Northern Ireland Music Prize
Awarded forRecognising the great wealth of recorded music from Northern Ireland
Sponsored byOh Yeah
LocationBelfast
CountryNorthern Ireland
First awarded2013
Websitenimusicprize.com

The Northern Ireland Music Prize awards are the Northern Irish awards for musicians who are friends with the organisers.[1] It is produced by the Oh Yeah Music Centre, and is supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Phonographic Performance Limited.[2] Started in 2013, it was "aimed at recognising the great wealth of recorded music from Northern Ireland."[3] In 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was broadcast online.[4]

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.[3][5][6][7]

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.[8] These awards were introduced at the 2018 ceremony.[9]

Winners

  • 2013 — Foy Vance (Joy of Nothing)[10][11]
  • 2014 — Robyn G Shiels (The Blood of Innocents)[12][13]
  • 2015 — SOAK (Before We Forgot How to Dream)[14][15]
  • 2016 — Ciaran Lavery (Let Bad In)[16][17]
  • 2017 — Joshua Burnside (Ephrata)[18][19]
  • 2018 — The Wood Burning Savages (Stability)[20]
  • 2019 — Ryan Vail & Elma Orchestra (Borders)[21]
  • 2020 — Kitt Philippa (Human)[22]
  • 2021 — Saint Sister (Where I Should End)[23]

References

  1. ↑ Connections, NI. "Northern Ireland Music Prize preview – Our Krypton Son, Arvo Party & Gross Net". NI Connections. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  2. ↑ "Northern Ireland Music Prize". Northern Ireland Music Prize. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  3. 1 2 Ireland, Culture Northern (2013-10-15). "Northern Ireland Music Prize". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  4. ↑ "NI Music Prize to be broadcast on YouTube tonight".
  5. ↑ "NI Music Prize announces 2017 shortlist - Chordblossom". Chordblossom. 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  6. ↑ Scott, Sarah (2017-11-12). "Meet the 2017 Northern Ireland Music Prize winner Joshua Burnside". belfastlive. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  7. ↑ "Northern Ireland Music Prize 2017: 12 shortlisted albums announced". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  8. ↑ "NI Music Prize".
  9. ↑ "NI Music Prize Event Details Announced. – Oh Yeah Music Centre". Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  10. ↑ "Foy Vance: 'When my dad died all these songs poured out ... I had to fill the void'". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  11. ↑ "Northern Ireland Music Prize 2013 - Chordblossom". Chordblossom. 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  12. ↑ Henry, Lee (2014-11-29). "Robyn G Shiels on Winning NI Music Prize". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  13. ↑ "Robyn G Shiels on Breaking Tunes". www.breakingtunes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  14. ↑ "SOAK receives top Northern Irish music prize - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  15. ↑ "Derry singer-songwriter Soak scoops 2015 music prize". The Irish News. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  16. ↑ "Ciaran Lavery wins Northern Ireland Music Prize 2016". ITV News. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  17. ↑ "Ciaran Lavery wins NI Music Prize 2016 - Ulster Herald". Ulster Herald. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  18. ↑ "Joshua Burnside wins Northern Ireland Music Prize 2017 - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  19. ↑ "Joshua Burnside Scoops Northern Ireland Music Prize 2017". The Thin Air. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  20. ↑ "NI Music Prize 2018- The Wood Burning Savages Do The Double".
  21. ↑ "Derry musicians Ryan Vail& Elma Orkestra win best album award for 'Borders'".
  22. ↑ "Kitt Philippa Wins Northern Ireland Music Prize".
  23. ↑ "NI Music Awards: Saint Sister and Dea Matrona big winners at Belfast event".
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