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Voting opens for RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of Year

The winning song will be announced by Tracy Clifford on 7 March on 2fm
The winning song will be announced by Tracy Clifford on 7 March on 2fm

Voting for this year's RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2023 has opened with ten acts in the running for the award via a public vote.

Presented in association with IMRO & IRMA, the shortlist was announced today on RTÉ 2FM's Tracy Clifford Show.

The shortlist:

Chubby Cat - Big Dog Barking

CMAT - Stay For Something

Cian Ducrot - Heaven

John Francis Flynn - Mole In The Ground

Niall Horan - Heaven

Hozier - Eat Your Young

Jazzy - Giving Me

Kojaque - Woof

Lankum - Go Dig My Grave

Soda Blonde - Bad Machine

To vote for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Irish Song of the Year 2023, visit www.rte.ie/2fm.

Votes are limited to one per person per day. Only votes cast in the Republic of Ireland will be counted. Voting closes at midnight on Sunday 25 February.

The winning song will be announced by Tracy Clifford on 7 March on a special Song of the Year radio show on 2FM that afternoon ahead of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event at Vicar Street in Dublin that evening.

A special RTÉ Choice Music Prize highlights programme will be broadcast on RTÉ2 television the following week.

Listen to all the Irish albums nominated for this year's RTÉ Choice Prize.

Earlier this week, the shortlists for further prizes were announced as follows:

Irish Artist of the Year 2023

CMAT

Cian Ducrot

Hozier

Jazzy

Lankum

Irish Breakthrough Artist 2023

49th & Main

John Francis Flynn

Jazzy

ØXN

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Details of the winner of this year’s Classic Irish Album will be announced in the coming weeks.

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