Editing Mercury Prize

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{{Infobox award
| name = Mercury Prize
| current_awards = 
| image = MP22 Logo RGB.png
| imagesize = 
| caption = 2022 Mercury Prize logo
| awarded_for = Best [[album]] from the [[United Kingdom]] or [[Ireland]]
| location = United Kingdom
| year = {{start date and age|1992|9|9|df=yes}}
| year2 = 
| website = {{url|mercuryprize.com}}
| former name = Mercury Music Prize
| lastawarded = {{start date and age|2024|09|05|df=yes}}
| most_wins = [[PJ Harvey]] (2 wins)
| most_nominations = [[Radiohead]] and [[Arctic Monkeys]] (5 nominations)
| holder = [[English Teacher]] – ''[[This Could Be Texas]]'' (2024)
| sponsor = 
| date = Every September
| venue = [[Abbey Road Studios]]
| reward = £25,000 (2017)
}}
The '''Mercury Prize''', formerly called the '''Mercury Music Prize''', is an annual [[Music award|music prize]] awarded for the best [[album]] released by a musical act from the [[Music of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] or [[Music of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref name="Mercury Prize - About">{{Cite web |title=About The Prize |url=http://www.mercuryprize.com/about-the-prize |access-date=24 May 2018 |publisher=Mercury Prize |archive-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927204556/https://www.mercuryprize.com/about-the-prize |url-status=live }}</ref> It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the [[British Phonographic Industry]] and British Association of Record Dealers in 1992 as an alternative to the [[Brit Awards]].

== Format and eligibility ==
Any album released by a British or Irish artist, or by a band where over 50% of the members are British or Irish, may be submitted for consideration by their record label. There is a fee for submission. Twelve submitted albums are shortlisted for the prize, chosen based solely on their musical merit and irrespective of how popular or successful an album or act that has been submitted may have been in the previous calendar year. The shortlist is chosen by an independent panel of musicians, music presenters, music producers, music journalists, festival organisers, and other figures in the music industry in the UK and Ireland.<ref name="Mercury Prize - About" /><ref name="bbcmusic">{{Cite web |title=Mercury Prize 2008 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/musicevents/mercuryprize2008/prize/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915070321/http://www.bbc.co.uk/musicevents/mercuryprize2008/prize/ |archive-date=Sep 15, 2008 |access-date=22 June 2009 |publisher=BBC Music}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beech |first=Mark |date=9 September 2008 |title=U.K. Band Elbow Wins Mercury Prize as Judges Surprise Again |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2008-09-10/u-k-band-elbow-wins-mercury-prize-as-judges-surprise-again |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 June 2009 |df=dmy-all |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324170747/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2008-09-10/u-k-band-elbow-wins-mercury-prize-as-judges-surprise-again |url-status=live }}</ref>

The prize is open to all types of music, including pop, rock, folk, urban, grime, dance, jazz, blues, electronica and classical. Presentation of the awards usually takes place at an Awards Show in October, after the shortlist is announced at the Album of the Year Launch in September. It is often observed that bands whose albums are shortlisted, or win the prize, experience a large increase in album sales, particularly for lesser known acts.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Innes |first=John |date=15 September 2004 |title=Band's debut album soars back into charts after Mercury success |work=The Scotsman |url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=940&id=1080702004 |access-date=10 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531222702/http://news.scotsman.com/mercurymusicprize/Bands-debut-album-soars-back.2564314.jp |archive-date=May 31, 2009}}</ref> Each shortlisted artist receives a specially commissioned 'Albums of the Year' trophy at the Awards Show. Unlike some other music awards, the overall winner of the Mercury Prize also receives a cheque; in 2017, the prize money was £25,000. The winner also receives an additional winner's trophy.<ref name="Mercury Prize - About" />

== History ==
The prize was originally sponsored by [[Mercury Communications]], a brand owned by [[Cable & Wireless plc|Cable & Wireless]],<ref name="spon">{{cite news |last=Dann |first=Trevor |date=9 September 2003 |title='By the time the list is agreed you wonder whether you like music at all' |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/09/marketingandpr.mercuryprize2003 |url-access=registration |access-date=10 June 2009 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819174637/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/09/marketingandpr.mercuryprize2003 |url-status=live }}</ref> from which the prize gets its name. It was later sponsored by [[Technics (brand)|Technics]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/404980.stm|title=Manics lead Mercury shortlist|work=BBC News|access-date=10 June 2009|date=27 July 1999|archive-date=13 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813003619/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/404980.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> (1998 to 2001), [[Panasonic]]<ref name="spon" /> (2002 and 2003), [[Nationwide Building Society]] (2004 to 2008) and [[Barclaycard]] (2009–14).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsroom.barclays.com/r/1530/barclaycard_mercury_prize_sponsorship_announced |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913120715/http://www.newsroom.barclays.com/r/1530/barclaycard_mercury_prize_sponsorship_announced |url-status= dead |archive-date=13 September 2016 |publisher=Barclays |access-date=8 August 2010 |date=30 March 2009 |title=Barclaycard Mercury Prize sponsorship announced }}</ref><ref name="bbc_sponsor">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mercury-prize-2015-florence-the-machine-tipped-for-success-as-blur-miss-out-on-a-global-shortlist-a6697491.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mercury-prize-2015-florence-the-machine-tipped-for-success-as-blur-miss-out-on-a-global-shortlist-a6697491.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Mercury Prize 2015: Florence + The Machine tipped for success as Blur miss out on a global shortlist|first=Adam|last=Sherwin|date=16 October 2015|work=The Independent}}</ref> The 2015 prize was sponsored by the BBC,<ref name="bbc_sponsor" /> while in 2016 it was announced that a three-year deal had been struck with [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] to sponsor the event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hyundai Partners with Mercury Music Prize |url=http://www.hyundai.co.uk/about-hyundai/hyundai-partners-with-mercury-music-prize |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918103412/http://www.hyundai.co.uk/about-hyundai/hyundai-partners-with-mercury-music-prize |archive-date=18 September 2016 |access-date=8 August 2016 |publisher=Hyundai |df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was sponsored by [[Free Now (service)|Free Now]], as part of a multi-year deal that began in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=big group brokers the headline sponsorship of The Mercury Prize with FREENOW |url=https://www.biggroup.co.uk/news/big-group-brokers-the-headline-sponsorship-of-the-mercury-prize-with-freenow-the-leading-mobility-services-provider |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=www.biggroup.co.uk |archive-date=12 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812000116/https://www.biggroup.co.uk/news/big-group-brokers-the-headline-sponsorship-of-the-mercury-prize-with-freenow-the-leading-mobility-services-provider |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, the award lost their deal with Freenow, prompting the cancellation of the ceremony and live performances for that year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Mark |title=Mercury Prize nominations 2024: Charli XCX, Beth Gibbons and the Last Dinner Party on shortlist |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz5r235rr08o |access-date=25 July 2024 |publisher=BBC |date=25 July 2024}}</ref>

To date, [[PJ Harvey]] is the only artist to have won the award on more than one occasion (in 2001 and 2011). She was also the first female solo artist to receive the award. [[Alex Turner]] has received six nominations, five as a member of [[Arctic Monkeys]] and one with [[The Last Shadow Puppets]], winning once. [[Thom Yorke]] has six nominations, five with [[Radiohead]] and one for ''[[The Eraser]]'', but has never won.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 September 2011 |title=PJ Harvey wins Mercury Music Prize for second time |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14815129 |access-date=6 September 2011 |archive-date=7 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907064501/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14815129 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The awards ceremony was postponed for the first, and so far only, time in 2022 following the death of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=8 September 2022 |title=Last Night of the Proms and Mercury Prize called off after the Queen's death |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62825157 |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909115755/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62825157 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Reputation==

