RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2022
CMAT – If My Wife New I’d Be Dead
RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2022
Moncrieff – Warm
Irish Artist of the Year 2022
Fontaines D.C.
Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year 2022
Cian Ducrot
Classic Irish Album
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got by Sinéad O’ Connor
CMAT has been announced as the winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2022 for the album If My Wife New I’d Be Dead. Last year’s winner Dave Balfe (For Those I Love), made the announcement in Vicar St after the judging panel, made up of Irish music media professionals and chaired by Jim Carroll, met up this evening to decide on the winning album.
CMAT 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. Irish Drag Queen Lavender collected the award on her behalf as CMAT is away on tour.
The event, hosted by RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford, took place live in Vicar St and was broadcast live on 2FM with Jenny Greene, including exclusive performances from five of the nominated artists.
Moncrieff has been voted the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year for his song ‘Warm’. The song was selected from a shortlist of 10 songs by public vote (Ireland only), via the RTÉ 2FM and Choice Music Prize websites. Fans were given the chance to get behind their favourite Irish song of 2022 until midnight last Sunday.
Conor Curley from Fontaines D.C. picked up their Irish Artist of the Year prize. Dave Fanning presented Sinéad O’ Connor with her award for the Classic Irish Album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got. And Cian Ducrot won the Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year.
RTÉ2 will broadcast a one-hour TV programme of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, featuring performances from the five acts, along with interviews by Bláthnaid Treacy on Thursday 16th March at 22.30.
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The 18th annual RTÉ Choice Music Prize, once again, celebrated 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 winning Album of the Year act receive €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). All shortlisted acts received a specially commissioned award.
RAAP, Culture Ireland, FMC, the BAI and Minding Creative Minds are also official project partners of the RTE Choice Music Prize.
Through its funding of the Music From Ireland programme, Culture Ireland’s support of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize will be directed towards shortlisted artists, as well as assisting the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Conversations.
RTÉ Choice Music Prize Winners 2022
RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2022
CMAT – If My Wife New I’d Be Dead
RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2022
Moncrieff – Warm
Irish Artist of the Year 2022
Fontaines D.C.
Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year 2022
Cian Ducrot
Classic Irish Album
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got by Sinéad O’ Connor
CMAT has been announced as the winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2022 for the album If My Wife New I’d Be Dead. Last year’s winner Dave Balfe (For Those I Love), made the announcement in Vicar St after the judging panel, made up of Irish music media professionals and chaired by Jim Carroll, met up this evening to decide on the winning album.
CMAT 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. Irish Drag Queen Lavender collected the award on her behalf as CMAT is away on tour.
The event, hosted by RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford, took place live in Vicar St and was broadcast live on 2FM with Jenny Greene, including exclusive performances from five of the nominated artists.
Moncrieff has been voted the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year for his song ‘Warm’. The song was selected from a shortlist of 10 songs by public vote (Ireland only), via the RTÉ 2FM and Choice Music Prize websites. Fans were given the chance to get behind their favourite Irish song of 2022 until midnight last Sunday.
Conor Curley from Fontaines D.C. picked up their Irish Artist of the Year prize. Dave Fanning presented Sinéad O’ Connor with her award for the Classic Irish Album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got. And Cian Ducrot won the Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year.
RTÉ2 will broadcast a one-hour TV programme of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, featuring performances from the five acts, along with interviews by Bláthnaid Treacy on Thursday 16th March at 22.30.
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The 18th annual RTÉ Choice Music Prize, once again, celebrated 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 winning Album of the Year act receive €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). All shortlisted acts received a specially commissioned award.
RAAP, Culture Ireland, FMC, the BAI and Minding Creative Minds are also official project partners of the RTE Choice Music Prize.
Through its funding of the Music From Ireland programme, Culture Ireland’s support of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize will be directed towards shortlisted artists, as well as assisting the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Conversations.
