Lankum win the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2019

Westlife take home the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2019

 

Lankum has been announced as the winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2019 for the album The Livelong Day. The judging panel, made up of Irish music media professionals, were hidden away for a few hours in a room in BIMM, just around the corner, choosing the winning album.

Lankum received a cheque for €10,000, a prize which has been provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) – as well as a specially- commissioned award.

The winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year was also announced and Westlife won the prize for their song “Hello My Love”.  Decided by the public, via the RTÉ and Choice Music Prize websites, fans were given the chance to get behind their favourite song.

The sold-out event in Vicar Street was hosted by RTÉ 2FM’s Eoghan McDermott and was broadcast live on the station on the Tara Stewart show.

RTÉ2 will broadcast a one-hour TV highlights programme of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize featuring performances from the acts and interviews by Bláthnaid Treacy on Sunday March 15^th at 11.15pm.

Earlier during the day, the “Conversations” conference took place at IMRO, which was attended by international music industry from Spotify, Partisan Records, ATC, Wildlife Management, Polydor and more. The Hyatt Centric Hotel accommodated all the overseas guests.

RAAP, Culture Ireland & The BAI are also official project partners of the prize.

The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2019, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show by Jim Carroll, chairman of the judging panel. The shortlist is as follows:

• Daithi – L.O.S.S. (Strange Brew)
• Mick Flannery –  Mick Flannery (Rosaleen Records)
• Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel (Partisan Records)
• Girl Band – The Talkies (Rough Trade Records)
• Jafaris – Stride (DFL)
• Junior Brother – Pull The Right Rope (Strange Brew)
• Lankum – The Livelong Day (Rough Trade Records)
• Soak – Grim Town (Rough Trade Records)
• Maija Sofia – Bath Time (Trapped Animal Records)
• Sorcha Richardson  – First Prize Bravery (Faction Records)

 

As part of RTÉ’s continued commitment to promoting Irish music, RTÉ 2FM celebrates the announcement of the shortlist across its schedule throughout the day with All Irish Music All Day from 6am to midnight.

The Irish Album of the Year 2019 will be announced at the Live Event and will be broadcast live on RTÉ 2FM in a special four hour extended programme from 7-11pm, with a special RTÉ Choice Music Prize highlights programme going out on RTÉ2 television the following week.

 

The 15th annual RTÉ Choice Music Prize will once again celebrate the best in Irish recorded music.   The Prize has become one of the music-industry highlights of the year since its inception in 2005. The Irish Album of the Year award is chosen from a shortlist of ten albums by a panel of twelve Irish music media professionals and industry experts. The full list of judges is on the RTÉ Choice Music Prize http://www.choicemusicprize.ie

 

RAAP and Culture Ireland are also official project partners of the RTE Choice Music Prize.

 

Culture Ireland will fund the attendance of influential overseas Industry executives to attend the RTE Choice Music Prize Live Event and  RTÉ Choice Music Prize “Conversations” will return and take place during the day on the 5^th.

 

Tickets for the Choice Music Prize live event are on sale now from all Ticketmaster outlets and from http://www.ticketmaster.ie priced €28.00 including booking fee.

The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Irish Album of the Year 2018, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show by Tony Clayton-Lea, chairman of the judging panel. The shortlist is as follows:

 

The Academic – Tales From The Backseat (ROOM6 Records)

Delorentos – True Surrender (Delo Records)

Just Mustard – Wednesday (Pizza Pizza Records)

Kojaque – Deli Daydreams (Soft Boy Records)

O Emperor – Jason (Big Skin Records)

Lisa O’Neill – Heard A Long Gone Song (River Lea Recordings)

Saint Sister – Shape Of Silence (Self Released)

Rejjie Snow – Dear Annie (BMG)

Villagers – The Art Of Pretending To Swim (Domino Recording Co)

Wyvern Lingo – Wyvern Lingo (Ruby Works)

 

As part of RTÉ’s continued commitment to promoting Irish music, RTÉ 2FM celebrates the announcement of the shortlist across its schedule throughout the day with All Irish Music All Day from 6am to midnight.  Dave Fanning will also chat to Tony Clayton-Lea on his weekend show this Saturday about the album shortlist.

 

The shortlisted albums can be enjoyed in full here and on  www.2fm.ie/rtechoicemusic.

 

The winning album will be announced at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event, held in Vicar Street, Dublin on Thursday 7^th March and broadcast live on RTÉ 2FM in a special four-hour extended show from 7-11pm. A special RTÉ2 TV programme of the event will be broadcast shortly afterwards.

 

The 14th annual RTÉ Choice Music Prize will once again celebrate the best in Irish recorded music.   The Prize has become one of the music industry highlights of the year since its inception in 2005. The Irish Album of the Year award is chosen from a shortlist of ten albums by a panel of twelve Irish music media professionals and industry experts.

 

RAAP and Culture Ireland are also official project partners of the RTE Choice Music Prize.

 

This year RTÉ Choice Music Prize also partnered with Yangaroo Music Ireland who have provided all eligible artists with a simple, free method of instant delivery of a digital copy of their eligible album directly to the Irish Album of the Year judging panel.  Yangaroo Music Ireland (http://www.yangaroomusic.ie) offer a professional digital delivery service for Labels and Artists to deliver their new music releases instantly to media, venues, festivals and promoters in Ireland.

 

Culture Ireland will fund the attendance of influential overseas Industry executives to attend the RTE Choice Music Prize Live Event on March 7^th. First Music Contact (FMC), as part of their international profiling activity, will again advise on the selection of overseas delegates and oversee their integration into the individual mentoring sessions with the artists and the conference.

 

RTÉ Choice Music Prize “Conversations” will return and take place on the 7^th.

 

Tickets for the Choice Music Prize live event are on sale now from all Ticketmaster outlets and from http://www.ticketmaster.ie priced €28.00 including booking fee.