The Scottish Album of the Year award has been opened up for nominations for 2024 with artists, music fans and labels invited to submit contenders for the prestigious prize. The SAY Award ceremony will take place at Stirling’s Albert Halls for the third year in a row and celebrates the cultural impact and contribution of Scottish albums. The winner receives a £20,000 prize and has been won by the likes of Young Fathers, Mogwai and others over recent years.
The distinguished award involves everyone involved in music from fans, to artists to record labels as well as music journalists. Young Fathers became the first artist to win the award on three occasions in 2023 when their ‘Heavy Heavy’ album was selected as Album of the Year, while Paolo Nutini was also celebrated at last year’s event with ‘These Streets’ being named a Modern Scottish Classic winner. READ MORE: Scottish Album of the Year 2023: The 10 artists nominated It’s the thirteenth year of the awards and to be considered for it, the album has to have been released between June 1 2023 and May 31 2024, with anyone able to submit eligible records via the SAY Awards website.
Submissions for the award close on July 31. As well as Young Fathers and Mogwai, Kathryn Joseph, Anna Meredith and Fergus McCreadie are among those who have claimed the top prize. There’s plenty of options from Scottish artists over the last year that can be nominated too, including the likes of The Snuts, Teenage Fanclub, The Jesus an.