Premio Ruido

Premio Ruido (Spanish for "Noise Prize") was set up in October 2015 as a yearly single-category award for the best music album produced in Spain. The first ceremony to present the award took place in January 2016, after the nominees had been announced in November of the previous year.

Premio Ruido
Awarded for	Best album from Spain
Location	Spain
First awarded	2015
Website	premioruido.es

In terms of the process followed and rules, Premio Ruido bears a close similarity to the Mercury Prize in the UK, and the intention is to recognise artistic quality over sales success, in contrast to previously existing awards. However, whilst the Mercury Prize is awarded by a mixed panel that includes both musicians and figures of the music industry, as well as members of the media and journalists, and was established by the British Phonographic Industry, Premio Ruido was established by Periodistas Asociados de Música (the Spanish Association of Music Journalists) and it is their members who take part in the selection. The company Virtual Contenidos SL manages and produces the annual awards, while PAM's Board of Directors conducts and ratifies the voting process.[1]

At the initial stage, PAM members vote for their favourite national records launched that year. This is so as to draw a stylistically diverse shortlist of twelve nominated albums. A recording is deemed "national" if at least half of the artists taking part are Spanish nationals or else have permanent residency in Spain. At the final stage, the associates vote for just one of the nominees. The winning artist is presented with a trophy.[2]

El Niño de Elche was the inaugural winner with the album "Voces del extremo".[3]

Winners and shortlisted nominees

Winners of the 2016 edition Triángulo de Amor Bizarro

Love of Lesbian

Rosalía and Raül Refree

Year	Winner	Shortlisted nominees	Ref.
2015	Niño de Elche – Voces del Extremo	Disco Las Palmeras! – Asfixia Francisco Nixon – Lo Malo Que Nos Pasa Guadalupe Plata – Guadalupe Plata L.A. – From The City To The Ocean Side La Bien Querida – Premeditación, Nocturnidad y Alevosía Nueva Vulcano – Novelería Pablo Und Destruktion – Vigorexia Emocional Soleá Morente –Tendrá Que Haber Un Camino Toundra – IV Tulsa – La Calma Chicha Xoel López – Paramales
2016	Triángulo de Amor Bizarro – Salve Discordia	Aries – Adieu or die Belako – Hamen Depedro – El Pasajero Espanto – Fruta Y Verdura Hinds – Leave Me Alone Iván Ferreiro – Casa Juventud Juché – Movimientos Kokoshca – Algo Real León Benavente – 2 Love of Lesbian – El Poeta Haley Manel – Jo Competeixo Novedades Carminha – Campeones del Mundo Quique González – Me Matas Si Me Necesitas Silvia Pérez Cruz – Domus
2017	Rosalía – Los Ángeles (featuring Raül Refree)	Sentido del Espectáculo – Biznaga Cala Vento – Fruto Panorama C. Tangana – Ídolo Exquirla – Para Quienes Aún Viven Maria Arnal and Marcel Bagés – 45 Cerebros Y Un Corazón Pablo Und Destruktion – Predación Los Planetas – Zona Temporalmente Autónoma Rocío Márquez – Firmamento Rufus T. Firefly – Magnolia
2018	ROSALÍA – El Mal Querer	La Plata – Desorden Morgan – Air Nacho Vegas – Violética Niño de Elche – Antología del Cante Flamenco Heterodoxo PUTOCHINOMARICÓN – Corazón de Cerdo Con Ginseng Al Vapor Rufus T. Firefly – Loto Toundra – Vortex Zahara – Astronauta
2019	Derby Motoreta’s Burrito Kachimba - Derby Motoreta’s Burrito Kachimba	Cala Vento - Balanceo Carolina Durante - Carolina Durante Cupido - Préstame Un Sentimiento Fuerza Nueva - Fuerza Nueva La Bien Querida - Brujería La Casa Azul - La Gran Esfera León Benavente - Vamos a Volvernos Locos Los Estanques - Los Estanques Los Punsetes - Aniquilación Novedades Caraminha - Ultraligero Viva Suecia - El Milagro
2020	Triángulo de Amor Bizarro - Triángulo de Amor Bizarro	_Juno - _BCN626 Belako - Plastik Drama Biznaga - Gran Pantalla Confeti de Odio - Tragedia Española Futuro Terror - Sangre Ginebras - Ya Dormiré Cuando Me Muera Hinds - The Prettiest Curse Los Estanques - IV María José Llergo - Sanación Melenas - Días Raros Mujeres - Siento Muerte Soleá Morente - Lo Que Te Falta Somos La Herencia - Dolo The New Raemon - Coplas del Andar Torcido Viva Belgrado - Bellavista

See also

• Mercury Prize (United Kingdom)
• Polaris Music Prize (Canadá)
• Shortlist Music Prize (United States)
• Choice Music Prize (Ireland)
• Irish Recorded Music Association
• Prix Constantin (France)
• Scottish Album of the Year Award (Scotland)
• Australian Music Prize (Australia)
• Nordic Music Prize (Scandinavian countries)

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "La voz extrema de Niño de Elche conquista el primer Premio Ruido de la crítica". El País. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20180327155915/http://premioruido.es/ (In Spanish)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160524125511/http://www.ninodeelche.net/Voces_del_Extremo_disco.html (In Spanish)