Mercury Prize facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Barclaycard Mercury Prize |
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Awarded for | Best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland |
Presented by | Barclaycard |
Location | United Kingdom |
First awarded | 1992 |
The Mercury Prize, called the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is a yearly music prize. It is awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was formed by the British Phonographic Industry and British Association of Record Dealers in 1992. It was an alternative to the Brit Awards. It used to be called the Mercury Music Prize.
The prize was first sponsored by Mercury Communications. It was later sponsored by Technics, from 1998 to 2001. Then Panasonic, in 2002 and 2003, and the Nationwide Building Society, from 2004 to 2008. Barclaycard became the Prize's current sponsor in March 2009.
Nominations are announced in July. Presentation of the award usually takes place in September.
Winners and shortlisted nominees
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1992 | Primal Scream – Screamadelica |
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1993 | Suede – Suede |
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1994 | M People – Elegant Slumming |
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1995 | Portishead – Dummy |
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1996 | Pulp – Different Class |
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1997 | Roni Size/Reprazent – New Forms |
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1998 | Gomez – Bring It On |
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1999 | Talvin Singh – Ok |
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2000 | Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast |
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2001 | PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea |
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2002 | Ms. Dynamite – A Little Deeper |
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2003 | Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner |
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2004 | Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand |
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2005 | Antony and the Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now |
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2006 | Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not |
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2007 | Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future |
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2008 | Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid |
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2009 | Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy |
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2010 | The xx – xx |
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2011 | PJ Harvey – Let England Shake |
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2012 | Alt-J – An Awesome Wave |
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2013 | James Blake – Overgrown |
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2014 | Young Fathers – Dead |
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2015 | Benjamin Clementine – At Least for Now |
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2016 | Skepta – Konnichiwa |
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Related pages
- Choice Music Prize (Ireland)
- Prix Constantin (France)
- Australian Music Prize (Australia)
See also
In Spanish: Premio Mercury para niños