Celine Dion was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television at 8 pm Toronto time.
Celine Dion received 7 nominations, tying the record set by Bryan Adams at the 1992 awards.
Bryan Adams and Tom Cochrane were prominent male nominees this year.
This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.
Perry Other Nominees: Winner: Dion Chante Plamondon, Celine Dion Other Nominees: Note: Heading West, an album by Mitsou, was disqualified shortly after its nomination when Juno officials declared it had less than four-fifths of French lyrical content to qualify as a Francophone Album (Canadian Press (11 February 1993).