The Northern Ireland Music Prize awards is an annual award for an album released by a Northern Irish music act. It is produced by the Oh Yeah Music Centre, and is supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Phonographic Performance Limited.[1] Started in 2013, it was "aimed at recognising the great wealth of recorded music from Northern Ireland."[2] In 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was broadcast online.[3]
| Northern Ireland Music Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Recognising the great wealth of recorded music from Northern Ireland |
| Sponsored by | Oh Yeah |
| Location | Belfast |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| First awarded | 2013 |
| Website | nimusicprize |
A shortlist of 14 albums is created each year by an academy of professionals from the Northern Irish music industry. The prize winner would be selected by a "panel of experts" and announced at a ceremony in Belfast’s Mandela Hall.[2][4][5][6]
Four other awards are presented at the ceremony, as well as the NI Music Prize: Best Live Act, Best Single, The Oh Yeah Contender Award (Emerging Act) and the Legend Award.[7] These awards were introduced at the 2018 ceremony.[8]
Winners
edit- 2013 — Foy Vance (Joy of Nothing)[9][10]
- 2014 — Robyn G Shiels (The Blood of Innocents)[11][12]
- 2015 — Soak (Before We Forgot How to Dream)[13][14]
- 2016 — Ciaran Lavery (Let Bad In)[15][16]
- 2017 — Joshua Burnside (Ephrata)[17][18]
- 2018 — The Wood Burning Savages (Stability)[19]
- 2019 — Ryan Vail & Elma Orchestra (Borders)[20]
- 2020 — Kitt Philippa (Human)[21]
- 2021 — Saint Sister (Where I Should End)[22]
- 2022 — Robocobra Quartet (Living Isn't Easy)[23]
- 2023 — Arborist (An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeroes)[24]
- 2024 — Problem Patterns (Blouse Club)
References
edit- ^ "Northern Ireland Music Prize". Northern Ireland Music Prize. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ a b Ireland, Culture Northern (2013-10-15). "Northern Ireland Music Prize". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "NI Music Prize to be broadcast on YouTube tonight".
- ^ "NI Music Prize announces 2017 shortlist - Chordblossom". Chordblossom. 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ Scott, Sarah (2017-11-12). "Meet the 2017 Northern Ireland Music Prize winner Joshua Burnside". belfastlive. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Music Prize 2017: 12 shortlisted albums announced". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "NI Music Prize".
- ^ "NI Music Prize Event Details Announced. – Oh Yeah Music Centre". Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Foy Vance: 'When my dad died all these songs poured out ... I had to fill the void'". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Music Prize 2013 - Chordblossom". Chordblossom. 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ Henry, Lee (2014-11-29). "Robyn G Shiels on Winning NI Music Prize". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "Robyn G Shiels on Breaking Tunes". www.breakingtunes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "SOAK receives top Northern Irish music prize - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "Derry singer-songwriter Soak scoops 2015 music prize". The Irish News. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "Ciaran Lavery wins Northern Ireland Music Prize 2016". ITV News. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "Ciaran Lavery wins NI Music Prize 2016 - Ulster Herald". Ulster Herald. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "Joshua Burnside wins Northern Ireland Music Prize 2017 - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "Joshua Burnside Scoops Northern Ireland Music Prize 2017". The Thin Air. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "NI Music Prize 2018- The Wood Burning Savages Do The Double".
- ^ "Derry musicians Ryan Vail& Elma Orkestra win best album award for 'Borders'".
- ^ "Kitt Philippa Wins Northern Ireland Music Prize".
- ^ "NI Music Awards: Saint Sister and Dea Matrona big winners at Belfast event".
- ^ "Robocobra Quartet win album of the year at the Northern Ireland Music Prize 2022".
- ^ "Arborist win the Northern Irish Music Prize for album of the year".