{"id":252824,"date":"2026-01-19T17:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/252824\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:47:08","slug":"cmat-and-amble-among-shortlisted-nominees-for-irish-album-of-the-year-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/252824\/","title":{"rendered":"CMAT and Amble among shortlisted nominees for Irish Album of the Year \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cmat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cmat\/\">CMAT<\/a> and Amble have been shortlisted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/rte\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RT\u00c9<\/a> Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2025. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Also featuring on this year\u2019s shortlist is Kerryman Ronan Kealy who performs under the moniker Junior Brother, garage punk band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2025\/09\/27\/karla-chubb-of-sprints-if-i-was-a-guy-would-we-be-playing-way-bigger-shows-selling-more-records\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2025\/09\/27\/karla-chubb-of-sprints-if-i-was-a-guy-would-we-be-playing-way-bigger-shows-selling-more-records\/\">Sprints<\/a> and Dundalk experimental rock group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2025\/10\/25\/just-mustard-katie-ball-dundalk-louth-the-corrs-robert-smith-partisan-records\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2025\/10\/25\/just-mustard-katie-ball-dundalk-louth-the-corrs-robert-smith-partisan-records\/\">Just Mustard<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The list was announced on RT\u00c9 2FM\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/tracy-clifford\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/tracy-clifford\/\">Tracy Clifford Show<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">CMAT took home the gong for best album in 2022, and will be hoping to recreate that success with her chart topping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/review\/2025\/08\/28\/cmat-euro-country-review-excellent-album-that-will-make-you-want-to-cry-and-dance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/review\/2025\/08\/28\/cmat-euro-country-review-excellent-album-that-will-make-you-want-to-cry-and-dance\/\">Euro-Country<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Last year, which was the 20th anniversary of the \u20ac10,000 award, saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/fontaines-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/fontaines-dc\/\">Fontaines DC<\/a> win for their 2024 album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/review\/2024\/08\/15\/fontaines-dc-romance-incredibly-compelling-indie-rock-that-takes-the-dublin-band-to-the-next-level\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/review\/2024\/08\/15\/fontaines-dc-romance-incredibly-compelling-indie-rock-that-takes-the-dublin-band-to-the-next-level\/\">Romance<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">David Reid, Choice Prize co-founder said the \u201cbreadth and diversity of Irish music right now is astounding\u201d and this was exemplified by the success of recent Choice Prize winners Fontaines DC CMAT doing \u201cso well on the world stage\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2025 shortlist:Amble \u2013 ReverieBricknasty \u2013 Black\u2019s LawJoshua Burnside \u2013 Teeth of TimeCMAT \u2013 Euro-CountryDove Ellis \u2013 BlizzardJunior Brother \u2013 The EndJust Mustard \u2013 We Were Just Herep\u00f4t-pot \u2013 Warsaw 480kmMaria Somerville \u2013 LusterSprints \u2013 All That Is Over<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The winning act will be announced live from Vicar Street on RT\u00c9 2FM in a special show on March 5th, hosted by Beta Da Silva.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The winner will receive \u20ac10,000 in a fund supported by the Irish Music Rights Organisation and Irish Recorded Music Association, as well as a specially commissioned award. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Chosen from the shortlist of 10 albums by a panel of 11 Irish music media professionals and industry experts, the winning act will receive \u20ac10,000. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Additional categories will be announced later this week: Irish artist of the year will be announced on Tuesday, Irish breakthrough on Wednesday, classic Irish album on Thursday and Irish song of the year on Friday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Irish artist of the year and breakthrough artist will also be announced at the Vicar Street ceremony on March 5th. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Both the classic Irish album category and Irish song of the year will be announced before the live event, with the song of the year revealed on 2FM daytime on March 5th. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CMAT and Amble have been shortlisted RT\u00c9 Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2025. 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