Error nets performers more Juno nominations
Error in calculating nominations means one more for Murray, Barber, rapper JDiggz
THE CANADIAN PRESS Published Saturday February 16th, 2008
TORONTO - Singing legend Anne Murray has received an additional Juno nomination.
Organizers say a complicated formula used to determine nominees incorrectly factored in digital sales, resulting in omissions in two categories.
As a result, Murray is now up for best album of the year, against releases by Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Feist and Michael Buble. She's also up for pop album of the year.
Newcomer Jill Barber is now up for best new artist, against Belly, Jeremy Fisher, Justin Nozuka, Serena Ryder and Suzie McNeil. She's also up for best roots and traditional album.
Juno organizers also made a mistake in the rap recording of the year category.
After they realized that rapper Classified had been nominated for the same release last year, they dropped him from the category and added rapper JDiggz.
Stephen Stohn of The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences called it an "embarrassing" error but said it was only noticed upon later review.
CARAS revealed the nominees in a splashy news conference last week.
The JUNO Awards air April 6 on CTV.