Welsh Music Prize

Musical award

Not to be confused with Welsh-language album of the year.

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

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Year  | Winner  | Shortlisted nominees

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2010–11  | Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo[3] |

* Al Lewis – In the Wake
* Colorama – Box
* Lleuwen Steffan – Tân
* Manic Street Preachers – Postcards from a Young Man
* Stagga – The Warm Air Room
* Sweet Baboo – I'm a Dancer/Songs About Sleepin'
* The Blackout – Hope
* The Gentle Good – Tethered for the Storm
* The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
* Y Niwl – Y Niwl
* Funeral for a Friend – Welcome Home Armageddon

2011–12  | Future of the Left – The Plot Against Common Sense[3] |

* Bright Light Bright Light – Make Me Believe in Hope
* Cate Le Bon – Cyrk
* Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog – Draw Dros Y Mynydd
* Exit International – Black Junk
* Huw M – Gathering Dusk
* Islet – Illuminated People
* Jodie Marie – Mountain Echo
* Kids in Glass Houses – In Gold Blood
* Kutosis – Fanatical Love
* Los Campesinos! – Hello Sadness
* Truckers of Husk – Accelerated Learning

2012–13  | Georgia Ruth – Week of Pines |

* Euros Childs – Summer Special
* Fist of the First Man – Fist of the First Man
* Laurence Made Me Cry – The Diary of Me
* Little Arrow – Wild Wishes
* Metabeats – Caviar Crackle
* Neon Neon – Praxis Makes Perfect
* Race Horses – Furniture
* Sweet Baboo – Ships
* Trwbador – Trwbador
* Winter Villains – February
* Zervas and Pepper – Lifebringer

2013–14  | Joanna Gruesome – Weird Sister |

* 9 Bach – Tincian
* Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum
* Euros Childs – Situation Comedy
* Future of the Left – How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident
* Gruff Rhys – American Interior
* Gulp – Season Sun
* Manic Street Preachers – Futurology
* Samoans – Rescue
* Slowly Rolling Camera – Slowly Rolling Camera
* The Gentle Good – Y Bardd Anfarwol
* The People The Poet – The Narrator

2014–15  | Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf[4] |

* Calan – Dinas
* Catfish and the Bottlemen – The Balcony
* Geraint Jarman – Dwyn yr Hogyn Nol
* H. Hawkline – In the Pink of Condition
* Hippies vs Ghosts – Droogs
* Houdini Dax – Naughty Nation
* Joanna Gruesome – Peanut Butter
* Keys – Ring the Changes
* Paper Aeroplanes – Joy
* Richard James – All the New Highways
* Tender Prey – Organ Calzone
* Trwbador – Several Wolves
* Zarelli – Soft Rains
* Zefur Wolves – Zefur Wolves

2015–16  | Meilyr Jones – 2013[5] |

* 9Bach – Anian
* Alun Gaffey – Alun Gaffey
* Cate Le Bon – Crab Day
* Climbing Trees – Borders
* Datblygu – Porwr Trallod
* Plu – Tir a Golau
* Right Hand Left Hand – Right Hand Left Hand
* Simon Love – It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
* Skindred – Volume
* Sŵnami – Sŵnami
* The Anchoress – Confessions of a Romance Novelist

2016–17  | The Gentle Good – Ruins/Adfeilion[6] |

* Baby Queens – Baby Queens
* Bendith (Plu and Colorama) – Bendith
* Cotton Wolf – Life in Analogue
* H. Hawkline – I Romanticize
* Toby Hay – The Gathering
* HMS Morris – Interior Design
* Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard – Y Proffwyd Dwyll
* Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens
* Gruff Rhys – Set Fire to the Stars
* Georgia Ruth – Fossil Scale
* Sweet Baboo – Wild Imagination

2017–18  | Boy Azooga – 1, 2, Kung Fu![7] |

* Alex Dingley – Beat the Babble
* Astroid Boys – Broke
* Boy Azooga – 1, 2, Kung Fu!
* Bryde – Like an Island
* Eugene Capper & Rhodri Brooks – Pontvane
* Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita – Soar
* Gwenno – Le Kov
* Gruff Rhys – Babelsberg
* Manic Street Preachers – Resistance Is Futile
* Mellt – Mae'n Hawdd Pan Ti'n Ifanc
* Seazoo – Trunks
* Toby Hay – The Longest Day

