Awards & Nominations


The Wailin’ Jennys – Nominations, Awards & Charts
 

Awards:
 
2007 - North American Folk Alliance Award – “Best Contemporary Album” – Firecracker
 
2007 - Signature Awards – “Best Cover Design” Ron Sawchuk - Firecracker
 
2006 - Indie Acoustic Project Winner – “Best CDs of 2006: Acoustic Ensemble” – Firecracker
 
2005 - Juno Award Winner – “Roots & Traditional Album of the Year (Group)” – 40 Days
 
2005 - Western Canadian Music Award Winner – “Outstanding Roots Recording” – 40 Days
 
2005 - Canadian Music Week: Canadian Independent Music Awards Winner – “Favourite Folk/Roots Group/Artist of the Year” – 40 Days
 
Nominations:
 
2007 - Juno Award Nominee – “Roots & Traditional Album of the Year (Group)” - Firecracker
 
2007 - Juno Award Nominee – “Best Recording Engineer” David Travers-Smith – “Devil’s Paintbrush Road” and “Prairie Town” - Firecracker
 
2007 - Canadian Music Week: Canadian Independent Music Awards Nominee – Favourite Folk/Roots Group/Artist of the Year” - Firecracker
 
2006 - Canadian Folk Music Awards – “Best Contemporary Folk Album” – Firecracker
 
2006 - Canadian Folk Music Awards – “Best Vocal Group” – Firecracker
 
2006 - Canadian Folk Music Awards – “Best Producer of the Year” David Travers-Smith - Firecracker
 
2005 - Canadian Radio Music Awards – “Best New Country Artist” – 40 Days
 
2005 - Canadian Folk Awards Nominee – “Best Vocal Group” – 40 Days
 
2005 - Western Canadian Music Awards Nominee– “Outstanding Album (Independent)” – 40 Days
 
Songwriting Awards & Nominations:
 
2005 – Ruth Moody – Semi-Finalist – International Songwriting Competition for “One Voice” - 40 Days
 
2005 – Nicky Mehta – Finalist in USA Songwriting Competition for “Arlington” – 40 Days
 
2004 – Ruth Moody – Finalist in USA Songwriting Competition for “One Voice” – 40 Days
 
Charts:
 
2007 – Firecracker on Billboard’s Top Bluegrass Album’s Chart for over 54 weeks. (Several weeks in the top 10).
 
2006 – Firecracker voted #1 album of 2006 on Penn State Public Broadcast Radio “Folk Alley.”
 
2005 - “Old Man” hits #45 on the BDS Canadian Country Radio Charts.