Lewis Capaldi has been longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award among a powerhouse of Scottish talent.
The Someone You Loved singer has already seen significant success for his debut album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent.
The Grammy-award winning artist will be up against 19 other artists to make it onto the shortlist such as Declan Walsh & the Decadent West, Elephant Sessions, The Ninth Wave, the Vistas and 2017 winners the Sacred Paws.
The winner will take away a £20,000 prize in the awards which celebrates the diversity of Scottish music in 2020.
Capaldi joked about the nomination clearing him of the shame of being the "only non-essential worker in the house".
Lewis Capaldi said: “It's an absolute honour to be nominated for such an incredible award.
"It would be quite nice to win to not bring any further prolonged shame on my household after being named as the only ‘non essential’ worker in the house.”
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The SAY awards was developed and produced by the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA).
General manager of the SMIA, Robert Kilpatrick said: “2020 is the ninth year of The SAY Award, marking what is undoubtedly our most important campaign to date.
"As we all continue to navigate the personal and professional challenges we face, celebrating may feel unnatural for many of us. For our music community especially, which heavily relies on physical spaces and people coming together, 2020 has presented a vast array of challenges that last year were unimaginable.
"But as we celebrate our culture, we help further articulate its value, and we draw more eyes and ears to some of the best new music Scotland has to offer."
Music fans will now be tasked with whittling down the list to a final ten top albums in a 72-hour public vote at www.sayaward.com.
The full list includes:
Anna Meredith FIBS
Blanck Mass Animated Violence Mild
Bossy Love Me + U
Callum Easter Here Or Nowhere
Cloth Cloth
Comfort Not Passing
Declan Welsh & The Decadent West Cheaply Bought, Expensively Sold
Elephant Sessions What Makes You
Erland Cooper Sule Skerry
Fat-Suit Waifs & Strays
Free Love Extreme Dance Anthems
Honeyblood In Plain Sight
Karine Polwart Karine Polwart's Scottish Songbook
Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent
Mezcla Shoot the Moon
The Ninth Wave Infancy
NOVA RE-UP
Sacred Paws Run Around The Sun
SHHE SHHE
Vistas Everything Changes In The End
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