The winner of the Irish Song of the Year 2024 will be announced by Tracy Clifford on 6th March on a special Song of the Year radio show on 2FM that afternoon ahead of the live event.
The nominees are:
Chubby Cat – Quiet
Cian Ducrot – Here It is
CMAT – Aw, Shoot
Fontaines D.C. – Starburster
Hozier – Too Sweet
Jazzy – Make Up
Jordan Adetunji – Kehlani
Kabin Crew & Lisdoonvarna Crew – The Spark
Niamh Regan – Music
Picture This – Act of Innocence
Voting closed on February 16th 2025
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
Classic Irish Album
The winning album will be announced in the week or two ahead of live event, while the prize will be presented along with the other prizes at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event in Vicar Street.
Irish Album of the Year 2024
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
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 ticketmaster.
RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2024 - listen to the shortlisted albums
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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