In order to be considered for the Choice Music Prize a release must meet all of the following conditions:
There is no formal application process for the Choice Music Prize. Once an album meets the above criteria, it is eligible to be considered by the judges for selection.
| Year |
Winner |
Album |
Shortlisted nominees & albums |
Judges |
| 2005 |
Julie Feeney |
13 songs |
- Bell X1 – Flock (album)
- Cane 141 – Moonpool
- The Chalets – Check In
- Joe Chester – A Murder of Crows
- Duke Special – Adventures in Gramophone
- Hal – Hal (album)
- Nick Kelly – Running Dog
- Emmett Tinley – Attic Faith
- Turn – Turn LP
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| 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 (David Kitt album)
- Messiah J and the Expert – Now This I Have to Hear
- Fionn Regan – The End of History (album)
- Republic of Loose – Aaagh! (Republic of Loose album)
- Si Schroeder – Coping Mechanisms
- Snow Patrol – Eyes Open
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- John Caddell (Phantom FM)
- Stuart Clark (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)
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| 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 (album)
- Kíla – Gamblers' Ballet
- Róisín Murphy – Overpowered
- Stanley Super 800 – Louder & Clearer
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- 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)
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| 2008 |
Jape (band) |
Ritual (Jape album) |
- Fight Like Apes – Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion
- Mick Flannery – White Lies (Mick Flannery album)
- Halfset – Another Way of Being There
- Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
- David Holmes (musician) – The Holy Pictures
- Messiah J and the Expert – From the Word Go
- Oppenheimer (band) – Take the Whole Midrange and Boost It
- R.S.A.G. – Organic Sampler
- The Script – The Script (album)
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- 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)
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| 2009 |
Adrian Crowley |
Season of the Sparks |
- And So I Watch You from Afar – And So I Watch You From Afar (album)
- Bell X1 (band) – Blue Lights on the Runway
- Codes (band) – 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 (Laura Izibor album)
- The Swell Season – Strict Joy
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- 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)
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| 2010 |
Two Door Cinema Club |
Tourist History |
- Adebesi Shank – This Is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank
- The Cast of Cheers – Chariot
- Cathy Davey – The Nameless (album)
- Fight Like Apes – The Body of Christ and the Legs of Tina Turner
- Halves – It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever)
- Imelda May – Mayhem (Imelda May album)
- James Vincent McMorrow – Early in the Morning (album)
- O Emperor – Hither Thither
- Villagers (band) – Becoming a Jackal
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- 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)
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2011
- Held on Thursday March 8, 2012
- Paul McLoone's debut as M.C.
- Broadcast live on Today FM
|
Jape (band) |
Ocean of Frequency |
- And So I Watch You From Afar – Gangs (album)
- Bell X1 (band) – Bloodless Coup
- Cashier No.9 – To the Death of Fun
- Lisa Hannigan – Passenger (Lisa Hannigan album)
- The Japanese Popstars – Controlling Your Allegiance
- Jape (band) – Ocean of Frequency
- Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands – Golden Syrup
- Pugwash (band) – The Olympus Sound
- Tieranniesaur – Tierannuesaur
- We Cut Corners – Today I Realised I Could Go Home Backwards
|
- Brian Adams (Today FM)
- John Barker (98FM)
- Stuart Clarke (Hot Press)
- Siobhan Maguire (The Sunday Times)
- Naomi McCardle (Harmless Noise)
- Lauren Murphy (The Irish Times)
- Nadine O'Regan (RTÉ/Phantom/Sunday Business Post)
- Colm O'Sullivan (Red FM)
- Ed Power (Irish Independent/Irish Examiner)
