The announcement was made at an exclusive ceremony hosted by BBC Radio Wales DJ Adam Walton this evening at Cardiff's Kuku Club,.

Rhys said: "Everyone on the list deserved to win, so I am very grateful.

"I really didn't expect to win, so I didn't prepare anything."

Welsh Music Prize co-founder and SWN Festival organiser John Rostron added: "To have all of the shortlisted acts attend this inaugural Welsh Music Prize speaks volumes of the interest that this idea has ...