The Mercury Prize can have a considerable effect on sales for those artists who are shortlisted. [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] saw a 700% sales increase of their album ''[[The Seldom Seen Kid]]'' after winning the Prize in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ellis-Petersen |first=Hannah |date=30 October 2014 |title=Young Fathers likely to be touched by unreliable magic of Mercury prize |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/30/young-fathers-unreliable-magic-mercury-prize |url-access=registration |access-date=4 December 2014 |quote=Mancunian band Elbow, who won in 2008, enjoyed a 700% rise in sales of their album The Seldom Seen Kid in the week following their Mercury victory |archive-date=7 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207201613/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/30/young-fathers-unreliable-magic-mercury-prize |url-status=live }}.</ref> In their winner's speech, Elbow's frontman [[Guy Garvey]] said that winning the Mercury Prize was "quite literally the best thing that has ever happened to us".<ref>{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7606963.stm|title= Elbow elated at Mercury Prize win|quote= 'This is quite literally the best thing that's ever happened to us,' singer Guy Garvey told the ceremony in London.|work= BBC News|access-date= 4 December 2014|date= 9 September 2008|archive-date= 11 January 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090111205618/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7606963.stm|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=9 September 2008 |title=Elbow: 'Mercury win is best thing that's ever happened to us' |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/elbow-115-1327147 |access-date=4 December 2014 |quote=Elbow claimed that their Nationwide Mercury Prize victory is 'the best thing that's ever happened to us' during their acceptance speech tonight |archive-date=11 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911072808/http://www.nme.com/news/music/elbow-115-1327147 |url-status=live }}.</ref> Similarly, sales of [[The xx]]'s winning album rose by 450% the day after they won the 2010 Mercury Prize<ref>{{cite news |last=Ellis-Petersen |first=Hannah |date=30 October 2014 |title=Young Fathers likely to be touched by unreliable magic of Mercury prize |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/30/young-fathers-unreliable-magic-mercury-prize |access-date=4 December 2014 |quote=It was a similar tale for the XX after their 2010 win. Sales of their debut album soared 450% the day after they won, according to figures from music retailer HMV |archive-date=7 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207201613/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/30/young-fathers-unreliable-magic-mercury-prize |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rainey |first=Naomi |date=9 September 2010 |title=The xx 'terrified' after Mercury win |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a275439/the-xx-terrified-after-mercury-win.html#~oXue91geN4crdK |access-date=4 December 2014 |work=Digital Spy |quote=Their debut album, which had sold 125,000 copies prior to winning the prize, has experienced a jump in sales of almost 450% since Tuesday's award ceremony. |archive-date=8 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208143622/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a275439/the-xx-terrified-after-mercury-win.html#~oXue91geN4crdK |url-status=live }}</ref> and 2013 winner [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]] saw a 2,500% sales increase on [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] after he was announced as the winner of the 2013 Mercury Prize.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ellis-Petersen |first=Hannah |date=30 October 2014 |title=Young Fathers likely to be touched by unreliable magic of Mercury prize |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/30/young-fathers-unreliable-magic-mercury-prize |access-date=4 December 2014 |quote=After winning the 2013 prize, James Blake saw sales of his album Overgrown jump more than 2,500% on Amazon. |archive-date=7 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207201613/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/30/young-fathers-unreliable-magic-mercury-prize |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hart |first=Tina |date=1 November 2013 |title=James Blake album sales increase 2500% on Amazon since Mercury Prize win |work=Music Week |url=http://www.musicweek.com/index.php/news/read/james-blake-album-sales-increase-2500-on-amazon-since-mercury-prize-win/056599 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 December 2014 |archive-date=8 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208234331/http://www.musicweek.com/index.php/news/read/james-blake-album-sales-increase-2500-on-amazon-since-mercury-prize-win/056599 |url-status=live }}</ref> 2011 winner PJ Harvey's album ''[[Let England Shake]]'' jumped from number 181 to 24 in the UK official charts the week after the 2011 Awards Show.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/press/pixie-lott-and-example-all-about-number-one/ |title=Pixie Lott and Example – all about number one! |quote=Finally, the double Mercury Award winning PJ Harvey sees Let England Shake, last week's prize winner, jump a phenomenal 151 places from last week 181 to this week's 24. |work=Official Charts |access-date=4 December 2014 |date=11 September 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628141801/http://www.officialcharts.com/press/pixie-lott-and-example-all-about-number-one/ |archive-date=28 June 2012 }}</ref>

Despite being regarded by many as highly prestigious, it has been suggested that having an album nominated for or winning the Mercury Prize could be a curse on a career in music.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/curse-of-the-mercury-407786.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090914185907/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/curse-of-the-mercury-407786.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 14 September 2009| title =Curse of the Mercury|work=The Independent| quote=...the Mercury Prize has acquired a well-established reputation for destroying its winners' futures...| access-date=18 June 2009|date=14 July 2006|first=Andy|last=Gill }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Williamson |first=Nigel |date=13 July 2003 |title=Uneasy listening |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/jul/23/artsfeatures.mercuryprize2003 |url-access=registration |access-date=18 June 2009 |archive-date=2 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002145954/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/jul/23/artsfeatures.mercuryprize2003 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2001, the band [[Gorillaz]] requested that their [[Gorillaz (album)|eponymous debut album]] be withdrawn from the shortlist, with cartoon bassist [[Murdoc Niccals]] saying that winning the award would be "like carrying a dead albatross round your neck for eternity".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2159934.stm|title=Entertainment &#124; Mercury Prize's guessing game|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]]|last=Youngs|first=Ian|date=30 July 2002|access-date=10 June 2009|archive-date=5 June 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605193004/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2159934.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1522766.stm|title=Gorillaz taken off Mercury list|work=[[BBC News]]|date=3 September 2001|publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=4 December 2014|archive-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803213429/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1522766.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

All genres of music are eligible for entry, and it is stated that all are treated equally, with only the music on the album being taken into account.<ref name="Mercury Prize - About"/> [[Simon Frith]], chair of the Mercury Prize judging panel, has said that albums are chosen because they are the "strongest" each year, rather than according to genre.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chrisafis |first=Angelique |date=23 July 2003 |title=Mercury prize puts black artists to the fore |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jul/23/arts.mercuryprize2003 |url-access=registration |access-date=4 December 2014 |quote=.Simon Frith, the head of the judges, yesterday rejected the age-old complaint that the Mercury shortlist featured "token" jazz, folk, classical and soul acts who do not stand a chance. "We are not tokenist, we chose the albums that are strongest," |archive-date=7 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207200132/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jul/23/arts.mercuryprize2003 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the presence of classical, [[folk music|folk]] and [[jazz]] recordings has been cited by some as anomalous, arguing that comparisons with the other nominees can be invidious.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/mercury2002/story/0,,795354,00.html |work = The Guardian |access-date = 10 June 2009 |date = 20 September 2002 |title = Back to basics |first = Alexis |last = Petridis |archive-date = 9 July 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080709015858/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/mercury2002/story/0,,795354,00.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Classical acts to have an album nominated have included [[John Tavener]], [[Peter Maxwell Davies]], [[Gavin Bryars]] and [[Nicholas Maw]]. None has ever won, and there has not been a shortlisted classical album since 2002.

The Mercury Prize also has a reputation for being awarded to outside chances rather than the favourites.<ref>{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Stephen |date=5 September 2007 |title=Amy Winehouse performs at Mercury prize |work=Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1562214/Amy-Winehouse-performs-at-Mercury-prize.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 June 2009 |archive-date=9 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509030913/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1562214/Amy-Winehouse-performs-at-Mercury-prize.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2262195.stm| title=Ms Dynamite wins Mercury prize| work=BBC News| access-date=22 June 2009| date=17 September 2002| archive-date=13 August 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813003623/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2262195.stm| url-status=live}}</ref> The 1994 award winner was ''[[Elegant Slumming]]'' by the pop act [[M People]], which some felt was a controversial decision considering the shortlist included popular albums from [[Britpop]] figureheads [[Paul Weller]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]] and [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], and [[electronica]] band [[The Prodigy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4197994.stm|title=Judging music the Mercury way|work=BBC News|access-date=10 June 2009|date=2 September 2005|first=Darren|last=Waters|archive-date=5 June 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060605003700/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4197994.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Millar |first=Anna |date=13 August 2006 |title=Why Mercury makes Isobel's blood boil at pop industry |work=The Scotsman |url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=940&id=1177592006 |access-date=10 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531221311/http://news.scotsman.com:80/mercurymusicprize/Why-Mercury-makes-Isobels-blood.2800886.jp |archive-date=May 31, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3077975.stm|title=Does the Mercury Prize get it right?|work=BBC News|access-date=10 June 2009|date=4 December 2003|first=Ian|last=Youngs|archive-date=20 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720020922/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3077975.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other music journalists critical of the awards stated that the 2005 award should not have been given to [[Antony and the Johnsons]] for their album ''[[I Am a Bird Now]]'' as, although they are British-born and therefore eligible for the Prize, the band was based in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barlow |first=Karen |date=26 September 2005 |title=Inaugural Australian music prize announced |url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2005/s1468509.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531014153/http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2005/s1468509.htm |archive-date=May 31, 2009 |access-date=10 June 2009 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Company}}</ref><ref name=antony>{{cite news|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4217140.stm|work = BBC News|access-date = 10 June 2009|date = 7 September 2005|title = Antony and Johnsons win Mercury|archive-date = 22 December 2006|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061222144757/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4217140.stm|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2006, [[Isobel Campbell]]'s collaboration with [[Mark Lanegan]], ''[[Ballad of the Broken Seas]]'', was included in the shortlist, despite Lanegan being American, as the album was eligible due to Campbell's British citizenship, while [[Guillemots (band)|Guillemots]], whose album was also shortlisted in 2006, contained band members from Brazil and Canada, although the majority were from the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/music_week/debate_mercuryarctics.shtml |title = Who can beat the Arctic Monkeys to win the Mercury Prize? | publisher=BBC 6 Music|access-date=10 June 2009|first=Mark|last=Sutherland}}</ref>

