Juno Awards Introduce South Asian Music and New Songwriter Categories

The 2025 Juno Awards will spotlight Canadian South Asian music and adjust criteria to emphasize popularity in top categories.

The new South Asian music recording of the year award will honor Canadian musicians in genres like Punjabi and Bollywood music.
A new non-performing songwriter of the year category will recognize creators who write lyrics for other artists.
Plans to sideline four categories, including children's album and reggae recording, were reversed after community backlash, with only the international album award being shelved.
Changes to the artist and group of the year categories will now prioritize popularity metrics such as radio audience data, social data, and global listenership.
Two Indigenous categories will be rebranded to focus on recordings rather than solely on the artists.