Laufey, Árný Margrét, ex.girls, Mugison, Elín Hall, and Snorri Hallgrímsson lead The Icelandic Music Awards nominations with three nominations each.
The Icelandic Music Awards is an annual event awarding the best in music, organised by Samtónn – an association of music rights holder in Iceland. There are four main categories: Contemporary Classical, Jazz; Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop and Electronic; and Other Music.
Each of these categories get nominations across Music Performance, Vocal, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year. Awards for Production, Music Video, Event of the Year, and Album Cover are awarded across categories. The nominations were announced live on Thursday 29 February from Harpa Concert Hall.
The Icelandic Music Awards will be presented on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 in Harpa. The ceremony will be televised on RÚV.
Árný Margrét, Elín Hall, ex.girls, Laufey, Mugison, and Snorri Hallgrímsson lead the nominations with three nominations each.
Árný Margrét is nominated for Album of the Year and Performer of the Year in the Other Music category, and is also nominated for Music Video of the Year for her song Waiting.
Elín Hall is nominated for Album of the Year and Vocal of the Year in the Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop, and Electronic as well as her album Heyrist í mér? is nominated for Lyric of the Year.
ex.girls is nominated for Album of the Year and Song of the Year in the Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop, and Electronic category, and their album Verk is also nominated for Production of the Year
Laufey is nominated for Album of the Year, Vocal of the Year, and Performer of the Year in the Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop, and Electronic.
Mugison is nominated for Performer of the Year and Song of the Year in the Other Music category, as well as Event of the Year for Mugison í Naustahvilft
The artists with two nominations are:
Andri Ólafsson, Friðrik Dór Jónsson, Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð Jóhannesdóttir, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen for Springur út
Bára Gísladóttir for COR and Silva
Herdís Stefánsdóttir for her score, Knock at the Cabin
JFDR for Museums
Kristjana Stefánsdóttir as a jazz performer
Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson for Rofnar
Mikael Máni Ásmundsson for Innermost and The Raccoon and the Dog
PATRi!K for Skína
Una Torfa for performance and vocal
Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson for J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
All other acts have one nomination each and include Björk’s collaboration with RÓSALÍA Oral, Atli Örvarsson’s score for Apple TV series Silo, Sigur Rós for their latest release ÁTTA, and Nanna from Of Monsters and Men gets nomination for the song Godzilla.
Find the full list of nominations in Icelandic on iston.is >>
The nominees:
Best of Jazz:
Live Performer of the year
Andrés Þór Gunnlaugsson
Kristjana Stefánsdóttir
Ari Bragi Kárason
Davíð Þór Jónsson
Stórsveit Reykjavíkur
Singer of the Year
Rebekka Blöndal
Kristjana Stefánsdóttir
Silva Þórðardóttir
Steingrímur Teague
Ingibjörg Fríða Helgadóttir
Composition of the Year
Íslendingur í Uluwatuhofi - Stefán S. Stefánsson
Suddenly Autumn - Sunna Gunnlaugs
The Raccoon and the Dog - Mikael Máni Ásmundsson
daggermark - Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, Róberta Andersen
Springur út - Andri Ólafsson, Friðrik Dór Jónsson, Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð Jóhannesdóttir, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen
Album of the Year
Farfuglar - Ingi Bjarni Skúlason
Íslendingur í Uluwatuhofi - Stefán S. Stefánsson og Stórsveit Reykjavíkur
Innermost - Mikael Máni Ásmundsson
Stilhed og storm - Sigurður Flosason
holy ghost of - hist og
Best of Contemporary Classical
Live Performer of the Year
Nordic Affect
Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir
Strokkvartettinn Siggi
