The 2021 Juno Awards kicked off on Friday night in a virtual ceremony.  

In a largely pretaped show, host Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe will give out awards for categories including single of the year, songwriter of the year, group of the year and more. 

Going into the awards, rapper The Weeknd has the most nominations with six, including for single of the year with smash-success Blinding Lights.

He is also nominated for album of the year for After Hours, songwriter of the year, artist of the year,