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{{infobox award
| name = Juno Awards of 2003
| date = 6 April 2003
| venue = [[Corel Centre]], [[Ottawa]]
| host = [[Shania Twain]]
| network = [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]
| previous = [[Juno Awards of 2002|2002]]
| main = [[Juno Award]]s
| next = [[Juno Awards of 2004|2004]]
}}
The '''Juno Awards of 2003''' were presented in [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada on 6 April 2003. The primary awards ceremony was hosted that evening by [[Shania Twain]] at the Corel Centre (now [[Canadian Tire Centre]]) and televised on [[CTV television network|CTV]]. The 2003 Juno Awards were watched by 2.2 million viewers, a record at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040319100843/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicJunos2004/feb19_juno-can.html|title=Junos fail to boost album sales|date=February 19, 2004}}</ref>

== Ceremony highlights ==
The evening program included song performances by [[Avril Lavigne]], [[Our Lady Peace]], [[Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter)|Sam Roberts]], [[Remy Shand]], [[Swollen Members]] and host [[Shania Twain]].

[[Red Rider]] frontman and long-time solo artist [[Tom Cochrane]] was honoured as the 2003 inductee for the [[Canadian Music Hall of Fame]].

During the awards telecast, host [[Shania Twain]] made a succession of costume changes with clothing based on logos of every Canadian [[National Hockey League]] team. When the time came for her to wear the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] insignia, the crowd in the home arena of the [[Ottawa Senators]] provided a substantial [[booing]].

== Nominees and winners ==

=== People ===

==== Artist of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' [[Shania Twain]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*[[Daniel Bélanger]]
*[[Celine Dion]]
*[[Alanis Morissette]]
*[[Remy Shand]]

==== Group of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' [[Sum 41]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*[[Blue Rodeo]]
*[[Our Lady Peace]]
*[[Swollen Members]]
*[[The Tragically Hip]]

==== Fan Choice ====
'''Winner:''' [[Shania Twain]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*[[Celine Dion]]
*[[Diana Krall]]
*[[Avril Lavigne]]
*[[Nickelback]]

==== New Artist of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' Avril Lavigne

'''Other nominees:'''
*[[Shawn Desman]]
*[[K-OS]]
*[[Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter)|Sam Roberts]]
*[[Sarah Slean]]

==== New Group of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' [[Theory of a Deadman]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*[[Bet.e & Stef]]
*[[Crush (Canadian band)|Crush]]
*[[One Ton]]
*[[Simple Plan]]

==== Jack Richardson Producer of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' [[Alanis Morissette]] – "Hands Clean", "So Unsexy" (both songs by [[Alanis Morissette]])

'''Other nominees:'''
*[[Garth Richardson]] – "Family System", "The Red" (both songs by [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]])
*[[Arnold Lanni]] – "I'd Do Anything", "I'm Just A Kid" (both songs by [[Simple Plan]])
*[[Bob Rock]] – "Somewhere Out There" ([[Our Lady Peace]]), "Take Me As I Am" ([[Tonic (band)|Tonic]])
*[[Remy Shand]] – "Burning Bridges" "The Way I Feel" (both songs by [[Remy Shand]])

==== Recording Engineer of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' Denis Tougas, "Double Agent" and "Everybody's Got A Story" by [[Amanda Marshall]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*Richard Chycki, "Just Like Ali" by [[Tom Cochrane & Red Rider]], "Visions of Paradise" by [[Mick Jagger]]
*Eric Filto, "Another Miracle" and "Supersexworld" by [[One Ton]]
*Brad Haehnel, "Shake It Off" by [[Jarvis Church]], "Stoplight" by [[Scott Merritt]]
*[[Randy Staub]], "Innocent" and "Somewhere Out There" by [[Our Lady Peace]]

==== Songwriter of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' [[Chad Kroeger]] of [[Nickelback]] – "[[Hero (Chad Kroeger song)|Hero]]", "[[How You Remind Me]]", "[[Too Bad (Nickelback song)|Too Bad]]"

'''Other nominees:'''
*[[Avril Lavigne]] with [[The Matrix (music producer)|The Matrix]] – "[[Complicated (Avril Lavigne song)|Complicated]]", "[[I'm with You (Avril Lavigne song)|I'm with You]]", "[[Sk8er Boi]]"
*[[Ron Sexsmith]] – "Former Glory", "Gold In Them Hills", "These Days"
*[[Remy Shand]] – "Burning Bridges", "[[Take a Message]]", "The Way I Feel"
*[[Shania Twain]] with [[Robert Lange|Robert John "Mutt" Lange]] – "I'm Gonna Getcha (Good)"

