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Calgary’s Tate McRae emerged as a big winner from the first night of the Juno Awards, taking home her first two Junos with artist of the year and single of the year for her chart-topping pop hit Greedy.

Tobi took also took home two awards Saturday, for rap single and rap album of the year, and Aysanabee won songwriter of the year and alternative album of the year.

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal racked up two awards to hit a career total of 40, tying the group with Céline Dion for the fourth most Juno wins in history, while Grammy-winning producer Shawn Everett — who has worked with the likes of Adele, Miley Cyrus and Kacey Musgraves — won two production awards.

A total of 42 awards were given out on Saturday. Some of the most coveted trophies are saved for Sunday night and will be handed out during a live broadcast hosted by Nelly Furtado and featuring performances by winners and nominees.

The show will stream live across Canada from 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. AT on CBC-TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen and globally at cbcmusic.ca/junos and CBC Music’s YouTube page.

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Scroll down for a list of the winners so far.

Single of the year

Confetti, Charlotte Cardin
Always, Daniel Caesar
Pretty Girl Era, Lu Kala
A Little Bit Happy, Talk
Greedy, Tate McRae

Artist of the year

Charlotte Cardin
Daniel Caesar
Lauren Spencer Smith
Shania Twain
Tate McRae

Breakthrough group of the year

Busty and the Bass
Crash Adams
Good Kid
Men I Trust
New West

Songwriter of the year

Allison Russell: Eve Was Black (co-songwriters Drew Lindsay, JT Nero); Stay Right Here (co-songwriters Drew Lindsay, JT Nero); The Returner (co-songwriters JT Nero).
Aysanabee: Alone (co-songwriters Ali Willa Milner, Charlie McClean); Here and Now (co-songwriters Ali Willa Milner, Derek Hoffman); Somebody Else (co-songwriters Derek Hoffman, Sean Sroka).
Charlotte Cardin, Jason Brando and Lubalin: Confetti; Daddy’s a Psycho (co-songwriters Aaron Paris, Harper Gordon); Jim Carrey (co-songwriter Mathieu Sénéchal).
Nicholas Durocher (Talk) and Connor Riddell: Afraid of the Dark (co-songwriters Eric Allen Palmquist, Joshua Speers); A Little Bit Happy (co-songwriters Brandon Colbein, Jussi Karvinen, Justin Tranter); Wasteland (co-songwriters Brandon Colbein, Justin Tranter and Sam Homaee).
William Prince: Broken Heart of Mine; Easier and Harder; When You Miss Someone.

Pop album of the year

99 Nights, Charlotte Cardin
Mirror, Lauren Spencer Smith
Saturn Return, Rêve
Queen of Me, Shania Twain
Lost in Translation, Valley

Rock album of the year

Fearless, Crown Lands
Formentera II, Metric
Blame My Ex, the Beaches
Pretty Monster, the Blue Stones
Glory, the Glorious Sons

Country album of the year

The Compass Project – South Album, Brett Kissel
Right Round Here, Dean Brody
Do it Anyway, Jade Eagleson
Ahead of Our Time, James Barker Band
Spillin’ My Truth, Tyler Joe Miller

Adult alternative album of the year

Powder Blue, Begonia
Multitudes, Feist
Are We Good, Hayden
Motewolonuwok, Jeremy Dutcher
Revolution, Shawnee Kish

Alternative album of the year

Here and Now, Aysanabee
Dizzy, Dizzy
To Learn, Leith Ross
See You in the Dark, Softcult
Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees, Talk

International album of the year

Gettin’ Old, Luke Combs
Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin
One Thing at a Time, Morgan Wallen
SOS, SZA
1989 (Taylor’s Version), Taylor Swift

Vocal jazz album of the year

Songwriter, Alex Bird & Ewen Farncombe
You’re Alike, You Two, Caity Gyorgy and Mark Limacher
Little Bit a’ Love, Denielle Bassels
Our Roots Run Deep, Dominique Fils-Aimé
Your Requests, Laila Biali

Jazz album of the year (solo)

Day Moon, Christine Jensen
Walls Made of Glass, Gentiane MG
Sonic Bouquet, Jocelyn Gould
Twelve, Noam Lemish
The South Detroit Connection, Russ Macklem

Jazz album of the year (group)

Migrations, Allison Au with the Migrations Ensemble
Septology-The Black Forest Session, Canadian Jazz Collective
Cry Me a River, Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band
Recent History, Mike Murley & Mark Eisenman Quartet
Convergence, Nick Maclean Quartet feat. Brownman Ali

Instrumental album of the year

Néo-Romance, Alexandra Stréliski
When we were that what wept for the sea, Colin Stetson
Calibrating Friction, Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis
Fourth Album, Markus Floats
Tesseract, Meredith Bates

Francophone album of the year

Zayon, FouKi
Dans la seconde, Karkwa
En concert avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (sous la direction du chef Simon Leclerc), Les Cowboys Fringants & l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
À boire deboutte, Salebarbes
Non conventionnel, Souldia

Children’s album of the year

Big Words, ABC Singsong
Going Back: Remembered and Remixed Family Folk Songs, Vol. 1, Ginalina
Love-a-By, Splash’N Boots
Welcome to the Flea Circus, the Swinging Belles
Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro Stick to Your Vision For Young Athletes, Young Maestro

Classical album of the year (solo artist)

Infinite Voyage, Barbara Hannigan
Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4, James Ehnes
Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles, Marc-André Hamelin
De Hartmann: Cello Concerto, Matt Haimovitz
Mouvance, Suzie LeBlanc

Classical album of the year (large ensemble)

