Annual Canadian music award category
The Juno Award for "Producer of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best record producer in Canada . It was renamed the "Jack Richardson Producer of the Year" award in 2003, after Jack Richardson who was a noted Canadian record producer.[citation needed ]
Winners
Producer of the Year (1970–1977)
Producer of the Year - Single (1978)
Producer of the Year - Album (1978)
Producer of the Year (1979–1998)
1979 - Gino Vannelli , Joe Vannelli & Ross Vannelli, Brother to Brother by Gino Vannelli
1980 - Bruce Fairbairn , Armageddon by Prism
1981 - Gene Martynec , "Tokyo" by Bruce Cockburn and "High School Confidential " by Rough Trade
1982 - Paul Dean & Bruce Fairbairn , "Working for the Weekend " and "When It's Over " by Loverboy
1983 - Bill Henderson & Brian MacLeod , "Whatcha Gonna Do" and "Secret Information" from Opus X by Chilliwack
1984 - Bryan Adams , Cuts Like a Knife by Bryan Adams
1985 - David Foster , Chicago 17 by Chicago
1986 - David Foster , St. Elmo's Fire Soundtrack by various artists
1987 - Daniel Lanois , So by Peter Gabriel
1989 - Daniel Lanois & Robbie Robertson , "Showdown at Big Sky" and "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" from Robbie Robertson by Robbie Robertson
1990 - Bruce Fairbairn , Pump by Aerosmith
1991 - David Tyson , "Baby, It's Tonight" from A View from 3rd Street by Jude Cole and "Don't Hold Back Your Love" from Change of Season by Hall & Oates
1992 - Bryan Adams (Co-producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange ), "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You " and "Can't Stop This Thing We Started " from Waking Up the Neighbours by Bryan Adams
1993 - k.d. lang & Ben Mink (Co-producer Greg Penny ), "Constant Craving " and "The Mind of Love" from Ingénue by k.d. lang
1994 - Steven MacKinnon & Marc Jordan , "Waiting for a Miracle" from Reckless Valentine by Marc Jordan
1995 - Robbie Robertson , "Skin Walker" and "It Is a Good Day to Die" from Music for The Native Americans by Robbie Robertson
1996 - Michael Phillip Wojewoda , "End of the World" from Cock's Crow by The Waltons and "Beaton's Delight" from Hi™ How Are You Today? by Ashley MacIsaac
1997 - Garth Richardson , "Bar-X-the Rocking M" from Stag by Melvins and "Mailman" from Shot by The Jesus Lizard
1998 - Pierre Marchand , "Building a Mystery " from Surfacing by Sarah McLachlan
Best Producer (1999–2001)
Jack Richardson Best Producer (2002)
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year (2003–present)
2003 - Alanis Morissette , "Hands Clean "; "So Unsexy "
2004 - Gavin Brown , "Try Honesty "; "I Hate Everything About You "
2005 - Bob Rock , "Welcome to My Life "; "Some Kind of Monster "
2006 - Neil Young , "The Painter "
2007 - Brian Howes , "Trip " and "Lips of an Angel " (Hedley )
2008 - Joni Mitchell , "Hana" and "Bad Dreams"
2009 - Daniel Lanois , "Here Is What Is" and "Not Fighting Anymore" (Daniel Lanois)
2010 - Bob Rock , "Haven't Met You Yet " and "Baby (You've Got What It Takes) " from Crazy Love by Michael Bublé
2011 - Daniel Lanois , "Hitchhiker" from Le Noise by Neil Young and "I Believe in You" from Black Dub by Black Dub
2012 - Brian Howes , "Heaven's Gonna Wait" from Storms by Hedley and "Trying Not to Love You" from Here and Now by Nickelback
2013 - James Shaw , "Youth Without Youth " and "Breathing Underwater" from Synthetica by Metric
2014 - Cirkut (co-producer Luke Gottwald ), "Wrecking Ball " from Bangerz by Miley Cyrus and "Give It 2 U " from Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke
2015 - Adam Messinger , "Change Your Life" (co-producer Nasri Atweh) from The New Classic by Iggy Azalea ; "Rude" from Don't Kill the Magic by Magic!
2016 - Bob Ezrin , "Honey Honey", "What Love Is All About" from What Love Is All About by Johnny Reid
2017 - A Tribe Called Red , "R.E.D." feat. Yasiin Bey , Narcy & Black Bear , "Sila" feat. Tanya Tagaq from We Are the Halluci Nation by A Tribe Called Red
2018 - Diana Krall , "L-O-V-E", "Night and Day"
2019 - Eric Ratz , "People's Champ", "Relentless" (Arkells , Rally Cry )
2020 - Ben Kaplan - "Brittle Bones Nicky" (Rare Americans ), "It's Alright" (Mother Mother )
2021 - WondaGurl : "Aim for the Moon " (Pop Smoke feat. Quavo ); "Gang Gang" (JackBoys and Sheck Wes )[ 1]
2022 - WondaGurl — "Fair Trade" (Drake feat. Travis Scott ), "Made a Way" (FaZe Kaysan feat. Lil Durk and Future )
2023 - Akeel Henry — "For Tonight " (Giveon ), "Splash" (John Legend )[ 2]
2024 - Shawn Everett — "Used to Be Young" (Miley Cyrus ), "What Now" (Brittany Howard )[ 3]
References
Awards to individuals Awards for recordings Awards for technicality Discontinued categories Special awards Years Leadership Notes 1 Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.