Der Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year ist ein jährlich während der Juno Awards vergebener Musikpreis, der Alben kanadischer Künstler honoriert, die dem Alternative Rock oder dem Indie-Rock angehören. Erstmals vergeben wurde er 1995 unter dem Namen Best Alternative Album. 2003 erhielt er seinen heutigen Namen.
Besonderheiten Arcade Fire gewannen den Preis insgesamt drei Mal und führen damit die Gewinnerliste an. Darauf folgen Broken Social Scene, July Talk und Rufus Wainwright mit je zwei Preisen. Broken Social Scene gewannen jedoch nicht nur als Band, sondern alle drei Mitglieder gewannen den Award auch mit anderen Projekten: Emily Haines und James Shaw gewannen den Award zweimal mit ihrer Band Metric und Leslie Feist gewann ihn mit ihrem Soloalbum. Arcade Fire wurden insgesamt vier Mal nominiert, gefolgt von Broken Social Scene, Metric, Stars, Chad VanGaalen, Black Mountain und Tegan and Sara mit drei Nominierungen.
Nur zwei französischsprachige Alben wurden nominiert: Malajubes Trompe-l'œil und Karkwas Les Chemins de verre.
Gewinner Best Alternative Album (1995–2002) JahrGewinnerAlbumNominierungenRef.1995Rose ChroniclesShiver Smilin' Buddha Cabaret – 54-40 Forever Again – Eric's Trip Project Twinkle – King Cobb Steelie Naveed – Our Lady Peace Twice Removed – Sloan1996Art BergmannWhat Fresh Hell Is This? Somebody Spoke – The Hardship Post Kombinator – The Inbreds Fluke – Rusty Mock Up, Scale Down – The Super Friendz1997SloanOne Chord to Another Purple Blue – Eric's Trip It's Sydney or the Bush – The Inbreds Limblifter – Limblifter Self Title – Treble Charger1998Bran Van 3000Glee Love Story – Copyright Stuff – Holly McNarland Get Outta Dodge – Huevos Rancheros Maybe It's Me – Treble Charger1999Rufus WainwrightRufus Wainwright Bring Yourself Up – Bodega BTK – BTK Breath from Another – Esthero The Closer I Get – Hayden2000Julie Doiron and Wooden StarsJulie Doiron and the Wooden Stars My Love Is Bold – Danko Jones You Can't Stop the Bum Rush – Len Clayton Park – Thrush Hermit Sometimes I Cry – Tricky Woo2001The New PornographersMass Romantic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Kid Koala Mayday – King Cobb Steelie The East Infection – Ramasutra Left and Leaving – The Weakerthans2002Rufus WainwrightPoses Constantines – Constantines (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves – Hawksley Workman Down at the Khyber – Joel Plaskett Emergency Night of the Shooting Stars – Rheostatics
Alternative Album of the Year (seit 2003) JahrGewinnerAlbumNominierungenRef.2003Broken Social SceneYou Forgot It in People Square – Buck 65 Make Up the Breakdown – Hot Hot Heat The New Deal – The New Deal Alone at the Microphone – Royal City2004Buck 65Talkin' Honky Blues Shine a Light – Constantines Truthfully Truthfully – Joel Plaskett Heart – Stars Reconstruction Site – The Weakerthans2005FeistLet It Die The Slow Wonder – A.C. Newman Funeral – Arcade Fire Now, More Than Ever – Jim Guthrie Set Yourself on Fire – Stars2006Broken Social SceneBroken Social Scene Elevator – Hot Hot Heat Live It Out – Metric Twin Cinema – The New Pornographers So Jealous – Tegan and Sara2007City and ColourSometimes Skelliconnection – Chad VanGaalen Return to the Sea – Islands Trompe-l'œil – Malajube Not Saying/Just Saying – Shout Out Out Out Out2008Arcade FireNeon Bible LP – Holy Fuck Close to Paradise – Patrick Watson The Con – Tegan and Sara Welcome to the Night Sky – Wintersleep2009The StillsOceans Will Rise In the Future – Black Mountain Soft Airplane – Chad VanGaalen The Chemistry of Common Life – Fucked Up Parc Avenue – Plants and Animals2010MetricFantasies Face Control – Handsome Furs Post-Nothing – Japandroids I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day – Julie Doiron Sainthood – Tegan and Sara2011Arcade FireThe Suburbs Forgiveness Rock Record – Broken Social Scene Les Chemins de verre – Karkwa Heartland – Owen Pallett Champ – Tokyo Police Club2012Dan ManganOh Fortune Native Speaker – Braids Kaputt – Destroyer David Comes to Life – Fucked Up Creep On Creepin' On – Timber Timbre2013MetricSynthetica Hannah Georgas – Hannah Georgas Celebration Rock – Japandroids Little Mountain – Said the Whale The North – Stars2014Arcade FireReflektor The Poet's Dead – Rah Rah Today We're Believers – Royal Canoe Warring – The Darcys UZU – Yamantaka // Sonic Titan2015July TalkJuly Talk Alvvays – Alvvays Shrink Dust – Chad VanGaalen Animism – Tanya Tagaq Hot Dreams – Timber Timbre2016BRAIDSDeep in the Iris Poison Season – Destroyer Are You Alone? – Majical Cloudz Half Free – U.S. Girls Viet Cong – Viet Cong2017July TalkTouch IV – Black Mountain Sore – Dilly Dally Art Angels – Grimes Weaves – Weaves2018AlvvaysAntisocialites Everything Now – Arcade Fire Life After Youth – Land of Talk Retribution – Tanya Tagaq Wide Open – Weaves2019DizzyBaby Teeth Ken – Destroyer Dose Your Dreams – Fucked Up TPC – Tokyo Police Club In a Poem Unlimited – U.S. Girls"Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.2020PUPMorbid Stuff Destroyer – Black Mountain Foxwarren – Foxwarren Here Comes the Cowboy – Mac DeMarco Pony – Orville PeckMelody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2020.2021July TalkPray for It The Sun and Her Scorch – Dizzy This Place Sucks As – Pup Heavy Light – U.S. Girls Pity Party – Curtis Waters2022MustafaWhen Smoke Rises Hope for Sale – Chiiild Death of an Optimist – Grandson If It Comes Down to It – Ruby Waters The Fool – Sate2023AlvvaysBlue Rev Duality – Luna Li Sewn Back Together – OMBIIGIZI The Unraveling of PUPTheBand – PUP Tongues – Tanya Tagaq2024Aysanabee Here and Now Dizzy – Dizzy Leith Ross – To Learn Softcult – See You in the Dark Talk – Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees2025Nemahsis Verbathim Luna Li – When a Thought Grows Wings Peach Pit – Magpie Ruby Waters – What’s the Point Valley – Water the Flowers – Pray for a Garden2026Aysanabee Edge of the Earth Saya Gray – Saya Yves Jarvis – All Cylinders The OBGMs – Sorry, It’s Over PUP – Who Will Look After the Dogs?
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