The SAY Award

Scotland's national music prize; celebrating the cultural impact of outstanding Scottish albums | Produced by @TheSMIA 🎵
#SAYaward

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Massive congras to our Sound of Young Scotland 2025 winner Alice Faye who has now been crowned the BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year 2026 ⭐

You can watch Alice’s performance live from the final on BBC Introducing in Scotland on BBC Sounds this Friday 27th March!

[Scottish Music Industry Association @TheSMIA]

1/3 The 2025 @SAYaward highlighted the strength and creativity in Scotland’s music right now. As we head into St Andrew’s Day weekend, it feels right to celebrate the artists and moments that shaped this year.

#ScotlandHighlights2025

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The SAY Award’s first year in Dundee was one to remember. Thank you to the artists, fans, host city and all of our incredible partners.

Explore this year’s winning album by Kai Reesu now at https://t.co/tPlP6QlNrM #sayaward #saydundee

[Into Creative @intocreative]

Congratulations Alice. So well deserved. You have a unique talent.

[Kevin McDermott @KevinFMcDermott]

Alice is wonderful. A unique and natural talent. Will go very far.

[CLASH @ClashMagazine]

Kai Reesu win the @SAYaward 2025 for their excellent debut album - the ceremony was held in Dundee's historic Caird Hall.

https://t.co/vDE2ITtJod

[Scottish Music Industry Association @TheSMIA]

1/6 Last week the @SAYaward Ceremony at @CairdHallDundee marked another incredible moment for Scottish music, with Kai Reesu taking home the coveted title of Scottish Album of the Year and the the £20,000 first prize for their debut ‘KOMPROMAT vol.i’.

[The Skinny @theskinnymag]

Huge huge massive congratulations to the amazingly talented Kai Reesu for scooping this year's grand prize, 2025 Scottish Album of the Year at the @SAYaward 🙌🏻

We're already excited for volume two!

https://t.co/qvcmcDWkHo

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The winner of The Scottish Album of the Year Award 2025 is Kai Reesu 'KOMPROMAT vol.i'

Explore the award-winning album at https://t.co/tPlP6QlfCe. #SAYdundee #SAYaward

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Presented by @TheSMIA, The #SAYaward is delighted to celebrate the winner of The Modern Scottish Classic as voted by this year’s Longlist.

⭐️ Congratulations @kttunstall ‘Eye to the Telescope’ 👏

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WINNER! We're thrilled to reveal The Sound of Young Scotland 2025 is Alice Faye.

Thank you to our partners @HelpMusicians, @CreativeScots, @YouthMusic @SeabassVinyl for supporting this incredible award ft £10k prize to create their debut album.

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📸 LIVE: An incredible performance from Longlisted artist @cortoalto in @CairdHallDundee tonight. That energy!

[Vic Galloway @VicGalloway]

Showtime!! @SAYaward @CairdHallDundee @Nicola_Meighan

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It is GO TIME for the first ever Scottish Album of the Year Award Ceremony in our new city of Dundee!

We cannot wait to celebrate our Shortlist as we shine a spotlight on incredible Scottish music. Stay tuned for the winner announcements! #SAYdundee #SAYaward 💙 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[The Skinny @theskinnymag]

November's gig highlights are here – the @SAYaward and @OfficialSAMA are back, @AdmiralFallow @SiobhanIsBack @weareswimschool tour their new albums, and loads more...

https://t.co/ueG1jfU57g

[Dundee | One City, Many Discoveries @dundeecity]

The biggest night in Scotland’s music calendar is taking place tomorrow night in Dundee! 🎵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Join us at the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award Ceremony 2025 as we celebrate the country’s most exciting artists, albums and sounds - live at the Caird Hall.

#SAYDundee

[Brooke Combe @brookecombe]

Just arrived in Dundee for the @SAYaward tomorrow.

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[hmv Dundee @hmvDundee]

We are SO excited to be attending the SAY Awards in Dundee tonight! Should be a good show! @SAYaward

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Ahead of this evening's #SAYaward Ceremony we wanted to once again congratulate this year's incredible Shortlist.

Good luck to the nominees, we cannot wait to celebrate all of these albums this evening in our new home @CairdHallDundee #SAYdundee

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TONIGHT we're in Dundee at The Scottish Album of the Year Award Ceremony!

Live performances will come from @kttunstall, @brookecombe + @cortoalto, Dillon Barrie + 2024 winners @redolentband, taking to the @cairdhalldundee stage.

🎟️ https://t.co/Xh9Wt4S7pc