=== Albums ===

==== Album of the year ====
'''Winner:''' ''[[Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)|Let Go]]'', [[Avril Lavigne]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''[[Rêver mieux]]'', [[Daniel Bélanger]]
*''[[A New Day Has Come (album)|A New Day Has Come]]'', [[Celine Dion]]
*''[[Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)|Gravity]]'', [[Our Lady Peace]]
*''[[Up! (album)|Up!]]'', [[Shania Twain]]

==== Aboriginal recording of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''Lovesick Blues'', [[Derek Miller (Canadian musician)|Derek Miller]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''The Right Combination'', [[Vern Cheechoo]] and [[Lawrence Martin (musician)|Lawrence Martin]]
*''spirit world, solid wood'', [[Leela Gilday]]
*''Standing Strong'', [[Chester Knight]]
*''Round Dance The Night Away'', Randy Wood

==== Alternative album Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''[[You Forgot It in People]]'', [[Broken Social Scene]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''[[Square (album)|Square]]'', [[Buck 65]]
*''[[Make Up The Breakdown]]'', [[Hot Hot Heat]]
*''[[The New Deal (album)|The New Deal]]'', [[The New Deal (band)|The New Deal]]
*''[[Alone at the Microphone]]'', [[Royal City (band)|Royal City]]

==== Blues Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''6 String Lover'', [[Jack de Keyzer]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''First Class Riff-Raff'', [[Fathead (band)|Fathead]]
*''Wise And Otherwise'', [[Harry Manx]]
*''Long Hard Road'', [[The Twisters]]
*''88th & Jump Street'', [[Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne]]

==== Children's Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''Sing with Fred'', [[Fred Penner]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''Nous sommes tous comme les fleurs'', [[Charlotte Diamond]]
*''Once Upon A Tune – Volume 3 – Beanstock'', [[Judy & David]]
*''Dodo la planète do dream songs night songs'', Pelican Music Project
*''Let's Play'', [[Raffi (musician)|Raffi]]

==== Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''Instrument of Praise'', [[Toronto Mass Choir]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''Army Of Love'', Jake
*''Jubilation VIII – A Cappella Plus'', [[Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir]]
*''Saved!'', Northern Blues Gospel All Stars
*''Tumbling After'', [[Starfield (band)|Starfield]]

==== Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble) ====
'''Winner:''' ''Bruch Concertos: Vol. II'', [[James Ehnes]], [[Mario Bernardi]], [[Montreal Symphony Orchestra]]

'''Other nominees:'''
* ''The Overcoat: Music By [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'', [[Angela Cheng]], [[Mario Bernardi]], [[CBC Radio Orchestra]]
* ''Schumann Piano Works'', [[Anton Kuerti]], [[Mario Bernardi]], [[CBC Radio Orchestra]]
* ''Nocturnal Dances of Don Juan Quixote'', [[I Musici de Montreal]]
* ''A Baroque Feast'', [[Tafelmusik]]

==== Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble) ====
'''Winner:''' ''Liszt: Paganini Studie & Schubert March Transcriptions'', [[Marc-André Hamelin]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''Fritz Kreisler'', [[James Ehnes]]
*''Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music'', [[Angela Hewitt]]
*''Graupner – Partitas for Harpsichord'', Geneviève Soly
*''Osvaldo Golijov: Yiddishbuk'', [[St. Lawrence String Quartet]]

==== Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance) ====
'''Winner:''' ''Mozart Requiem'', Les Violons de Roy

'''Other nominees:'''
*''¡Ay Que Si!'', [[Suzie LeBlanc]]
*''Margison Sings Verdi'', [[Richard Margison]]
*''Of Ladies and Love...'', [[Michael Schade]]
*''Bach Cantatas'', [[Daniel Taylor (countertenor)|Daniel Taylor]], [[Theatre of Early Music]]

==== Album Design of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''[[Exit (k-os album)|Exit]]'', [[K-OS]] – Marina Dempster, Nelson Garcia, Steve Goode, [[Margaret Malandruccolo]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''[[Acoustic Kitty (album)|Acoustic Kitty]]'', [[John Mann (musician)|John Mann]] – John Rummen
*''Chicken Scratch'', [[Zubot and Dawson]] – Mark Mushet, John Rummen
*''Home is Where My Feet Are'', [[Holly McNarland]] – Garnet Armstrong, Susan Michalek, James Pattyn
*''[[Square (album)|Square]]'', [[Buck 65]] – Robbie Cameron, James Patterson

