Take a look at the 21, CMI-supported Nominees, for the 2020 Western Canadian Music Awards.
The 2020 Western Canadian Music Award have been announced and we are excited to share with you the CMI-supported artists, managers, and partners we’re rooting for:
BreakOut Artist of the Year:
Alexandria Maillot
Ariel Posen
Begonia – MB (Manager, Stu Anderson, Mighty Cypress Talent Inc/Passport)*
The Funk Hunters
The Small Glories
Country Artist of the Year
Dan Davidson
Don Amero – MB (Manager, Laurie Brown, AM)*
Hunter Brothers
Jess Moskaluke
The Dungarees
Electronic & Dance Artist of the Year
Khanvict
Miles Away
RIELL – AB (AE + Jeremy Johnson, Johnson Talent Management/AM)
Rumpus
SkiiTour
Global Artist of the Year (formerly World Artist of the Year)
Buckman Coe
Casimiro Nhussi
Mazacote
Orchid Ensemble
The Mariachi Ghost – MB (Artist Manager, Segio Elmir, Futuro Libre/Passport)
Indigenous Artist of the Year
Sponsored by Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
Blue Moon Marquee
Burnstick
Celeigh Cardinal – AB (AE West)
Riit
Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Pop Artist of the Year
Alexandria Maillot
Luca Fogale
Martin Kerr – AB (Manager, Anthony Lovesey, Lovesey Management/AM)*
Nuela Charles – AB (Passport 2018)*
Riit –
R&B Artist of the Year (formerly Urban Artist of the Year)
Hooper Turnt Sanger
Iamtheliving
Josh Sahunta – AB (AE West)*
Krystle Dos Santos
Sebastian Gaskin – (AE West)*
Recording of the Year
Frazey Ford
Hunting
Nuela Charles – AB (Passport 2018)*
Royal Canoe – (Manager, Stu Anderson, Mighty Cypress Talent Inc / Passport)*
William Prince –
Rock Artist of the Year
Sponsored by Torque Brewing
Joey Landreth
Mise en Scene
Mobina Galore
The Jerry Cans – (Passport 2018)*
The Radiant
Songwriter(s) of the Year
Sponsored by The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
Celeigh Cardinal – AB (AE West)*
Del Barber – MB
Kacy Anderson & Clayton Linthicum – SK
Nuela Charles – AB (Passport 2018)*
William Prince – MB
Video Director of the Year
Sponsored by Manitoba Film and Music
Brock Davis Mitchell – Nuela Charles, Long Way Down – (Passport)
Dustin Wilson, Zach Wilson – The Dead South, Diamond Ring
Farhad Ghaderi – Jordan Klassen, Virtuous Circle
Jorge Requena – The Mariachi Ghost, Cuerpo Mortal – (Artist Manager, Segio Elmir, Futuro Libre/Passport)*
Travis Nesbitt – The Dungarees, Don’t Make Em Like They Used To
Visual Media Composer of the Year
Daniel Janke, Subconscious Password
The Mariachi Ghost, Octavio is Dead! – (Artist Manager, Segio Elmir, Futuro Libre/Passport)
Tom Koroluk, Get Over It
Wolf Willow, Etthén Heldeli: Caribou Eaters
2020 WESTERN CANADIAN MUSIC AWARDS INDUSTRY NOMINEES
Community Excellence Award
National Music Centre*
Red Tent
The Vancouver Island Symphony
West End Cultural Centre
Winnipeg Music Project
Impact in Artist Development
Birthday Cake Media –
Chronograph Records –
National Music Centre*
Regina Jazz Society
West End Cultural Centre
Impact in Live Music
Sponsored by Canadian Live Music Association
National Music Centre*
Squamish Constellation Festival
West End Cultural Centre
Winnipeg Folk Festival
Winterruption YEG
Impact in Music Marketing
Chronograph Records
National Music Centre*
Susan Busse
The Village Idiots
Winnipeg Folk Festival
Voting is now open to members of all western Provincial and Territorial Music Industry Associations!
