RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2024 – Shortlist Announcement
Celebrating 20 Years of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize
RTÉ Choice Music Prize
In association with IMRO and IRMA
Irish Album of the Year 2024 – Shortlist Announcement
A Week of Announcements on RTÉ 2FM
Live in Vicar St, Dublin 6th March – with an exclusive RTÉ 2FM broadcast
Tickets on Sale Now
The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2024, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show.
The shortlist is as follows:
A Lazarus Soul – No Flowers Grow In Cement Gardens
Curtisy – What Was The Question
Fontaines D.C. – Romance
Orla Gartland – Everybody Needs a Hero
KNEECAP – Fine Art
NewDad – MADRA
Niamh Regan – Come As You Are
Róis – Mo Léan
Silverbacks – Easy Being a Winner
SPRINTS – Letter To Self
As part of RTÉ’s continued commitment to promoting Irish music, 2FM again celebrates the announcement of the shortlist across its schedule today with All Irish All Day from 6am to Midnight. 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show will continue to broadcast a week of Choice Music Prize announcements and activities, including further details on the additional prizes and Irish Song of the Year.
Irish Artist of the Year – shortlist Tues 7th January
(winner announced 6th March at Vicar St)
Irish Breakthrough Artist – shortlist Wed 8th January
(winner announced 6th March at Vicar St)
Classic Irish Album – further details Thurs 9th January
(winner announced ahead of the live event)
Irish Song of the Year 2024 – shortlist Fri 10th January
(winner announced 6th March on 2FM daytime)
The public vote for SOTY will open on Friday 10th January.
The RTÉ Choice Music Prize turns 20 this year – that’s 200 shortlisted albums, numerous performances and 20 winning albums from artists including – SOAK, Jape, The Divine Comedy, CMAT, Lankum (Pictured), Adrian Crowley, Villagers, The Gloaming, Denise Chaila and many more: https://www.choicemusicprize.ie/previous-winners/
Dave Reid, Choice Music Prize co-founder, commented: “The RTÉ Choice Music Prize continues to highlight, promote & support Irish music annually. We are delighted to be hosting the 20th edition of the project in 2025 and right now music across all genres in Ireland is in its healthiest state ever. We would like to thank all our partners and supporters down through the years as we strive to continue to shine a light on quality Irish music both domestically and internationally into the future.”
RTÉ 2FM’s Head of Music, Adam Fogarty said: “Once again, 2FM is delighted to continue our partnership with the RTÉ Choice Music Prize for the 9th year running. With this year holding particular significance as the 20th Anniversary of this very important prize. Through our partnership, we’re delighted to be able to continue to celebrate all that is great about Irish music and Irish artists. Through the ‘Irish Artist of the Year’, ‘Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year’ and ‘Classic Irish Album’ categories, and the longstanding ‘Irish Song of the Year’ and the preeminent ‘Irish Album of the Year’ prizes we are able to more broadly represent the incredible past, present and exciting future of Irish music. 2FM will continue its support as the flagship partner station, with content and promos across our platforms over the coming months, and this will be reflected more widely across the entire organisation as we get closer to the awards night.”
Jim Carroll, Choice Music Prize co-founder and chairperson of the judging panel, added “it’s quite something to be talking about the 20th outing of this event. I firmly believe that the longevity of the Choice Music Prize is due to how Irish bands and musicians have actively and enthusiastically supported the event over the years. It is clear that they value its integrity and independence, as well as its impact on their profile and careers. On the occasion of the 20th Choice, we want to salute and thank the hundreds of musicians who’ve joined us along the way.”
The Irish Album of the Year 2024 will be announced live from Vicar St on RTÉ 2FM in a special show 7-11pm on Thursday 6th March. The show will feature live performances from some of the shortlisted acts, further details on the line-up to be announced soon.
Tickets are on sale now via https://www.ticketmaster.ie/rte-choice-music-prize-2025-dublin-06-03-2025/event/1800616D7CFC1B30
“For the past two decades, the RTÉ Choice Music Prize has played a vital role in elevating Irish music, providing a platform that celebrates and amplifies Irish artists on the global stage,” said Keith Johnson, Director of Marketing & Membership Development at IMRO. “The Prize has brought well-deserved recognition to countless artists, and IMRO is delighted to continue our longstanding support as it marks this milestone 20th anniversary, honouring the extraordinary richness and diversity of Irish music.”
Willie Kavanagh from IRMA comments, “IRMA is very pleased to continue to support the Choice Music Prize in its 20th year. Choice Music Prize have been focused on discovering and uncovering the amazing talent that continues to emerge in Ireland. The multiplicity of genres in the Awards allows us to shine a light on the best music in each category, and no genre is overlooked. The Choice Music shortlist will be announced on January 6th and will bring great focus to artists and their music, some of which may be overlooked or undiscovered by mainstream media to date.”
The 20th 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 eleven Irish music media professionals and industry experts. The list of judges is available via http://www.choicemusicprize.ie
The winning Album of the Year act will receive €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by The Irish Music Rights Organization (IMRO) and The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). All shortlisted acts will receive a specially commissioned award.
RAAP, Culture Ireland, FMC, Minding Creative Minds, Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet and Coimisiún na Meán are also official project partners of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize.
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For further information please contact:
Choice Music Prize: Liza Geddes, Recode Publicity I lizageddes@gmail.com
RTÉ: Neil O’Gorman neil.ogorman@rte.ie
Notes to Editor:
The RTÉ Choice Music Prize is organised by co-founder David Reid. Editor of RTÉ Brainstorm & co-founder of the prize, Jim Carroll, is the chairman of the judging panel for Irish Album of the Year. It is unique in that the judging of the Irish Album of the Year focuses simply and solely on the music (as opposed to sales or airplay). A new panel of judges has been put in place for each of the three categories. The full list of all the judges will be on the RTÉ Choice Music Prize website starting 8th January, and through the week as each shortlist is announced, along with some further details. This is the twentieth year of the prize. Past winners can be found via http://www.choicemusicprize.ie/past-prizes/
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