Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the alternative rock and/or indie rock genres. The award was first presented in 1995 under the name Best Alternative Album, and adopted its current name in 2003.

Achievements

Arcade Fire have won the award three times to date, while Broken Social Scene and Rufus Wainwright have won the award twice each. In addition to Broken Social Scene's wins as a band, three members have also won the award for separate projects — Emily Haines and James Shaw have also won the award twice with their band Metric, and Leslie Feist has won for a solo album. Arcade Fire have been nominated for the award four times overall, while Broken Social Scene, Metric, Stars, Chad VanGaalen and Tegan and Sara have received three nominations each.

Only two French-language albums have ever been nominated (Malajube's Trompe-l'œil and Karkwa's Les Chemins de verre) and none has ever won.

Recipients

Best Alternative Album (1995–2002)

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1995	Rose Chronicles	Shiver	Smilin' Buddha Cabaret performed by 54-40 Forever Again performed by Eric's Trip Project Twinkle performed by King Cobb Steelie Naveed performed by Our Lady Peace Twice Removed performed by Sloan	[1]
1996	Art Bergmann	What Fresh Hell Is This?	Somebody Spoke performed by The Hardship Post Kombinator performed by The Inbreds Fluke performed by Rusty Mock Up, Scale Down performed by The Super Friendz	[2]
1997	Sloan	One Chord to Another	Purple Blue performed by Eric's Trip It's Sydney or the Bush performed by The Inbreds Limblifter performed by Limblifter Self Title performed by Treble Charger	[3]
1998	Bran Van 3000	Glee	Love Story performed by Copyright Stuff performed by Holly McNarland Get Outta Dodge performed by Huevos Rancheros Maybe It's Me performed by Treble Charger	[4]
1999	Rufus Wainwright	Rufus Wainwright	Bring Yourself Up performed by Bodega BTK performed by BTK Breath from Another performed by Esthero The Closer I Get performed by Hayden	[5]
2000	Julie Doiron and Wooden Stars	Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars	My Love Is Bold performed by Danko Jones You Can't Stop the Bum Rush performed by Len Clayton Park performed by Thrush Hermit Sometimes I Cry performed by Tricky Woo	[6]
2001	The New Pornographers	Mass Romantic	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome performed by Kid Koala Mayday performed by King Cobb Steelie The East Infection performed by Ramasutra Left and Leaving performed by The Weakerthans	[7]
2002	Rufus Wainwright	Poses	Constantines performed by Constantines (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves performed by Hawksley Workman Down at the Khyber performed by Joel Plaskett Emergency Night of the Shooting Stars performed by Rheostatics	[8]

Alternative Album of the Year (2003–present)

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2003	Broken Social Scene	You Forgot It in People	Square performed by Buck 65 Make Up the Breakdown performed by Hot Hot Heat The New Deal performed by The New Deal Alone at the Microphone performed by Royal City	[9]
2004	Buck 65	Talkin' Honky Blues	Shine a Light performed by Constantines Truthfully Truthfully performed by Joel Plaskett Heart performed by Stars Reconstruction Site performed by The Weakerthans	[10]
2005	Feist	Let It Die	The Slow Wonder performed by A.C. Newman Funeral performed by Arcade Fire Now, More Than Ever performed by Jim Guthrie Set Yourself on Fire performed by Stars	[11]
2006	Broken Social Scene	Broken Social Scene	Elevator performed by Hot Hot Heat Live It Out performed by Metric Twin Cinema performed by The New Pornographers So Jealous performed by Tegan and Sara	[12]
2007	City and Colour	Sometimes	Skelliconnection performed by Chad VanGaalen Return to the Sea performed by Islands Trompe-l'œil performed by Malajube Not Saying/Just Saying performed by Shout Out Out Out Out	[13]
2008	Arcade Fire	Neon Bible	LP performed by Holy Fuck Close to Paradise performed by Patrick Watson The Con performed by Tegan and Sara Welcome to the Night Sky performed by Wintersleep	[14]
2009	The Stills	Oceans Will Rise	In the Future performed by Black Mountain Soft Airplane performed by Chad VanGaalen The Chemistry of Common Life performed by Fucked Up Parc Avenue performed by Plants and Animals	[15]
2010	Metric	Fantasies	Face Control performed by Handsome Furs Post-Nothing performed by Japandroids I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day performed by Julie Doiron Sainthood performed by Tegan and Sara	[16]
2011	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs	Forgiveness Rock Record performed by Broken Social Scene Les Chemins de verre performed by Karkwa Heartland performed by Owen Pallett Champ performed by Tokyo Police Club	[17]
2012	Dan Mangan	Oh Fortune	Native Speaker performed by Braids Kaputt performed by Destroyer David Comes to Life performed by Fucked Up Creep On Creepin' On performed by Timber Timbre	[18]
2013	Metric	Synthetica	Hannah Georgas performed by Hannah Georgas Celebration Rock performed by Japandroids Little Mountain performed by Said the Whale The North performed by Stars	[19]
2014	Arcade Fire	Reflektor	The Poet's Dead performed by Rah Rah Today We're Believers performed by Royal Canoe Warring performed by The Darcys UZU performed by Yamantaka // Sonic Titan	[20]
2015	July Talk	July Talk	Alvvays performed by Alvvays Shrink Dust performed by Chad VanGaalen Animism performed by Tanya Tagaq Hot Dreams performed by Timber Timbre	[21]
2016	BRAIDS	Deep in the Iris	Destroyer, Poison Season Majical Cloudz, Are You Alone? U.S. Girls, Half Free Preoccupations then known as Viet Cong, Viet Cong

References

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