Current eligibility criteria state that all albums must be available to buy as a digital release in the UK.<ref name="Mercury Prize - About"/> In September 2013, [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] vocalist and guitarist [[Kevin Shields]] expressed concerns about the award in an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'', accusing the Mercury Prize's organisers of "banning" the band's self-released album, ''[[MBV (album)|m b v]]'', from the shortlist nominations and addressing the nomination criteria, which he claimed branded the album "virtually illegal".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/13/my-bloody-valentine-slams-mercury-prize|title=My Bloody Valentine frontman slams Mercury prize list &#124; Music|work=[[The Guardian]]|last1=Deeovy|last2=Michaels|first1=Adrian|first2=Sean|date=13 September 2013|access-date=13 September 2013|archive-date=14 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914062837/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/13/my-bloody-valentine-slams-mercury-prize|url-status=live}}</ref>

It has also been noted that [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] has been overlooked by the prize.  A 2013 article by ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' on the Mercury Prize said "Metal certainly never gets a look-in, not even on the official entry information form: 'The Prize is open to all types of music, including pop, rock, folk, hip-hop, R'n'B, dance, soul, jazz, blues, electronica, classical…'"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hebblethwaite |first1=Phil |last2=Marshall |first2=Alex |date=October 30, 2013 |title=Why Is Everyone at Mercury So Cagey About the Mercury Prize? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/questions-the-mercury-prize-dont-want-to-answer-about-the-mercury-prize/ |work=VICE |access-date=4 September 2017 |archive-date=6 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206010759/http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/questions-the-mercury-prize-dont-want-to-answer-about-the-mercury-prize/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The only metal record that has ever been nominated for the Mercury Prize is ''[[Troublegum]]'' by [[Therapy?]] in 1994. In 2011, Mercury chair of judges Frith said "[Metal] is a niche that a lot of people don't listen to."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/features/five-points-for-mercury-prize-reform|title=Five Points For Mercury Prize Reform|work=Clash Magazine|first=Robin|last=Murray|date=18 November 2013|access-date=18 October 2014|archive-date=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019012041/http://www.clashmusic.com/features/five-points-for-mercury-prize-reform|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, ''The Guardian'' music critic [[Alexis Petridis]] agreed that the Mercury Prize underrepresented heavy metal, but argued that this actually benefitted the genre because "At least part of metal's appeal is its outsider status."<ref>{{cite web |author=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=22 July 2011 |title=Alexis Petridis on heavy metal and the Mercury prize |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jul/22/alexis-petridis-metal-mercury-prize |access-date=8 August 2019 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808094258/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jul/22/alexis-petridis-metal-mercury-prize |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Winners and shortlisted nominees==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Winner
!class="unsortable"|Shortlisted nominees
!class="unsortable"|Image
!class="unsortable"|Ref(s)
|-
|style="width:1em;" align="center"|1992<br />{{small|(1st)}}
|style="width:17em;"|[[Primal Scream]] – ''[[Screamadelica]]''
|
* [[Barry Adamson]] – {{nowrap| ''[[Soul Murder]]''}}
* [[Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart]] – {{nowrap| ''[[Rising Above Bedlam]]''}}
* [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] – {{nowrap| ''[[Honey's Dead]]''}}
* [[Bheki Mseleku]] – ''[[Celebration (Bheki Mseleku album)|Celebration]]''
* [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]] – {{nowrap| ''[[Foxbase Alpha]]''}}
* [[Simply Red]] – ''[[Stars (Simply Red album)|Stars]]''
* [[U2]] – {{nowrap| ''[[Achtung Baby]]''}}
* [[John Tavener]] and {{nowrap| [[Steven Isserlis]]}} – {{nowrap| ''[[The Protecting Veil]]''}}
* [[Young Disciples]] – {{nowrap| ''[[Road to Freedom (album)|Road to Freedom]]''}}
|[[File:Primal-Scream.jpg|200px|alt=Person (vocalist) performing on stage]]
|style="width:1%" align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/rock--the-1992-mercury-music-prize-andy-gill-looks-at-the-winner-of-the-inaugural-mercury-music-prize-1550461.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/rock--the-1992-mercury-music-prize-andy-gill-looks-at-the-winner-of-the-inaugural-mercury-music-prize-1550461.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|access-date=10 June 2009|date=10 September 1992|first=Andy|last=Gill|title=The 1992 Mercury Music Prize: Andy Gill looks at the winner of the inaugural Mercury Music Prize}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|1993<br />{{small|(2nd)}}
| [[Suede (band)|Suede]] – ''[[Suede (album)|Suede]]''
|
* [[Apache Indian (musician)|Apache Indian]] – ''[[No Reservations (Apache Indian album)|No Reservations]]''
* [[The Auteurs]] – ''[[New Wave (The Auteurs album)|New Wave]]''
* [[Gavin Bryars]] – ''[[Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet]]''
* [[Dina Carroll]] – ''[[So Close (Dina Carroll album)|So Close]]''
* [[PJ Harvey]] – ''[[Rid of Me]]''
* [[New Order (band)|New Order]] – ''[[Republic (album)|Republic]]''
* [[Stereo MCs]] – ''[[Connected (Stereo MCs album)|Connected]]''
* [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] – ''[[Ten Summoner's Tales]]''
* [[Stan Tracey]] – ''[[Portraits Plus]]''
|[[File:Suede in Thailand new.jpg|200px|alt=Five men sitting at a table at a press conference]]
| align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/london_suede/artist.jhtml|publisher=MTV|access-date=10 June 2009|title=The London Suede|url-status= dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716233503/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/london_suede/artist.jhtml|archive-date=16 July 2009}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|1994<br />{{small|(3rd)}}
| [[M People]] – ''[[Elegant Slumming]]''
|
* [[Blur (band)|Blur]] – ''[[Parklife]]''
* [[Ian McNabb]] – ''[[Head Like a Rock]]''
* [[Shara Nelson]] – ''[[What Silence Knows]]''
* [[Michael Nyman]] – ''[[The Piano Concerto/MGV]]''
* [[The Prodigy]] – ''[[Music for the Jilted Generation]]''
* [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] – ''[[His 'n' Hers]]''
* [[Take That]] – ''[[Everything Changes (Take That album)|Everything Changes]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Troublegum]]''
* [[Paul Weller]] – ''[[Wild Wood]]''
|[[File:Heather Small Southport.JPG|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/cries--whispers-1449544.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/cries--whispers-1449544.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|title=Cries & Whispers|first=Jack|last=Hughes|access-date=10 June 2009|date=18 September 1994}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|1995<br />{{small|(4th)}}
| [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] – ''[[Dummy (album)|Dummy]]''
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* [[Guy Barker]] – ''[[Into the Blue (Guy Barker album)|Into the Blue]]''
* [[Elastica]] – ''[[Elastica (album)|Elastica]]''
* [[PJ Harvey]] – ''[[To Bring You My Love]]''
* [[Leftfield]] – ''[[Leftism (album)|Leftism]]''
* [[James MacMillan (composer)|James MacMillan]] – ''[[Sayings of Jesus on the cross|Seven Last Words from the Cross]]''
* [[Van Morrison]] – ''[[Days Like This (Van Morrison album)|Days Like This]]''
* [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] – ''[[Definitely Maybe]]''
* [[Supergrass]] – ''[[I Should Coco]]''
* [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] – ''[[Maxinquaye]]''
|[[File:Portishead Wolverhampton 20080413-1.jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref name=where>{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/music/mercury+winners+where+are+they+now/605557|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=10 June 2009|date=18 July 2007|title=Mercury winners: where are they now?|archive-date=8 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008131117/http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/music/mercury%2Bwinners%2Bwhere%2Bare%2Bthey%2Bnow/605557|url-status= dead}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|1996<br />{{small|(5th)}}
| [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] – ''[[Different Class]]''
|
* [[War Child (charity)|Artists for War Child]] – ''[[The Help Album|Help]]''
* [[Black Grape]] – ''[[It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah]]''
* [[Peter Maxwell Davies]]/[[BBC Philharmonic]] – ''The Beltane Fire / [[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain|Caroline Mathilde]]''
