Mercury Music Prize

**misery guts** Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:43 pm

Nominees for the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize include Adele, Tinie Tempah and PJ Harvey, who took home the prize in 2001. Elbow, who collected the gong in 2008, have also been shortlisted.

Other nods go to King Creosote and Jon Hopkins, Metronomy, Katy B, Ghostpoet, Anna Calvi, James Blake, Everything Everything and Gwilym Simcock.

The overall winner will be revealed on September 6, when the £20,000 prize is to be awarded. All artists will perform during a ceremony leading up to the announcement, which will be aired on BBC Two. The nominees - who must be from either the UK or Ireland – have all released a studio album in the past year.

PJ Harvey is the favorite to win this year’s Mercury Prize. After releasing her eighth studio album, the singer was as surprised as anyone about the favorable reactions it received.

Harvey told the Observer: “It’s been overwhelming. People from all walks of life tell me how much it’s touched them. It’s a wonderful feeling, and not one I’m used to – the feeling that people were hungry for this kind of work.”

Adele is probably a likely tip, but given the sometime preference of left-field winners, it might as easily go to Katy B or Tinie Tempah.

**misery guts** Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:23 am

Oops, forgot to update this.

PJ Harvey won, becoming the first 2-time winner (having previously won in 2001). Her concept album, Let England Shake, clearly appealed to the judges as a political winner.

**misery guts** Sat Sep 22, 2018 11:03 am

Not sure why I forget updating this every year. Anyway, the 2018 winners were announced this week, Hyundai currently being the sponsors. Wolf Alice were a perhaps unexpected choice, rather akin to alt-J a few years back, for their Visions Of A Life album. Lily Allen, another of the nominees, tweeted to the effect that she felt she had been robbed. Grace in defeat, eh?

**misery guts** Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:36 am

This was awarded last night, to rapper Dave, for his debut album Psychodrama, which has been much acclaimed.

**misery guts** Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:52 am

Nominations for the 2020 prize were announced this week:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53497277

The headline story is that female nominations exceed male ones for the first time ever, which is extraordinarily slow, but better late than never:

Anna Meredith - Fibs
Charli XCX - How I'm Feeling Now
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
Georgia - Seeking Thrills
Kano - Hoodies All Summer
Lanterns On The Lake - Spook The Herd
Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
Moses Boyd - Dark Matter
Porridge Radio - Every Bad
Sports Team - Deep Down Happy
Stormzy - Heavy Is The Head

**misery guts** Mon Oct 05, 2020 7:24 am

Hyundai Mercury Prize 2020
Instead of the usual live show, this was merely a runthrough of all 12 acts, starting with previous nominee Michael Kiwanuka.

The winner was named the following night on a more live show. Wouldn't you know, it was Michael Kiwanuka at last.

**misery guts** Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:15 am

Later w/Jools Holland - Michael Kiwanuka
The start of a new series, still in the one-to-one format. Jools did speak to MMP judge Annie Mac about the contest and the contenders. Then Michael was announced as the winner, then he did a proper chat with Jools. They brought up the late Bill Withers, whom Michael managed to meet and get a thumbs up from. Isaac Hayes and Brittany Howard also came up, in the latter case because she was in Alabama Shakes, whom Michael supported on tour. He did get to play one of his own songs at the end.

**misery guts** Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:40 am

The nominations for the 2021 Prize were released this week, it marking the 30th time it's been awarded:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57913364

Berwyn - Demotape/Vega
Black Country, New Road - For The First Time
Celeste - Not Your Muse
Floating Points - Promises
Nubya Garcia - Source
Ghetts - Conflict Of Interest
Mogwai - As The Love Continues
Laura Mvula - Pink Noise
Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
Hannah Peel - Fir Wave
Sault - Untitled (Rise)
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend

A few predictable names in there, a few surprises.

**misery guts** Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:02 am

Mercury Prize Winners at the BBC
Cunning repeat, from 2015, and covering many (though not all) the winners from 1992 to 2013, some of which were tiresomely predictable, and some were tiresomely unpredictable.

Hyundai Music Prize 2021
Lauren Laverne presented as most of the acts did a performance from their album, and then Annie Mac announced the winner, who perhaps predictably, was Arlo Parks.

**misery guts** Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:29 am

The 2022 nominees have been announced this week:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62255561

Fergus McCreadie - Forest Floor
Gwenno - Tresor
Harry Styles - Harry's House
Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler - For All Our Days That Tear The Heart
Joy Crookes - Skin
Kojey Radical - Reason To Smile
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Nova Twins - Supernova
Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Yard Act - The Overload

Less surprises than some years, a few very high profile inclusions, and a probably predictable winner.

**misery guts** Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:16 am

This would have been announced on Thursday night, but due to certain general events, it got postponed until further notice.

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