The nominees for the 2012 Juno Awards (Canada’s most prestigious music awards) have been announced for Children’s Album of the Year! Congratulations  are in order for:

Bobs & Lolo: Connecting the Dots

Charlie Hope – Songs, Stories and Friends: Let’s Go Play!

Eddie Douglas – Sleepy Sky Lullaby

Music with Brian – Everyone

Vocal Paint – My Butterfly/A Capella Lullabies

The Awards program will take place in Ottawa, Ontario, the weekend of March 31st/April 1st. You can learn more about each nominee and the awards program at www.JunoAwards.ca.

The Children’s Album of the Year was first won by Anne Murray in 1979.  Since then a long list of talented artists have won this award including Raffi, Jack Grunsky, Sharon Lois & Bram, Fred Penner, and Norman Foote to name a few. The Children’s Album of the Year was won last year by Peter Lenton.

According to Wikipedia:

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies.

Winners are currently chosen by either members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences or a panel of experts depending on the award.

Our best wishes go out to each of the nominees!