* [[Manic Street Preachers]] – ''[[Everything Must Go (Manic Street Preachers album)|Everything Must Go]]''
* [[Mark Morrison]] – ''[[Return of the Mack (album)|Return of the Mack]]''
* [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] – ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''
* [[Courtney Pine]] – ''[[Modern Day Jazz Stories]]''
* [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] – ''[[Second Toughest in the Infants]]''
* [[Norma Waterson]] – ''[[Norma Waterson (album)|Norma Waterson]]''
|
[[File:Pulp 2012 cropped.jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pulp-create-a-different-class-of-award-1362749.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pulp-create-a-different-class-of-award-1362749.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Pulp create a different class of award|access-date=10 June 2009|date=11 September 1996|first=Marianne|last=MacDonald|work=The Independent}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|1997<br />{{small|(6th)}}
| [[Roni Size & Reprazent]] – ''[[New Forms]]''
|
* [[The Chemical Brothers]] – ''[[Dig Your Own Hole]]''
* [[Beth Orton]] – ''[[Trailer Park (album)|Trailer Park]]''
* [[Primal Scream]] – ''[[Vanishing Point (Primal Scream album)|Vanishing Point]]''
* [[The Prodigy]] – ''[[The Fat of the Land]]''
* [[Radiohead]] – ''[[OK Computer]]''
* [[Spice Girls]] – ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]''
* [[Suede (band)|Suede]] – ''[[Coming Up (album)|Coming Up]]''
* [[John Tavener]] – ''Svyati''
* [[Mark-Anthony Turnage]] – ''[[Your Rockaby]]''
|[[File:Roni Size.jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref name=where/>
|-
| align="center"|1998<br />{{small|(7th)}}
| [[Gomez (band)|Gomez]] – ''[[Bring It On (Gomez album)|Bring It On]]''
|
* [[4hero]] – ''[[Two Pages]]''
* [[Asian Dub Foundation]] – ''[[Rafi's Revenge]]''
* [[Eliza Carthy]] – ''[[Red Rice (album)|Red Rice]]''
* [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]] – ''[[International Velvet (album)|International Velvet]]''
* [[Cornershop]] – ''[[When I Was Born for the 7th Time]]''
* [[Massive Attack]] – ''[[Mezzanine (album)|Mezzanine]]''
* [[Propellerheads]] – ''[[Decksandrumsandrockandroll]]''
* [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] – ''[[This Is Hardcore]]''
* [[John Surman]] – ''[[Proverbs and Songs]]''
* [[The Verve]] – ''[[Urban Hymns]]''
* [[Robbie Williams]] – ''[[Life thru a Lens]]''
|[[File:GOMEZ-bandpic.jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref name=where/>
|-
| align="center"|1999<br />{{small|(8th)}}
| [[Talvin Singh]] – ''[[OK (Talvin Singh album)|Ok]]''
|
* [[Thomas Adès]] – ''[[Asyla]]''
* [[Denys Baptiste]] – ''Be Where You Are''
* [[Black Star Liner]] – ''[[Bengali Bantam Youth Experience!]]''
* [[Blur (band)|Blur]] – ''[[13 (Blur album)|13]]''
* [[The Chemical Brothers]] – ''[[Surrender (The Chemical Brothers album)|Surrender]]''
* [[Faithless]] – ''[[Sunday 8PM]]''
* [[Manic Street Preachers]] – ''[[This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours]]''
* [[Beth Orton]] – ''[[Central Reservation (album)|Central Reservation]]''
* [[Kate Rusby]] – ''[[Sleepless (Kate Rusby album)|Sleepless]]''
* [[Stereophonics]] – ''[[Performance and Cocktails]]''
* [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] – ''[[Beaucoup Fish]]''
|
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/441762.stm|title=Talvin Singh: Closing the divide|work=BBC News|access-date=10 June 2009|date=8 September 1999|archive-date=27 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127110901/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/441762.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2000<br />{{small|(9th)}}
| [[Badly Drawn Boy]] – ''[[The Hour of Bewilderbeast]]''
|
* [[Richard Ashcroft]] – ''[[Alone with Everybody]]''
* [[Coldplay]] – ''[[Parachutes (Coldplay album)|Parachutes]]''
* [[MJ Cole]] – ''[[Sincere (MJ Cole album)|Sincere]]''
* [[Death in Vegas]] – ''[[The Contino Sessions]]''
* [[The Delgados]] – ''[[The Great Eastern (album)|The Great Eastern]]''
* [[Doves (band)|Doves]] – ''[[Lost Souls (Doves album)|Lost Souls]]''
* [[Helicopter Girl]] – ''[[Helicopter Girl|How to Steal the World]]''
* [[Leftfield]] – ''[[Rhythm and Stealth]]''
* [[Nicholas Maw]] – ''[[Violin Concerto (Nicholas Maw album)|Violin Concerto]]''
* [[Nitin Sawhney]] – ''[[Beyond Skin]]''
* [[Kathryn Williams]] – ''[[Little Black Numbers]]''
|[[File:Badly Drawn Boy Live at l'Elysée Montmartre.jpg|200px|alt=A man playing a guitar and singing on stage. He is wearing a denim jacket and woolen cap]]
| align="center"|<ref name=pj>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1538877.stm|title=PJ Harvey wins Mercury prize|work=BBC News|date=11 September 2001|quote=...Britain's most prestigious music prize...|access-date=23 June 2009|archive-date=2 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002213705/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1538877.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2001<br />{{small|(10th)}}
| [[PJ Harvey]] – ''[[Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea]]''
|
* [[Basement Jaxx]] – ''[[Rooty]]''
* [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] – ''[[Asleep in the Back]]''
* [[Goldfrapp]] – ''[[Felt Mountain]]''
* [[Gorillaz]] – ''[[Gorillaz (album)|Gorillaz]]'' (nomination withdrawn at the request of the band)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2159934.stm|title=Mercury Prize's guessing game|work=BBC News|access-date=10 June 2009|date=30 July 2002|first=Ian|last=Youngs|archive-date=5 June 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605193004/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2159934.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ed Harcourt]] – ''[[Here Be Monsters]]''
* [[Tom McRae]] – ''[[Tom McRae (album)|Tom McRae]]''
* [[Radiohead]] – ''[[Amnesiac (album)|Amnesiac]]''
* [[Susheela Raman]] – ''[[Salt Rain]]''
* [[Super Furry Animals]] – ''[[Rings Around the World]]''
* [[Turin Brakes]] – ''[[The Optimist LP]]''
* [[Zero 7]] – ''[[Simple Things (Zero 7 album)|Simple Things]]''
|[[File:PJ Harvey.jpg|200px|alt=A girl singing and playing a guitar on stage]]
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/12/september11.usa5|work=The Guardian|title=PJ Harvey wins Mercury prize – after witnessing Pentagon attack|access-date=10 June 2009|date=12 September 2001|archive-date=25 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825151639/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/12/september11.usa5|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2002<br />{{small|(11th)}}
| [[Ms. Dynamite]] – ''[[A Little Deeper]]''
|
* [[Guy Barker]] – ''[[Soundtrack (Guy Barker album)|Soundtrack]]''
* [[The Bees (UK band)|The Bees]] – ''[[Sunshine Hit Me]]''
* [[David Bowie]] – ''[[Heathen (David Bowie album)|Heathen]]''
* [[The Coral]] –  ''[[The Coral (album)|The Coral]]''
* [[Doves (band)|Doves]] – ''[[The Last Broadcast (album)|The Last Broadcast]]''
* [[The Electric Soft Parade]] – ''[[Holes in the Wall]]''
* [[Gemma Hayes]] – ''[[Night on My Side]]''
* [[Beverley Knight]] – ''[[Who I Am (Beverley Knight album)|Who I Am]]''
* [[Roots Manuva]] – ''[[Run Come Save Me]]''
* [[Joanna MacGregor]] – ''[[Play (Joanna McGregor album)|Play]]''
* [[The Streets]] – ''[[Original Pirate Material]]''
|
[[File:Ms Dynamite (4663812211).jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/18/arts.mercuryprize2002|work=The Guardian|title=Ms Dynamite's victory blasts Mercury norms|access-date=1 September 2009|date=18 September 2002|first=Angelique|last=Chrisafis|archive-date=5 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205114957/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/18/arts.mercuryprize2002|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2003<br />{{small|(12th)}}
| [[Dizzee Rascal]] – ''[[Boy in da Corner]]''
|
* [[Athlete (band)|Athlete]] – ''[[Vehicles and Animals]]''
* [[Eliza Carthy]] – ''[[Anglicana (album)|Anglicana]]''
* [[Coldplay]] – ''[[A Rush of Blood to the Head]]''
* [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] – ''[[Permission to Land]]''
* [[Floetry]] – ''[[Floetic]]''
* [[Soweto Kinch]] – ''[[Conversations with the Unseen]]''
* [[Lemon Jelly]] – ''[[Lost Horizons (Lemon Jelly album)|Lost Horizons]]''
* [[The Thrills]] – ''[[So Much for the City]]''
* [[Martina Topley-Bird]] – ''[[Quixotic (album)|Quixotic]]''
* [[Radiohead]] – ''[[Hail to the Thief]]''
* [[Terri Walker]] – ''[[Untitled (Terri Walker album)|Untitled]]''
|[[File:Dizzee Rascal in Barcelona 2.jpg|200px|alt=A man rapping on stage, with purple spotlights behind him]]
| align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/mercurymusicprize/Still-going-strong-after-Dizzee.2562092.jp|work=The Scotsman|access-date=10 June 2009|date=7 September 2004|title=Still going strong after Dizzee rise to Mercury's peak|first=Matthew|last=Imagee|archive-date=14 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914232734/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/mercurymusicprize/Still-going-strong-after-Dizzee.2562092.jp|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2004<br />{{small|(13th)}}
| [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] – ''[[Franz Ferdinand (album)|Franz Ferdinand]]''