Bekah Simms: Bestiaries, Cryptid Ensemble, Ensemble Contemporain de Montreal
Maxime Goulet: Symphonie de la tempête de verglas, Orchestre classique de Montréal, conducted by Jacques Lacombe
Sibelius 3 & 4, Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Mahler: Symphony No. 5, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, conducted by Rafael Payare
Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead, the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Classical album of the year (small ensemble)

Mythes, Andrew Armstrong and James Ehnes
Portrait: Alex Baranowski, Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà
Portrait, Cheng² Duo
Il Ponte di Leonardo, Constantinople
Basta parlare!, Les Barocudas

Classical composition of the year

Simulacra, Amy Brandon
Portrait of an Imaginary Sibling, Dinuk Wijeratne
…and the Higher Leaves of the Trees Seemed to Shimmer in the Last of the Sunlight’s Lingering Touch of Them…, Emilie Cecilia LeBel
Shāhīn-nāmeh, for Voice and Orchestra, Iman Habibi
Don’t Throw Your Head in Your Hands, Nicole Lizée

Rap album/EP of the year

Bag or die, bbno$
Spin the Globe, Connor Price
Crying Crystals, Haviah Mighty
Kaytraminé, Kaytraminé
Panic, Tobi

Dance recording of the year

Eat Your Man, Dom Dolla and Nelly Furtado
Crew Thang, DVBBS, Jeremih and Sk8
Need Your Love, Felix Cartal and Karen Harding
I Go Dancing, Frank Walker feat. Ella Henderson
Next to You, Loud Luxury, DVBBS feat. Kane Brown

Contemporary R&B recording of the year

For the Better, Aqyila
Never Enough, Daniel Caesar
Heartbreak Hill, Jon Vinyl
When it Blooms, Nonso Amadi
Facets, Shay Lia

Reggae recording of the year

Stir This Thing, Ammoye
Feel Like Home, Exco Levi
Roots Girl, Jah’Mila
Dread, Kirk Diamond & Finn
Rush Dem, Omega Mighty feat. 4Korners, Haviah Mighty

Contemporary Indigenous artist or group of the year

Here and Now, Aysanabee
Scream, Holler & Howl, Blue Moon Marquee
Inuktitut, Elisapie
Revolution, Shawnee Kish
Bekka Ma’iingan, Zoon

Contemporary roots album of the year

The Returner, Allison Russell
We Will Never Be the Same, Good Lovelies
Beyond the Reservoir, Julian Taylor
A Light in the Attic, Logan Staats
Stand in the Joy, William Prince

Traditional roots album of the year

Paint Horse, Benjamin Dakota Rogers
The Breath Between, David Francey
Roses, Jackson Hollow
Second Hand, James Keelaghan
Resilience, Morgan Toney

Blues album of the year

SoulFunkn’Blues, Blackburn Brothers
Scream, Holler & Howl, Blue Moon Marquee
One Step Closer, Brandon Isaak
The Big Bottle of Joy, Matt Andersen
Gettin’ Together, Michael Jerome Browne

Contemporary Christian/gospel album of the year

Glory to God, Brooke Nicholls
All Ye Lepers, Joshua Leventhal
Arrow, K-Anthony
Where I’m Meant to Be, Stirling John
Alive, Tuzee

Global music album of the year

Donte sann yo, Bel and Quinn
Kizavibe, Kizaba
SMS for Location Vol. 5, Moonshine
Okantomi, Okan
Soap Box, Waahli

Jack Richardson producer of the year

Hill Kourkoutis: Ego Death, Aysanabee; Whiskey Bar, Tafari Anthony (co-producers Jordyn Woodside, Mike Tompa, Tafari Anthony).
Jason Brando, Lubalin, Mathieu Sénéchal and Sam Avant: Confetti, Charlotte Cardin (co-producer Rob Grimaldi); Jim Carrey, Charlotte Cardin.
Joel Stouffer: Breaking Up With Jesus, Reve; Whitney, Reve (co-producers Aaron Paris, Banx & Ranx.
Shawn Everett: Used to Be Young, Miley Cyrus (co-producers Michael Pollack, Miley Cyrus); What Now, Brittany Howard (co-producer Brittany Howard).
Wondagurl: Circus Maximus, Travis Scott (co-producers Jahaan Sweet, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Travis Scott); HYAENA (co-producers Jahaan Sweet, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Travis Scott).

Recording engineer of the year

Denis Tougas: Dawgcatcher, Amanda Marshall; Special, Amanda Marshall.
George Seara: Everything Belongs, Cory Asbury; The Promise is the Same, Cory Asbury.
Matty Green: because of you, Chris LaRocca; Midnight Dreams, Ellie Goulding.
Serban Ghenea: Anti-Hero, Taylor Swift; Paint The Town Red, Doja Cat.
Shawn Everett: Used to Be Young, Miley Cyrus; What Now, Brittany Howard.

Album artwork of the year

Carolyne De Bellefeuille (art director), Jessica Ledoux (designer, illustrator), Mali Savaria-Ille (designer, illustrator), Veronique Lafortune (designer, illustrator), Leeor Wild (photographer: Inuktitut, Elisapie.
Heather Goodchild (art director), Colby Richardson (designer), Colin Fletcher (illustrator), Sara Melvin (photographer): Multitudes, Feist.
Kit King (illustrator), Vanessa Heins (photographer): The Love Still Held Me Near, City and Colour.
Nicolas Lemieux (art director), Mykaël Nelson (designer and illustrator), Albert Zablit (photographer): Riopelle Symphonique, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
Quinton Nyce (art director), Brodie Metcalfe (designer), Davis Graham (illustrator), Kaylee Smoke (photographer): I’m Good, HBU?, Snotty Nose Rez Kids.