Nordic Music Prize

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Awarded forBest album from the Nordic Countries
First award2011
Nordic Music Prize
Awarded forBest album from the Nordic Countries
First award2011
Websitebylarm.no/awards/phonofile-nordic-music-prize/

The Nordic Music Prize is an annual award for the Best Nordic Album Of The Year, inspired by the Mercury Prize and introduced in 2010. The prize was initiated by the by:Larm conference in Norway. The first Nordic Music Prize was presented by the Prince Of Norway during by:Larm in Oslo in February 2011.[1]

The prize was created to create a stronger unity across the Nordic countries industry, to increase international interest and awareness of what the region has to offer musically and, to refocus on the full-length album as an art form.[1]

The winner is decided by a selection involving each Nordic country's domestic recording industry, that lead to representatives converging on Oslo with a list of ten albums from their nation, and these are then whittled down to 12 final nominations. The final choice is made by a jury composed of international journalists and label people.[1]

The Nordic Music Prize Committee

  • Anna Ullman – Denmark
  • Annah Björk – Sweden
  • Ilkka Mattila – Finland
  • Audun Vinger – Norway
  • Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen – Iceland

Winners and nominees

one guitarist performing on stage
Jónsi won the inaugural edition in 2011
2012 winner Goran Kajfeš
2013 winners First Aid Kit
2014 winners The Knife
2015 winner Mirel Wagner
2017 winner Jenny Hval
2018 winner Susanne Sundfør
2019 winner Robyn
2020 winner Hildur Guðnadóttir
2022 winner Benedicte Maurseth
Year Winner Nominees Ref(s)
2011 Iceland Jónsi - Go
[2]
2012 Sweden Goran Kajfeš – X/Y
[2]
2013 Sweden First Aid KitThe Lion's Roar
[3]
2014 Sweden The KnifeShaking the Habitual
[4][5]
2015 Finland Mirel WagnerWhen the Cellar Children See the Light of Day
[6]
2016 Norway Band of Gold – Band of Gold
[7]
2017 Norway Jenny HvalBlood Bitch
  • Denmark CTM – Suite for a Young Girl
  • Denmark Bisse – Højlandet
  • Denmark Værket – Jealousy Hits
  • Iceland Jóhann JóhannssonArrival (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  • Iceland Skúli Sverrison, Hilmar Jensson, Arve HenriksenSaumur
  • Finland Oranssi PazuzuVärähtelijä
  • Finland The Hearing – Adrian
  • Finland Mikko Joensuu – Amen 2
  • Norway Nosizwe – In Fragments
  • Sweden Kornél Kovács – The Bells
  • Sweden Cherrie – Sherihan
[8]
2018 Norway Susanne SundførMusic for People in Trouble
[9][10]
2019 Sweden RobynHoney
[11]
2020 Iceland Hildur GuðnadóttirChernobyl
[12]
2021 Denmark Clarissa ConnellyThe Voyager
[13][14]
2022 Norway Benedicte MaursethHárr
[15][16]

See also

References

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