Sam Roberts won Artist Of The Year honors at the Juno awards. The Montrealer took home three Junos in all -- the others for best album, "We Were Born in a Flame," and Best Rock Album. While accepting the award for Artist Of The Year, Roberts took the opportunity to thank all the Canadian fans and radio stations that gave him a chance. (Other winners included Nickelback for Group of the Year and the Fan Award, and Sarah McLachlan for Best Songwriter.)

Date: 2004-04-04
Placeline: EDMONTON, Alberta.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 21 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << we don't really have a whole lot of international success and be honest with you everything we've gotten his come from fans across Canada from radio stations who have decided to pick up on a band from Montreal really had nothing going for them except everything to prove and I just want to thank every one of you >>

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