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Over a hundred jurors vote for their favourite album to make up the shortlist before a panel of 12 Welsh music industry experts chooses the overall winner.<\/p>\n

Being shortlisted is an honour in itself and can help artists develop, as WMP administrator Marc Thomas explains: \u201cThey\u2019ve all got different stages of their career which they\u2019re at, one of the things that the Welsh Music Prize can do is help people move up to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s award was won by alternative rockers Future of the Left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Welsh Music Prize\u00a0(WMP), now in its third year, returns this week with a sold out show on Wednesday at Cardiff\u2019s Clwb Ifor Bach. The awards ceremony follows on Thursday in the city\u2019s Kuku Club.\u00a0 Over a hundred jurors vote for their favourite album to make up the shortlist before a panel of 12 Welsh music industry experts chooses the overall winner. 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