91原创鈥檚 own Dallas Smith was once again up for a JUNO Award.

During the nationally broadcast ceremonies this weekend, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) celebrated the 50th anniversary of the JUNOs, Canada鈥檚 biggest night in music.

Among them, Smith received a nomination for country album of the year for Timeless. But he ultimately lost to Tenille Townes for her album The Lemonade Stand.

Smith, who took home Canadian Country Music Award鈥檚 entertainer of the year in 2020, released his Timeless album late last summer, in what he described as 鈥渦ncertain times.鈥�

When Smith released his 2016 studio album Side Effects, it came with a bevy of singles, touring and critical success.

Now he鈥檚 returned with Timeless, another singles-filled effort following 2019鈥檚 EP, The Fall.

鈥淚 honestly just looked at that chunk of music as something individually,鈥� Smith said on the cusp of the album鈥檚 release.

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鈥淚t just kind of took shape over time,鈥� he said of this album. 鈥淎s far as a record and listening to it front to back, I knew what was missing and how I wanted this chapter to be represented,鈥� added the Multiple JUNO and CCMA Award winning artist who pivots between his love of country and his hard rock roots with a band called Default (which enjoyed a resurrection tour in 2018).

Representing that chapter in terms of recording, however, during COVID-19 quarantine was another new adventure that Smith enjoyed.

鈥淚 had to quickly learn how to run and operate Pro Tools and be my own engineer in my bedroom here,鈥� he said.

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鈥淥nce we realized what needed to be done, we got some equipment and the proper gear, the vocal chain. It was fairly easy and it was an interesting process for me. I wasn鈥檛 at the mercy of the producer鈥檚 mood and going back and forth with him. If I wasn鈥檛 feeling it I wasn鈥檛 feeling it and I鈥檇 go back later on. It was casual and enjoyable.鈥�

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Default-cum-Canadian country star thought it would 鈥渂e a fairly enjoyable listen for fans,鈥� and the award nomination this weekend speaks to the success of those efforts.

While there are a few 鈥渙ut of the box鈥� tunes like the 鈥�50s sounding doo wop of Damn Son, Timeless has party-starters such as Some Things Never Change featuring HARDY and Friends Don鈥檛 Let Friends Drink Alone with Dean Brody and MacKenzie Porter.

Meanwhile the album鈥檚 title track is a mid-tempo nugget that Smith felt grateful for. But he knew it wasn鈥檛 a song acclaimed songwriters (Tyler Hubbard, Brett Eldredge, David Garcia and Josh Miller) would simply drop in his lap.

鈥淭here are some pretty big named writers on that song,鈥� he noted. 鈥淵ou build up a little bit of trust with those guys and the production team we got. They are not going to give those songs away if they think that you鈥檙e going to mess it up.

鈥淭hat was one of those ones that just came along and was sent to us and that just fit with what we鈥檙e doing so well. It was one of those 鈥榥o-brainer鈥� ones where you just look up to the heavens and go, 鈥楳an, I can鈥檛 believe I鈥檓 in a position where I get to sing a song like that鈥�.鈥�

Both new and experienced artists were celebrated for their excellence and took home some of JUNO weekend鈥檚 most prized awards.

In addition to Smith, there were many other notable musicians recognized.

Following his three major wins announced Friday night at the 2021 JUNO opening night awards, The Weeknd also won artist of the year and album of the year, taking home an total of five JUNO Awards this year. This brings his overall total to 15 JUNOs, making The Weeknd the sixth most awarded artist in JUNO history.

Global superstar Justin Bieber walked away with the award for pop album of the year for his record-breaking album Changes and graced viewers with a knockout performance of his hit 鈥淪omebody.鈥�

Shawn Mendes took home the coveted JUNO fan choice. For the first time this year, Canadians were given the option to vote on TikTok as the official voting platform. This marks the third time Mendes has won JUNO fan choice, bringing his total JUNO count to an impressive 11 awards.

One of Canada鈥檚 most buzzworthy talents, R&B singer Savannah R茅, took home traditional R&B/soul recording of the year, Canada鈥檚 Black Music Business Collective for her single 鈥淪olid,鈥� and emerging soulful singer-songwriter JP Saxe was awarded breakthrough artist of the year. Saxe also performed his song 鈥淟ike That,鈥� and was then joined by multi-platinum recording artist and songwriter Julia Michaels with a beautiful performance of the hit song 鈥淚f The World Was Ending.鈥�

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