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    The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released by a musical act from the United...
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  • Look up Mercury or mercury in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mercury most commonly refers to: Mercury (planet) Mercury (element), a chemical element...
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    Songwriter of the Year. He has also been co-nominated twice for the Mercury Prize, and once for the Grammy Awards. Daniel has also co-produced the Japanese...
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    he won the BBC's Sound of 2012; and, in September 2020, he won the Mercury Prize. Born and raised in Muswell Hill, London, Kiwanuka is the son of Michael...
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    the 2010 Mercury Prize and the Choice Music Prize. Their second studio album, {Awayland} was released in 2013. It won the Choice Music Prize that year...
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    which was released on 3 October 2011. He was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize. Howard worked alongside India Bourne, Marcus Wright and Chris Bond...
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    com. 19 April 2016. "BBC Radio 6 Music - Mercury Prize, 2015 - Mercury Prize 2015 shortlist". BBC. "Mercury Prize: Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen and Jorja Smith...
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    all time as of August 2024[update]. The album was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize for 2024 album of the year. The cover art and aesthetic became a popular...
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    increased the band's exposure significantly. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize and placed highly on several end-of-year lists. In 2024 the band released...
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    Express) Egoli (2019) (with Africa Express) The Mercury Prize is a highly prestigious annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom...
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    in 2022 and received nominations for the Ivor Novello Awards and the Mercury Prize in 2023. It received a Best Alternative Music Album nomination at the...
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    2009. "Hannigan makes Mercury prize shortlist". The Irish Times. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009. "Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2009: Nominees announced"...
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    and her seventh album Song for Our Daughter were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2008, 2010, 2013, and 2020, respectively. Her sixth record, Semper...
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    Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd. They are the recipients of the 2023 Mercury Music Prize. The members of Ezra Collective met at the jazz programme Tomorrow's...
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    second for NME's best of the year lists among others, and winning the Mercury Prize in 2010. After their debut, Qureshi left the group and their second...
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    The album was well received by critics and was nominated for the 2024 Mercury Prize. English Teacher released their debut studio album on 12 April 2024...
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    and in September 2012 in the United States, and won the 2012 British Mercury Prize. Sainsbury left the band in early 2014. Their second album, This Is...
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    released four studio albums: Jungle (2014), which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, For Ever (2018), Loving in Stereo (2021), and Volcano (2023). The first...
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    Great About Britain. The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize; at Slowthai's 2019 Mercury Prize ceremony performance, he held a fake severed head of...
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    Land? was released on 20 October 2023, being shortlisted for the 2024 Mercury Prize and featuring in numerous critics end of year lists. He was nominated...
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    Audio Vertigo, was released on 22 March 2024. In 2008 Elbow won the Mercury Music Prize for their album The Seldom Seen Kid, and in 2009 they won the Brit...
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    including Songwriter of the Year, and has also been nominated twice for the Mercury Prize and Grammy Awards. Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in...
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    (2016) and Grey Area (2019), the last of which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize and won the awards for Best Album at both the Ivor Novello Awards and...
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    She is one of the few folk singers to have been nominated for the Mercury Prize. Rusby was born into a family of musicians in 1973 in Penistone, Barnsley...
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    number 30 on the US Billboard 200. It was nominated for that year's Mercury Prize. She released the EP M3LL155X (2015) and took a four-year hiatus, after...
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    Process, was released on 3 February 2017 by Young and won the 2017 Mercury Prize. His second album, Lahai, was released on 20 October 2023. Sampha was...
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    album in four years, Skinty Fia was the band's first to not receive a Mercury Prize nomination, though it again was well received by critics. Chatten launched...
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    the chart until the following summer and later winning the band a Mercury Music Prize. A further two Top 10 singles followed: "Don't Look Any Further"...
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  • runs the record label Speedy Wunderground. In 2014, Carey received two Mercury Prize nominations for his production work on two nominated albums: Everybody...
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    UK Albums Chart, moving 2,145 units. It was shortlisted for the 2020 Mercury Prize. On 13 September 2019, Charli XCX released her third studio album, Charli...
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