Sviðslistahópurinn Óður
Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson
Singer of the Year
Jóhann Kristinsson
Benedikt Kristjánsson
Bryndís Guðjónsdóttir
Hrólfur Sæmundsson
Heiða Árnadóttir
Composition of the Year
COR - Bára Gísladóttir
Rituals - Anna Þorvaldsdóttir
Á þessum kyrru dægrum - Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson
Jörð mistur himinn - Haukur Tómasson
Liebster Gott wann werd ich sterben? - Hjalti Nordal
Album of the Year
Atli Heimir Sveinsson: The Complete String Quartets - Siggi String Quartet
Icelandic Works for the Stage - Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations - Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson
Silva - Bára Gísladóttir
Meditatio II - Schola Cantorum
Listen to the nominees on our playlists:
Iceland Music Jazz
Iceland Music Contemporary Classical
Best of Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop & Electronic
Live Performer of the Year
CELEBS
Daniil
Laufey
PATRi!K
Una Torfa
Singer of the Year
Elín Hall
JFDR
Laufey
Friðrik Ómar
Una Torfa
Composition of the Year
Hvítt vín - Spacestation
Manneskja - ex.girls
Oral - Björk og ROSALÍA
Parísarhjól - GDRN
Skína - PATRi!K, Luigi
Album of the Year
heyrist í mér? - Elín Hall
Verk - ex.girls
Museums - JFDR
Bewitched - Laufey
ÁTTA - Sigur Rós
Listen to the nominees on our playlists:
Iceland Music Roadtrip
Iceland Music Indie
Ohter Music
Live Performer of the Year:
Árný Margrét
Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson
Mugison
Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir
Salka Valsdóttir (neonme)
Composition of the Year:
Godzilla - Nanna
I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest - Snorri Hallgrímsson
Inside Weather - Jelena Ciric
Stóra Stóra Ást - Mugison
Wandering Beings - Guðmundur Pétursson
Film and Theater Music - Album of the Year
Góðan daginn faggi - Stertabenda
Knock At The Cabin - Herdís Stefánsdóttir
Sikadene - Sin Fang
SILO - Atli Örvarsson
Skjálfti - Páll Ragnar Pálsson og Eðvarð Egilsson
Album of the Year
BRIDGES II - Ægir
dinner alone - Árný Margrét
I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest - Snorri Hallgrímsson
Rofnar - Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson
Smurðar fórnir - Silkikettirnir
Listen to the nominees on our Iceland Music Ethereal playlist:
Recording Engineer of the Year
Modular Heart - Warmland
Recording Engineers: Arnar Guðjónsson og Hrafn Thoroddsen
Verk - ex.girls
Recording Engineers: Guðlaugur Hörðdal, Guðmundur Arnalds, Gylfi Sigurðsson og Tatjana Dís Aldísar Razoumeenko
Stropha - Ingibjörg Elsa Turchi
Recording Engineers: Ingibjörg Elsa Turchi og Ívar Ragnarsson
I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest - Snorri Hallgrímsson
Recording Engineers: Bergur Þórisson, Cécile Lacharme, Hafsteinn Þráinsson, Martyn Heyne, Snorri Hallgrímsson, Styrmir Hauksson, Viktor Orri Árnason, Þorsteinn Eyfjörð
Knock at the Cabin - Herdís Stefánsdóttir
Recording Engineers: Herdís Stefánsdóttir og Úlfur Hansson
Live Music Event of the Year
Hátíð hirðarinnar - Afmælistónleikar Prins Póló: Minningarsjóður Svavars Péturs Eysteinssonar
Mugison í Naustahvilft - Mugison
Ómur aldanna - Hans Jóhannsson
Sumarjazz á Jómfrúnni - Jakob Einar Jakobsson og Jómfrúin
Upprásin - Harpa í samstarfi við Tónlistarborgina Reykjavík og Rás 2
Lyrics of the year
Ást & praktík - Fannar Ingi Friðþjófsson og Atli Bollason
heyrist í mér? - Elín Hall
Hún ógnar mér - Vigdís Hafliðadóttir
Smurðar fórnir - Bergþóra Einarsdóttir
Springur út - Andri Ólafsson, Friðrik Dór Jónsson, Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð Jóhannesdóttir, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, Steingrímur Karl Teague
Music Video of the Year
Hún ógnar mér - Flott
Directed by Þura Stína
On Your Knees - Virgin Orchestra
Directed by Alvin Hugi Ragnarsson
SEVER - UNE MISÈRE
Directed by Gunnar Ingi Jones og Óttar Ingi Þorbergsson
Solarr - Talos
Directed by Máni Sigfússon
Waiting - Árný Margrét
Directed by Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson