Song of the Year 2016 Shortlist Announcement

The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Irish Song of the Year 2016, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2fm’s Tracy Clifford Show. The shortlist is as follows:

The Coronas – What a love (Island)
Hare Squead – If I Ask (Sony)
Heroes in Hiding – Hospital (Self Released)
Niall Horan – This Town (Capitol)
James Vincent McMorrow – Rising Water (Faction)
Picture This – Take my Hand (Warner Music)
Raglans – Who Knows (Self Released)
Saint Sister – Tin Man (Communion)
Soulé – Love No More (Diffusion Labs)
Walking on Cars – Ship Goes Down (Virgin/EMI)
 
The winner of Song of the Year 2016 will be chosen by public vote. Cast your vote here.
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RTÉ Choice Music Prize Live Event Line-up

ShortlistThe line-up for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize Live Event, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2fm. Acts performing to date at Vicar St on Thursday 9th March include:

All Tvvins | Bantum | Wallis Bird | Katie Kim | Overhead, The Albatross | Rusangano Family and We Cut Corners.

Tickets for the Choice Music Prize live event are available at all Ticketmaster outlets and at http://www.ticketmaster.ie priced €26.50 including booking fee.

The Irish Album of the Year 2016 shortlist can be listened to in full here. The winning album will be announced at the live event on Thursday 9th March. As part of the new partnership with RTÉ, the event will be broadcast live on RTÉ 2fm in a special four-hour extendedprogramme from 7-11pm and on RTÉ2 as part of a special RTÉ Choice Music Prize TV programme, approximately one week later. Read more

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Album of the Year 2016 Shortlist

RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2016 Shortlist

The Shortlist for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2016 is here! The winner will be announced on March 9th at the live show at Vicar Street. Click here for full details and to listen to the 10 shortlisted albums…
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The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Irish Album of the Year 2016, in association with IMRO& IRMA, was announced today on RTE 2FM and is as follows:

All Tvvins – IIVV (Warner Music)

Bantum – Move (Self Released)

Wallis Bird – Home (Mount Silver / Caroline International)

The Divine Comedy – Foreverland (Divine Comedy Records)

Lisa Hannigan – At Swim (Play It Again Sam)

Katie Kim – Salt (Art For Blind Records)

James Vincent McMorrow – We Move (Faction Records)

Overhead, The Albatross – Learning to Growl (Self Released)

Rusangano Family – Let The Dead Bury The Dead (Self Released)

We Cut Corners – The Cadences Of Others (Delphi)
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RTÉ announces partnership with RTÉ Choice Music Prize – Irish Album of the Year

RTÉ has today announced a new partnership with the RTÉ Choice Music Prize. The partnership will see both RTÉ2 and RTÉ 2FM play a lead role in supporting what has become one of the highlights of the Irish musical calendar as part of a new agreement.

Commenting on the announcement, Dee Forbes, Director-General RTÉ, said,

“Supporting Irish music and Irish musicians is a core part of what RTÉ does and this partnership will allow us to take our support one step further. Through RTÉ2 and RTÉ2FM, two established brands with a long and rich history in supporting Irish music, and through our popular online and mobile platforms, RTÉ will put the RTÉ Choice Music Prize at the centre of a campaign that will bring the best Irish artists and songs from the past year to a wider audience.”

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2015 Choice Music Prize Live Photos

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Photos by Kieran Frost

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2015 Choice Music Prize Nominees Gallery

Each of the Choice Music Prize nominees received a beautiful memento on the night to take home with them. Here are some of the nominees collecting their awards.

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Photos by Graham Keogh

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2016 Live Event Lineup

Choice Music Prize Event Line-up

The Choice Music Prize in association with IMRO and IRMA will take place on Thursday 3rd March at Vicar St, Dublin. Artists so far confirmed to play are:

Gavin James
HamsandwicH
Le Galaxie
Colm Mac Con Iomaire
Soak
Villagers

Plus Song of the Year nominees:
The Academic
All Tvvins
Daithi
Fight Like Apes
Otherkin
Pleasure Beach

The Choice Music Prize event will be broadcast live on Today FM in a special four hour extended programme during the Paul McLoone show.

Tickets for the Choice Music Prize live event are on sale now from all Ticketmaster outlets and from ticketmaster.ie priced €25.50 including booking fee.

The winning act will 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 of the shortlisted acts will receive a specially–commissioned award, courtesy of IMRO and IRMA. HMV are the official retail partners of the project. RAAP, Culture Ireland and Music Week are also official project partners.

You can vote for the Choice Music Prize – Song of the Year 2015 here.

The Choice Music Prize in Association with IMRO & IRMA.

Project Partners are: Today FM, RAAP, HMV, Culture Ireland and Music
Week.

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Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2015

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The short-list for this year’s Choice Music Prize, Irish Album Of The Year 2015, in association with IMRO & IRMA, will be announced on Wednesday, January 6th 2016.

The winning album will be announced at the Choice Music Prize live event, held in Vicar Street, Dublin on Thursday 3rd March 2016.

The 11th annual Choice Music Prize will once again celebrate and acknowledge the best in Irish recorded music. The prize has become one of the highlights of the Irish musical calendar since its inception in 2005 and is awarded to the Irish Album of the Year, as chosen from a short-list of ten releases by a panel of twelve Irish music media professionals and industry experts. Read more

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10th Anniversary Thank You

Fantastic Night Last Night at the Meteor Choice Music Prize – 10th Birthday Celebration event at the Mansion House. Read more

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Celebrating 10 Years Of the Meteor Choice Music Prize

2015 sees 10 years of the Meteor Choice Music Prize and to mark the occasion, a one-off special event in association with Samsung will take place in the Mansion House, Dublin, on Wednesday 29th April. Read more

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