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Calgary To Host The 2016 JUNOS

Posted February 27, 2015 by Bram Gonshor

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (CARAS) has announced that Calgary, Alberta will play host to the 45th annual JUNO Awards and JUNO Week celebrations in 2016. Calgary first hosted to JUNOs in 2008 and after a successful community-based bid led by Tourism Calgary, the city will again welcome Juno Week March 28 – April 3, 2016.

“We’re delighted that the JUNO Awards will be returning to Calgary for the first time in eight years,” said Cindy Ady, CEO of Tourism Calgary. “2016 will be a great year for music in Calgary as we highlight Canada’s best musical talents during JUNO Week, followed by the opening of the highly anticipated National Music Centre later in the year.”

Hosting a major national event like the JUNO Awards falls in line with the Alberta Music Cities Initiative (AMCI) and the Fertile Ground 2014 report, which outlines several recommendations on how music can be positioned as a vehicle for the diversification of Alberta’s economy and a tool that municipalities can use to stimulate economic growth, increase investment, retain youth, and drive tourism.

In 2008, the Juno Awards generated a total economic impact of $11.3 million for the city of Calgary. From 2007 to 2014 the JUNO Awards have created a total economic impact of almost $88 million combined from its hosting cities like Toronto ($14 million), Regina ($10 million) and Calgary.

“To bring the industry to Calgary and let them see the NMC is just too good of an opportunity to have go by,” said Allan Reid, President & CEO of CARAS/The JUNO Awards, when speaking with The Calgary Herald. “It just feels like such a great opportunity to be in Calgary around the time to help them launch that.”

When it is completed, the new 160,000-square-foot facility will house the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Association Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, as well as community and education programs.

“I’m thrilled Calgarians will once again be hosting the JUNO Awards,” said Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who will be in attendance at next month’s JUNO Awards in Hamilton, ON. “This is a tremendous opportunity for Calgary and our music and culture scene.”

The 45^th annual JUNO Awards will be broadcast on CTV from The Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday, April 3, 2016.

Categories: Industry News
Tags: 2016 Juno Awards, Alberta Music Cities Initiative, AMCI, Calgary, Fertile Ground, JUNOs, National Music Centre

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C.D. Howe Report: “Getting the Price Right: Putting a Fair Value on Music Copyrights”

Posted February 18, 2015 by Quentin Burgess

Today, the C.D. Howe Institute has released a new report that finds that Canada’s current copyright framework for recorded music is shortchanging artists. Analysis by the report author Marcel Boyer determines that the competitive value of recorded music is approximately 2.5 times higher than the current level of copyright payments.

“In today’s digital age, copyright regimes everywhere face common piracy threats along with wide dissemination,” said Boyer in a release. “Meanwhile, rights holders and users contest the market value of copyrights in public forums, legislatures and in the courts. The root of those conflicts is the difficulty of properly valuing the intellectual property rights of authors, composers, performers and makers.”

The full report is now available as a PDF on the C.D. Howe website.

Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: C.D. Howe, C.D. Howe Institute, Copyright Board of Canada, Marcel Boyer

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New Canadian Certifications: Week of February 9, 2015

Posted February 13, 2015 by Bram Gonshor

Below you will find Music Canada’s Gold/Platinum certifications for the week of February 9, 2015. For the latest certification news, make sure to follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page!

February 13, 2015	Double Platinum Digital Download	Darius Rucker Wagon Wheel	Capitol Nashville
February 13, 2015	Triple Platinum Digital Download	Darius Rucker Wagon Wheel	Capitol Nashville
February 9, 2015	Double Platinum Digital Download	Charli XCX Boom Clap	Atlantic Records Uk

Categories: Gold/Platinum
Tags: Charli XCX, Darius Rucker, Gold/Platinum

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OMDC announces key dates for Ontario Music Fund Program Year 3

Posted February 13, 2015 by Quentin Burgess

The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) has announced the key dates for year 3 of the Ontario Music Fund.

Timelines and deadlines for the four streams of the Ontario Music Fund are as follows. The OMDC noted that key dates for each stream vary, and all dates may be subject to change.

OMF Music Company Development Stream

Guidelines and Application Launch: February 26, 2015
Deadline: May 7, 2015
Activity Period: July 1, 2015 – July 31, 2016

OMF Live Music Stream

Guidelines and Application Launch: March 10, 2015
Deadline: May 11, 2015
Activity Period: July 1, 2015 – August 31, 2016

OMF Music Futures Stream

Guidelines and Application Launch: February 26, 2015
Deadline: May 14, 2015
Activity Period: May 1, 2015 – August 31, 2016

OMF Music Industry Development Stream

Guidelines and Application Launch: March 16, 2015
Rolling Deadline: Applications accepted from launch through October 29, 2015
Activity Period: April 1, 2015 – May 31, 2016

The OMDC also announced that information and webinar sessions on the OMF will be held in March and April 2015. Details and registration will be posted on the OMDC website in the coming weeks.