Classic Irish Album Winner
Classic Irish Album
And the winning album is…
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
By
Sinéad O’ Connor
The winning album in the inaugural RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Classic Album, in association with IMRO & IRMA, has just been announced by Tracy Clifford on 2FM. The winning album is: I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got by Sinéad O’ Connor
The judges for the prize are Ann Maire Shields (BIMM), Jenny Huston (SiriusXM), Rick O’ Shea (RTÉ Gold), Stuart Clark (Hot Press) with Paul Russell (2FM) as the non-judging chairperson. In choosing I Do Not Want What I haven’t Got by Sinéad O’Connor (released by Ensign / Chrysalis Records in 1990) the panel felt the ten songs on this album represented “a stunning body of work by an Irish artist, scorching with originality in songs that are as resonant today as they were more than 30 years ago.”
Released in the same year as Bossanova by Pixies, Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy and Sonic Youth’s Goo, Sinéad’s second album is testament to her extraordinary musical and vocal talent and her determination to stand apart. From her take on Thatcher’s Britain in “Black Boys On Mopeds” to the drum-sampled interpretation of 17th century poem “I Am Stretched On Your Grave”, this is an outstanding Irish album. And, at its heart is the riveting and unmistakable voice of Sinéad O’Connor.
“Sinéad O’ Connor’s distinctive voice, fiery temperament and shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Unafraid to call out hypocrisy wherever she saw it, O’ Connor was unapologetic”. – Rememberings
Sinéad’s dominant presence in Irish music, both at home and abroad, spans five decades thanks to her iconic voice and her uncompromising approach to life. The RTÉ Choice Music Prize is honoured to have her as a guest at the event on Thursday to collect the prize.
Irish Album of the Year 2022 Shortlist & Three New Prizes
The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2022, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show. Read more
2023 Key Dates & New Prizes
Irish Album of the Year 2022 Shortlist Announcement – 9th January
Irish Song of the Year 2022 Shortlist Announcement – 13th January-
Live in Vicar St, Dublin with an Exclusive RTÉ2FM Broadcast – 9th March
(Tickets on Sale Friday 25th Nov, priced €29.50 plus booking fees)
I N T R O D U C I N G T H R E E N E W P R I Z E S
Irish Artist of the Year
Irish Breakthrough Artist
Classic Irish Album
Read more
For Those I Love win the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2021
For Those I Love win the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2021
Dermot Kennedy takes home the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2021
TV Highlights Programme to Broadcast on Sunday 13th March at 11pm
For Those I Love has been announced as the winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2021 for the album For Those I Love (September Recordings). Read more
Irish Song of the Year 2021 Shortlist
Irish Song of the Year 2021 – Shortlist Announcement
The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2021, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show.
The shortlist is as follows: Read more
Live Event Line-up – 03 March 2022
Vicar Street, Dublin – Thursday 3rd March
Tickets on sale now. Book here.
The line-up for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event, in association with IMRO & IRMA, has just been announced by Tracy Clifford on 2FM.
Seven of the ten acts so far have confirmed to perform at the live event in Vicar St in March: Read more
Irish Album of the Year 2021 – Shortlist Announcement
The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2021, 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: Read more
RTÉ Choice Music Prize Returns in 2022
In association with IMRO and IRMA
2 0 2 2 KEY D A T E S
Irish Album of the Year 2021 Shortlist Announcement – 5th January
Irish Song of the Year 2021 Shortlist Announcement – 26th January
Live in Vicar St, Dublin and an Exclusive RTÉ Broadcast – 3rd March
The RTÉ Choice Music Prize will return in 2022 and continue its principal role in championing Irish music. Key dates for 2022’s event were announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show with this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize winner, Denise Chaila. Read more
Denise Chaila wins the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2020
Photo: Graham Keogh
Denise Chaila has been announced as the winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2020 for the album Go Bravely (narolane). Adam Clayton made the announcement live after the judging panel, made up of Irish music media professionals and chaired by Jim Carroll, met up over Zoom to decide on the winning album. Read more