Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Pop Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1999, as recognition each year for the best pop album in Canada.^[citation needed] The category was first named as Best Pop Album but it changed to Best Pop/Adult Album in 2000, the following year it returned to be Best Pop Album from 2001 to 2002, finally in 2003 was changed to Pop Album of the Year and has remained that way since then. Justin Bieber has won the most awards in this category, with 3 wins.

Recipients

Three-time recipient Justin Bieber has the most wins in this category, winning in 2011, 2016, and 2021.

Two-time winner Avril Lavigne won in 2003 and 2005.

Two-time winner Michael Bublé won in 2006 and 2010.

Two-time winner Alessia Cara won in 2017 and 2020.

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees^[II]	Ref.
1999	Barenaked Ladies	Stunt	The Moffatts, Chapter I: A New Beginning Philosopher Kings, Famous, Rich and Beautiful Kevin Parent, Grand parleur petit faiseur Jann Arden, Happy? Celine Dion, Let's Talk About Love
2000	Chantal Kreviazuk	Colour Moving and Still	Bryan Adams, On a Day Like Today Alanis Morissette, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie Tal Bachman, Tal Bachman Joni Mitchell, Taming the Tiger
2001	Barenaked Ladies	Maroon	Snow, Mind on the Moon The Moffatts, Submodalities Nelly Furtado, Whoa, Nelly! Sarah Harmer, You Were Here
2002	David Usher	Morning Orbit	Emm Gryner, Girl Versions Cowboy Junkies, Open Prozzäk, Saturday People Leonard Cohen, Ten New Songs
2003	Avril Lavigne	Let Go	Jarvis Church, Shake It Off Emm Gryner, Asianblue Amanda Marshall, Everybody's Got a Story Alanis Morissette, Under Rug Swept
2004	Sarah McLachlan	Afterglow	Barenaked Ladies, Everything to Everyone Barlow, Barlow Nelly Furtado, Folklore Lillix, Falling Uphill
2005	Avril Lavigne	Under My Skin	Fefe Dobson, Fefe Dobson Ryan Malcolm, Home Celine Dion, Miracle Simple Plan, Still Not Getting Any...
2006	Michael Bublé	It's Time	Boom Desjardins, Boom Desjardins Jann Arden, Jann Arden Theresa Sokyrka, These Old Charms Kalan Porter, 219 Days
2007	Nelly Furtado	Loose	k-os, Atlantis: Hymns for Disco Chantal Kreviazuk, Ghost Stories Tomi Swick, Stalled Out in the Doorway Sarah McLachlan, Wintersong
2008	Feist	The Reminder	Michael Bublé, Call Me Irresponsible Anne Murray, Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends Bedouin Soundclash, Street Gospels Celine Dion, Taking Chances	[1]
2009	Alanis Morissette	Flavors of Entanglement	The Midway State, Holes Creature, No Sleep At All Kreesha Turner, Passion David Usher, Wake Up and Say Goodbye
2010	Michael Bublé	Crazy Love	Lights, The Listening Justin Bieber, My World Hedley, The Show Must Go Stereos, Stereos	[2]
2011	Justin Bieber	My World 2.0	Bobby Bazini, Better In Time Faber Drive, Can't Keep a Secret Sarah McLachlan, Laws of Illusion Down with Webster, Time to Win, Vol. 1	[3]
2012	Hedley	Storms	Down with Webster, Time to Win, Vol. 2 Avril Lavigne, Goodbye Lullaby Lights, Siberia Marianas Trench, Ever After	[4]
2013	Carly Rae Jepsen	Kiss	Justin Bieber, Believe Victoria Duffield, Shut Up and Dance Nelly Furtado, The Spirit Indestructible Kristina Maria, Tell the World	[5]
2014	Tegan and Sara	Heartthrob	Hedley, Wild Life Michael Bublé, To Be Loved Robin Thicke, Blurred Lines Walk Off the Earth, R.E.V.O.	[6]
2015	Lights	Little Machines	Avril Lavigne, Avril Lavigne Down with Webster, Party for Your Life Magic!, Don't Kill the Magic Nikki Yanofsky, Little Secret	[7]
2016	Justin Bieber	Purpose	Hedley, Hello Scott Helman, Augusta Shawn Mendes, Handwritten Walk Off the Earth, Sing It All Away	[8]
2017	Alessia Cara	Know-It-All	Coleman Hell, Summerland Marianas Trench, Astoria Shawn Mendes, Illuminate Tegan and Sara, Love You to Death	[9]
2018	Lights	Skin & Earth	Ria Mae, My Love Ruth B, Save Haven Scott Helman, Hôtel de Ville Hedley, Cageless - nomination withdrawn
2019	Shawn Mendes	Shawn Mendes	bülow, Damaged Chromeo, Head Over Heels Hubert Lenoir, Darlène Tyler Shaw, Intuition
2020	Alessia Cara	The Pains of Growing	Bülow, Crystalline Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine, 8:47 Avril Lavigne, Head Above Water Walk Off the Earth, Here We Go!	[10]
2021	Justin Bieber	Changes	Ryland James, Ryland James Johnny Orlando, It's Never Really Over JP Saxe, Hold It Together Lennon Stella, Three. Two. One.	[11]
2022	Charlotte Cardin	Phoenix	Justin Bieber, Justice Jessia, How Are You? Tate McRae, Too Young to Be Sad Shawn Mendes, Wonder	[12]
2023	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	Alessia Cara, In the Meantime Carly Rae Jepsen, The Loneliest Time Avril Lavigne, Love Sux Tate McRae, I Used to Think I Could Fly	[13]
2024	Charlotte Cardin	99 Nights	Rêve, Saturn Return Lauren Spencer-Smith, Mirror Shania Twain, Queen of Me Valley, Lost in Translation	[14]

References

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