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The Mercury Prize is awarded annually for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. The Prize has no categories and is open to all genres of music. There are 12 shortlisted Albums of the Year
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The Mercury Prize is awarded annually for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. The Prize has no categories and is open to all genres of music. There are 12 shortlisted Albums of the Year.
  
The prize was originally sponsored by Mercury Communications and was known as the Mercury Music Prize. It was created in 1992 as an alternative to the Brit Awards  
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The prize was originally sponsored by Mercury Communications and was known as the Mercury Music Prize. It was created in 1992 as an alternative to the Brit Awards.
  
 
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|Arctic Monkeys – ''The Car''
  
FredAgain... – ''Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9, 2022)''
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Raye – ''My 21st Century Blues''
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Young Fathers – ''Heavy Heavy''
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|English Teacher – ''This Could Be Texas''
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|Barry Can't Swim – ''When Will We Land?''
  
Jessie Ware – ''That! Feels Good!''
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Berwyn – ''Who Am I''
  
J Hus – ''Beautiful And Brutal Yard''
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Beth Gibbons – ''Lives Outgrown''
  
Jockstrap – ''I Love You Jennifer B''
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Cat Burns – ''Early Twenties''
  
Lankum – ''False Lankum''
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Charli XCX – ''Brat''
  
Loyle Carner – ''Hugo''
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CMAT – ''Crazymad, for Me''
  
Olivia Dean – ''Messy''
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Corinne Bailey Rae – ''Black Rainbows''
  
Raye – ''My 21st Century Blues''
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corto.alto – ''Bad With Names''
  
Shygirl – ''Nymph''
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Ghetts – ''On Purpose, with Purpose''
  
Young Fathers – ''Heavy Heavy''
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Nia Archives – ''Silence Is Loud''
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The Last Dinner Party – ''Prelude to Ecstasy''
 
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'''Trivia'''
 
'''Trivia'''
  
PJ Harvey is the only artist to win twice
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PJ Harvey is the only artist to win twice.
  
Arctic Monkeys have had five nominations, with one win. Alex Turner also had a nomination as a member of The Last Shadow Puppets
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Arctic Monkeys have had five nominations, with one win. Alex Turner also had a nomination as a member of The Last Shadow Puppets.
  
Radiohead have had five nominations, with no wins. Thom Yorke also had an individual nomination
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Radiohead have had five nominations, with no wins. Thom Yorke also had an individual nomination.
  
PJ Harvey has had four nominations, with two wins
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PJ Harvey has had four nominations, with two wins.
  
Laura Marling has had four nominations, with no wins
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Laura Marling has had four nominations, with no wins.
  
In 2001 Gorillaz pulled out hours after being declared favourites to win the award. Cartoon bassist Murdoc said winning would be "like carrying a dead albatross round your neck for eternity"
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In 2001 Gorillaz pulled out hours after being declared favourites to win the award. Cartoon bassist Murdoc said winning would be "like carrying a dead albatross round your neck for eternity".
  
Sponsors – Mercury Communications, Technics, Panasonic, Nationwide, Barclaycard, Hyundai. The current sponsors are FREE NOW
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Sponsors – Mercury Communications, Technics, Panasonic, Nationwide, Barclaycard, Hyundai, and Freenow. The prize currently has no sponsor.
  
The winning artist receives a cash prize of £25,000
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The winning artist receives a cash prize of £25,000.

Latest revision as of 11:52, 6 September 2024

The Mercury Prize is awarded annually for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. The Prize has no categories and is open to all genres of music. There are 12 shortlisted Albums of the Year.

The prize was originally sponsored by Mercury Communications and was known as the Mercury Music Prize. It was created in 1992 as an alternative to the Brit Awards.

Year Winner Shortlisted nominations included –
1992 Primal Scream – Screamadelica Simply Red – Stars

U2 – Achtung Baby

1993 Suede – Suede East 17 – Walthamstow

Sting – Ten Summoner’s Tales

1994 M People – Elegant Slumming Blur – Parklife

The Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation

Take That – Everything Changes

1995 Portishead – Dummy The Boo Radleys – Wake Up!

Oasis – Definitely Maybe

1996 Pulp – Different Class Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go

Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

1997 Roni Size & Reprazent – New Forms The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole

Radiohead – OK Computer

Spice Girls – Spice

1998 Gomez – Bring It On Massive Attack – Mezzanine

The Verve – Urban Hymns

Robbie Williams – Life thru a Lens

1999 Talvin Singh – Ok Blur – 13

Stereophonics – Performance and Cocktails

2000 Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Dewilderbeest Coldplay – Parachutes

Doves – Lost Souls

2001 PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea Gorillaz – Gorillaz

Radiohead – Amnesiac

2002 Ms. Dynamite – A Little Deeper David Bowie – Heathen

Beverley Knight – Who I Am

2003 Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head

Radiohead – Hail to the Thief

2004 Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand Keane – Hopes and Fears

Snow Patrol – Final Straw

Amy Winehouse – Frank

2005 Anthony and the Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now Bloc Party – Silent Alarm

Coldplay – X&Y

KT Tunstall – Eye to the Telescope

2006 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not Muse – Black Holes & Revelations

Thom Yorke – The Eraser

2007 Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare

Dizzee Rascal – Maths + English

Amy Winehouse – Back to Black

2008 Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid Adele – 19

Radiohead – In Rainbows

2009 Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy Florence and the Machine – Lungs

Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

2010 The xx – xx Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More

Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation

2011 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake Adele – 21

Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys!

Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy

2012 alt-J – An Awesome Wave Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again

Plan B – ill Manors

2013 James Blake – Overgrown Arctic Monkeys – AM

David Bowie – The Next Day

2014 Young Fathers – Dead Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots

Royal Blood – Royal Blood

2015 Benjamin Clementine – At Least for Now Florence and the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

Wolf Alice – My Love Is Cool

2016 Skepta – Konnichiwa David Bowie – Blackstar

The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It

Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool

2017 Sampha – Process Ed Sheeran – ÷

Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer

2018 Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life Lily Allen – No Shame

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Who Built the Moon?

2019 Dave – Psychodrama Little Simz – Grey Area

The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships

2020 Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia

Stormzy – Heavy is the Head

2021 Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams Laura Mvula – Pink Noise

Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend

2022 Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Harry Styles – Harry’s House

Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under

Wet Leg – Wet Leg

2023 Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant to Be Arctic Monkeys – The Car

Raye – My 21st Century Blues

Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy

2024 English Teacher – This Could Be Texas Barry Can't Swim – When Will We Land?

Berwyn – Who Am I

Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown

Cat Burns – Early Twenties

Charli XCX – Brat

CMAT – Crazymad, for Me

Corinne Bailey Rae – Black Rainbows

corto.alto – Bad With Names

Ghetts – On Purpose, with Purpose

Nia Archives – Silence Is Loud The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy


Trivia

PJ Harvey is the only artist to win twice.

Arctic Monkeys have had five nominations, with one win. Alex Turner also had a nomination as a member of The Last Shadow Puppets.

Radiohead have had five nominations, with no wins. Thom Yorke also had an individual nomination.

PJ Harvey has had four nominations, with two wins.

Laura Marling has had four nominations, with no wins.

In 2001 Gorillaz pulled out hours after being declared favourites to win the award. Cartoon bassist Murdoc said winning would be "like carrying a dead albatross round your neck for eternity".

Sponsors – Mercury Communications, Technics, Panasonic, Nationwide, Barclaycard, Hyundai, and Freenow. The prize currently has no sponsor.

The winning artist receives a cash prize of £25,000.