The Juno Award for Album of the Year is an annual award presented by the

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for the best album released in

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. It has been awarded since 1975, though it was the award for Best Selling Album from 1975 to 1979. From 1999 to 2002, it was awarded under the name of Best Album. The award goes to the artist.

Achievements

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and

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are the artists with the most wins in this category with three each; Dion is the most nominated artist with 12 nominations.

Recipients

Album awards of 1974

At the

Juno Awards of 1974 The Juno Awards of 1974, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 25 March 1974 in Toronto at a ceremony at the Inn on the Park's Centennial ballroom hosted by George Wilson of CFRB radio's ''Starlig ...

, no single prize was awarded for best album, but three artists were each awarded for albums in different categories.

Best Selling Album (1975–1979)

Album of the Year (1980–1998)

Best Album (1999–2002)

Album of the Year (2003–present)

References

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Album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...

Album awards