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Ottawa acts repping the 613 at the Junos

As the nation's music industry converges on Ottawa for this weekend's Juno Awards, fans of local music will be happy to know half a dozen homegrown artists are representing the 613.

Belly, Jenny Whiteley, A Tribe Called Red among 6 nominees from Ottawa area

(Vanessa Heins)

Asthe nation's music industry luminaries converge on Ottawa for the Juno awards this weekend, fans of local music will be happy to knowlocal artists havecome away with several nominations.

Leading the way locally are pastwinners A Tribe Called Red, who are up for three awards, and Belly, who's up for two.

Here's a full list of local Juno award nominees:

A Tribe Called Red

Producer of the year for the track R.E.D.; video of the year forR.E.D.; electronic album of the year.

A Tribe Called Red won the Juno for 'Breakthrough Group of the Year' in 2014. (Indoor Access)

Annihilator

Metal/hard music album of the year.

Annihilator is nominated for Metal/hard rock album of the year at the Junos.

Belly

Juno fan choice award; rap recording of the year.

Belly celebrates his Juno award for Rap Recording of the Year during the Juno Gala Awards in Calgary Saturday, April 5, 2008. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)

Daniel Taylor

Classical album of the year:vocal or choral performance.

Daniel Taylor is up for classical music recording of the year at the Junos. It's his fourth nomination.

Jenny Whiteley

Traditional roots album of the year.

Jenny Whiteley performs songs from her new album at the NAC on Friday. (Ali Eisner)

Silla& Rise

Indigenous music album of the year.

Silla and Rise are nominated for Indigenous music album of the year at the Junos. (Facebook/Silla and Rise)