|
* [[Basement Jaxx]] – ''[[Kish Kash]]''
* [[Belle & Sebastian]] – ''[[Dear Catastrophe Waitress]]''
* [[Jamelia]] – ''[[Thank You (Jamelia album)|Thank You]]''
* [[Keane (band)|Keane]] – ''[[Hopes and Fears]]''
* [[Snow Patrol]] – ''[[Final Straw]]''
* [[Joss Stone]] – ''[[The Soul Sessions]]''
* [[The Streets]] – ''[[A Grand Don't Come for Free]]''
* [[Ty (rapper)|Ty]] – ''[[Upwards (album)|Upwards]]''
* [[Amy Winehouse]] – ''[[Frank (Amy Winehouse album)|Frank]]''
* [[Robert Wyatt]] – ''[[Cuckooland]]''
* [[The Zutons]] – ''[[Who Killed...... The Zutons?]]''
|[[File:Ff04.jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/sep/08/arts.mercuryprize2004|work=The Guardian|access-date=10 June 2009|date=8 September 2004|first=Patrick|last=Barkham|title=Mercury rises for art pop of Franz Ferdinand|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212141936/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/sep/08/arts.mercuryprize2004|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2005<br />{{small|(14th)}}
| [[Antony and the Johnsons]] – ''[[I Am a Bird Now]]''
|
* [[Bloc Party]] – ''[[Silent Alarm]]''
* [[Coldplay]] – ''[[X&Y]]''
* [[Hard-Fi]] – ''[[Stars of CCTV]]''
* [[Kaiser Chiefs]] – ''[[Employment (album)|Employment]]''
* [[KT Tunstall]] – ''[[Eye to the Telescope]]''
* [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] – ''[[Arular]]''
* [[Maxïmo Park]] – ''[[A Certain Trigger]]''
* [[Polar Bear (British band)|Polar Bear]] – ''[[Held on the Tips of Fingers]]''
* [[Seth Lakeman]] – ''[[Kitty Jay (album)|Kitty Jay]]''
* [[The Go! Team]] – ''[[Thunder, Lightning, Strike]]''
* [[The Magic Numbers]] – ''[[The Magic Numbers (album)|The Magic Numbers]]''
|[[File:Antony-6.jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref name="antony"/>
|-
| align="center"|2006<br />{{small|(15th)}}
| [[Arctic Monkeys]] – ''[[Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not]]''
|
* [[Isobel Campbell]] and [[Mark Lanegan]] – ''[[Ballad of the Broken Seas]]''
* [[Editors (band)|Editors]] – ''[[The Back Room (album)|The Back Room]]''
* [[Guillemots (band)|Guillemots]] – ''[[Through the Windowpane]]''
* [[Richard Hawley]] – ''[[Coles Corner (album)|Coles Corner]]''
* [[Hot Chip]] – ''[[The Warning (Hot Chip album)|The Warning]]''
* [[Muse (band)|Muse]] – ''[[Black Holes & Revelations]]''
* [[Zoe Rahman]] – ''[[Melting Pot (Zoe Rahman album)|Melting Pot]]''
* [[Lou Rhodes]] – ''[[Beloved One]]''
* [[Scritti Politti]] – ''[[White Bread, Black Beer|White Bread Black Beer]]''
* [[Sway DaSafo|Sway]] – ''[[This Is My Demo]]''
* [[Thom Yorke]] – ''[[The Eraser]]''
|[[File:Arctic Monkeys.jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/nme/24216|work=NME|access-date=10 June 2009|date=5 September 2006|title=Arctic Monkeys win 2006 Mercury Music Prize|archive-date=9 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209105845/http://www.nme.com/news/nme/24216|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2007<br />{{small|(16th)}}
| [[Klaxons]] – ''[[Myths of the Near Future (album)|Myths of the Near Future]]''
|
* [[Arctic Monkeys]] – ''[[Favourite Worst Nightmare]]''
* [[Basquiat Strings]] with [[Seb Rochford]] – ''[[Basquiat Strings]]''
* [[Bat for Lashes]] – ''[[Fur and Gold]]''
* [[Dizzee Rascal]] – ''[[Maths + English]]''
* [[Maps (band)|Maps]] – ''[[We Can Create]]''
* [[New Young Pony Club]] – ''[[Fantastic Playroom]]''
* [[Fionn Regan]] – ''[[The End of History (album)|The End of History]]''
* [[Jamie T]] – ''[[Panic Prevention]]''
* [[The View (band)|The View]] – ''[[Hats Off to the Buskers]]''
* [[Amy Winehouse]] – ''[[Back to Black]]''
* [[Young Knives]] – ''[[Voices of Animals and Men]]''
|[[File:Klaxons2.jpg|200px]]
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|-
| align="center"|2008<br />{{small|(17th)}}
| [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] – ''[[The Seldom Seen Kid]]''
|
* [[Adele]] – ''[[19 (Adele album)|19]]''
* [[British Sea Power]] – ''[[Do You Like Rock Music?]]''
* [[Burial (musician)|Burial]] – ''[[Untrue (album)|Untrue]]''
* [[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] – ''[[Shine (Estelle album)|Shine]]''
* [[The Last Shadow Puppets]] – ''[[The Age of the Understatement]]''
* [[Laura Marling]] – ''[[Alas, I Cannot Swim]]''
* [[Neon Neon]] – ''[[Stainless Style]]''
* [[Robert Plant]] & [[Alison Krauss]] – ''[[Raising Sand]]''
* [[Portico Quartet]] – ''[[Knee Deep in the North Sea]]''
* [[Radiohead]] – ''[[In Rainbows]]''
* [[Rachel Unthank and the Winterset]] – ''[[The Bairns (album)|The Bairns]]''
|[[File:Guy Garvey and Elbow.jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4720677.ece|work=The Times|access-date=10 June 2009|date=10 September 2008|title=Pete Paphides salutes Elbow's Mercury Prize victory|first=Pete|last=Paphides|archive-date=17 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917103151/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4720677.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2009<br />{{small|(18th)}}
| [[Speech Debelle]] – ''[[Speech Therapy (album)|Speech Therapy]]''
|
* [[Bat for Lashes]] – ''[[Two Suns]]''
* [[Florence and the Machine]] – ''[[Lungs (album)|Lungs]]''
* [[Friendly Fires]] – ''[[Friendly Fires (album)|Friendly Fires]]''
* [[Glasvegas]] – ''[[Glasvegas (album)|Glasvegas]]''
* [[Lisa Hannigan]] – ''[[Sea Sew]]''
* [[The Horrors]] – ''[[Primary Colours (The Horrors album)|Primary Colours]]''
* [[The Invisible (band)|The Invisible]] – ''[[The Invisible (album)|The Invisible]]''
* [[Kasabian]] – ''[[West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum]]''
* [[La Roux]] – ''[[La Roux (album)|La Roux]]''
* [[Led Bib]] – ''[[Sensible Shoes]]''
* [[Sweet Billy Pilgrim]] – ''[[Twice Born Men]]''
|[[File:Speechedebelle.jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/21/mercury-prize-2009-nominations-announced|work=The Guardian|access-date=21 July 2009|date=21 July 2009|title=Mercury Prize 2009 Nominations Announced|first=Rosie|last=Swash|archive-date=30 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730122400/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/21/mercury-prize-2009-nominations-announced|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2010<br />{{small|(19th)}}
| [[The xx]] – ''[[Xx (The xx album)|xx]]''
|
* [[Corinne Bailey Rae]] – ''[[The Sea (Corinne Bailey Rae album)|The Sea]]''
* [[Biffy Clyro]] – ''[[Only Revolutions (Biffy Clyro album)|Only Revolutions]]''
* [[Dizzee Rascal]] – ''[[Tongue n' Cheek]]''
* [[Foals (band)|Foals]] – ''[[Total Life Forever]]''
* [[I Am Kloot]] – ''[[Sky at Night (I Am Kloot album)|Sky at Night]]''
* [[Kit Downes|Kit Downes Trio]] – ''[[Golden (Kit Downes Trio album)|Golden]]''
* [[Laura Marling]] – ''[[I Speak Because I Can]]''
* [[Mumford & Sons]] – ''[[Sigh No More (Mumford & Sons album)|Sigh No More]]''
* [[Villagers (band)|Villagers]] – ''[[Becoming a Jackal]]''
* [[Paul Weller]] – ''[[Wake Up the Nation]]''
* [[Wild Beasts]] – ''[[Two Dancers]]''
|[[File:The xx live at La Casa 139.jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/52132|work=NME|access-date=20 July 2010|date=20 July 2010|title=Mercury Prize 2010 Nominations Announced|archive-date=22 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722040548/http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/52132|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2011<br />{{small|(20th)}}
| [[PJ Harvey]] – ''[[Let England Shake]]''
|
* [[Adele]] – ''[[21 (Adele album)|21]]''
* [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]] – ''[[James Blake (album)|James Blake]]''
* [[Anna Calvi]] – ''[[Anna Calvi (album)|Anna Calvi]]''
* [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] – ''[[Build a Rocket Boys!]]''
* [[Everything Everything]] – ''[[Man Alive (Everything Everything album)|Man Alive]]''
* [[Ghostpoet]] – ''[[Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam]]''
* [[Katy B]] – ''[[On a Mission (Katy B album)|On a Mission]]''
* [[King Creosote]] & [[Jon Hopkins]] – ''[[Diamond Mine (King Creosote and Jon Hopkins album)|Diamond Mine]]''
* [[Metronomy]] – ''[[The English Riviera (album)|The English Riviera]]''
* [[Gwilym Simcock]] – ''[[Good Days At Schloss Elmau]]''
* [[Tinie Tempah]] – ''[[Disc-Overy]]''
|[[File:PJ Harvey at the O2 Apollo2.jpg|200px|alt=PJ Harvey]]
| align="center"|<ref name="2010shortlist">{{cite news|first=Alexandra|last=Topping|title=Adele leads Mercury prize 2011 shortlist|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/19/adele-leads-mercury-prize-shortlist|work=The Guardian|date=19 July 2011|access-date=19 July 2011|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307093946/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/19/adele-leads-mercury-prize-shortlist|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2012<br />{{small|(21st)}}
| [[alt-J]] – ''[[An Awesome Wave]]''
|
* [[Django Django]] – ''[[Django Django (album)|Django Django]]''
* [[Field Music]] – ''[[Plumb (Field Music album)|Plumb]]''
* [[Richard Hawley]] – ''[[Standing at the Sky's Edge]]''
* [[Ben Howard]] – ''[[Every Kingdom]]''
* [[Michael Kiwanuka]] – ''[[Home Again (Michael Kiwanuka album)|Home Again]]''
* [[Lianne La Havas]] – ''[[Is Your Love Big Enough?]]''
