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

YearWinnerAlbumShortlisted nominees & albumsJudges 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)

References

Other websites
 Choice Music Prize official site

Category:Irish culture
Category:Music awards
Category:2005 establishments in Europe