The Atlantis Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 from Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

, Canada, based only on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label. The award, established in 2008 by St. John's

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...

-based alternative newspaper The Scope, includes a certificate prize of $1000. The award is modeled after the Polaris Music Prize

Polaris Music Prize

The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label...

 for all of Canada (which in turn is modeled after the Mercury Music Prize in the United Kingdom).

Jury and selection process

No entry fee is required for submission, and all genres of music are included. A shortlist of 10 albums is compiled by more than 30 judges from the area, who each choose five albums, and a second panel of six judges selects the winner at the Atlantis Music Prize Gala.

2008 Atlantis Music Prize

• Mercy, the Sexton
  Mercy, the Sexton
  Mercy, the Sexton is a Canadian indie pop band from St. John's, Newfoundland, founded by brothers Luke and Duncan Major in March 2007. The other band members initially were Chris Johansen and Jon Hynes...
  
  , Another Month
• AE Bridger, I Am a Ghostly Leech
• Duane Andrews
  Duane Andrews
  Duane Andrews is a virtuosic guitarist who melds traditional Newfoundland folk music with Manouche Gypsy Jazz similar to the way that Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt infused Jazz with Gypsy melody...
  
  , Raindrops
• Hey Rosetta!
  Hey Rosetta!
  Hey Rosetta! is a six-piece Canadian indie rock band from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Known for its energized live shows, the band creates a massive, layered sound by incorporating piano, violin and cello into the traditional four-piece garage rock sound.-History:Their influences include...
  
  , Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
  Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
  Into Your Lungs, also referred to as Into Your Lungs is the second studio album by Hey Rosetta!, released on June 3, 2008. It was produced by Hawksley Workman....
  
  
• Idlers
  Idlers
  Idlers is a Canadian reggae band from Newfoundland founded in 2006 by Schiralli-Earle and Mark Wilson and now consisting of eleven members.In March 2009, Idlers traveled to Dreamland Studio in West Hurley, New York, to record their second album, "Keep Out". Darryl Jenifer, Bad Brains bassist and...
  
  , Corner
• Narrows (Canadian band)|Narrows, Narrows
• Slippery Rabbits, La Marée Noire
• The Human Soundtrack, Organs for Sale
• The Satans, Renovabis Faciem Terrae
• Victor Lewis, Good Intentions

2009 Atlantis Music Prize

• Curtis Andrews, The Offering of Curtis Andrews
• Amelia Curran
  Amelia Curran (musician)
  Amelia Curran is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia...
  
  , Hunter, Hunter
• Chris Kirby, Vampire Hotel
• The Class War Kids, Reflection! Rage! Rebellion!
• The Dardanelles, The Dardanelles
• Errand Boy, Cape Disappointment
• Kujo, Kujo
• Map to Temenos, O! Sweet Guillotine
• The Novaks, Things Fall Apart
• The Once
  The Once
  The Once is a folk trio based out of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. The group features Geraldine Hollett on lead vocals and vocalists/instrumentalists Phil Churchill and Andrew Dale playing a variety of instruments...
  
  , The Once

2010 Atlantis Music Prize

A tie.

• Colonel Craze and the Hunch, Reptilian Lipstick
• Duane Andrews
  Duane Andrews
  Duane Andrews is a virtuosic guitarist who melds traditional Newfoundland folk music with Manouche Gypsy Jazz similar to the way that Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt infused Jazz with Gypsy melody...
  
   and Dwayne Côté, Duane Andrews and Dwayne Côté
• Gramercy Riffs
  Gramercy Riffs (band)
  The Gramercy Riffs is a Canadian indie rock band formed in St. John's in 2008. The band is in rotation on CBC Radio. The band was the recipient of the 2010 Atlantis Music Prize for their debut LP It's Heartbreak. The album also received a positive review from Exclaim!.- Origin :The Gramercy...
  
  , It’s Heartbreak
• Idlers
  Idlers
  Idlers is a Canadian reggae band from Newfoundland founded in 2006 by Schiralli-Earle and Mark Wilson and now consisting of eleven members.In March 2009, Idlers traveled to Dreamland Studio in West Hurley, New York, to record their second album, "Keep Out". Darryl Jenifer, Bad Brains bassist and...
  
  , Keep Out
• Jake Nicoll, Wild Machines
• Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds, Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds
• McKudo, Kudos
• Pathological Lovers, Calling All Favours
• Sherman Downey, Honey For Bees
• The Subtitles, Quick and Painless

See also

• Polaris Music Prize
  Polaris Music Prize
  The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label...
  
   (Canada)
• Choice Music Prize
  Choice Music Prize
  -Establishment:It was established by journalist Jim Carroll and manager Dave Reid in 2005. as an alternative to the industry-dominated Meteor Music Awards. The Choice Music Prize is modelled after the Mercury Prize which is awarded each year to the best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland...
  
   (Ireland)
• Mercury Music Prize (United Kingdom)
• Prix Constantin
  Prix Constantin
  The Prix Constantin is an annual French music prize awarded to the best album of an artist who has come to prominence during the course of the past year. It was inaugurated in 2002, following the example of the Mercury Music Prize, as an attempt to bring to light artists who have not had major...
  
   (France)
• Shortlist Prize (United States)