* [[Sam Lee (musician)|Sam Lee]] – ''[[Ground of its Own]]''
* [[The Maccabees (band)|The Maccabees]] – ''[[Given to the Wild]]''
* [[Plan B (musician)|Plan B]] – ''[[Ill Manors (album)|ill Manors]]''
* [[Roller Trio]] – ''[[Roller Trio (album)|Roller Trio]]''
* [[Jessie Ware]] – ''[[Devotion (Jessie Ware album)|Devotion]]''
|[[File:Alt-J_Fall_Tour_2015_live_in_Charlotte.jpg|200px]]
| align="center"|<ref name="2012shortlist1">{{cite news|first=Amelia|last=Butterly|title=Plan B hopes for his 'Dizzee Rascal' moment at Mercurys|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19582972|work=BBC News|date=13 September 2012|access-date=13 September 2012|archive-date=15 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915044609/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19582972|url-status=live}}</ref><br /><ref name=2012shortlist2>{{cite news|last=Topping|first=Alexandra|title=Mercury prize celebrates 20 years with award for Alt-J's debut album|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/02/alt-j-mercury-prize?intcmp=239|access-date=9 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 November 2012|archive-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021404/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/02/alt-j-mercury-prize?intcmp=239|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2013<br />{{small|(22nd)}}
| [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]] – ''[[Overgrown]]''
|
* [[Arctic Monkeys]] – ''[[AM (Arctic Monkeys album)|AM]]''
* [[David Bowie]] – ''[[The Next Day]]''
* [[Jake Bugg]] – ''[[Jake Bugg (album)|Jake Bugg]]''
* [[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]] – ''[[Settle (album)|Settle]]''
* [[Foals (band)|Foals]] – ''[[Holy Fire (album)|Holy Fire]]''
* [[Jon Hopkins]] –  ''[[Immunity (Jon Hopkins album)|Immunity]]''
* [[Laura Marling]] – ''[[Once I Was an Eagle]]''
* [[Laura Mvula]] – ''[[Sing to the Moon]]''
* [[Rudimental]] – ''[[Home (Rudimental album)|Home]]''
* [[Savages (band)|Savages]] – ''[[Silence Yourself]]''
* [[Villagers (band)|Villagers]] – ''[[Awayland]]''
|[[File:James Blake 2012.jpg|200px]]
|align="center"|<ref name=nominees2013>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mercury-prize-2013-list-of-nominees-in-full-8809971.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mercury-prize-2013-list-of-nominees-in-full-8809971.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=11 September 2013|date=11 September 2013|first=Nick|last=Clark|title=Mercury Prize 2013: List of nominees in full}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24745412|title=Mercury Prize: James Blake wins with Overgrown|date=31 October 2013|work=BBC News|access-date=31 October 2013|archive-date=30 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030192807/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24745412|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2014<br />{{small|(23rd)}}
| [[Young Fathers]] – ''[[Dead (Young Fathers album)|Dead]]''
|
* [[Damon Albarn]] – ''[[Everyday Robots]]''
* [[Bombay Bicycle Club]] – ''[[So Long, See You Tomorrow (album)|So Long, See You Tomorrow]]''
* [[Anna Calvi]] – ''[[One Breath (album)|One Breath]]''
* [[East India Youth]] – ''[[Total Strife Forever]]''
* [[FKA twigs]] – ''[[LP1 (FKA twigs album)|LP1]]''
* [[GoGo Penguin]] – ''[[V2.0]]''
* [[Jungle (band)|Jungle]] – ''[[Jungle (Jungle album)|Jungle]]''
* [[Nick Mulvey]] – ''[[First Mind]]''
* [[Polar Bear (British band)|Polar Bear]] – ''[[In Each and Every One]]''
* [[Royal Blood (band)|Royal Blood]] – ''[[Royal Blood (album)|Royal Blood]]''
* [[Kae Tempest]] – ''[[Everybody Down]]''
|[[File:Young Fathers concert Portland.jpg|200px]]
|align="center"|<ref name=nominees2014>{{cite news|last1=Beauchemin|first1=Molly|title=Young Fathers Win the Mercury Prize|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/57249-young-fathers-win-the-mercury-prize/|access-date=30 October 2014|agency=Pitchfork|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=30 October 2014|archive-date=31 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031182535/http://pitchfork.com/news/57249-young-fathers-win-the-mercury-prize/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2015<br />{{small|(24th)}}
| [[Benjamin Clementine]] – ''[[At Least for Now]]''
|
* [[Aphex Twin]] – ''[[Syro]]''
* [[Gaz Coombes]] – ''[[Matador (Gaz Coombes album)|Matador]]''
* [[C Duncan]] – ''Architect''
* [[Eska (singer)|Eska]] – ''[[Eska (album)|Eska]]''
* [[Florence and the Machine]] – ''[[How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful]]''
* [[Ghostpoet]] – ''[[Shedding Skin]]''
* [[Róisín Murphy]] – ''[[Hairless Toys]]''
* [[Slaves (UK band)|Slaves]] – ''[[Are You Satisfied?]]''
* [[Soak (singer)|Soak]] – ''[[Before We Forgot How to Dream]]''
* [[Wolf Alice]] – ''[[My Love Is Cool]]''
* [[Jamie xx]] – ''[[In Colour (Jamie xx album)|In Colour]]''
|[[File:Benjamin Clementine (Haldern Pop Festival 2014) IMGP0879 smial wp.jpg|200px]]
|align="center"|<ref name=nominees2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1HwNyl69kmN1fcWlcH7rTfb/mercury-prize-2015-shortlist|title=Mercury Prize 2015 shortlist|publisher=BBC|access-date=16 October 2015|archive-date=20 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020002000/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1HwNyl69kmN1fcWlcH7rTfb/mercury-prize-2015-shortlist|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2016<br />{{small|(25th)}}
| [[Skepta]] – ''[[Konnichiwa (Skepta album)|Konnichiwa]]''
|
* [[Anohni]] – ''[[Hopelessness (album)|Hopelessness]]''
* [[Bat for Lashes]] – ''[[The Bride (album)|The Bride]]''
* [[David Bowie]] – ''[[Blackstar (album)|Blackstar]]''
* [[The Comet Is Coming]] – ''[[Channel the Spirits]]''
* [[Kano (rapper)|Kano]] – ''[[Made in the Manor]]''
* [[Michael Kiwanuka]] – ''[[Love & Hate (Michael Kiwanuka album)|Love & Hate]]''
* [[Laura Mvula]] – ''[[The Dreaming Room]]''
* [[The 1975]] – ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]''
* [[Radiohead]] – ''[[A Moon Shaped Pool]]''
* [[Savages (band)|Savages]] –  ''[[Adore Life]]''
* [[Jamie Woon]] – ''[[Making Time (Jamie Woon Album)|Making Time]]''
|[[File:Skepta photo.PNG|200px]]
|align="center"|<ref name=nominees2016>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36962513|title=Mercury Prize 2016: David Bowie gets posthumous nomination|work=BBC News|date=4 August 2016|access-date=5 August 2016|archive-date=21 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221052046/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36962513|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2017<br />{{small|(26th)}}
|[[Sampha]] – ''[[Process (Sampha album)|Process]]''
|
* [[alt-J]] – ''[[Relaxer (album)|Relaxer]]''
* [[The Big Moon]] – ''[[Love in the 4th Dimension]]''
* [[Blossoms (band)|Blossoms]] – ''[[Blossoms (album)|Blossoms]]''
* [[Loyle Carner]] – ''[[Yesterday's Gone (Loyle Carner album)|Yesterday's Gone]]''
* [[Dinosaur (jazz quartet)|Dinosaur]] – ''[[Together, As One]]''
* [[Glass Animals]] – ''[[How to Be a Human Being]]''
* [[J Hus]] – ''[[Common Sense (J Hus album)|Common Sense]]''
* [[Ed Sheeran]] – ''[[÷ (album)|÷]]''
* [[Stormzy]] – ''[[Gang Signs & Prayer]]''
* [[Kae Tempest]] – ''[[Let Them Eat Chaos]]''
* [[The xx]] – ''[[I See You (The xx album)|I See You]]''
|[[File:Sampha VEGA.jpg|200px]]
|align="center"|<ref name=winnerAndNominees2017>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/14/mercury-music-prize-2017-is-won-by-samphas-process |title=Mercury prize 2017 is won by Sampha's Process |date=14 September 2017 |author=Mark Brown |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=14 September 2017 |archive-date=21 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921032621/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/14/mercury-music-prize-2017-is-won-by-samphas-process |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2018<br />{{small|(27th)}}
|[[Wolf Alice]] – ''[[Visions of a Life]]''
|
* [[Arctic Monkeys]] – ''[[Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino]]''
* [[Everything Everything]] – ''[[A Fever Dream]]''
* [[Richard Russell (XL Recordings)|Everything Is Recorded]] – ''[[Everything Is Recorded]]''
* [[Florence + the Machine]] – ''[[High as Hope]]''
* [[Jorja Smith]] – ''[[Lost & Found (Jorja Smith album)|Lost & Found]]''
* [[King Krule]] – ''[[The Ooz]]''
* [[Lily Allen]] – ''[[No Shame (Lily Allen album)|No Shame]]''
* [[Nadine Shah]] – ''[[Holiday Destination]]''
* [[Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds]] – ''[[Who Built the Moon?]]''
* [[Novelist (MC)|Novelist]] – ''Novelist Guy''
* [[Sons of Kemet]] – ''[[Your Queen Is a Reptile]]''
|[[File:Wolf Alice (37625032484).jpg|200px]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44964740|title=Arctics and Jorja Smith on Mercury list|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=26 July 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=26 July 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726163855/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44964740|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2019<br />{{small|(28th)}}
| [[Dave (rapper)|Dave]] – ''[[Psychodrama (album)|Psychodrama]]''
| 
* [[Anna Calvi]] – ''[[Hunter (Anna Calvi album)|Hunter]]''
