Choice Music Prize

The **Choice Music Prize** is a yearly music prize awarded to the best album from Ireland.  It has been sponsored by Meteor since 2011.

It was formed by journalist Jim Carroll and manager Dave Reid in 2005.

The ceremony to announce the winner takes place at Vicar Street, Dublin in February or March each year.

## Winners and shortlisted nominees

|Year|Winner|Album|class="unsortable"|Shortlisted nominees & albums|class="unsortable"|Judges|
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|2005|Julie Feeney|_13 songs_|* Bell X1 – _Flock_ * Cane 141 – _Moonpool_ * The Chalets – _Check In_ * Joe Chester – _A Murder of Crows_ * Duke Special – _Adventures in Gramophone_ * Hal – _Hal_ * Nick Kelly – _Running Dog_ * Emmett Tinley – _Attic Faith_ * Turn – _Turn_||||
|2006|The Divine Comedy|_Victory for the Comic Muse_|* Director – _We Thrive on Big Cities_ * Duke Special – _Songs from the Deep Forest_ * The Immediate – _In Towers and Clouds_ * David Kitt – _Not Fade Away_ * Messiah J and the Expert – _Now This I Have to Hear_ * Fionn Regan – _The End of History_ * Republic of Loose – _Aaagh!_ * Si Schroeder – _Coping Mechanisms_ * Snow Patrol – _Eyes Open_|* John Caddell (Phantom FM) * Stuart Clarke (_Hot Press_) * Alison Curtis (Today FM) * Neil Dunphy (_Sunday Tribune_) * Sinead Gleeson (_The Ticket_) * Rick O'Shea (RTÉ 2fm) * Nick Kelly (_Irish Independent_) * Mike Knightson (Limerick's Live 95fm) * Padraic Kileen (_Irish Examiner_) * Eamon Sweeney (_Foggy Notions_) * Tanya Sweeney (_The Star_) * Jonny Tiernan (_Alternative Ulster_)|||
|2007|Super Extra Bonus Party|_Super Extra Bonus Party_|* Adrian Crowley – _Long Distance Swimmer_ * Cathy Davey – _Tales of Silversleeve_ * Delorentos – _In Love with Detail_ * Dry County – _Unexpected Falls_ * The Flaws – _Achieving Vagueness_ * David Geraghty – _Kill Your Darlings_ * Kíla – _Gamblers' Ballet_ * Róisín Murphy – _Overpowered_ * Stanley Super 800 – _Louder & Clearer_|* Brian Boyd (_The Irish Times_) * Michael Carr (Cork's 96FM and _Cork Independent_) * Ronan Casey (_Westmeath Examiner_) * Alan Corr (_RTÉ Guide_) * Dan Hegarty (2FM) * Anne Marie Kelly (Today FM) * Sheena McGinley (entertainment.ie) * Una Mullally (_Sunday Tribune_ and the Una Rocks blog) * Paul McClean (BBC Northern Ireland) * Nadine O'Regan (_The Sunday Business Post_, Phantom 105.2 and blogger) * Leagues O'Toole (Foggy Notions) * Jon Richards (Galway Bay FM)|||
|2008|Jape|_Ritual_|* Fight Like Apes – _Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion_ * Mick Flannery – _White Lies_ * Halfset – _Another Way of Being There_ * Lisa Hannigan – _Sea Sew_ * David Holmes – _The Holy Pictures_ * Messiah J and the Expert – _From the Word Go_ * Oppenheimer – _Take the Whole Midrange and Boost It_ * R.S.A.G. – _Organic Sampler_ * The Script – _The Script_|* Niall Byrne (_State_/Nialler9 blog) * Edel Coffey (_Irish Independent_) * Ian Dempsey (Today FM) * James Foley (Record of the Day) * Andrew Hamilton (_Clare People_) * Kieran Hurley (Cork Campus Radio) * Paul Mallon (_Irish Daily Star Sunday_) * Lauren Murphy (entertainment.ie) * Sinead Ni Mhorda (Phantom FM) * Ed Power (Freelance) * Rigsy (BBC Northern Ireland¹s Across The Line/ATL TV) * Ian Wilson (RTÉ 2fm)|||
|2009|Adrian Crowley|_Season of the Sparks_|* And So I Watch You From Afar – _And So I Watch You From Afar_ * Bell X1 – _Blue Lights on the Runway_ * Codes – _Trees Dream in Algebra_ * Dark Room Notes – _We Love You Dark Matter_ * The Duckworth Lewis Method – _The Duckworth Lewis Method_ * Julie Feeney – _Pages_ * Valerie Francis – _Slow Dynamo_ * Laura Izibor – _Let the Truth Be Told_ * The Swell Season – _Strict Joy_|* Martin Burns (_News of the World_) * Josh Clarke (I102-104FM, Galway) * Roisin Dwyer (_Hot Press_) * Tony Fenton (Today FM) * Cathal Funge (Phantom 105.2, Dublin) * Padraic Halpin (Ragged Words) * Sophie Gorman (_Irish Independent_) * John McMahon (RTÉ 2fm) * Rob O'Connor (Beat 102 103, Waterford) * Eva Staic (Spin 1038, Dublin) * Chris Wasser (_Evening Herald_) * Aoife Woodlock (_Other Voices_)|||
|2010|Two Door Cinema Club|_Tourist History_|* Adebesi Shank – _This Is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank_ * Cast of Cheers – _Chariot_ * Cathy Davey – _The Nameless_ * Fight Like Apes – _The Body of Christ and the Legs of Tina Turner_ * Halves – _It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever)_ * Imelda May – _Mayhem_ * James Vincent McMorrow – _Early in the Morning_ * O Emperor – _Hither Thither_ * Villagers – _Becoming a Jackal_|* Aidan Cuffe (Goldenplec.com) * Ray D'Arcy (Today FM) * Michelle Doherty (Phantom 105.2) * Dave Fanning (RTÉ 2fm) * Shane Hegarty (_The Irish Times_) * Chris Jones (Alternative Ulster) * Danny McElhinney (_Irish Mail on Sunday_) * John Meagher (_Irish Independent_) * Jenny Mulligan (entertainment.ie) * Celina Murphy (_Hot Press_) * Phil Udell (State.ie) * Tony Clayton-Lea (Chairman of Judging Panel)|||
|2011|Jape|_Ocean of Frequency_|* And So I Watch You From Afar – _Gangs_ * Bell X1 – _Bloodless Coup_ * Cashier No.9 – _To the Death of Fun_ * Lisa Hannigan – _Passenger_ * The Japanese Popstars – _Controlling Your Allegiance_ * Jape – _Ocean of Frequency_ * Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands – _Golden Syrup_ * Pugwash – _The Olympus Sound_ * Tieranniesaur – _Tierannuesaur_ * We Cut Corners – _Today I Realised I Could Go Home Backwards_|* * * * * * * * * * * *|||

## Related pages

- Mercury Prize (United Kingdom)
- Polaris Music Prize (Canada)
- Australian Music Prize (Australia)
- Prix Constantin (France)
- Shortlist Music Prize (United States)

## Other websites

- Choice Music Prize official site

## Infobox (award)

- **name**: Choice Music Prize
- **caption**: Choice Music Prize Logo (2017–present)
- **awarded for**: Best album from the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland
- **presenter**: Irish Recorded Music Association, IRMA, Irish Music Rights Organisation, IMRO and RAAP
- **country**: Ireland
- **location**: Vicar Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland (2005–present)
 The Olympia Theatre, Dublin (2011 ceremony)
- **year**: 2005