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This is a summary of the year 2011 in the Irish music industry.
 | This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021) |
| Issue date | Album title | Artist | Source | Sales | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | You Say, We Say | Royseven | [28] | ||
| April | No Is Not An Answer | Mike Got Spiked | [29] | ||
| Leaving My Empire | Fred | ||||
| May | Marcata | The Minutes | [30] | ||
| Indian Summer | Zombie Computer | [31] | |||
| Let It Break | Gemma Hayes | [32] | |||
| December | Frozen Bones | Window Seats | [33] | ||
| This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021) |
| Issue date | Single title | Artist | Source | Sales | Notes |
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| January 16, 2011 | "Inside Out" | Imelda May | |||
| January 24, 2011 | "What You Know" | Two Door Cinema Club | |||
| February 11, 2011 | "We Should Be Lovers" | Royseven | |||
| February 25, 2011 | "I Wanna Fight Your Father" | The Rubberbandits | |||
| March 25, 2011 | "Light Shape Sound" | Miracle Bell | |||
| "Black Keys" | The Minutes |
The 2011 Irish Music Television Awards took place at The Sugar Club in Dublin on 28 November 2011. Below are the winners: [21]
| Award | Artist(s) | Video | Director(s) |
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| Best Group | The Minutes | "Black Keys" | Biba Logan |
| Most Original Concept | Ham Sandwich | "ANTS" | Marc Corrigan |
| Best Male Video | James Vincent McMorrow | "Sparrow and the Wolf" | John Phillipson, Elton Mullally, Rob Davis |
| Best Female Video | Lisa Hannigan | "Knots" | Myles O’Reilly |
| Best Live Video | The Minutes | "IMTOD" | Simon Eustace |
| Best Styled Video | I Draw Slow | "Goldmine" | Rory Bresnihan |
| Sexiest Video | Echogram | "Conspiracy" | Shaun O’Connor |
| Best Production Effects | Funeral Suits | "Florida" | Jonathan Irwin |
| Best Director | – | – | Vincent Gallagher |
| Viewers' Choice | King Kong Company | "Acetate" | John Loftus |
| Video of the Year | Lisa Hannigan | "Little Bird" | Myles O’Reilly |
Oxegen was a music festival in Ireland, first held from 2004–2011 as a rock and pop festival and again in 2013 with dance and chart acts only. The event was regularly cited as Ireland's biggest music festival, and, by 2009, it was being cited as the greenest festival, being a 100% carbon neutral event in Ireland, although this claim is highly disputed as green-washing. It was previously called Witnness, which ran from 2000 and was sponsored by Guinness. The event was promoted by MCD and was sponsored by Heineken. Oxegen was originally a three-day festival, but from 2008 onwards, it was expanded to four days.
A Meteor Ireland Music Award was an accolade bestowed upon professionals in the music industry in Ireland and further afield. They had been bestowed each year since 2001, replacing the IRMA Ireland Music Awards held in the 1990s. Promoted by MCD Productions, the ceremony at which these accolades were bestowed upon worthy recipients was referred to colloquially as The Meteors, though occasionally also by its full title.
The Slane Festival is a recurring concert held most years since 1981 on the grounds of Slane Castle on the outskirts of Slane in County Meath, Ireland. The castle is owned by The 8th Marquess Conyngham, who was known by the courtesy title the Earl of Mount Charles from 1974 until 2009. Slane lies between Navan and Drogheda, about 45 km northwest of Dublin. Concerts typically occur on a Saturday in August, from 12:00 to 22:00. The sloping grounds of Slane Castle form a natural amphitheatre which is ideal for concerts. As many as 70,000–110,000 people usually attend. One of the venue boundaries is the River Boyne. Two people died while trying to swim the river to gain free access to R.E.M.'s concert in 1995. The minimum age of admission to the Slane Festival was reduced in 2006 from 18 to 16 because of complaints.
David Fanning is an Irish television and radio broadcaster, rock journalist, DJ, film critic and author. Fanning currently hosts weekend midday magazine/chat show The Dave Fanning Show on the Irish national radio station RTÉ 2fm and a number of RTÉ Radio 1 programmes. He regularly deputises on RTÉ Radio 1 across a range of primetime programmes and also presented his own Monday-Friday 9 am show Mornings With Dave Fanning in 2015.
Director were an Irish art rock quartet from Malahide in County Dublin. The group consisted of Michael Moloney (vocals/guitars), Eoin Aherne (guitars), Shea Lawlor (drums) and Rowan Averill. The band's 2006 debut album We Thrive on Big Cities was a critical and commercial success in Ireland. A follow-up album, I'll Wait for Sound was released in 2009.
The Blizzards are an Irish band from Mullingar in County Westmeath. They were formed by Niall Breslin in late 2004, and also feature Dec Murphy (drums), Justin Ryan, Anthony Doran, Louize Carroll (bass) and Aidan Lynch (keyboards). They have achieved multiple platinum record sales and have won numerous awards.
Royseven are a six-piece alternative rock band from Dublin, Ireland. They are known for songs such as "Dance" and "We Should Be Lovers", and have released two albums to date: The Art of Insincerity (2006) and You Say, We Say (2011).
The Choice Music Prize, known for sponsorship reasons as the RTÉ Choice Music Prize is an annual music prize awarded to the best album from a band or solo musician who is born in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland or holds an Irish passport. For bands, the majority of members must have been born on the island of Ireland or hold an Irish passport.
Jenny Huston is a Canadian presenter of radio and television in Ireland. She was disc jockey on RTÉ 2fm, an occasional presenter on RTÉ Radio 1 and a television presenter with channels operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann.; Huston presents an indie rock and pop music show on Friday nights and a rock anthems show which is broadcast on Sunday nights. A highlight of her television career was co-hosting RTÉ's Electric Picnic coverage with Tom Dunne in 2006.
This is a summary of the year 2007 in the Irish music industry. 2007 was described as "an annus horribilis for Irish music" by the Irish Independent's rock critic, Eamon Sweeney.
This is a summary of the year 2006 in the Irish music industry.
This is an, as yet, incomplete summary of the year 2005 in the Irish music industry.
A summary of the year 2004 in the Irish music industry.
This is a summary of the year 2008 in the Irish music industry.
A summary of the year 2003 in the Irish music industry.
This is a summary of the year 2009 in the Irish music industry.
A summary of the year 2010 in the Irish music industry.
Oxegen 2011 was the eighth Oxegen festival to take place since 2004. It took place on the weekend of Friday 8 July, Saturday, 9 July and Sunday, 10 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. Arctic Monkeys, Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Foo Fighters and The Strokes were among the headlining acts. On the final night of the festival Christy Moore came on stage to sing with headliners Coldplay at the end of their set.
"We Should Be Lovers" is the second single taken from the Royseven album You Say, We Say. It was released on 19 February 2011 and went on to become the most played Irish song on radio that year, beating rivals Westlife, The Script and Snow Patrol.
This is a summary of the year 2012 in the Irish music industry.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)There are no Meteor Music Awards this year after the mobile phone operator decided to cease sponsoring the event. [...] The televised awards were Meteor's most visible sponsorship and tied in with the company's strategy of recruiting younger customers.