The Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year (Non-Performer) is an annual Canadian music award, presented by the Juno Awards to honour work by Canadian songwriters. It was separated from the still-extant Songwriter of the Year to better allow the Junos to distinguish between songwriters who perform their own material as singer-songwriters or members of bands, and songwriters who wrote material for other artists.
The award is presented based on the Canadian nationality of the songwriter, and does not require the performing artist to be Canadian.
It was one of several new categories announced by the Juno Awards committee in fall 2024, and was presented for the first time at the Juno Awards of 2025.[1]
Winners and nominees
| Year | Winner | Songs | Nominees | Ref. |
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| 2025 | Lowell | "Texas Hold 'Em" (Beyoncé), "Bodyguard" (Beyoncé), "Takes One to Know One" (The Beaches) |
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| 2026 | Tobias Jesso Jr. | "La Yugular" (Rosalia), "Daisies" (Justin Bieber), "Man I Need" (Olivia Dean) |
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References
- ↑ Joseph Pugh, "Junos add 2 new awards, drop international album category ahead of 2025 show". CBC News, September 23, 2024.
- ↑ "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.
- ↑ Natalie Harmsen, Melody Lau, Holly Gordon and Kelsey Adams, "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees". CBC Music, March 28, 2026.