The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2024, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show.
The shortlist is as follows (alphabetical order):
- 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 – The Spark
- Niamh Regan – Music
- Picture This – Act of Innocence
To vote for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Irish Song of the Year 2024, visit www.rte.ie/2fm.
Votes are limited to one per person per day. Only votes cast in the Republic of Ireland will be counted. Voting closes at midnight on Sunday 16th February.
The winning song 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.
A special RTÉ Choice Music Prize highlights programme will be broadcast on RTÉ2 television the following week.
Earlier this week 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 winners of the Irish Album of the Year, Irish Artist of the Year and Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year will all be announced at the live event from Vicar St on RTÉ 2FM in a special show 7-11pm on Thursday 6th March. The show will feature performances from many of the album-shortlisted acts, further details on the line-up to be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets are on sale now.
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.