Meteor Awards Nominees

Best irish band

• The Blizzards
• Fight Like Apes
• Republic of Loose
• The Script
• Snow Patrol 

Best irish male

• Damien Dempsey
• Duke Special
• Mick Flannery
• David Holmes
• Jape (Richard Egan) 

Best irish female

• Tara Blaise
• Lisa Hannigan
• Gemma Hayes
• Imelda May
• Camille O’Sullivan 

best irish pop act

• Boyzone
• The Blizzards
• The Coronas
• The Script
• Westlife 

best irish album

• Fight Like Apes – Mystery Golden Medallion
• Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
• Messiah J & The Expert – From the Word Go
• The Script – The Script
• Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns 

Best irish live performance

• The Blizzards
• The Coronas
• Fight Like Apes
• Republic of Loose
• The Swell Season 

Non Voting Categories

Best irish folk traditional

• Damien Dempsey
• Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
• Colm Mac Con Iomaire
• Eleanor McEvoy
• John Spillane 

Best international band

• AC/DC
• Coldplay
• Elbow
• Killers
• Kings of Leon 

Best international male

• Chris Brown
• Nick Cave
• Bon Iver
• James Morrision
• Kanye West

Best international female

• Beyonce
• Duffy
• Lykke Li
• Pink
• Rihanna

Best international album

• Coldplay - Viva la Vida
• Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
• The Killers - Day & Age
• Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
• Take That - The Circus

Best international live performance

• Leonard Cohen - IMMA
• Coldplay - The O2
• The Killers - Marlay Park
• Kings of Leon - Oxegen
• Bruce Springsteen - RDS