2024 Shortlist
- Aleighcia Scott - Windrush Baby
- Angharad - Motherland
- Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard - Skinwalker
- CHROMA - Ask For Angela
- Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog - Mynd â’r tŷ am dro
- Elkka - Prism of Pleasure
- Georgia Ruth - Cool Head
- Gruff Rhys - Sadness Sets Me Free
- HMS Morris - Dollar Lizard Money Zombie
- L E M F R E C K - Blood, Sweat & Fears
- Mellt - Dim Dwywaith
- Pys Melyn - Bolmynydd
- Skindred - Smile
- Slate - Deathless
- Ynys - Dosbarth Nos
Previous Nominees
2023
- Cerys Hafana - Edyf
- CVC - Get Real
- Dafydd Owain - Uwch Dros y Pysgod
- H. Hawkline - Milk For Flowers
- Hyll - Sŵn o’r Stafell Arall
- Ivan Moult - Songs From Severn Grove
- John Cale - Mercy
- Mace the Great - SplottWorld
- Minas - All My Love Has Failed Me
- Overmono - Good Lies
- 2023: Rogue Jones - Dos Bebés
- Sister Wives - Y Gawres
- Stella Donnelly - Flood
- Sŵnami - Sŵnamii
- Ynys - Ynys
2022 Nominees
- 2022: Adwaith - Bato Mato
- Art School Girlfriend - Is It Light Where You Are
- Breichiau Hir - Hir Oes I'r Cof
- Bryde - Still
- Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard - Backhand Deals
- Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Yn Rio
- Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
- Danielle Lewis - Dreaming In Slow Motion
- Dead Method - Future Femme
- Don Leisure - Shaboo Strikes Back
- Gwenno - Tresor
- L E M F R E C K - The Pursuit
- Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament
- Papur Wal - Amser Mynd Adra
- Sywel Nyw - Deuddeg
2021
- Afro Cluster - The Reach
- The Anchoress - The Art Of Losing
- Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Mas
- Datblygu - Cwm Gwagle
- El Goodo - Zombie
- Gruff Rhys - Seeking New Gods
- Gwenifer Raymond - Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
- Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
- Mace The Great - My Side Of The Bridge
- Novo Amor - Cannot Be, Whatsoever
- Private World - Aleph
- Pys Melyn - Bywyd Llonydd
2020
- Ani Glass - Mirores
- Colorama - Chaos Wonderland
- Cotton Wolf - Ofni
- 2020: Deyah - Care City
- Don Leisure - Steel Zakuski
- Georgia Ruth - Mai
- Gruff Rhys - Pang!
- Islet - Eyelet
- Keys - Bring Me The Head Of Jerry Garcia
- Kidsmoke - A Vision In The Dark
- Los Blancos - Sbwriel Gwyn
- Luke RV - Valley Boy
- Right Hand Left Hand - Zone Rouge
- Silent Forum - Everything Solved at Once
- Yr Ods - Iaith Y Nefoedd
2019
- Accü - Echo The Red
- 2019: Adwaith - Melyn
- audiobooks - Now! (in a minute)
- Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Joia!
- Cate Le Bon - Reward
- Deyah - Lover Loner
- Estrons - You Say I’m Too Much, I Say You’re Not Enough
- HMS Morris - Inspirational Talks
- Lleuwen - Gwn Glân Beibl Budr
- Lucas J Rowe - Touchy Love
- Mr - Oesoedd
- Vrï - Tŷ Ein Tadau
2018
- Alex Dingley - Beat The Babble
- Astroid Boys - Broke
- Boy Azooga - 1, 2, Kung Fu!
- Bryde - Like An Island
- Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - Soar
- Eugene Capper & Rhodri Brooks - Pontvane
- Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg
- Gwenno - Le Kov
- Mellt - Mae'n Hawdd Pan Ti'n Ifanc
- Manic Street Preachers - Resistance Is Futile
- Seazoo - Trunks
- Toby Hay - The Longest Day
2017
- Baby Queens - Baby Queens
- Bendith - Bendith
- Cotton Wolf - Life in Analogue
- The Gentle Good - Ruins / Adfeilion
- Gerogia Ruth - Fossil Scale
- Gruff Rhys - Set Fire To The Stars
- H. Hawkline - I Romanticize
- HMS Morris - Interior Design
- Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens
- Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard - Y Proffwyd Dwylleed
- Sweet Baboo - Wild Imagination
- Toby Hay - The Gathering
2016
- 9 Bach - Anian
- Alun Gaffey - Alun Gaffey
- Cate Le Bon - Crab Day
- Climbing Trees - Borders
- Datblygu - Porwr Trallod
- Meilyr Jones - 2013
- Plu - Tir a Golau
- Right Hand Left Hand – Right Hand Left Hand
- Simon Love – It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
- Skindred - Volume
- Swnami - Swnami
- The Anchoress – Confessions of a Romance
2015
- Calan - Dinas
- Catfish And The Bottlemen - The Balcony
- Geraint Jarman – Dwyn Yr Hogyn Nol
- Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf
- H. Hawkline – In The Pink Of Condition
- Hippies vs Ghosts – Droogs
- Joanna Gruesome – Peanut Butter
- Keys – Ring The Changes
- Houdini Dax – Naughty Nation
- Paper Aeroplanes – Joy
- Richard James – All The New Highways
- Tender Prey – Organ Calzone
- Trwbador – Several Wolves
- Zarelli – Soft Rains
- Zefur Wolves - Zefur Wolves
2014
- 9Bach – Tincian
- Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum
- Euros Childs – Situation Comedy
- Future of the Left – How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident
- Gruff Rhys – American Interior
- Gulp – Season Sun
- Joanna Gruesome – Weird Sister
- Manic Street Preachers – Futurology
- Samoans – Rescue
- Slowly Rolling Camera – Slowly Rolling Camera
- The Gentle Good – Y Bardd Anfarwol
- The People The Poet – The Narrator
2013
- Euros Childs – Summer Special
- Fist of the First Man – Fist of the First Man
- Georgia Ruth – Week of the Pines
- Laurence Made Me Cry – The Diary Of Me
- Little Arrow – Wild Wishes
- Metabeats – Caviar Crackle
- Neon Neon – Praxis Makes Perfect
- Race Horses – Furniture
- Sweet Baboo – Ships
- Trwbador – Trwbador
- Winter Villains – February
- Zervas and Pepper – Lifebringer
2012
- Bright Light Bright Light – Make Me Believe In Hope
- Cate Le Bon – CYRK
- Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog – Draw Dros Y Mynydd
- Exit_International – Black Junk
- Future Of The Left – The Plot Against Common Sense
- Huw M – Gathering Dusk
- Islet – Illuminated People
- Jodie Marie – Mountain Echo
- Kids in Glass Houses – In Gold Blood
- Kutosis – Fanatical Love
- Los Campesinos! – Hello Sadness
- Truckers Of Husk – Accelerated Learning
2011
- Al Lewis – In The Wake
- The Blackout – Hope
- Colorama – Box
- Funeral for a Friend – Welcome Home Armageddon
- Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo
- Lleuwen – Tan
- Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From a Young Man
- Stagga – The Warm Air Room
- Sweet Baboo – I’m a Dancer/Songs About Sleepin
- The Gentle Good – Tethered for the Storm
- The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
- Y Niwl – Y Niwl