Complex sentence: The Shortlist Music Prize, stylised as (shôrt--lĭst), is an annual music award for the best album released in the United States the previous year that has sold less than 500,000 copies at the time of nomination.
Split into simpler sentences: The Shortlist Music Prize, stylised as (shôrt--lĭst), is an annual music award for the best album released in the United States. Eligible records must have sold less than 500,000 copies at the time of nomination.