* [[Black Midi]] – ''[[Schlagenheim]]''
* [[Cate Le Bon]] – ''[[Reward (album)|Reward]]''
* [[Foals (band)|Foals]] – ''[[Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1]]''
* [[Fontaines D.C.]] – ''[[Dogrel]]''
* [[Idles]] – ''[[Joy as an Act of Resistance]]''
* [[Little Simz]] – ''[[Grey Area (album)|Grey Area]]''
* [[Nao (singer)|Nao]] – ''[[Saturn (album)|Saturn]]''
* [[SEED Ensemble]] – ''Driftglass''
* [[slowthai]] – ''[[Nothing Great About Britain]]''
* [[The 1975]] – ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]''
|[[File:Santan Dave.jpg|200px]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/07/mercury-prize-2019.html|title=2019 Mercury Prize Nominations Announced: Predictions, Snubs and More|last1=Edelstone|first1=Steven|last2=Manno|first2=Lizzie|date=25 July 2019|work=Paste Magazine|access-date=29 July 2019|archive-date=7 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207072731/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/07/mercury-prize-2019.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
|-
| align="center"|2020<br />{{small|(29th)}}
| [[Michael Kiwanuka]] – ''[[Kiwanuka (album)|Kiwanuka]]'' 
|
* [[Anna Meredith]] – ''[[Fibs (album)|Fibs]]'' 
* [[Charli XCX]] – ''[[How I'm Feeling Now|how i'm feeling now]]''
* [[Dua Lipa]] – ''[[Future Nostalgia]]''
* [[Georgia (musician)|Georgia]] – ''[[Seeking Thrills]]''
* [[Kano (rapper)|Kano]] – ''[[Hoodies All Summer]]''
* [[Lanterns on the Lake]] – ''[[Spook the Herd]]''
* [[Laura Marling]] – ''[[Song for Our Daughter]]'' 
* [[Moses Boyd]] – ''[[Dark Matter (Moses Boyd album)|Dark Matter]]'' 
* [[Porridge Radio]] – ''[[Every Bad]]'' 
* [[Sports Team]] – ''[[Deep Down Happy]]'' 
* [[Stormzy]] – ''[[Heavy Is the Head (album)|Heavy Is the Head]]''
| [[File:Michael Kiwanuka am Haldern Pop Festival 2019 - 8 - Foto Alexander Kellner.jpg|200px]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53497277|title=Mercury Prize 2020: Female artists lead nominations for the first time|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=23 July 2020|access-date=29 July 2020|publisher=[[BBC News]]|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729152046/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53497277|url-status=live}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54284975|title=Michael Kiwanuka wins the 2020 Mercury Prize|last1=Savage|first1=Mark|date=24 September 2020|work=BBC News|access-date=27 September 2020|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017030105/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54284975|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2021<br />{{small|(30th)}}
| [[Arlo Parks]] – ''[[Collapsed in Sunbeams]]''
|
* [[Berwyn (musician)|Berwyn]] – ''Demotape/Vega''
* [[Black Country, New Road]] – ''[[For the First Time (Black Country, New Road album)|For the First Time]]''
* [[Celeste (singer)|Celeste]] – ''[[Not Your Muse]]''
* [[Floating Points]], [[Pharoah Sanders]] and the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] – [[Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album)|''Promises'']]
* [[Ghetts]] – [[Conflict of Interest (album)|''Conflict of Interest'']]
* [[Hannah Peel]] – ''Fir Wave''
* [[Laura Mvula]] – [[Pink Noise (album)|''Pink Noise'']]
* [[Mogwai (band)|Mogwai]] – ''[[As the Love Continues]]''
* [[Nubya Garcia]] – ''[[Source (album)|Source]]''
* [[Sault (band)|Sault]] – ''[[Untitled (Rise)]]''
* [[Wolf Alice]] – ''[[Blue Weekend]]''
| [[File:Arlo Parks (headshot).jpg|200px]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas, Ben |date=22 July 2021 |title=Mercury prize 2021: first-time nominees dominate shortlist |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/22/mercury-prize-2021-first-time-nominees-dominate-shortlist |access-date=22 July 2021 |archive-date=22 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722101935/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/22/mercury-prize-2021-first-time-nominees-dominate-shortlist |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas, Ben |date=9 September 2021 |title=Mercury Prize 2021: Arlo Parks wins for ''Collapsed in Sunbeams'' |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/09/mercury-prize-2021-arlo-parks-wins-for-collapsed-in-sunbeams |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-date=9 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909212953/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/09/mercury-prize-2021-arlo-parks-wins-for-collapsed-in-sunbeams |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2022<br />{{small|(31st)}}
| [[Little Simz]] – ''[[Sometimes I Might Be Introvert]]''
| 
* [[Fergus McCreadie]] – ''[[Forest Floor]]''
* [[Gwenno]] – ''[[Tresor (Gwenno album)|Tresor]]''
* [[Harry Styles]] – ''[[Harry's House]]''
* [[Jessie Buckley]] & [[Bernard Butler]] – ''[[For All Our Days That Tear the Heart]]''
* [[Joy Crookes]] – ''[[Skin (Joy Crookes album)|Skin]]''
* [[Kojey Radical]] – ''[[Reason to Smile]]''
* [[Nova Twins]] – ''[[Supernova (Nova Twins album)|Supernova]]''
* [[Sam Fender]] – ''[[Seventeen Going Under]]''
* [[Self Esteem (musician)|Self Esteem]] – ''[[Prioritise Pleasure]]''
* [[Wet Leg]] – ''[[Wet Leg (album)|Wet Leg]]''
* [[Yard Act]] – ''[[The Overload]]''
| [[File:Little Simz - Openair Frauenfeld 2019 05.jpg|200px]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mercury-prize-2022-shortlist-nominations-3277014|title=Mercury Prize 2022 shortlist revealed|date=26 July 2022|first=Surej|last=Singh|access-date=26 July 2022|archive-date=26 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726101632/https://www.nme.com/news/music/mercury-prize-2022-shortlist-nominations-3277014|url-status=live}}</ref><br/><ref>{{Cite news |date=18 October 2022 |title=Mercury Prize: Rapper Little Simz wins album of the year award |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63296907 |access-date=18 October 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221018220755/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63296907 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2023<br />{{small|(32nd)}}
| [[Ezra Collective]] – ''[[Where I'm Meant to Be]]''
| 
* [[Arctic Monkeys]] – ''[[The Car (album)|The Car]]''
* [[Fred Again]] – ''[[Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)]]''
* [[J Hus]] – ''[[Beautiful and Brutal Yard]]''
* [[Jessie Ware]] – ''[[That! Feels Good!]]''
* [[Jockstrap (band)|Jockstrap]] – ''[[I Love You Jennifer B]]''
* [[Lankum]] – ''[[False Lankum]]''
* [[Loyle Carner]] – ''[[Hugo (album)|Hugo]]''
* [[Olivia Dean]] – ''[[Messy (album)|Messy]]''
* [[Raye]] – ''[[My 21st Century Blues]]''
* [[Shygirl]] – ''[[Nymph (album)|Nymph]]''
* [[Young Fathers]] – ''[[Heavy Heavy]]''
| [[File:Ezra Collective 18.jpg|200px]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercuryprize.com/news/2023-mercury-prize-with-freenow-albums-of-the-year-revealed|title=2023 Mercury Prize with FREENOW 'Albums of the Year' revealed…|date=27 July 2023|website=Mercury Prize|access-date=27 July 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=27 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727123502/https://www.mercuryprize.com/news/2023-mercury-prize-with-freenow-albums-of-the-year-revealed}}</ref><br/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Griffiths |first=George |date=September 7, 2023 |title=Mercury Prize 2023: Ezra Collective announced as winner of 2023 Mercury Prize |work=[[Official Charts Company]] |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mercury-prize-2023-ezra-collective-announced-as-winner-of-2023-merucry-prize/ |access-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-date=7 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907211756/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mercury-prize-2023-ezra-collective-announced-as-winner-of-2023-merucry-prize/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
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| [[English Teacher]] – ''[[This Could Be Texas]]''
| 
* [[Barry Can't Swim]] – ''[[When Will We Land?]]''
* [[Berwyn (musician)|Berwyn]] – ''[[Who Am I (Berwyn album)|Who Am I]]''
* [[Beth Gibbons]] – ''[[Lives Outgrown]]''
* [[Cat Burns]] – ''[[Early Twenties]]''
* [[Charli XCX]] – ''[[Brat (album)|Brat]]''
* [[CMAT (musician)|CMAT]] – ''[[Crazymad, for Me]]''
* [[Corinne Bailey Rae]] – ''[[Black Rainbows (Corinne Bailey Rae album)|Black Rainbows]]''
* [[corto.alto]] – ''Bad With Names''
* [[Ghetts]] – ''[[On Purpose, with Purpose]]''
* [[The Last Dinner Party]] – ''[[Prelude to Ecstasy]]''
* [[Nia Archives]] – ''[[Silence Is Loud]]''
| [[File:English Teacher ESNS24.jpg|200px]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercuryprize.com/news/2024-mercury-prize-albums-of-the-year-revealed|title=2024 Mercury Prize 'Albums of the Year' revealed|date=25 July 2024|website=Mercury Prize|access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><br><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=September 5, 2024 |title=English Teacher has been awarded the 2024 Mercury Prize for their debut album ''This Could Be Texas'' |url=https://readdork.com/news/english-teacher-2024-mercury-prize-this-could-be-texas/ |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref>
|}