For further information on the Ontario Music Fund, visit the OMDC’s website at http://www.omdc.on.ca/music/the_ontario_music_fund.htm.

Categories: Resources
Tags: OMDC, Ontario Music Fund

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UK’s Ben Howard Presented With Gold Award Plaque In Toronto

Posted February 9, 2015 by Bram Gonshor

UK singer-songwriter Ben Howard was presented with Canadian Gold album award plaques in Toronto, ON last week for his 2011 Mercury Prize nominated LP Every Kingdom, which was officially certified earlier this year.

Howard (pictured right) along with with his manager Owain Davies (pictured left) were presented with the awards by Universal Music Canada publicist Mima Agozzino prior to his 2 sold-out shows at Toronto’s Massey Hall on February 1 &2, 2015. Howard is currently on a North American tour in support of his 2014 album I Forget Where We Were, which also featured Canadian stops in Montreal, QC and Vancouver, BC.

The video for “The Wolves” can be viewed below:

Categories: Gold/Platinum, Uncategorized
Tags: Ben Howard, Gold, Gold/Platinum, Universal Music Canada

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New Canadian Certifications: Week of January 26, 2015

Posted January 30, 2015 by Bram Gonshor

Below you will find Music Canada’s Gold/Platinum certifications for the week of January 26, 2015. For the latest certification news, make sure to follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page!

Date	Certification	Artist / Album	Label
January 30, 2015	Gold Album(s)	Bryan Adams Tracks Of My Years	Verve
January 30, 2015	Gold Digital Download	Deorro Five Hours	Ultra Music Canada
January 30, 2015	Gold Digital Download	Aronchupa I’m An Albatraoz	Ultra Music Canada
January 28, 2015	Double Platinum Album(s)	Ed Sheeran X	Warner Music UK
January 28, 2015	Platinum Digital Download	David Guetta Dangerous (Ft. Sam Martin)	Parlophone France

Categories: Gold/Platinum
Tags: Gold/Platinum

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2015 JUNO Award Nominees Announced

Posted January 28, 2015 by Quentin Burgess

Congratulations to the 2015 JUNO Award nominees, which were announced by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) yesterday at a press conference at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. The full list of nominees is now available on the JUNOs website. Of the 179 nominees across 41 categories, 89 are receiving the first nomination of their career. Music from the nominees is available in the new JUNO Room on iTunes.

Music Canada is proud to return as the sponsor of the Album of the Year Award category. Nominees in that category include:

Where I Belong Bobby Bazini Universal
Wild Life Hedley Universal
Popular Problems Leonard Cohen Columbia*Sony
No Fixed Address Nickelback Nickelback II Productions*Universal
Serge Fiori Serge Fiori GSI*eOne

And now the nominees for Album of the Year (Sponsored by @Music_Canada): #JUNOS pic.twitter.com/qxsesIIje5

— The JUNO Awards (@TheJUNOAwards) January 27, 2015

The awards will be presented during JUNO Week in Hamilton, which runs March 9^th-15^th, culminating with the JUNO Awards Broadcast, which will air on CTV from Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre. Tickets for the JUNO Awards 2015 are on sale now at Ticketmaster. The JUNOs also announced that Hamilton’s own Arkells will perform at the Broadcast show, joining previously announced performers Hedley, Kiesza, MAGIC!, and Shawn Mendes. A number of events for JUNO Week have also been announced, including JUNO Cup, JUNO Fan Fare, JUNOfest, and JUNO Songwriters’ Circle. Additionally, the JUNO Photography Exhibition and the JUNO Tour of Canadian Art are on now through late April at the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

Hamilton is “is positively amped about hosting the 2015 JUNOS,” said Tim Potocic, Chair of the 2015 JUNO Awards Host Committee earlier this year. This will be the first time since 2001 that Hamilton has hosted the awards, which also hosted the awards in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1999. As Potocic notes, the City of Hamilton has embraced the music sector as an economic driver, with the creation of Hamilton Music Strategy and the establishment of the City’s Music and Film Office late last year.

It is estimated that the JUNOs will generate an economic impact of more than $10 million for Hamilton. Each city that has hosted the JUNO Awards has seen an economic impact of more than $10 million, said CARAS President & CEO Allan Reid at a Canadian Heritage Committee earlier this year, with more than $100 million in economic impact seen across Canada over the past 10 years.

