THE READERS HAVE SPOKEN!

Irish

group

1. U2

2. The Cranberries

3. The Saw Doctors

4. Therapy?

5. Altan

6. The Pale

7. Hothouse Flowers

8. Something Happens

9. Aslan

10. Zrazy

MALE SINGER

1. Bono

2. Christy Dignam (Aslan)

3. Van Morrison

4. Christy Moore

5. Andy Cairns (Therapy?)

6. Brendan Murphy (4 Of Us)

7. Dave McGuinness (Lir)

8. Paul Brady

9. Tom Dunne

10. Liam O Maonlai

FEMALE SINGER

1. Dolores O’Riordan

2. Sinéad O’Connor

3. Mary Black

4. Enya

5. Maréad Ní Mhaonaigh

6. Eleanor McEvoy

7. Maria Walsh

8. Mary Coughlan

9. Marion Bradfield

10. Maura O’Connell

SINGLE

1. Aslan: Crazy World

2. Therapy?: Screamager

3. The Cranberries: Linger

4. U2: Stay

5. U2: Numb

6. An Emotional Fish: Rain

7. Hothouse Flowers: This Is It

8. Zrazy: I’m In Love With Mother Nature

9. Something Happens: C.C. Incidentally

10. Blink: Going to Nepal

ALBUM

1. U2: Zooropa

2. The Cranberries: Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We?

3. Altan: Island Angel

4. An Emotional Fish: Junk Puppets

5. Hothouse Flowers: Songs From The Rain

6. Marxman: 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute

7. Zrazy: Give It All Up

8. The Fat Lady Sings: Johnson

9. Christy Moore: King Puck

10. Mary Black: The Holy Ground

MOST PROMISING ACT

1. The Cranberries

2. Blink

3. The Sultans Of Ping F.C.

4. Black 47

5. The Unbelievable Children

6. The Revenants

7. The Harvest Ministers

8. Dervish

9. The Divine Comedy

10. Pet Lamb

LIVE

1. The Sawdoctors

2. U2

3. Aslan

4. The Cranberries

5. An Emotional Fish

6. Mary Black

7. The Pale

8. Therapy?

9. Altan

10. Christy Moore

SONGWRITER

1. Eleanor McEvoy

2. U2

3. Mick Hanly

4. The Sawdoctors

5. Paul Brady

6. Dolores O’Riordan

7. Andy Cairns/Therapy?

8. Van Morrison

9. Christy Moore

10. Enya/Roma Ryan

FOLK AND TRADITIONAL

1. Altan

2. Sharon Shannon

3. 4 Men And A Dog

4. Mary Black

5. Dervish

6. Máirtín O’Connor

7. Christy Moore

8. Micheál O’Suilleabháin

9. Seamus Begley & Stephen Cooney

10. Deiseal

MUSICIAN

1. The Edge

2. Sharon Shannon

3. Frankie Kennedy

4. Van Morrison

5. Rory Gallagher

6. Eleanor McEvoy

7. Enya

8. Larry Mullen

9. Ray Harman

10. Liam O Maonlai

DEBUT

1. The Cranberries: Everybody’s Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We?

2. Eleanor McEvoy

3. Black 47: Fire Of Freedom

4. The Revenants: Horse Of A Different Colour

5. Dervish: Harmony Hill

6. Zrazy: Give It All Up

7. The Afternoons

8. Lir: Magico Magico

9. Frankie Lane

10. The Harvest Ministers: Little Dark Mansion

SLEEVE

1. U2: Zooropa

2. Altan: Island Angel

3. Hothouse Flowers: Songs From The Rain

4. An Emotional Fish: Junk Puppets

5. Marxman: 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute

6. Eleanor McEvoy

7. Dervish: Harmony Hill

8. Zrazy: Give It All Up

9. Christy Moore: King Puck

10. Lir: Magico Magico

International

GROUP

1. Pearl Jam

2. Suede

3. REM

4. Radiohead

5. Nirvana

male singer

1. Mike Scott

2. Michael Stipe

3. Garth Brooks

4. Morrissey

5. Sting

FEMALE SINGER

1. Bjork

2. Kate Bush

3. k.d. lang

4. Annie Lennox

5. P.J. Harvey/Aimee Mann

SINGLE

1. Suede: Animal Nitrate

2. The Waterboys: Glastonbury Song

3. Radiohead: Creep

4. Bjork: Big Time Sensuality

5. M People: Movin’ On Up

ALBUM

1. Kate Bush: The Red Shoes

2. Bjork: Debut

3. The Waterboys: Dream Harder

4. Pearl Jam: Vs

5. Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream

MOST PROMISING ACT

1. Bjork

2. Radiohead

3. Soul Asylum

4. Grant Lee Buffalo

5. Tindersticks/US 3

LIVE

1. Neil Young

2. The Levellers

3. REM

4. Guns N’ Roses

5. Teenage Fanclub

SONGWRITER

1. Mike Scott

2. k.d. lang

3. Leonard Cohen

4. Bob Dylan

5. Eddie Vedder

ROOTS MUSIC

1. The Pogues

2. Bob Dylan

3. Gypsy Kings

4. Richard Thompson

5. Nanci Griffith

MUSICIAN

1. Kate Bush

2. Mike Scott

3. Peter Buck

4. Prince

5. Sting

DEBUT

1. Bjork: Debut

2. Radiohead: Pablo Honey

3. Suede: Suede

4. Grant Lee Buffalo: Fuzzy

5. Aimee Mann: Whatever

SLEEVE

1. Kate Bush: The Red Shoes

2. Bjork: Debut

3. The Waterboys: Dream Harder

4. Pearl Jam: Vs

5. Suede: Suede

General

LOVE OF THE YEAR

1. U2/Zooropa

2. Irish Soccer Team

3. Bjork

4. Decriminalisation of Homosexuality

5. Northern Peace Talks/Dolores O’Riordan

VIDEO

1. U2: Numb

2. Bjork: Big Time Sensuality

3. Hothouse Flowers: An Emotional Time

4. New Order: Regret

5. Suede: Animal Nitrate

DJ

1. Dave Fanning

2. Ian Dempsey

3. Larry Gogan

4. Gerry Ryan

5. Eamon Carr

FILM

1. In The Name Of The Father

2. Reservoir Dogs

3. The Piano

4. True Romance

5. The Snapper

TV

1. Have I Got News For You?

2. Beatbox

3. No Disco

4. Fanning Profiles

5. Sean’s Show

LOATHE OF THE YEAR

1. Paramilitaries

2. Eamon Dunphy

3. Unemployment

4. Mr. Blobby

5. Eamon Casey/Ryantown

HIGHEST POLLING ACT

1. U2

2. Bjork

3. The Cranberries

4. Kate Bush

5. Altan