==== Francophone Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''[[Rêver mieux]]'', [[Daniel Bélanger]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''Rendez-vous'', [[Sylvain Cossette]]
*''Break Syndical'', [[Les Cowboys Fringants]]
*''Les Lettres Rouges'', [[Lynda Lemay]]
*''De L'amour le mieux'', [[Natasha St-Pier]]

==== Instrumental Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''Allegro'', [[Robert Michaels]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''Celtic Mystique'', Howard Baer
*''Camino Latino / Latin Journey'', [[Liona Boyd]]
*''Lakeside Retreat'', [[Oliver Schroer]] & [[Dan Gibson]]
*''Big Band Love Songs'', The Swingfield Big Band

==== International Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''[[The Eminem Show]]'', [[Eminem]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''[[Weathered]]'', [[Creed (band)|Creed]]
*''[[Escape (Enrique Iglesias album)|Escape]]'', [[Enrique Iglesias]]
*''[[Nellyville]]'', [[Nelly]]
*''[[Laundry Service (album)|Laundry Service]]'', [[Shakira]]

==== Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''Tales from the Blue Lounge'', [[Richard Underhill]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''Mistura'', Mark Duggan's Vuja dé
*''Love Songs'', [[Warren Hill (musician)|Warren Hill]]
*''Highwire'', [[Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra]]
*''Mother Tree'', Jean-Pierre

==== Vocal Jazz Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''Live in Paris'', [[Diana Krall]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''the path of least resistance'', [[Coral Egan]]
*''Another Day'', [[Molly Johnson]]
*''Pennies From Heaven'', Susie Arioli Swing Band
*''The Wall Street Sessions'', Joani Taylor/[[Bob Murphy (musician)|Bob Murphy]]

==== Traditional Jazz Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''Life on Earth'', [[Renee Rosnes]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''Spirituals and Dedications'', [[Jane Bunnett]], [[Dewey Redman]], Dean Bowman, Larry Cramer, [[Stanley Cowell]], Kieran Overs, [[Mark McLean]]
*''Then and Now'', [[Oliver Jones (pianist)|Oliver Jones]] and Skip Bey
*''Thank You, Ted'', [[Rob McConnell|Rob McConnell Tentet]]
*''Evolution'', Bernard Primeau and the Montreal Jazz Ensemble

==== Pop Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''[[Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)|Let Go]]'', [[Avril Lavigne]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''Shake It Off'', [[Jarvis Church]]
*''[[Asianblue]]'', [[Emm Gryner]]
*''[[Everybody's Got a Story]]'', [[Amanda Marshall]]
*''[[Under Rug Swept]]'', [[Alanis Morissette]]

==== Rock Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''[[Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)|Gravity]]'', [[Our Lady Peace]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''[[Born a Lion]]'', [[Danko Jones]]
*''[[The Interzone Mantras]]'', [[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]]
*''[[Detox (Treble Charger album)|Detox]]'', [[Treble Charger]]
*''Rained Out Parade'', [[Wide Mouth Mason]]

==== Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group) ====
'''Winner:''' ''Chicken Scratch'', [[Zubot and Dawson]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''All Day Every Day'', The Bill Hilly Band ([[The Bills]])
*''[[Five Dollar Bill]]'', [[The Corb Lund Band]]
*''Your Daughters and Your Sons'', [[The Duhks]]
*''Field Guide'', John Reischman and the Jaybirds

==== Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo) ====
'''Winner:''' ''Unravel'', [[Lynn Miles]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''Gingerbread'', [[Kim Barlow]]
*''Voodoo King'', [[Bill Bourne]]
*''[[Failer]]'', [[Kathleen Edwards]]
*''That's How I Walk'', [[Stephen Fearing]]

==== World Music Album of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''Balagane'', Jeszcze Raz

'''Other nominees:'''
*''la fiesta mondiale de percussion'', The Beat
*''Cuban Odyssey'', [[Jane Bunnett]]
*''Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada Vol. 3'', Raphael Geronimo
*''Hypnotika'', Maza Mezé

=== Releases ===

==== Single of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' "[[Complicated (Avril Lavigne song)|Complicated]]", [[Avril Lavigne]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*"Bulletproof", [[Blue Rodeo]]
*"[[A New Day Has Come (song)|A New Day Has Come]]", [[Celine Dion]]
*"[[Somewhere Out There (Our Lady Peace song)|Somewhere Out There]]", [[Our Lady Peace]]
*"[[Brother Down]]", [[Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter)|Sam Roberts]]

