Toronto's Exco Levi won the Junos for Reggae Recording of the year for "Bleaching shop". The awards were announced at the Ottawa Convention Centre Saturday night.
The artist on tour in Berlin, took to his Facebook page to announce his win :
"Blessed love Everyone,Am Presently in Berlin Germany,And Just Before I Enter The Stage,I Was Told I Won The The juno Awards Its Truly a Blessing.Fist i Must Say Thanks To The Almighty,For Is Blessing On me.Then Thanks To My Friends And Family,Radio Personality,Soundman ,My 3 lovely Kids,Tayven, Antonieka ,Deveniesha,Jef and The Whole Nitro/Ncf Pro,Penthouse Records,Jukeboxx Music,Busy Signal And My Turf Team,Richie Stephen,Copper Cat May Ur soul Rest In Peace,Thanks EveryOne"
Exco is currently on a Promotional tour in Europe, shooting the video for his next single "Storms of Life". He Performed at a concert in Berlin, post learning of his Junos win:
The Junos Awards 2012, air live Sunday April 1st at the ScotiaBank Place hosted by William Shatner. The complete list of pre-broadcast winners:
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Adele, 21.
NEW GROUP OF THE YEAR: The Sheepdogs.
GROUP OF THE YEAR: Arkells
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Terri Clark, Roots and Wings.
ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Feist, Metals.
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Dan Mangan, Oh Fortune.
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Hedley, Storms.
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR: The Sheepdogs, Learn & Burn.
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Sonia Johnson, Le carré de nos amours.
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Phil Dwyer Orchestra featuring Mark Fewer, Changing Seasons.
TRADITIONAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: David Braid, Verge.
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Stretch Orchetstra, Stretch Orchestra.
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Malajube, La caverne.
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Charlie Hope, Songs Stories and Friends: Let’s Go Play!
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, SOLO OR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: Marc André Hamelin, Liszt Piano Sonata.
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, LARGE ENSEMBLE OR SOLOIST(S) WITH LARGE ENSEMBLE ACCOMPANIMENT: Alexandre Da Costa/Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Daugherty: Fire and Blood.
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL PERFORMANCE: Jan Archibald/Orchestre Symphonique Bienne/Thomas Rosner, Haydn Arias.
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR: Derek Charke, “Sepia Fragments,” Sea to Sea.
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR: Drake, Take Care.
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR: Melanie Fiona, Gone and Never Coming Back.
REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR: Exco Levi, Bleaching Shop.
ABORIGINAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Murray Porter, Songs Lived & Life Played.
ROOTS AND TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, SOLO: Bruce Cockburn, Small Source of Comfort.
ROOTS AND TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, GROUP: The Wailin’ Jennys, Bright Morning Stars.
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR: MonkeyJunk, To Behold.
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Downhere, On the Altar of Love.
WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Kiran Ahluwalia, Aam Zameen: common ground.
JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Brian Howes for Hedley, “Heavens Gonna Wait” (from Storms) and Nickelback, “Trying Not to Love You” (from Here and Now).
RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR: George Seara for Michael Kaeshammer, “A Little Bit of Love” (from Kaeshammer) and Laila Biali, “Let Go” (from Tracing Light).
VIDEO OF THE YEAR: The Sadies, “Rumbleseat,” directed by Mike Roberts.
MUSIC DVD OF THE YEAR:Feist:Look What the Light Did Now.
ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972.
METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR: KEN mode, Venerable.
WALT GREALIS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Gary Slaight
ALLAN WATERS HUMANITARIAN AWARD: Simple Plan
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