Present)
| Year | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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| 2003 | Ante Kovac and Matthew Good | " Weapon" (Matthew Good) |
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| 2004 | Floria Sigismondi | " Fighter" ( Christina Aguilera) |
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| 2005 | The Love Movement, k-os and Micah Meisner | "B-Boy Stance" (k-os) |
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| 2006 | Micah Meisner | "Devil's Eyes" ( Buck 65) |
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| 2007 | Dave Pawsey and Jonathan Legris | " Bridge to Nowhere" ( Sam Roberts) |
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| 2008 | Christopher Mills | "C'mon" ( Blue Rodeo) |
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| 2009 | Anthony Seck | "Honey Honey" ( Feist) |
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| 2010 | Marc Ricciardelli | "Little Bit of Red" ( Serena Ryder) |
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| 2011 | Kyle Davison | " Perfect" ( Hedley) |
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| 2012 | Mike Roberts | "Rumbleseat" ( The Sadies) |
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| 2013 | Director X | " HYFR" ( Drake) |
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| 2014 | Matt Barnes | "Feeling Good" ( The Sheepdogs) |
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| 2015 | Kiesza, Blayre Ellestad, Rami Afuni and Ljuba Castot | " Hideaway" (Kiesza) |
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| 2016 | Xavier Dolan | " Hello" ( Adele) |
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| 2017 | Claire Boucher | "Kill v Maim" ( Grimes) |
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| 2018 | Claire Boucher | "Venus Fly" ( Grimes) |
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| 2019 | Ali Eisner | "No Depression" ( Bahamas) |
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| 2020 | Sarah Legault | "Little Star" ( iskwē) |
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| 2021 | Emma Higgins | "No One's in the Room" ( Jessie Reyez) |
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| 2022 | Xavier Dolan | " Easy on Me" ( Adele) |
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| 2023 | Floria Sigismondi | " Unholy" ( Sam Smith and Kim Petras) |
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| 2024 | Ethan Tobman | "Demons" ( Allison Russell) |
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References
- ^ Liam Lacey, "Adams the big winner as Junos polish up act". The Globe and Mail, December 6, 1984.
- ^ Greg Quill, "Adams wins Juno's triple crown". Toronto Star, November 5, 1985.
- ^ Ben Rayner, "Full list of nominees: Junos mix in a few surprises". Toronto Star, February 6, 2018.
- ^ "Junos 2019: the complete list of winners". CBC Music, March 16, 2019.
- ^ Shakiel Mahjouri, "2020 Juno Awards Winners List: Find Out Who Came Out On Top". ET Canada, June 29, 2020.
- ^ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!". sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022.
- ^ Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.