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The '''Juno Awards of 2021''', honouring Canadian music achievements, were presented on 6 June 2021,<ref>{{cite news | first=David | last=Friend | url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2021/04/14/newsalert-juno-awards-postpone-show-date-to-june-6-amid-covid-19-pandemic.html | title=Juno Awards postpone 50th anniversary show date to June 6 amid COVID-19 pandemic | newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] | date=14 April 2021}}</ref> observing the 50th anniversary of these awards. The main ceremonies were televised on [[CBC Television|CBC]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/junos-toronto-music-awards-1.5294404 | title=Toronto to host the 2021 Juno Awards | date=24 September 2019 | publisher=CBC News | access-date=28 January 2020 }}</ref>
 
The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place in March,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/09/24/juno-awards-toronto-2021/ | title=Juno Awards will return to Toronto birth place for golden anniversary in 2021 | date=24 September 2019 | publisher=CityNews | first=David | last=Friend | agency=The Canadian Press | access-date=28 January 2020 }}</ref> but in December 2020 organizers announced that it was being pushed back to May,<ref name=friend>David Friend, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-juno-awards-pushed-back-to-may-16-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/ "Juno Awards pushed back to May 16 due to COVID-19 pandemic"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 1 December 2020.</ref> before being pushed back again to June, due to the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada]].<ref name=friend/>
 
The awards had originallyinitially been planned to take place as a conventional live gala in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], although due to the continued pandemic, these plans were cancelled; instead, the televised ceremony consisted of prerecorded or live performances by Canadian musicians at various venues throughout Canada, alongside acknowledgements of the already-announced winners and the presentation of just six top categories. [[Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe]] of [[CBC Music]] hosted the ceremony from Toronto's [[Rebel (entertainment complex)|Rebel]] nightclub, although most award presenters and performances were broadcast from other remote locations.
 
The awards in most categories were presented in a pre-show event on June 4.<ref>Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-the-2021-juno-award-winners-1.6036001 "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners"]. [[CBC Music]], June 4, 2021.</ref> Prior toBefore the main ceremony, [[Alessia Cara]] hosted a one-hour special called ''My Junos Moment'', in which various Canadian artists were asked to share their reflections and reminiscences on their memorable moments at past Juno ceremonies.<ref>Breanne Doyle, [https://www.straight.com/music/star-studded-50th-annual-juno-awards-is-this-weekend-until-then-cbc-has-you-covered-for-live "Star-studded 50th annual JUNO Awards is this weekend—until then, CBC has you covered for live music entertainment"]. ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', June 2, 2021.</ref>
 
== Performers ==
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