Juno Awards add South Asian category for 2025 [Video]

The Juno Awards are casting a spotlight on Canadian-made South Asian music as part of broader changes to the annual celebration.

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Organizers at the country’s biggest music awards show said Monday they intend to introduce two new categories next year, with the other giving more space to songwriters.

The new South Asian music recording of the year award will toast homegrown musicians who work in genres inspired by the region, including Punjabi and Bollywood music.

Its addition comes after British Columbia-based musician Karan Aujla became the first Punjabi artist to win the viewer-voted Juno fan choice award earlier this year.

Meanwhile, a new non-performing songwriter of the year category will award creators who pen lyrics for other musicians. It divides the existing songwriter category into two, with the other awarding artists who’ve written their own …