The Juno Award for "Rock Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1991, as recognition each year for the best rock album in Canada. The award has been called a number of other names, including the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Album" and "Best Rock Album".
Winners
Best Hard Rock/Metal Album (1991) Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.1991RushPresto Lee Aaron, Bodyrock Andy Curran, Andy Curran Killer Dwarfs, Dirty Weapons Voivod, Nothingface
Hard Rock Album of the Year (1992 - 1993) Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.1992RushRoll the Bones Lee Aaron, Some Girls Do Big House, Big House Brighton Rock, Love Machine Chrissy Steele, Magnet to Steele1993Slik ToxikDoin' the Nasty Killer Dwarfs, Method to the Madness Sven Gali, Sven Gali Triumph, Edge of Excess Voivod, Angel Rat
Best Hard Rock Album (1994 - 1995) Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.1994I Mother EarthDig Doughboys, Crush Rush, Counterparts The Tea Party, Splendor Solis Wild T and the Spirit, Givin Blood1995Monster Voodoo MachineSuffersystem Econoline Crush, Purge Front Line Assembly, Millennium Malhavoc, Get Down Varga, Prototype
Best Rock Album (1996) Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.1996Alanis MorissetteJagged Little Pill Headstones, Teeth and Tissue Odds, Good Weird Feeling The Tea Party, The Edges of Twilight Neil Young, Mirror Ball
North Star Rock Album of the Year (1997) Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.1997The Tragically HipTrouble at the HenhouseBig Sugar, Hemi-Vision I Mother Earth, Scenery and Fish Rush, Test for Echo The Watchmen, Brand New Day
Blockbuster Rock Album of the Year (1998) Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.1998Our Lady PeaceClumsyEconoline Crush, The Devil You Know Headstones, Smile and Wave Moist, Creature The Tea Party, Transmission
Best Rock Album (1999 - 2002) Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.1999The Tragically HipPhantom Power54-40, Since When Matthew Good Band, Underdogs Sloan, Navy Blues The Watchmen, Silent Radar2000Matthew Good BandBeautiful Midnight Edwin, Another Spin Around the Sun Moist, Mercedes 5 and Dime Our Lady Peace, Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch The Tea Party, Triptych2001The Tragically HipMusic @ Work 54-40, Casual Viewin' Finger Eleven, The Greyest of Blue Skies Treble Charger, Wide Awake Bored Wide Mouth Mason, Stew "Juno nominees include Nelly Furtado, Barenaked Ladies, Moffatts, soulDecision". Whitehorse Star, January 24, 2001.2002NickelbackSilver Side UpBif Naked, Purge Big Sugar, Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready? Sloan, Pretty Together Sum 41, All Killer No Filler
Rock Album of the Year (2003 - Present) Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.2003Our Lady PeaceGravityDanko Jones, Born a Lion The Tea Party, The Interzone Mantras Treble Charger, Detox Wide Mouth Mason, Rained Out Parade2004Sam RobertsWe Were Born in a FlameBilly Talent, Billy Talent Danko Jones, We Sweat Blood Nickelback, The Long Road Sum 41, Does This Look Infected?2005Sum 41ChuckDefault, Elocation Thornley, Come Again The Tea Party, Seven Circles The Tragically Hip, In Between Evolution2006NickelbackAll the Right Reasons Hedley, Hedley Jonas, Jonas Our Lady Peace, Healthy in Paranoid Times Theory of a Deadman, Gasoline2007Billy TalentBilly Talent II Mobile, Tomorrow Starts Today Sam Roberts, Chemical City Sloan, Never Hear the End of It The Tragically Hip, World Container2008Finger ElevenThem vs. You vs. Me Matthew Good, Hospital Music Pride Tiger, The Lucky Ones The Saint Alvia Cartel, The Saint Alvia Cartel Sum 41, Underclass Hero 2009Sam RobertsLove at the End of the WorldMatt Mays & El Torpedo, Terminal Romance Protest the Hero, Fortress Sloan, Parallel Play The Trews, No Time for Later2010Billy TalentBilly Talent III Alexisonfire, Old Crows/Young Cardinals Nickelback, Dark Horse Three Days Grace, Life Starts Now The Tragically Hip, We Are the Same2011Matthew GoodVancouverCancer Bats, Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones Die Mannequin, Fino + Bleed Finger Eleven, Life Turns Electric Hail the Villain, Population: Declining2012The SheepdogsLearn & BurnArkells, Michigan Left Matthew Good, Lights of Endangered Species Sam Roberts, Collider Sloan, The Double Cross2013RushClockwork AngelsBig Wreck, Albatross Billy Talent, Dead Silence The Sheepdogs, The Sheepdogs The Tragically Hip, Now for Plan A2014Matt MaysCoyoteHeadstones, Love + Fury Matthew Good, Arrows of Desire Monster Truck, Furiosity Three Days Grace, Transit of Venus2015ArkellsHigh NoonBig Wreck, Ghosts Sam Roberts Band, Lo-Fantasy The Glorious Sons, The Union Your Favorite Enemies, Between Illness and Migration2016Death from Above 1979The Physical WorldBryan Adams, Get Up Matthew Good, Chaotic Neutral Nickelback, No Fixed Address The Sheepdogs, Future Nostalgia2017The Tragically HipMan Machine PoemArkells, Morning Report Billy Talent, Afraid of Heights Monster Truck, Sittin' Heavy Sam Roberts Band, Terraform2018The Glorious SonsYoung Beauties and FoolsBig Wreck, Grace Street Death from Above, Outrage! Is Now Nickelback, Feed the Machine Theory, Wake Up Call2019ArkellsRally CryMonster Truck, True Rockers The Sheepdogs, Changing Colours The Trews, Civilianaires Three Days Grace, Outsider2020The Glorious SonsA War on EverythingBig Wreck, ...but for the sun The Dirty Nil, Master Volume Headstones, Peopleskills Sum 41, Order in DeclineMelody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.2021JJ WildeRuthlessCrown Lands, Crown Lands Sam Roberts Band, All of Us Silverstein, A Beautiful Place to Drown Neil Young and Crazy Horse, ColoradoHolly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.2022The BeachesSisters Not Twins (The Professional Lovers Album)Arkells, Blink Once Black Pistol Fire, Look Alive The Blue Stones, Hidden Gems The Dirty Nil, Fuck ArtJackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.2023AlexisonfireOthernessBilly Talent, Crisis of Faith Nickelback, Get Rollin' The Sheepdogs, Outta Sight Three Days Grace, Explosions Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.2024 The Beaches Blame My ExThe Blue Stones, Pretty Monster Crown Lands, Fearless The Glorious Sons, Glory Metric, Formentera II "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.2025 Nobro Set Your Pussy FreeBig Wreck, Pages Mother Mother, Grief Chapter Sum 41, Heaven :x: Hell JJ Wilde, Vices "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.2026 The Beaches No Hard Feelings Bryan Adams, Roll with the Punches The Blue Stones, Metro The Damn Truth, The Damn Truth grandson, Inertia Three Days Grace, Alienation Natalie Harmsen, Melody Lau, Holly Gordon and Kelsey Adams, "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees". CBC Music, March 28, 2026.
See also :Category:Canadian rock music groups :Category:Canadian rock musicians
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