CMAT shortlisted for RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2025
Dunboyne's CMAT has been shortlisted for RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2025 for her third studio album EURO-COUNTRY after a hectic year of selling out Dublin's 3Arena and playing Glastonbury's iconic Pyramid Stage.
Also nominated alongside the singer is Dublin based band Bricknasty, whose drummer Korey Thomas is a Navan native. The band have garnered a loyal following over the last number of years due to their unique approach of storytelling through songwriting paired with soulful melodies.
The shortlist is as follows:
Amble – Reverie
Bricknasty – Black’s Law
Joshua Burnside – Teeth of Time
CMAT – EURO-COUNTRY
Dove Ellis – Blizzard
Junior Brother – The End
Just Mustard – WE WERE JUST HERE
pôt-pot – Warsaw 480km
Maria Somerville – Luster
SPRINTS – All That Is Over
As part of RTÉ’s continued commitment to promoting Irish music, 2FM celebrates the announcement of the shortlist across its schedule today with All Irish All Day from 6am to Midnight. 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show will continue to broadcast a week of RTÉ Choice Music Prize announcements and activities, with further details on all of prizes, including Irish Song of the Year.
Dave Reid, Choice Music Prize co-founder, commented: “The breadth and diversity of Irish music right now is astounding typified by recent Choice Music Prize winners Fontaines D.C., CMAT and more doing so well on the world stage.
We look forward to honouring and celebrating the best in Irish music in partnership with RTÉ through our week of shortlist announcements on the Tracy Clifford show beginning on January 19th and ending with the 21st edition of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Live event on Thursday March 5th at Vicar Street.”
The Irish Album of the Year 2025 will be announced live from Vicar St on RTÉ 2FM in a special show 7-11pm on Thursday 5th March hosted by Beta Da Silva. The show will feature live performances from some of the shortlisted acts, further details on the line-up to be announced soon.
The winning Album of the Year act will receive €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by The Irish Music Rights Organization (IMRO) and The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). All shortlisted acts will receive a specially commissioned award.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.