Justin Bieber Booed as he won the Fans' Choice Prize at Canada's Juno Awards

Pop singer Justin Bieber received a chorus of boos as he won the fans' choice prize at Canada's Juno Awards.

The 20-year-old was not present to collect his award - or hear the reaction - after beating the likes ofCeline Dion, Drake and Michael Buble.

The crowd were later scolded by Serena Ryder, who won songwriter of the year.

"Justin Bieber is an amazing musician and he deserved every bit of that award because he's been workinghis ass off his entire life," she said.

"We need to support how awesome he is. He's great. He's amazing."

Bieber's award was collected on his behalf by members of Canada's Olympic women's curling team.