Scottish Album of the Year Award

The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award is Scotland's national music prize, given annually for an outstanding album produced by a Scottish artist. The award was launched in 2012 by the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) in partnership with Creative Scotland.[1]

The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award
Awarded forBest album by a Scottish artist
LocationScotland
First awarded2012
Websitewww.sayaward.com

Wielding a £20,000 prize for the winner, 9 runner-up prizes of £1,000 each and a design commission which highlights the enduring links between music, art and design in Scotland, The SAY Award is respected by artists, valued by the industry and is responsible for both a surge in musical discovery and an explosion of impassioned debate on social media.

Placing artistic merit before sales history, genre or record label affiliation, The SAY Award dispenses with categorisation, opting instead for the creation of a bold, unifying platform from which Scotland's most outstanding albums – across all genres – can be celebrated, discovered and championed.

Process

Once all eligible albums have been collated, 100 impartial ‘Nominators’, chosen from sectors including journalism, broadcast and radio, music retail and live music venues, will consider the titles from The SAY Award's Eligible Albums list, nominating their five favourite albums and ranking them in order of preference. ‘Nominators’ include specialists in a variety of genres, such as jazz, classical, electronic and traditional folk, as well as key influencers from elsewhere in the arts, and cannot have a commercial interest in any of the albums being discussed. The SMIA assigns a score to each title in a Nominator's Top 5, before announcing the 20 highest scoring albums as The SAY Award Longlist.

The Longlist is then whittled down to a Shortlist of 10 albums, one of which will be chosen by music fans via an online public vote and the others decided by The SAY Award judging panel. Previous judges have included the composer Craig Armstrong, Turner Prize winning artists Douglas Gordon and Susan Philipsz, Filmmaker Lynne Ramsey, Music Editor of The Skinny Tallah Brash, DJ and Promoter Sarra Wild, Edinburgh International Festival Director Fergus Linehan, Sub Club Partner/Director Barry Price and Scottish Ballet's Sophie Laplane.

The SAY Award Shortlist is then honoured at an exclusive ceremony, with each title receiving an award created by The SAY Award Design Commission winner and

a minimum of £1,000. The SAY Award judging panel reconvene for the ceremony and decide who picks up the £20,000 first prize and coveted title of Scottish Album of the Year.[2]

Past winners
YearWinnerShortlisted LonglistedReferences
2012Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat – Everything's Getting Older [3][4]
2013RM Hubbert – Thirteen Lost & Found [5][6]
2014Young Fathers – Tape Two [7][8]
2015Kathryn Joseph – Bones You Have Thrown Me, And Blood I've Spilled. [9]
2016 Anna Meredith – Varmints [10]
2017 Sacred Paws – Strike a Match [11][12]
2018 Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar
  • BABE – Kiss & Tell
  • Best Girl Athlete – Best Girl Athlete
  • Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending
  • Golden Teacher – No Luscious Life
  • Karine Polwart with Pippa Murphy – A Pocket of Wind Resistance
  • Kobi Onyame – Gold
  • Mogwai – Every Country's Sun
  • Out Lines – Conflats
  • Siobhan Wilson – There Are No Saints
  • Adam Holmes and the Embers – Midnight Milk
  • Blue Rose Code – The Water of Leith
  • Catholic Action – In Memory Of
  • Chris Stout & Catriona McKay – Bare Knuckle
  • Elephant Sessions – All We Have Is Now
  • Happy Meals – Full Ashram Devotional Ceremony (Volumes IV - VI)
  • Martha Ffion – Sunday Best
  • Neon Waltz – Strange Hymns
  • Pronto Mama – Any Joy
  • The Spook School – Could It Be Different?

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2019 Auntie Flo – Radio Highlife[14]

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References
  1. "Scottish Album of the Year Award launches to celebrate country's finest musical talent". STV. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. "About". www.sayaward.com. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  3. "Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat win Scottish Album of the Year". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. West, Rosamund. "Scottish Album of the Year 2012 shortlist announced". The Skinny. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  5. Michaels, Sean. "RM Hubbert wins Scottish Album of the Year Award". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. "Revealed: The shortlist for the Scottish Album of the Year". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  7. "Young Fathers win Scottish Album of the Year for Tape Two". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  8. "Young Fathers win Scottish Album of the Year Award". The Skinny. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  9. "Kathryn Joseph Wins The SAY Award 2015". Clash. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  10. "Shortlist for the 2016 Scottish Album of the Year Award revealed". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  11. "SAY Award 2017: Shortlist revealed". The Skinny. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  12. Sacred Paws - Strike A Match, retrieved 2017-11-21
  13. "Young Fathers win Scottish Album of the Year for Cocoa Sugar". BBC News. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  14. https://completemusicupdate.com/article/auntie-flo-wins-scottish-album-of-the-year-award/
  15. "Scottish Album Of The Year Award 2019". Scottish Album Of The Year. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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