==Artists with multiple wins==
;2 wins
* [[PJ Harvey]] (2 wins 2001/2011, nominated 1993/1995/2001/2011)

==Artists with multiple nominations==
Totals listed are for bands or artists nominated more than once under the same name. It does not include appearances on compilations (e.g. [[War Child (charity)|Artists for War Child]]) or individuals nominated separately as a soloist and group member (e.g. [[Robbie Williams]] for his ''[[Life thru a Lens]]'' and [[Take That]]'s ''[[Everything Changes (Take That album)|Everything Changes]]'', or [[Beth Gibbons]] for her ''[[Lives Outgrown]]'' and [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]]'s ''[[Dummy (album)|Dummy]]'').
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;5 nominations
* [[Radiohead]] (no wins, nominated 1997/2001/2003/2008/2016)
* [[Arctic Monkeys]] (1 win 2006, nominated 2006/2007/2013/2018/2023)

;4 nominations
* [[Laura Marling]] (no wins, nominated 2008/2010/2013/2020)
* [[PJ Harvey]] (2 wins 2001/2011, nominated 1993/1995/2001/2011)

;3 nominations
* [[Anna Calvi]] (no wins, nominated 2011/2014/2019)
* [[Bat for Lashes]] (no wins, nominated 2007/2009/2016)
* [[Coldplay]] (no wins, nominated 2000/2003/2005)
* [[David Bowie]] (no wins, nominated 2002/2013/2016)
* [[Dizzee Rascal]] (1 win 2003, nominated 2003/2007/2010)
* [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] (1 win 2008, nominated 2001/2008/2011)
* [[Florence and the Machine]] (no wins, nominated 2009/2015/2018)
* [[Foals (band)|Foals]] (no wins, nominated 2010/2013/2019)
* [[Laura Mvula]] (no wins, nominated 2013/2016/2021)
* [[Michael Kiwanuka]] (1 win 2020, nominated 2012/2016/2020)
* [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] (1 win 1996, nominated 1994/1996/1998)
* [[Wolf Alice]] (1 win 2018, nominated 2015/2018/2021)

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;2 nominations
* [[The 1975]] (no wins, nominated 2016/2019)
* [[Adele]] (no wins, nominated 2008/2011)
* [[alt-J]] (1 win 2012, nominated 2012/2017)
* [[Amy Winehouse]] (no wins, nominated 2004/2007)
* [[Basement Jaxx]] (no wins, nominated 2001/2004)
* [[Berwyn (musician)|Berwyn]] (no wins, nominated 2021/2024)
* [[Beth Orton]] (no wins, nominated 1997/1999)
* [[Blur (band)|Blur]] (no wins, nominated 1994/1999)
* [[Charli XCX]] (no wins, nominated 2020/2024)
* [[The Chemical Brothers]] (no wins, nominated 1997/1999)
* [[Corinne Bailey Rae]] (no wins, nominated 2010/2024)
* [[Doves (band)|Doves]] (no wins, nominated 2000/2002)
* [[Eliza Carthy]] (no wins, nominated 1998/2003)
* [[Everything Everything]] (no wins, nominated 2011/2018)
* [[Ghetts]] (no wins, nominated 2021/2024)
* [[Ghostpoet]] (no wins, nominated 2011/2015)
* [[Guy Barker]] (no wins, nominated 1995/2002)
* [[J Hus]] (no wins, nominated 2017/2023)
* [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]] (1 win 2013, nominated 2011/2013)
* [[Jessie Ware]] (no wins, nominated 2012/2023)
* [[John Tavener]] (no wins, nominated 1992/1997)
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* [[Jon Hopkins]] (no wins, nominated 2011/2013)
* [[Kae Tempest]] (no wins, nominated 2014/2017)
* [[Kano (rapper)|Kano]] (no wins, nominated 2016/2020)
* [[Leftfield]] (no wins, nominated 1995/2000)
* [[Little Simz]] (1 win 2022, nominated 2019/2022)
* [[Loyle Carner]] (no wins, nominated 2017/2023)
* [[Manic Street Preachers]] (no wins, nominated 1996/1999)
* [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] (no wins, nominated 1995/1996)
* [[Paul Weller]] (no wins, nominated 1994/2010)
* [[Polar Bear (British band)|Polar Bear]] (no wins, nominated 2005/2014)
* [[Primal Scream]] (1 win 1992, nominated 1992/1997)
* [[The Prodigy]] (no wins, nominated 1994/1997)
* [[Richard Hawley]] (no wins, nominated 2006/2012)
* [[Savages (band)|Savages]] (no wins, nominated 2013/2016)
* [[Stormzy]] (no wins, nominated 2017/2020)
* [[The Streets]] (no wins, nominated 2002/2004)
* [[Suede (band)|Suede]] (1 win 1993, nominated 1993/1997)
* [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] (no wins, nominated 1996/1999)
* [[Villagers (band)|Villagers]] (no wins, nominated 2010/2013)
* [[Young Fathers]] (1 win 2014, nominated 2014/2023)
* [[The xx]] (1 win 2010, nominated 2010/2017)

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==See also==
* [[Scottish Album of the Year Award]] 
* [[Welsh Music Prize]]
* [[Northern Ireland Music Prize]]
* [[Choice Music Prize]] (Ireland, including Northern Ireland)
* [[Polaris Music Prize]] (Canada)
* [[Prix Constantin]] (France)
* [[Shortlist Music Prize]] (United States)
* [[Australian Music Prize]]
* [[Nordic Music Prize]]
* [[Premio Ruido]] (Spain)
* [[Taite Music Prize]] (New Zealand)

==References==
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'''General'''
* {{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456975/html/nn1page1.stm | title = Highs and Lows of the Mercury Prize| work= BBC News| access-date=22 June 2009 | date=20 June 2005}}
* {{cite news | url = http://www.4music.com/shows/583/Barclaycard-Mercury-Prize-2012 | title = Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2012 | publisher = 4Music |url-status= dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104060226/http://www.4music.com/shows/583/Barclaycard-Mercury-Prize-2012 | archive-date = 4 November 2012 | df = dmy-all }}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.mercuryprize.com|Mercury Prize}} – official site
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dl7hr Mercury Prize] @ BBC Online
* [https://www.discogs.com/lists/Mercury-Prize-winners-1992present/433981 Mercury Prize] (winners) at [[Discogs]]

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