Nominees announced for 2011 Juno Awards

Today (February 1), nominations were announced for the 40th Juno Awards ceremony taking place March 27 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, with a live broadcast on CTV.

Ontario-born pop star Justin Bieber is nominated in a number of categories, including Juno fan choice award, album of the year, artist of the year, and pop album of the year, for his My World 2.0 album released in 2010.

Canadian rapper Drake is also up for the fan choice award, along with nominations for single of the year, album of the year, artist of the year, and songwriter of the year.

Beiber and Drake will be up against Hedley, Johnny Reid and Michael Bublé for fan choice award, while they face off with Arcade Fire, Hedley, and Johnny Reid for album of the year.

Along with album of the year, Montreal band Arcade Fire has been nominated for group of the year, songwriter of the year, and alternative album of the year.

Other big names among the Canadian nominees include kd lang, Neil Young, Sarah McLachlan, Michael Bublé and Great Big Sea.

Wavin’ Flag, the collaborative recording by Young Artists for Haiti, earned a nomination for single of the year. Over 50 young Canadian artists took part in the charity single, including Juno favourites Drake and Beiber.