Scottish Album of the Year Award

Scottish Album of the Year Award
Awarded for	Best album by a Scottish artist
Location	Scotland
First awarded	2012
Official website	www.sayaward.com

The Scottish Album of the Year Award (SAY Award) is an award 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]

An initial longlist of 20 albums is reduced to a shortlist of 10 each year. The winner receives £20,000, with the 9 runner-ups receiving £1,000 each.^[2]

Past winners

Year	Winner	Shortlisted	References
2012	Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat - Everything's Getting Older	Conquering Animal Sound - Kammerspiel Happy Particles - Under Sleeping Waves King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will Mungo's Hi Fi - Forward Ever Remember Remember - The Quickening Rustie - Glass Swords Tommy Smith - Karma Twin Atlantic - Free	^[3]^[4]
2013	RM Hubbert - Thirteen Lost & Found	Admiral Fallow – Tree Bursts In Snow Django Django – Django Django Human Don't Be Angry – Human Don't Be Angry Karine Polwart – Traces Lau – Race the Loser Meursault – Something for the Weakened Paul Buchanan – Mid-Air Stanley Odd – Reject The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know	^[5]^[6]
2014	Young Fathers - Tape Two	Biffy Clyro – Opposites Boards of Canada – Tomorrow's Harvest Chvrches – The Bones of What You Believe Edwyn Collins – Understated Hector Bizerk – Nobody Seen Nothing RM Hubbert – Breaks & Bone Steve Mason – Monkey Minds In The Devil’s Time Mogwai – Les Revenants The Pastels – Slow Summits	^[7]^[8]

External Links

http://www.sayaward.com/

References

↑ "Scottish Album of the Year Award launches to celebrate country’s finest musical talent". STV. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
↑ Lower, Sian. "Scottish Album of the Year Award longlist announced". The List. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
↑ "Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat win Scottish Album of the Year". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
↑ West, Rosamund. "Scottish Album of the Year 2012 shortlist announced". The Skinny. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
↑ Michaels, Sean. "RM Hubbert wins Scottish Album of the Year Award". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
↑ "Revealed: The shortlist for the Scottish Album of the Year". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
↑ "Young Fathers win Scottish Album of the Year for Tape Two". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
↑ "Young Fathers win Scottish Album of the Year Award". The Skinny. Retrieved 9 October 2014.