The Meteor Choice Music Prize has today announced that there will be a second award given out this year alongside the best album in Ireland award. This will be the inaugural Irish song of the year pitting 10 of Ireland’s favourite songs from 2011 in a public war.
The winner will be decided by a public text vote or by voting online at Meteor’s Facebook page and the winner will be announced at the big event on March 8th in The Olympia Theatre. So how were the top 10 list for this award derived you ask, surely you couldn’t ask the ten judges to listen to every song produced in Ireland individually and weigh them on their merits alongside judging the album list. Well they did, and alongside the judges opinion they used a combination of Irish airplay charts to produce a top 10 songs of 2011.
Meteor Choice Music Prize Shortlist
Bell X1 – Velcro
Cashier No 9 – Goldstar
The Coronas – Addicted to Progress
Lisa Hannigan – Knots
The Kanyu Tree – Radio
Little Green Cars – The John Wayne
Royseven – We Should be Lovers
Maverick Sabre – Let Me Go
Snow Patrol – Called Out In the Dark
This Club – I Won’t Worry
The winning song will win the Song of the Year trophy along with a prize fund. You can vote by going to www.facebook.com/Meteor or texting SONG to 0857114444 and those who vote could win tickets to the big event from Meteor, voting closes March 4th. Tickets for the Meteor Choice Music Prize live event are on sale from all Ticketmaster outlets and from http://www.ticketmaster.ie, priced €22.50 including booking fee.
Oh and tune into Paul McCloone tonight on Today FM for some live music from a Meteor Choice Music Prize event marking the announcement of this category.
[sws_blockquote_endquote align=”” cite=”Meadhbh Quinn, Meteor’s Head of Brand & Marketing Communications” quotestyle=”style02″] Each year the Meteor Choice Music Prize stimulates debate and invigorates interest in Irish music, the launch of the Irish Song of the Year gives everyone the opportunity to share their opinion through a public voting system. The Meteor Choice Music Prize is essential for the Irish music industry as it promotes and showcases the local industry both within Ireland and overseas. Meteor is passionate about supporting the Irish music industry and this year we will work to shine the spotlight on the very best of Irish music as chosen by the public. [/sws_blockquote_endquote]