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Pop star Carly Rae Jepsen will host the 56th annual Juno Awards in Winnipeg on April 4, organizers announced on Monday morning.
It’ll mark the first time the B.C.-born vocalist steps up to host Canada’s biggest night in music. She’ll also perform.
It’s been more than a decade since Jepsen asked the world to call her, maybe. Since then, the three-time Juno winner and diamond-certified artist has continued to release music for her devoted fanbase.
After placing third on Canadian Idol in 2007, Jepsen went on to achieve international success with her breakthrough 2012 hit Call Me Maybe, from her second studio album, Kiss. The release won album of the year and pop album of the year at the 2013 Juno Awards, while the tune took home single of the year.
“I don’t know if Call Me Maybe would’ve had its life without Canadian Idol,” Jepsen told host Jake Shane on the Therapuss podcast last month.
“It was like my first exposure on TV,” she said, adding that she “got a pretty lucky run” and that it was “a beautiful place to start.”
Over the last decade, Jepsen has cemented her pop status and continued to experiment with her sound through records like Dedicated, E•MO•TION and The Loneliest Time.
Aside from the announcement of the hosting gig, 2026 has already been a busy year for the star. On top of welcoming her son, she’s writing the music for Broadway’s upcoming 10 Things I Hate About You adaptation and dropped a 24-track double album, Day and Night. Next year, she’s going on the road.
Just over a week after the Junos, she’ll head out for a North American tour featuring six Canadian dates across five provinces — her first headlining shows in more than two years.
Our Lady Peace, Angine De Poitrine will also perform
Jepsen isn’t the only 2027 Juno performer announced on Monday.
Fresh off this year’s Polaris Music Prize win, Quebec’s absurdist alien math rock duo Angine de Poitrine will make their Juno stage debut.
Quebec’s Angine de Poitrine will perform at the 2027 Junos. (Constantin Monfilliette)
The masked, polka-dot-costumed performers build their microtonal sound live with looping pedals while wearing oversized papier-mâché heads.
The two started 2026 under the radar and have since performed with Shania Twain and opened for Jack White.
Four-time Juno winners Our Lady Peace will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2027. (Jason Koster)
And four-time Juno winners Our Lady Peace will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
The band, which has sold more than five million albums globally over their decades-long career, has toured alongside acts like the Rolling Stones, Guns N’ Roses, Foo Fighters and Alanis Morissette.
Awards updates
Here’s what’s new on the awards side of things for the 2027 Junos.
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) is updating several categories to “better reflect” the music being submitted.
The rap and electronic categories are being restructured, the reggae category now includes dancehall and Christian/gospel will accept singles and EPs alongside albums.
CARAS is also updating Juno eligibility requirements by adding Beatport as a streaming platform, allowing singles in recording categories and updating jazz and classical rules.
Next year’s Juno Awards will take place April 4 at Winnipeg’s Canada Life Centre. The show will air live across CBC’s broadcast and streaming platforms at 8 p.m. ET.
