The Breakthrough Artist of the Year” award was picked up by “I’m Not Pretty” singer JESSIA.
also hit the Junos stage to perform a medley of her biggest hits, opening with “Complicated,” “Bite Me” and “Girlfriend,” before ending with crowd favorites “Sk8ter Boi” and “I’m With You.”was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, with a special tribute that featured congratulatory messages from everyone from Angela Bassett to Clive Davis, the music executive who first signed Cox to a record deal in 1994.
Cox, who began her career in Canada as a background singer for Celine Dion, took the stage to talk about her improbable journey to success, saying that “as a young Black girl in Toronto, Canada, this vision seemed intangible.
The Juno Awards were first presented in Canada in 1970, then-known as the “Gold Leaf Awards.” The ceremony was renamed a year later after a public vote and dubbed the “Junos,” to honor Pierre Juneau, the first chairperson of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission .
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