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Irish singer CMAT lands Mercury Music Prize nominee

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That’s our gal!

CMAT has just been nominated for a Mercury Music Prize and we couldn’t be prouder.

The Irish singer is nominated for the 2024 Mercury Prize Album of the Year award, alongside stars including Charli XCX.

Pretty impressive!

 

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The award in question, is an annual music prize given for the best album released by a musical act from the United Kingdom or Ireland.

Radio presenter Tom Ravenscroft announced that the Dublin pop singer’s album, Crazymad, for Me, was included in this year’s shortlist this week on BBC ­Radio 6 Music.

Described as “an abstract break-up album” by the singer, Crazymad, for Me is CMAT’s second studio album and was released in 2023.

Having only released her first album last year, the singer has gone from strength to strength in her career and has since been nominated for a total of seven awards.

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She even won the Choice Music Prize in 2022.

Other acts in the running for the prize include Corinne Bailey Rae, who returned with the album Black Rainbows; singer Cat Burns for Early Twenties; and jungle artist Nia Archives for Silence Is Loud.

The overall winner of the 2024 Mercury Prize will be revealed in September.

But we already know who the winner is in our eyes…

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