(New Artist of the Year and Rap Recording of the Year). K'Naan also won two of his nominations (Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year). Winners of most categories were announced on 17 April at a gala dinner. Artist of the Year Winner: K'Naan Other Nominees: Jann Arden Michael Bublé Diana Krall Johnny Reid Group of the Year Winner: Metric Other nominees: Billy Talent Blue Rodeo Hedley The Tragically Hip New Artist of the Year Winner: Drake Other nominees: Justin Bieber Danny Fernandes Carly Rae Jepsen Shiloh New Group of the Year Winner: Arkells Other Nominees: Down With Webster The New Cities Stereos Ten Second Epic Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Winner: Bob Rock, "Haven't Met You Yet" and "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" (Michael Bublé, Crazy Love) Other Nominees: Kevin Churko, "Look Where You're Walking" (Modern Science Mimortl, Modern Science, produced with Kane Churko); "The Dream" (In This Moment, The Dream) David Foster, "Cry Me A River" and "All of Me" (Michael Bublé, Crazy Love) Fred St-Gelais, "Plaisirs amers" and "C'est moi" (Marie-Mai, Version 3.0) Michael Phillip Wojewoda "Palm Trees" and "The Key (Different Than I Used To Be)" (Jennifer LFO, Songs from the Alien Beacon, produced with Jennifer Foster) Recording Engineer of the Year Winner: Dan Brodbeck, "Apple of My Eye" and "Be Careful" (Dolores O’Riordan, No Baggage) Other Nominees: John Bailey, "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Sophie Milman, Take Love Easy); "Havana City" (Hilario Durán, Motion) Jon Drew, "Oh! The Boss Is Coming!" and "Pullin' Punches" (Arkells, Jackson Square) Darryl Neudorf, "And When You Wake Up" (Blue Rodeo, The Things We Left Behind); "Fever" (Neko Case, Middle Cyclone) Denis Tougas, "Save Your Love" and "The Mad Mile" (Kirsten Jones, The Mad Mile) Songwriter of the Year Winner: K'naan – "Wavin' Flag" (written with B. Mars, P. Lawrence and J. Daval), "Take A Minute", "If Rap Gets Jealous" (written with Gerald Eaton and Brian West) (K'naan, Troubadour) Other nominees: Michael Bublé – "Haven’t Met You Yet", "Hold On" (written with Alan Chang and Amy S. Foster) (Michael Bublé, Crazy Love) Emily Haines and James Shaw – "Gimme Sympathy", "Sick Muse", "Help I’m Alive" (Metric, Fantasies) Carly Rae Jepsen and Ryan Stewart – "Tug of War", "Bucket", "Money and the Ego" (Carly Rae Jepsen, Tug of War) Joel Plaskett – "Through & Through & Through", "Deny, Deny, Deny", "All The Way Down The Line"