Ryder, Reid, Classified named as Juno Awards co-hosts

Serena Ryder, Johnny Reid, Classified will be theco-hosts of the Juno Awards in Winnipeg.

Classified, a platinum-selling hip hop artist, was a 2013 Juno Award winner. Reid is a platinum-selling three-time Juno-winningartist and Ryder is a multi-platinum-selling four-time Juno Awardwinner.

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Collectively, the trio has amassed 35 career Juno nominations and eight wins.

It was also announced that Classified and Ryder wouldperform together to open the two-hour award show at theMTSCentre on March 30.

The collective approach to hosting is new for the Junos, a showthat has usually opted for a single host.Recent performers to MC the event include rap superstar Drake, crooner Michael Buble and "Star Trek" alumnus William Shatner.

Reaching farther back, the Junos were memorablyhosted by Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette and Nelly Furtado.

The last Junos broadcast to not have a single host was the 2010bash held in St. John's, N.L., which went host-less and instead useda cast of various presenters.

In addition to hosting, Ryder is one of the evening's marquee nominees with five nods including artist, album and single of theyear.

The nominees for the annual music awards were announced in earlyFebruary.

Montreal's Arcade Fire, whose expansive fourth albumReflektor topped charts upon its October release, led the waywith six nominations.

Bubl an 11-time winner and last year's host earnedfive nominations including album, single and artist of the yearwhile Calgary-reared pop outfit Tegan and Sara scooped up four nominationsfor their slick pop reinventionHeartthrob.

Other four-time nominees include Celine Dion (a 20-time winner),Hedley (now 25-time nominees) and Drake, now a 20-time nominee.

Winnipeg-born Chantal Kreviazuk and husbandRaine Maida will receive the Allan WatersHumanitarian Award, while classic Winnipeg rock outfitBachman-TurnerOverdrive will be ushered into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.