Kabin Crew's viral global hit The Spark and tracks by Hozier and Fontaines D.C. are among the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2024 nominations.
The shortlist for this year's award was announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show and also includes tracks by Niamh Regan, CMAT and Jazzy.
The shortlist for Irish Song of the Year 2024 is:
Jordan Adetunji - Kehlani
Chubby Cat - Quiet
CMAT - Aw, Shoot
Cian Ducrot - Here It Is
Fontaines D.C. - Starburster
Hozier - Too Sweet
Jazzy - Make Up
Kabin Crew - The Spark
Picture This - Act of Innocence
Niamh Regan - Music
To vote for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Irish Song of the Year 2024, visit here.
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 16 February.
The winning song will be announced by Tracy Clifford on 6 March on a special Song of the Year radio show on 2FM that afternoon ahead of the live event at Dublin’s Vicar Street that evening.
A special RTÉ Choice Music Prize highlights programme will be broadcast on RTÉ2 television the following week.
Earlier this week the shortlists for further prizes were announced as follows:
Irish Artist of the Year 2024:
Jordan Adetunji
CMAT
Fontaines D.C.
Jazzy
KNEECAP
Irish Breakthrough Artist 2024
Jordan Adetunji
Biig Piig
Kingfishr
KNEECAP
Sprints
The winner of the Classic Irish Album will be announced in the week or two ahead of the live event, while the prize will be presented along with the other prizes at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize in Vicar Street.
The nominations for Irish Album of the Year 2024 were announced earlier this week.
The winners of the Irish Album of the Year, Irish Artist of the Year and Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year will all be announced at the live event from Vicar St on RTÉ 2FM on Thursday 6 March, along with performances from many of the album-shortlisted acts.
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