- Rigsy (BBC1 Northern Ireland)
- Penny Rose-Hart (RTÉ Radio 1)
|
2012
- Held on March 7, 2013
- Broadcast live on Today FM
|
Delorentos |
Little Sparks |
- Wallis Bird – Wallis Bird (album)
- The Cast of Cheers – Family
- Adrian Crowley – I See Three Birds Flying
- Damien Dempsey – Almighty Love
- Julie Feeney – Clocks
- Heathers (band) – Kingdom
- Mumblin Deaf Ro – Dictionary Crimes
- Two Door Cinema Club – Beacon (album)
- Windings – I Am Not The Crow
|
- Mark Kavanagh (Daily Star)
- KC (Today FM)
- Aoife Barry (The Ticket/Blogger/2XM)
- Craig Fitzpatrick (Hot Press)
- Elaine Buckley (RTÉ, State, Entertainment.ie)
- Sean Rocks (Radio1/Arena)
- Eamonn Sweeney (Irish Independent)
- Andy Kavanagh (TG4)
- Steven McCauley (BBC Radio Foyle)
- Eoghan O'Sullivan (Irish Examiner/Blogger)
- Claire Beck (Phantom FM)
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2013
- Held on February 27, 2014
- Broadcast live on Today FM
|
Villagers (band) |
Awayland |
- And So I Watch You from Afar – All Hail Bright Futures
- Bell X1 (band) – Chop Chop (Bell X1 album)
- Girls Names – The New Life (album)
- Kodaline – In a Perfect World (Kodaline album)
- Little Green Cars – Absolute Zero
- Mano Le Tough – Changing Days
- My Bloody Valentine (band) – MBV (album)
- O Emperor – Vitreous
- Lisa O'Neill – Same Cloth or Not
|
- John Balfe (Entertainment.ie)
- Aidan Butler (RTÉ Radio One)
- Niall Byrne (Nialler9, Irish Independent)
- Steve Cummins (Irish Post)
- Shilpa Ganatra (Daily Star)
- Daniel Gray (Totally Dublin)
- Laurence Mackin (Irish Times)
- Una Mullally (Irish Times and TG4)
- Fin O'Leary (MCD Concerts)
- Colm O'Sullivan (Today FM)
- Niall Stokes (Hot Press)
- Amy McGarrigle (BBC Northern Ireland)
- Laura Kirkpatrick (Spotify)
|
2014
- Held on March 5, 2015
- Broadcast live on Today FM
|
The Gloaming (group) |
The Gloaming |
- Aphex Twin – Syro
- Delorentos – Night Becomes Light
- Hozier (musician) – Hozier (album)
- James Vincent McMorrow – Post Tropical
- Sinéad O'Connor – I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss
- Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy
- The Riptide Movement – Getting Through
- U2 – Songs of Innocence (U2 album)
- We Cut Corners – Think Nothing
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2015
- Held Thursday March 3, 2016
- Broadcast live on Today FM
- Paul McLoone's final appearance as M.C.
- Final broadcast on Today FM
|
SOAK |
Before We Forgot How to Dream |
- Girl Band – Holding Hands with Jamie
- Ham Sandwich (band) – Stories from the Surface
- Gavin James (singer-songwriter) – "Bitter Pill"
- Jape (band) – This Chemical Sea
- Le Galaxie – Le Club
- Colm Mac Con Iomaire – And Now The Weather
- Róisín Murphy – Hairless Toys
- Villagers (band) – Darling Arithmetic
- Young Wonder – Birth
|
- Emily Brown (Spin Southwest)
- Roddy Cleere (KCLR)
- Tom Dunne (Newstalk)
- Sínead Gleeson (The Irish Times)
- Joe Harrington (Joe.ie)
- James Hendicott (Golden Plec)
- Edwin McFee (Hot Press)
- Louise McSharry (2FM)
- Sinéad Ní Mhórdha (Radio Nova)
- Ed Smith (Today FM)
- Phil Taggart (BBC Radio 1)
- Mike Walsh (Radio X)
|
2016
- Held on Thursday March 9, 2017
- Eoghan McDermott's debut as M.C.
- Broadcast live for the first time on RTÉ 2FM, with highlights on RTÉ2
|
Rusangano Family |
Let The Dead Bury The Dead |
- All Tvvins – IIVV
- Wallis Bird – Home
- Bantum - Move
- The Divine Comedy - Foreverland
- Lisa Hannigan - At Swim
- Katie Kim - Salt
- James Vincent McMorrow - We Move
- Overhead, The Albatross - Learning to Growl
- Rusangano Family - Let The Dead Bury The Dead
- We Cut Corners - The Cadences Of Others
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- Louise Bruton – Freelance & Irish Times
- Brian Coney – Editor, The Thin Air
- Maire Dineen – Súgradh Productions (Imeall TG4/Body & Soul)
- Suzanne Doyle – Music, Film & Television Consultant
- Dan Hegarty – RTÉ 2FM
- Paddy McKenna – Editor, Joe.ie
- Cathal Murray – RTÉ Radio 1
- Barbara Nic D – Classic Hits 4FM
- Colm O’Regan – Hot Press
- Niall Power – Head of Music Beat FM
- Eva Short – Deputy Editor, Trinity News
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