==== Classical Composition of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' "Requiem for a Charred Skull", [[Bramwell Tovey]], ''Voices on High''

'''Other nominees:'''
*"Test Run", [[John Estacio]], Banff International String Competition
*"Orbiting Garden", [[Christos Hatzis]], ''Orbiting Garden''
*"Music for a Thousand Autumns", [[Alexina Louie]], ''Music for a Thousand Autumns''
*"Concerto for Cello", [[Heather Schmidt]], ''Colour Of My Dreams''

==== Country Recording of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' "[[I'm Gonna Getcha Good!]]", [[Shania Twain]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*"[[I Just Wanna Be Mad]]", [[Terri Clark]]
*''Curve'', [[Doc Walker]]
*''[[Emerson Drive (album)|Emerson Drive]]'', [[Emerson Drive]]
*''[[Shut Up and Kiss Me (Michelle Wright album)|Shut Up and Kiss Me]]'', [[Michelle Wright]]

==== Dance Recording of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''Billie Jean'', [[The Sound Bluntz]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''Wet'', [[The Boomtang Boys|Boomtang]]
*''Tribalmania'', Grand Menage
*''Freak The Funk'', [[MC Mario]]
*''Sunglasses At Night 2002'', Original 3 featuring [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]]

==== R&B/Soul Recording of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''The Way I Feel'', [[Remy Shand]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''You Changed'', [[Jully Black]]
*''Get Ready'', [[Shawn Desman]]
*''RNB'', [[Carl Henry (singer)|Carl Henry]]
*''World Outside My Window'', [[Glenn Lewis]]

==== Rap Recording of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''[[Monsters in the Closet (Swollen Members album)|Monsters in the Closet]]'', [[Swollen Members]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*''El Dorado'', [[BrassMunk]]
*''R.A.W.'', [[Checkmate (rapper)|Checkmate]]
*''[[Exit (k-os album)|Exit]]'', [[K-OS]]
*''[[Reloaded (Rascalz album)|Reloaded]]'', [[Rascalz]]

==== Reggae Recording of the Year ====
'''Winner:''' ''You Won't See Me Cry'', Sonia Collymore

'''Other nominees:'''
*''Gifted Man'', Belinda Brady featuring Carla Marshall
*''Heartache'', Mr. Leroy Brown
*''You Won't See Me Cry'', Sonia Collymore
*''She Boom'', Kulcha Connection
*''Two Hands Clapping'', [[Snow (musician)|Snow]]

=== Video of the Year ===
'''Winner:''' "[[Weapon (song)|Weapon]]" by [[Matthew Good]] – Director: Ante Kovac, [[Matthew Good]]

'''Other nominees:'''
*"Black Black Heart" by [[David Usher]] – producer: [[Craig Bernard]]
*"Lovercall" by [[Danko Jones]] – producer: [[Craig Bernard]], [[Danko Jones]]
*"Superstarr Pt. 0" by [[K-OS]] – producer: [[Micah Meisner]]
*"PDA" by [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] – producer: Christopher Mills

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091213131231/http://ottawastart.com/juno.php OttawaStart archive of 2003 Juno Awards]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060111025428/http://www.capitalxtra.on.ca/queercapital/cx115/cx115_arts_junos.htm Capital Xtra: "Juno mania hits Ottawa"]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060114070734/http://www.thegate.ca/junos/2003/2003-rant.php "The 2003 Juno Awards: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly"], April 2003 on ''[[TheGATE.ca]]''
* {{cite news|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/33532/juno-awards-shania-gets-booed |title=Juno Awards: Shania Gets Booed |date=7 April 2003 |work=[[Chart (magazine)|Chart]] |access-date=2009-09-16 |first=Jason |last=Markusoff |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607185638/http://www.chartattack.com/news/33532/juno-awards-shania-gets-booed |archive-date= 7 June 2011 }}
*[http://www.junoawards.ca Juno Awards site]

{{Juno Award years}}

[[Category:Juno Awards by year|2003]]
[[Category:2003 music awards]]
[[Category:Music festivals in Ottawa]]
[[Category:2003 in Canadian music]]
[[Category:April 2003 in Canada]]
[[Category:2003 in Ontario]]
[[Category:2000s in Ottawa]]
[[Category:2003 awards in Canada]]

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