The Weeknd is now the second most-decorated particular person on the Juno Awards, the Canadian equal of the Grammys. At this yr’s award ceremony, the Weeknd picked up 4 wins at their pre-show Opening Night Awards on Saturday — Artist Of The Year, Single Of The Year, Songwriter Of The Year, and Album Of The Year — which had him surpassing Celine Dion and tying with Bryan Adams with 21 wins. And on the correct Juno Awards ceremony on Monday evening, he picked up an award for Album Of The Year for final yr’s DAWN FM.
He nonetheless hasn’t crushed Anne Murray, the Canadian singer who has 25 whole wins, although her most up-to-date win got here in 1986 for Country Female Vocalist Of The Year. She was additionally inducted into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame in 1993. Murray’s most up-to-date nominations had been in 2008.
The Weeknd was nominated for and gained his first Juno Awards in 2013, when he was named Breakthrough Artist Of The Year and his Trilogy compendium picked up R&B/Soul Recording Of The Year. He has 41 whole nominations.