It’s the end of January, that means we’ve already for our Choice Music Prize album of the year finalists list and we’ve been waiting to see who will make it to the finalists list for Irish Song Of The Year.

The 10 names have been revealed and it now goes to a public vote. So be sure to make your opinion heard at choicemusicprize.ie/song. All voters are in with a chance of winning tickets to the finale event. People can vote once a day until voting closes at midnight on February 28th.

The winner will be unveiled at the Choice Music Prize Live Event at Vicar Street on Thursday 3rd March 2016. So who made the shortlist for this year. Well these songs are from the Choice Music Prize Judging Panel in conjuction with Today FM and the Irish Airplay charts also factored into the list.

The 2015 shortlist is:

The Academic – Different (Room 6 Records)
All Tvvins – Thank You (Warner Music)
The Coronas – How This Goes (Universal Music)
Daithi – Mary Keanes Introduction (Self Released)
Fight Like Apes – Pretty Keen On (Alcopop! Records)
Hozier – Someone New (Universal Music)
Gavin James – Bitter Pill (Warner Music)
Kodaline – Ready (Sony Music)
Otherkin – Ay Ay (Rubyworks)
Pleasure Beach – Go (Faction)

Tickets for the Choice Music Prize Live Event are on sale from all Ticketmaster outlets and from Ticketmaster.ie at €25.50.

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