2018–19  | Adwaith – Melyn[8][9] |

* Accü – Echo the Red
* Adwaith – Melyn
* Audiobooks – Now! (in a minute)
* Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 – Joia!
* Cate Le Bon – Reward
* Deyah – Lover Loner
* Estrons – You Say I'm Too Much I Say You're Not Enough
* HMS Morris – Inspirational Talks
* Lleuwen – Gwn Glân Beibl Budr
* Lucas J Rowe – Touchy Love
* Mr – Oesoedd
* Vrï – Tŷ Ein Tadau

2019–20  | Deyah – Care City |

* Ani Glass – Mirores
* Colorama – Chaos Wonderland
* Cotton Wolf – Ofni
* Deyah – Care City
* Don Leisure – Steel Zakuski
* Georgia Ruth – Mai'
* Gruff Rhys – Pang!
* Islet – Eyelet
* Keys – Bring Me The Head Of Jerry Garcia
* Kidsmoke - A Vision In The Dark
* Los Blancos – Sbwriel Gwyn
* Luke RV – Valley Boy
* Right Hand Left Hand – Zone Rouge
* Silent Forum - Everything Solved At Once
* Yr Ods – Iaith y Nefoedd

2020–21  | Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song |

* Afro Cluster – The Reach
* The Anchoress – The Art Of Losing
* Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 – Mas
* Datblygu – Cwm Gwagle
* El Goodo – Zombie
* Gruff Rhys – Seeking New Gods
* Gwenifer Raymond – Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
* Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song
* Mace The Great – My Side Of The Bridge
* Novo Amor – Cannot Be, Whatsover
* Private World – Aleph
* Pys Melyn – Bywyd Llonydd

2021–22  | Adwaith – Bato Mato |

*   * Art School Girlfriend – Is It Light Where You Are
* Breichiau Hir – Hir Oes I'r Cof
* Bryde – Still
* Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard – Backhand Deals
* Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales – Yn Rio
* Cate Le Bon – Pompeii
* Danielle Lewis – Dreaming in Slow Motion
* Dead Method – Future Femme
* Don Leisure – Shaboo Strikes Back
* Gwenno – Tresor
* L E M F R E C K – The Pursuit
* Manic Street Preachers – The Ultra Vivid Lament
* Papur Wal – Amser Mynd Adra
* Sywel Nyw – Deuddeg

2022–23  | Rogue Jones - Dos Bebés[10] |

* Cerys Hafana – Edyf
* CVC – Get Real
* Dafydd Owain – Uwch Dros Y Pysgod
* H. Hawkline – Milk for Flowers
* Hyll – Sŵn O’r Stafell Arall
* Ivan Moult – Songs from Severn Grove
* John Cale – Mercy
* Mace the Great – SplottWorld
* Minas – All My Love Has Failed Me
* Overmono – Good Lies
* Rogue Jones – Dos Bebés
* Sister Wives – Y Gawres
* Stella Donnelly – Flood
* Sŵnami – Sŵnamii
* YNYS – Ynys

## Most-nominated artists

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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

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "WELSH MUSIC PRIZE 2016: THE SHORTLIST". Recordoftheday.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
3. ^ a b "Winners – WMP". Welshmusicprize.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
4. ^ "Gwenno wins Welsh Music Prize 2015". BBC Wales. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
5. ^ "Welsh Music Prize shortlist for 2016 unveiled". BBC News. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
6. ^ "The Gentle Good wins Welsh Music Prize 2017". BBC News. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
7. ^ "Boy Azooga win Welsh Music Prize". BBC News. 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
8. ^ "Tweet". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
9. ^ "Welsh Music Prize won by Carmarthen trio Adwaith". BBC News. 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
10. ^ "Welsh Music Prize 2023 winner announced as Rogue Jones". BBC News. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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