Welsh Music Prize
Musical award
The Welsh Music Prize is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from Wales, as voted for by members of the music industry. It was founded by music promoter John Rostron and radio presenter Huw Stephens in 2011.[1] It was originally scheduled to take place alongside Sŵn music festival in Cardiff but now takes place later in the year.[2]
Prior to the awards, Welsh TV Show The Pop Factory held its own award ceremony between 2003 and 2007. From 2004 onwards the Best Album category was won by a Welsh artist, therefore allowing this to be seen as a spiritual pre-successor of the awards, although this was by a public vote and not a judging panel.
Winners and shortlisted nominees
Year | Winner | Shortlisted nominees |
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2010–11 | Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo[3] |
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2011–12 | Future of the Left – The Plot Against Common Sense[3] |
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2012–13 | Georgia Ruth – Week of Pines |
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2013–14 | Joanna Gruesome – Weird Sister |
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2014–15 | Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf[4] |
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2015–16 | Meilyr Jones – 2013[5] |
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2016–17 | The Gentle Good – Ruins/Adfeilion[6] |
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2017–18 | Boy Azooga – 1, 2, Kung Fu![7] |
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2018–19 | Adwaith – Melyn[8][9] |
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2019–20 | Deyah – Care City |
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2020–21 | Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song |
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2021–22 | Adwaith – Bato Mato |
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2022–23 | Rogue Jones - Dos Bebés[10] |
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Most-nominated artists
Artist | Nominations | Winner |
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Gruff Rhys | 6 | 1 |
Cate Le Bon | 5 | 0 |
Manic Street Preachers | 4 | 0 |
Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 | 3 | 0 |
The Gentle Good | 3 | 1 |
Georgia Ruth | 3 | 1 |
Gwenno | 3 | 1 |
Sweet Baboo | 3 | 0 |
Adwaith | 2 | 2 |
Deyah | 2 | 1 |
Datblygu | 2 | 0 |
Future of the Left | 2 | 1 |
Euros Childs | 2 | 0 |
HMS Morris | 2 | 0 |
Islet | 2 | 0 |
Kelly Lee Owens | 2 | 1 |
Lleuwen Steffan | 2 | 0 |
Right Hand Left Hand | 2 | 0 |
Trwbador | 2 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Catfish and The Bottlemen, Joanna Gruesome lead Welsh Music Prize nominees - NME". NME. 2017-07-29. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "WELSH MUSIC PRIZE 2016: THE SHORTLIST". Recordoftheday.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ a b "Winners – WMP". Welshmusicprize.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Gwenno wins Welsh Music Prize 2015". BBC Wales. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Welsh Music Prize shortlist for 2016 unveiled". BBC News. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "The Gentle Good wins Welsh Music Prize 2017". BBC News. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Boy Azooga win Welsh Music Prize". BBC News. 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Tweet". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "Welsh Music Prize won by Carmarthen trio Adwaith". BBC News. 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Welsh Music Prize 2023 winner announced as Rogue Jones". BBC News. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
External links
- Official website
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