Categories: Industry News
Tags: The Arkells, The Juno Awards

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Music Canada Proud to Support 44th Annual JUNO Awards

Posted January 27, 2015 by Quentin Burgess

Music Canada is proud to return as the sponsor of the Album of the Year Award at the 44th Annual JUNO Awards.

“One constant among all the changes in the ways that we listen to music is the concept of an album, which remains the definitive statement of an artist’s creativity. An album is more than a collection of songs; it establishes an artist’s commercial and public presence. The album is the core of all of the activities that allow a performing artist to make a living, underpinning touring, merchandise, and licensing,” said Graham Henderson, President of Music Canada. “A successful album has a ripple effect that sets many layers of employment into motion, creating momentum for a tour or video shoots, which provide activity for agents and promoters, venue operators and sound technicians, and more.”

At Music Canada we are proud to work alongside the record labels who invest in great Canadian artists like those nominated for the Album of the Year Award, who support artists’ creative development, and who help bring their talents to the world.

The Album of the Year Award will be presented at The 2015 JUNO Awards Broadcast on CTV at Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre on Sunday, March 15th.

Categories: News Release
Tags: Album of the Year, The Juno Awards

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New Canadian Certifications: Week of January 19, 2015

Posted January 23, 2015 by Bram Gonshor

Below you will find Music Canada’s Gold/Platinum certifications for the week of January 19, 2015. For the latest certification news, make sure to follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page!

Date	Certification	Artist / Album	Label
January 23, 2015	Double Platinum Digital Download	Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud	Warner Music UK
January 23, 2015	Gold Album(s)	Vance Joy Dream Your Life Away	Atlantic
January 21, 2015	Gold Digital Download	Lights Up We Go	Universal Music Canada
January 19, 2015	Double Platinum Digital Download	Ed Sheeran Don’t	Warner Music UK
January 19, 2015	Platinum Digital Download	Ed Sheeran Don’t	Warner Music UK
January 19, 2015	Platinum Album(s)	Ariana Grande My Everything	Republic Records
January 19, 2015	Gold Album(s)	Ariana Grande My Everything	Republic Records

Categories: Gold/Platinum
Tags: Gold/Platinum

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2014 Gold/Platinum Year End Review

Posted January 23, 2015 by Bram Gonshor

In 2014, Music Canada’s Gold/Platinum Certification Program recognized a number of Canadian and International releases achieving milestone success.

The full list of albums and tracks certified in 2014 in Canada can be viewed here.

In December 2014, Michael Buble’s 2011 album Christmas received the highest certification of the year, earning Diamond certification status in Canada. It is the first Diamond certification since Adele’s 21 in 2011 and the first Canadian Diamond Certification since Celine Dion’s Christmas album These Are Special Times and her greatest hits compilation All The Way…A Decade Of Song in 2007.

Earlier in the year, Mumford & Sons 2012 album Babel was certified 5X Platinum while Eminem‘s 2013 album Marshall Mathers LP 2 was certified 4X Platinum. The highest Canadian multi-Platinum album certifications were Arcade Fire‘s Reflektor (’13) and The Canadian Tenors‘ The Perfect Gift (’10), both of which were certified 3X Platinum. Other albums to be certified 3X Platinum were The Black Keys El Camino (’11), Imagine Dragons Night Visions (’12) and Bruno Mars Unorthodox Jukebox (’12).

There were 85 albums certified Gold in Canada this year (up from 75 in 2013), with 20 of those albums being Canadian artists. There were 36 albums certified Platinum this year (up from 34 in 2013) with 9 of those albums being Canadian artists.

The highest certification for a song released in 2014 was Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” at 5x Platinum, while Sam Smith‘s “Stay With Me” and Meghan Trainor‘s “All About That Bass” were the 2nd highest certified 2014-released tracks at 4X Platinum. There were 2 tracks certified 9X Platinum this year; Adele‘s “Rolling In The Deep” (’10) and Robin Thicke‘s “Blurred Lines” (’13). Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger” was certified 8X Platinum (’11).

The highest certified Canadian track released in 2013 was Magic!‘s “Rude” at 3X Platinum, while the highest certified Canadian track not released in 2014 was Simple Plan‘s “Summer Paradise” (’10), also certified 3X Platinum. Other songs released in 2014 that were certified 3X Platinum were Calvin Harris‘ “Summer”, Ariana Grande‘s “Problem (ft. Iggy Azalea)” and Iggy Azalea‘s “Fancy (ft. Charli XCX)”.

There were 143 tracks certified Gold this year (up from 124 in 2013), 21 of which were Canadian artists. 74 tracks were certified Platinum, 10 of which were Canadian artists.

Some certified artists were presented with Canadian Gold/Platinum award plaques during their tour stop in Canada throughout 2014. These artists can be seen in the photo collection below: